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Do you call the X button "X" or "Cross"?
- Thread starter Lant_War
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The, frankly plebeian, takes in this thread lack true understanding. The four symbols on the Playstation controller are a symphony that tells the tale of the universe. It is a piece of exquisite art disguised as having a simple, mechanical function. It deconstructs our understanding of our place in the world, and indeed, the place of our world in the vast nothingness of space and time.
Δ = Act 1: The Explosion. The creation of an ever-expanding everything out of a single point of nothingness.
□ = Act 2: The Expansion. Matter and energy coalesce and take on forms. The four equ-distant corners of the square in turn represent the 4 stages of the universe
○ = Act 3: The Equilibrium. Stars live and die and give rise to planets, which in turn give rise to life. The circle represents many things, including the celestial bodies themselves
X = Act 4: The End. All things eventually decay and collapse back into a single point, represented by the center of the X.
Please take this knowledge forward as your understanding of the true heritage of the Dualshock increases.
Δ = Act 1: The Explosion. The creation of an ever-expanding everything out of a single point of nothingness.
□ = Act 2: The Expansion. Matter and energy coalesce and take on forms. The four equ-distant corners of the square in turn represent the 4 stages of the universe
○ = Act 3: The Equilibrium. Stars live and die and give rise to planets, which in turn give rise to life. The circle represents many things, including the celestial bodies themselves
X = Act 4: The End. All things eventually decay and collapse back into a single point, represented by the center of the X.
Please take this knowledge forward as your understanding of the true heritage of the Dualshock increases.
It doesn't matter what Sony calls it. It's X. The public has spoken. We are not wrong.
Nah man, it's X and Circle. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
I'm not sure that word means what you think it means.
Also, X. As in ecks.
Why am I continuing to get the impression that fantasies matter more to you than facts? Fact of the matter is, many people are only just finding out that what they've believed for all these years is incorrect as per the official documentation and people don't like being told they're wrong… I'd imagine not even you.
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"A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other."
Again, what are you even talking about?
Yup, myself included for many years and I would imagine it's down to an ingrained bias. Very few people that were hyped up by their PS1/PS2 gifts at Christmas were going to be sat there analysing the theory behind the icons on their controller - they were just playing the games and figuring out things based on their own sense, thinking of the first thing to come to mind and if nothing is there to challenge it, it's gonna stick. Anyone is likely to see "X" as a letter before they see it as a symbol. Sony's not going out of their way to tell you it's a cross, but it's definitely a geometric cross and it's called that in their documentation.
But again, it doesn't matter what Sony says. It really doesn't. It doesn't change a thing. The public decides this stuff.
That generic facial tissue is not a kleenex yet everyone calls it a kleenex. Only kawasaki makes jet skis but that's what you call any watercraft that resembles it. Bubble wrap is made by sealed air but that's what you call the generic stuff you have. Etc etc etc
I know that you are a big fan of Sony and I can see that you take what their execs say as gospel, but they don't get to decide this. Sorry.
You just need to sit down and understand the general public has decided it's called X, not cross.
Cross stays losing that's a plus
But seriously cross makes no sense
Shapes up top
Letters on bottom
Ohhhh I guess they were all shapes huh? Too bad they are letters now.
Please explain how "perpendicular" makes it a cross and not an X.
Preferably without the snarky ass "what are you talking about?"
"...I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. Cross,cross,cross,cross."
I call it "X" but it's definitely supposed to be "Cross", because the face buttons are symbols not letters, and as someone had posted earlier in the thread, the letter 'x/X' isn't crossing perpendicular lines, but a cross is.
It's definitely interesting that most people call it "X", but then correctly call the right face button circle and not "o".
It's definitely interesting that most people call it "X", but then correctly call the right face button circle and not "o".
I used to call it cross in the nineties, since all the buttons are symbols. And I recently started calling it cross again, because my niece and nephew have Xboxes and if I say "press X" they press square immediately.