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5.25"floppy disk

I wonder if we would would really "expect" a new safe icon. Most modern software has auto-saving. Games for example often just use a spinning circle to indicate it's saving. Word and google docs just say "don't worry, we're continuously saving your work" when you hit Ctrl + S.

I imagine if you want to save something locally you have the downward arrow for downloading, or some other icon for moving and copying files.

Something like this ?

Idk, I guess SSDs/flash media is pretty prevalent nowadays, especially in gaming context. That said, it doesn't leave much in the way of a universally identifiable icon, or animation. So maybe an exposed hard disk, with the disk spinning and the arm moving, if you can picture what I'm describing.

Bonfire from Dark Souls, because you don't want to lose your soul by failing to save progress.

In Canada, a goalie's hockey stick.

A circle with a check/tick in it

5.25 inch floppy as homage to my childhood. Or maybe 8 inch - but while I lusted after that much space I never used one.

A tombstone.

Because you think that you have it fixed now to a certain place.

And you think it has got a name plate in front of it.

But you don't want to think about all the dark details of what's really happening down below!

Symbol of "the cross" with hover-over text in which Microsoft writes "pray I don't amend it further."

For that future timeline when the meaning of Save becomes "stop working, let Copilot perfect it, and close"

I'd like to think it won't even be necessary with a save icon as autosave becomes more prevalent. If I'm wrong, one option the icon could be is something like a "snapshot"

The three disks thing that symbolizes database, with a down arrow on top.

Or if we’re really going for the abstract, a knight in armor fighting a dragon with a lady behind him.

Probably an arrow pointing down inside of a circle, like the download icon. Most of the software I use just has text saying "Save file" and no icon, and I usually press control + S anyways so I don't have much of an opinion regarding this

Reel to reel tape? Ahahaha

Animated Save Album from Mario and Luigi Partners in Time:

I cant find a gif of this, but the rainbow section is supposed to be animated, and the book opens when you hit (click) it.

Arrow to disk.

Pirate flag or dollar sign, depending on how the file is obtained.

A box that's closing? as in something being packaged?

Okay so hear me out.

The only solution here is Peter

Need to head out ? Oh ok lemme peter this document real quick.