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nit - it always bothered me that the accepted UX symbol for filter is in fact a funnel Funnels don't exclude anything They're just rate limiting for liquids

Now that you mention it I think this is actually pretty cool, since it still seems to garner widespread understanding of purpose anyway, probably by invoking an idea of 'narrowing' for the user which they can map to their intention. Not a metaphor, just a concept.