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[–] Reyali@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Someone else mentioned it’s houndstooth, but there’s a company out there who turned that pattern into “catstooth.” I own pants with this pattern and they make me very happy!

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I feel like I'm being judged....a little uneasy tbh.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I own pants with this cattern and they make me very happy!

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I need to see those pants please

[–] Reyali@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Stock photo since I’m not up for sharing my face 😆 I don’t have the blazer, but I kinda regret that decision now.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

The name of this pattern is "Houndstooth" in case you want a suit jacket with a bunch of stacked cats on it

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TIL that Houndstooth dates back to at least 360-100 BC.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That is absolutely incredible!

According to the Houndstooth Wikipedia article,

The oldest Bronze Age houndstooth textiles found so far are from the Hallstatt Celtic Salt Mine, Austria, 1500-1200 BC.

Mind-bending.

Edited because I forgot a word.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Getting two hounds stoned off one joint.

[–] jade52@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Worst case Ontario

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago

In German, it's Hahnentritt (roosters foot).

[–] DearMoogle@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What we’ve got here is a mild case of cat brain

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

That’s the Toxoplasma gondii

[–] iamanoldguy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

And now it cannot be unseen

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I've always seen those little plastic flippy frog toys you could get as a kid where you push your finger down on the back of them and when it slips off they bounce away

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Nananananananananananananananananaaaaa

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I just see space invaders

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s just Houndstooth.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

You know, I've seen houndstooth, but it's always been really small. This is the first time I saw it large like this.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

First thing I thought

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are those... magneto helmets?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Apparently it's a lot of things. Maybe why such a popular pattern.

[–] Freaky@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That also looks like Monero, the crypto coin

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I see hounds teeth. Do you have one in ginham?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 2 months ago

that's probably because the word is gingham