A cat mascots would be pawsome.
Maybe Hasky the House Cat?
We can get ideas from https://twitter.com/impurepics
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+1000 for pawsome 
I really like the sound of Hasky the House cat - it really drives home the point @sclv made about using a common animal. To have a specific name for it reduce the “generality” (which was part of sclv’s post) a bit but I think “Hasky the House cat” could strike a good balance between generality and still be an iconic mascot.
“Haskell’s House cats” could be an other option that is more general, though I prefer Hasky myself I think
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What about Hasky the Husky?
Example image for taste:
(Credit to LikeHack for the image: https://www.behance.net/gallery/8604385/LikeHack)
(I have no rights to this image, whatsoever)
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I think a Sloth is a great mascot for haskell. They are cute, lazy, and kind of meme-able.
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I think a sloth would be perfect!
Here are my personal evaluation criteria.
- Must be unique. Cats and dogs are nice and all, but it doesn’t really stand out.
- Must be publicly recognizable. I got really excited about the plush monad, but in the end it only appeals to insiders with what is (to the general public) an obscure joke.
- Must be cute. The whole point here is to inspire affectionate feelings for Haskell, and most people don’t feel affectionately about beetles, for example (except for ladybugs, I suppose?).
- Must represent the language. Sloths being lazy is a widely known and very recognizable reference to something unique about the Haskell programming language.
So the sloth has my support.
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A possible problem with a sloth could be that it will reinforce some people’s beliefs that Haskell is slow.
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Maybe a gecko?
- They are kind of lazy as they don’t move much
- But if you observe one, they seem to be “evaluating” the situation
- When they move, they do it fast and swiftly
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I love every one of them. How about an entire plushie line called the “Lambda Squad”. Slothy, Meta, Cat, Wingman, Yoneda.
Collect them all!
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I understand the concern, but I really don’t think people will really read too much into it beyond “sloths are lazy, haskell is lazy”.
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Whatever we go with, let’s not forget to call it the new mascot “Haskot”. The opportunity is too good to pass…
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Definitely voting for naked mole rat. There’s Rufus for example. Haskell mole should be a wizard mole, fully naked, of course.
Is this thread dead? I desperately want the plushy, but it seems like ideas are drifting around.
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I didn’t get a Haskell plushy for Christmas either. 
Is this not coming? :< perhaps it is too late to adopt plush toy for such an old language.
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Is this not coming? :< perhaps it is too late to adopt plush toy for such an old language.
It is never too late for plush toys.
I too am in favor of a sloth plush toy 
, and I know an insider on the Haskell Foundation who is willing to help. But before ruffling anyone’s fur — would anyone object to the animal of the sloth taking the first (but perhaps final) turn at bearing the Haskell logo?
@cdsmith The artwork you posted — do we have copyright for that?
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FWIW I love Zurihac 2022 artwork:
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I think we ought to be cautious about how our ironic in-jokes could be interpreted outside the community.
I think the best way forward for this would be to do a simple poll with the options which emerged in this conversation. What do you think?
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I vote for sloth and love the idea of language mascot.