I don't know anything about zen, chakras, chi or any of that stuff but I assume the study of such things helps one to not yell at inanimate objects like computers.

So instead of that little spinning disk telling you the computer is working on it and not frozen, you have a spinning ying/yang picture that reminds you to zen out and relax.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 09 2018

This one's too slow. https://www.youtube...watch?v=CccZoqCVYmQ
Or is it? [doctorremulac3, Apr 09 2018]

Whale has tentacles. https://www.youtube...watch?v=k664h7xqFzI
for lunch, appropriately enough for our (other) conversation, it's a sperm whale. [Skewed, Apr 15 2018]

I dunno, [doc]. The Yin/Yang thing looks a lot like two killer whales doing 69.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Apr 10 2018


Would not an animated image of one hand clapping be more appropriate ?

There could be a corresponding sound effect.
-- 8th of 7, Apr 10 2018


Those could be relaxing.

The current clock icon they now have taunts you. A shot of an accelerated clock is how they show the passage of time in movies. It's like the computer is saying "Wow, this thing's taking forever!".
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 10 2018


It should be a spinning newspaper which, in old black-and-white films, is always followed by the revelation of a really exciting plot development.
-- hippo, Apr 10 2018


// a really exciting plot development //

"An irrecoverable error has occurred: (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore ?"
-- 8th of 7, Apr 10 2018


That comment.







My head.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Apr 10 2018


//It should be a spinning newspaper which, in old black-and-white films, is always followed by the revelation of a really exciting plot development.//

Clearly you should be able to pick your spinning icon.

Earlier I had suggested a spinning evil clown face saying "What's the rush? Aaaahahahahah! What's the rush? Aaaahahahahah!"

I took it down because I thought it was stupid, but from little drops of stupid mighty acorns grow.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 10 2018


//helps one to not yell at inanimate objects like computers//

Computers work better the more you yell at them, and the more profanity you use.

Besides, nine out of ten loading spinners are completely unnecessary, and nine out of the remaining ten could quite happily sit in a corner of the screen rather than getting in the user's way.
-- Wrongfellow, Apr 10 2018


//That comment.

My head.//





The plot thickens.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Apr 10 2018


Yin / Yang : a dyad in Chinese philosophy, drawing attention to the complementarity of opposites.

Yingyang : a euphemism for the anal sphincter, as in "up the yingyang", "out the yingyang", etc.

Which one are we talking about here?
-- pertinax, Apr 13 2018


Either is acceptable, as long as "Hentai tentacle porn" isn't mentioned.
-- 8th of 7, Apr 13 2018


//Yingyang : a euphemism for the anal sphincter, as in "up the yingyang", "out the yingyang", etc.//

LOL, I am so happy I got that wrong.

I mean right. I got that exactly right.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 13 2018


//Either is acceptable, as long as "Hentai tentacle porn" isn't mentioned//

Too late, [Max] has already dipped his toe in those particular waters, you just didn't notice perhaps.

//looks a lot like two killer whales doing 69//
-- Skewed, Apr 13 2018


Heyyy, wait a sec. Shouldn't it be either "Ying / Yang" or "Yin / Yan"?

It's about opposing but equal forces working together in harmony * and they name one side with an extra letter? Maybe the original Chinese characters mirrored but then all the more reason to match the English version.

* (or something, no need to correct me if I'm wrong, don't care, don't care, don't care)
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 13 2018


Since when do whales have tentacles?

*anticipates incoming whale tentacle porn*
-- notexactly, Apr 15 2018


//when do whales have tentacles?//

[link]
-- Skewed, Apr 15 2018



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