Swift Mascot, etc

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This is tangentially related to this thread about my experiences with the Rust ecosystem: A Few Take-Aways From the Rust Ecosystem

However, where that one is more serious, this may be one of the most trivial (but fun) things posted on this forum.

Rust has an official mascot: Ferris the crab and Rust programmers call themselves "rustaceans".

So... the questions for us:

  • What do we call ourselves?
  • What is our mascot and what does he or she look like? (obviously a bird)
  • What is our mascot's name?

This obviously isn't a serious question... just a chance to give our community some fun cultural artifacts.

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Let's just keep it that way

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I’m surprised you responded to this post from 4 years ago.

I’ve always thought that we should call ourselves Swifties tho. Our mascot is the Swift bird….but it has no name!

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Maybe the bird is also named Swift.

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Our mascot is actually a swallow.

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Should we at all?

I think it's this mythical creature: Martlet - Wikipedia :)
It symbolizes the constant quest for knowledge, learning, and adventure.

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the fear of being called swifties is real

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Tbh I believe it is the Swallow bird, here is Brazil we call it “Andorinha”!

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I recall there was a discussion somewhere (maybe on this forum) about the fact that the Swift logo depicts the Swallow bird, and not the Swift bird :face_with_peeking_eye: Swallows, not swifts, have a distinctive forked tail.

Update: the link was hiding in this very thread:

Of course, this is not a problem, and certainly not worthy of being reported on Github as a Swift "issue".

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Someone close the issue already!! LOL

Also I am called at my work a Swiftie. Maybe that’s a good name for Swift enthusiasts. But also, people send me pictures and memes of Taylor Swift all the time too…

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:sweat_smile:

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