Why are icons addictive?

[conuly]

You'd think 50 would be enough for anyone, but now I want more. Maybe 100... Hm. I'm hardly about to reiterate the oh-so-popular suggestion, but any chance, do you think, of people being able to buy ever more icons... *plots and schemes*

Yes, I know, this is pathetic. Sorry. While we're on the subject, why do so many people make icons that all look alike? Is it just that they all decided that they like this one style, so they're only going to make icons in that one style, even though it's virtually impossible to distinguish one from another? And what's with the tiny text? If a person with normal eyesight is unlikely to be able to read the text, don't you think it should be made a little larger? Maybe?

Comments

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever actually seen a tiny-text icon. I'd like to, just to see what all the hubbub (hub bub?) is about.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/archangel02/sexualtension.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v665/snowrooster/modernmafia.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/hadria25/CSI/Two/ot3_01.png

There, I went to a random community that allows anyone to post and pulled those out of the first few entries.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

(And I figure linking directly doesn't hurt anyone, because people simply viewing the community page take up more of their bandwidth than this does.)

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

Wow... That's far more annoying than I had originally figured.

[phibby.livejournal.com]

That CSI one...oh man.