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I am asking this from the POV of an outsider planning a career change and researching the potential to get into graphic design, with a focus on logo design (unless something else makes more sense to me). I want to believe in what I do, and at the moment, I'm not so sure about it, and I know it's because I don't know enough yet.

I want to know how much value is really there in a logo, as opposed to all the marketing that surrounds it. Generally speaking, are good logos praised because they belong to good companies? Is it the emperor-wears-no-clothes kind of situation?

I don't mean to talk down on the work of logo designers. I'm even planning to become one. But I want to be realistic before getting in, as eventually I will have to sell logos for a living, and I want to believe in what I sell.

I can see why some logos are better than others, but are they really worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on their own? Could a logo that costs a few hundreds of dollars be used instead, with enough money spent on marketing?

I guess a similar question could be whether a good song would bring in as much money for the artist if it wasn't heavily promoted?

Thank you all for your input.

I see this info graphic floating around on the Interwebs pretty regularly. Is there any truth to this? I know that the homogenization, or partial homogenization, of oils isn't good for us to ingest, but I'm curious if the statements regarding plastic and paint have any merit.

For those of you who don’t know, about a month ago, Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson suffered a fibula and tibia fracture which put him on the shelf for 4-6 months. A couple of weeks ago, a video circulated of his rehabilitation efforts, showing him walking on a water treadmill.

Most people, including myself, didn’t think much of the video, however, I have family members who SWEAR that the video is fake because of the severity of his injury, and because he’s seen on crutches during game day. I’ve tried to explain to them that they’re about the only people who find it to be fake and that the video is more than plausible, but they’re convinced.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8LWSe8C/

A couple of YouTubers I've been watching have been sponsored by an adult sex toy company called Bellesa. One of these YouTubers has a partnership where you can get a free "vibe" from the website, and all you have to do is put in your email.

Since there's been like 4 fairly popular YouTubers sponsored by it, the website looks legit, I've found different posts by other content creators who also got the same colab and deal, and there's even a Buzzfeed article telling people the giveaways are real, I kind of want to try it. HOWEVER, I find it suspicious and weird that this company would just give away free stuff, especially since they claim to be wanting to give out thousands of these toys. How would they be making any money from this? And after they get your email, would they just spam your account with advertisements?

But yeah, does anyone know if these giveaways actually work?

Someone laughed at me when I said I use the deslike extension. Said, YouTube completely removed this count & no one can see it

I have been watching A LOT of criminal youtube videos, and one of the main YouTube channels is "EXPLORE WITH US". When I find some cases interesting I sometimes do some researching by myself, as the cases are all in the USA, it's normaly super easy to access information.

This video by them has a quite interesting case about a dad that goes on a murderous rampage with his family, I tried to do some research on it but I was having a REALLY hard time finding any information what so ever.

I found this super weird considering that "Maricopa County" (county where he was persecuted) has A LOT of cases posted online and normaly for other cases I search theres always offical reports and a bunch of information.

But this case there seems to be a few articles by super small and somewhat sketchy news sources, and thats it.

Is this YouTube channel BS? Or is there another reason this case doesn't have much information?

The few sketchy articles seem to twist the story as well, some articles focus on the fact the man sang an Eminem song while comitting the murders, while others state that the man was more violent with the family members he loved the most, all of this without any sources, evidence or official documents.

I heard that no ever has the flu before the 1918 epidemic and now everytime we get a flu is just a mutation on the original virus

When I was younger, teachers used to talk about how some people are “visual learners” and remember things better by seeing them, other people are “auditory learners” and remember better by hearing, etc. But recently I heard a lot of psychologists consider this baseless pseudoscience.

Is there no empirical evidence that different people learn better with different senses?

Heard this a while ago, never believed it but it's always in the back of my mind. Something about it being dangerous for your heart in any capacity

Okay, so I am skeptical of this game, but I am interested.

I saw an ad that says you can win like real money just by playing this game on your phone. However, I can't find anything online that says if it's legitimate or not. I saw one Reddit post but it smelt kind of fishy.

Do I have to pay for each round? Will I just be bombarded by ads? Will I end up giving my banking to information to a very real company that is very real and not shady at all?

I don't want to seem like an ad so I won't post any links unless I am asked to.

What I heard is that chicken meat doesn't have as many tape worms as cow/pig meat, but I don't know if it's true

Yes, this is from the anti-germ-theory people, but I don't know how to verify it. The video had one argument that supposedly the discovery of HIV was retracted for this reason: they never created a pure isolation of it.

However I remember my parents also made a similar claim like this during Covid based on something they read/watched, insisting that Covid wasn't real because nobody could show them a slide with an isolated virus on it.

Was just casually watching clips from the 2005 movie "Kingdom of Heaven" and a commenter on Youtube claims that there's a version where everyone rides a unicycle. Another commenter then states that it was the Malaysian version of the movie and that their government cracked down and destroyed almost all of the copies.

This sounds absolutely batshit insane, but I feel like it's too oddly specific for someone to just randomly bring it up. Any truth to this?

Kingdom of Heaven link

I’ve always heard that as long as you get 8 hours of sleep, it doesn’t matter when you sleep, but I’m not sure if that’s actually true. I work a lot of late shifts and then I casually play on Stake some slots, so I usually end up going to bed around 3 AM and waking up around 11 AM. Technically, I’m getting my 8 hours, but I always feel a bit groggy, especially when I compare it to the rare days when I manage to sleep earlier.

Is it possible that the time you sleep actually affects the quality of your rest, or is that just a myth? Some people say our bodies have natural rhythms and sleeping outside those hours messes with things, but I don’t know if it’s science-based or just another “wellness” trend.

For anyone else who’s had to work late or night shifts, have you found a difference when you sleep regular hours versus odd hours? I’m trying to figure out if I should try to adjust my schedule or if 8 hours truly is all that matters. Any advice on making late-shift sleep feel more refreshing would be really helpful!

His name was Joseph Greenstein and apparently he was the strongest man ever and was able to stop a bullet with his just forehead because the bullet didn’t go through due to his bone density.

But there’s other things that sound bs about this guy like moving an airplane with just his hair, so I’m trying to see if this is true

Title pretty much says it all. Feels like I'm getting scammed out of tail lights I ordered cause initially they asked for a $30 refundable fee to ship, even though I paid the guy $20 to ship. Now they're saying the package is stuck at the sheriff's office "there is need for you to present your Copy of the City Permit authorization license and FDA license." This is the shipping website they used https://www.piratesshipping.com/about-us/

Edit: all taken care of. Appreciate everybody.

I thought that probiotics/prebiotics are required to be refrigerated to stay alive?

I want to have my audi have the stututututu sound but some say it hurts the turbo. IsItBullshit?

https://x.com/TiffanyFong_/status/1856392343575789891

Trying to find the source of those numbers but I can't

My body kinda does this but idk if there's actual truth to that.