The layout of these floor tiles.

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• GloriousGherkins@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is done intentionally, and repeats further throughout the installation. The main reason is it prevents long runs of grout lines. The installation will be stronger, and there’s no need for an expansion joint. Additionally, it’s harder to see if the grout joint shifts one direction or the other over a long run.

  I don’t think it need to be done every fifth tile though- that’s a design choice by the installer.

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  • psion1369@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It can also be the same reason the carpet patterns in casinos is a bit off, designed to irritate slightly so your head stays up and you focus on the stores more.

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    • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      have u considered maybe some things in life simple and not a conspiracy?

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The every fifth tile is what I have an issue with, tiles laid out at half-intervals or quarter-intervals on every row are common and perfectly fine. The chunk of 4 aligned tiles is very unpleasant to look at imo.

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    • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      i dunno, look at something else?

      many things in life are worth outrage. no need to go invent something.

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• IpsumLauren@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why? There’s a pattern…

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The pattern is stupid.

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    • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Image

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• papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I find it interesting that the post itself has mostly upvotes, yet every comment I’ve made explaining why I don’t like it is downvoted

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  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You managed to mildly infuriate a bunch of people with the pettiness of this gripe 😁

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• Zier@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This looks like the intentional break of a line pattern that prevents an MC Escher type of line illusion, the kind that makes people dizzy. And it appears that it's aligned between store fronts.

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• DrBanjo@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Idk I like it. I wish the every 5th row was a different color at least tho

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If it were a different color it’d be totally fine

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• ecvanalog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The only thing I can think of is, maybe there used to be displays or kiosks there, and this actually created an illusion of uniformity when The offset rows were obstructed.

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  • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, I think that’s definitely what happened. Probably wasn’t possible to keep the pattern right, you’d end up with something that looked even weirder, so they went with this.

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• melroy@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Maybe without such a pattern it become one big of the same thing. All lines are connected. And you might no longer see depth very well and get nauseous.

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• Poojabber@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This might have been done to allow “get right” points. If this is down a long aisle or corridor that wasnt built perfectly straight or parrallel(or various other reasons), the break in the pattern allows for adjustments that would otherwise be highly visible if it was one continuous pattern.

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The pattern doesn’t go on for terribly long (you can see a break in the pattern towards the left of the photo, where there is actually a set of 3 aligned rows instead of 4).

    They could have accomplished the same thing in a more uniform way by placing the tiles in the standard half-interval or quarter-interval pattern across all of them. The only thing that makes any sense to me is that it’s quicker/ faster to align the tiles than it is to offset them, but they couldn’t have them aligned the whole way for the reasons you outlined.

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• Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My best guess: They had to do some work below the tiles in that section and just filled out in close enough.

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  • Khanzarate@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nah that’s the actual pattern, you can see it repeat as you look left and right

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• Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is an airport, isn’t it?

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oklahoma City.

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    • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ha, fuckin knew it. Been in that damn airport enough times to recognize both the tiles and the Hatch storefront lol

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    • Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I see four columns that are aligned straight. From your perspective, the four aligned columns kind of look like a runway. Will Rogers has four runways. That’s my only guess.

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• Untamed_Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s a path, you need to follow it to discover a new dimension.

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• TomMasz@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This bothers me in a way flooring doesn’t usually.

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