@unksol I’ve also heard several other possibilities from male, female, and shared anatomies, but no actual evidence for any of them. All are likely post hoc, rather than the true origin.
Had a science teacher with two anatomically correct heart models arranged together to look like a (rough) love heart. Two hearts made one sounds like a sappy depiction of love to me. Plus, crappy artistry and somewhat morbid.
@katbyter
That’s a good point. If you just remove the aorta and vena cava, and leave just the muscly part, then simplify and exaggerate the shape a bit so it doesn’t look like a blob, the classic heart shape is a pretty reasonable conclusion.
I’ve heard tale about the heart being two anatomical hearts connected… I dunno know if that’s true, but that makes it kinda romantic… and morbid… which I’m into
I believe it was “I Love Lucy” The creators of that show made the heart shape for the logo at the beginning of the show. Until then, no one had ever seen, or even thought of, such a concept.
I always eat the Turkey’s heart when I prepare the Thanksgiving meal. I believe it gives me the heart of the brave Turkey. It has never looked like the classic heart shape chocolate box; more like an enlarged milk dud.
I think Madison Avenue needed something iconic to sell. They had a meeting and decided that giving someone ‘your heart’ had the best merchandising potential. A team of graphic artists then had to come up with a simple enough shape that it could be mass produced in many mediums. Voilà.
If you vote for some totally bonkers theory, you need to follow through. I need some humor tonight.
“some other body part”
We all know what a set of breast look like. They also gave us all life. We could go further but if you need more…
@unksol I’ve also heard several other possibilities from male, female, and shared anatomies, but no actual evidence for any of them. All are likely post hoc, rather than the true origin.
@simplersimon I mean if you cup some things correctly…
Had a science teacher with two anatomically correct heart models arranged together to look like a (rough) love heart. Two hearts made one sounds like a sappy depiction of love to me. Plus, crappy artistry and somewhat morbid.
@simplersimon as in his body? Two messed up hearts bound to fail. Sounds legit
@simplersimon But you have a being with TWO hearts… well you have a Time Lord from Gallifrey.
@mycya4me @simplersimon Yes!
I was going to say either boobs or upside-down butt cheeks.
It really doesn’t look that far off from a simplified anatomical heart, if you remove the vessels.
@katbyter
That’s a good point. If you just remove the aorta and vena cava, and leave just the muscly part, then simplify and exaggerate the shape a bit so it doesn’t look like a blob, the classic heart shape is a pretty reasonable conclusion.
@DVDBZN @katbyter Um, sure. But if you remove the stem from a turnip with a couple diagonal cuts, you have an even closer match, so…
It’s based on the cardioid, which you can see ultimately always returns to zero.
/giphy butts
I heard it was a representation of a naked butt, of a bent over “female”, at a certain angle.
I’ve heard tale about the heart being two anatomical hearts connected… I dunno know if that’s true, but that makes it kinda romantic… and morbid… which I’m into
Clearly the shape comes from a fossilized worm on a string, people.
I voted for the totally bonkers theory, So here it is:
I think some Space Aliens came to earth years ago … They did a Mass Brain wave to convince us to use that Strange red shape for Valentine.
So that is my story & I am sticking to it?
@mycya4me It was definitely Aliens.
I believe it was “I Love Lucy” The creators of that show made the heart shape for the logo at the beginning of the show. Until then, no one had ever seen, or even thought of, such a concept.
I always eat the Turkey’s heart when I prepare the Thanksgiving meal. I believe it gives me the heart of the brave Turkey. It has never looked like the classic heart shape chocolate box; more like an enlarged milk dud.
Does anyone else find it hilarious that silphium was such an effective contraceptive that both the civilization and the plant are extinct?
I think Madison Avenue needed something iconic to sell. They had a meeting and decided that giving someone ‘your heart’ had the best merchandising potential. A team of graphic artists then had to come up with a simple enough shape that it could be mass produced in many mediums. Voilà.
Butts?
I always thought it was flamingos
@llangley Beautiful!
I just noticed the cats ass kinda has it with the hips
