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Most people unconciously associate the pause symbol (Two vertical lines) as currently playing and the playing symbol (sideways triangle) as paused. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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[–] jawbrakelong 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The post appears to have been edited. It originally said something like "Everyone subconsciously associates..." Key word being Everyone, which seems to have been corrected so kudos to the OP.

So on to your point no, I do not think so. Please read again.

[–] RGB3x3 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I'm saying is that "press here to pause" is essentially the same thing as "currently playing."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

But it's not

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're still agreeing with the title. The title says most people interpret the pause symbol as "currently playing", so clicking it would mean "click here to pause" - which is what you said :) It's just the same thing with different wording

Oh, unless you meant on devices or software with two separate buttons for play and pause! In which case, yeah totally different and you're right :)