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Not everyone's culture would find that picture okay. It's not hard to find something else like a tree that would work just as well. Also, why not a guy?

by speps 10y ago

FreakyT 10y ago
Presumably, that class is intended for user profile photos, so a picture of a person makes sense.
Larrikin 10y ago
Why is a guy ok? I expected a girl in a bikini or something but it's just a headshot of a girl. That's totally fine in most places in the world.
- noir_lord 10y ago
  > That's totally fine in most places in the world. ...and the places that isn't can suck it frankly.
  - kelvin0 10y ago
    YeeeHaw...! Don't forget in some cultures women cannot have their faces shown in public spaces (burka?). I respect that, but in general we should mine such culture sensibilities before posting something.
    - noir_lord 10y ago
      I've observed that often the people screaming "respect my right to do <thing x>" are the ones who are intolerant to my right to think <thing x> is wrong/stupid and say so. You see this particularly with religions who think that belief in something unprovable should give them special rights.
TheCoreh 10y ago
Different cultures will find different things to not be OK. The site was (presumably) made by someone of a western culture, so those visiting it from other cultures can be mindful of that, and just ignore it. Other things that could be offensive to various cultures: - Red meat (offensive in India?) - Beer (offensive in countries where alcohol is illegal) One thing is to avoid being obviously offensive (nudity, violence, etc), the other thing is limiting yourself to the lowest common denominator of all things acceptable in all cultures. (However this could make sense for a highly localized/global product.) Why not have a picture of a man? If they did that, then someone could also complain that women are not represented in the website. We're in a niche culture that is extremely sensitive towards that. Take for instance Facebook's "Friend request" icon, which was redesigned so that the woman was on front, and not on the back, precisely because someone took offense from that: http://www.nylon.com/articles/facebook-friend-request-icon http://www.nylon.com/articles/facebook-friend-request-icon
noir_lord 10y ago
You appear to be working really hard at taking offense here.

Not everyone's culture would find that picture okay. It's not hard to find something else like a tree that would work just as well. Also, why not a guy?

by speps 10y ago

Not everyone's culture would find that picture okay. It's not hard to find something else like a tree that would work just as well. Also, why not a guy?

FreakyT 10y ago

Presumably, that class is intended for user profile photos, so a picture of a person makes sense.

Larrikin 10y ago

Why is a guy ok? I expected a girl in a bikini or something but it's just a headshot of a girl. That's totally fine in most places in the world.

noir_lord 10y ago
> That's totally fine in most places in the world. ...and the places that isn't can suck it frankly.
- kelvin0 10y ago
  YeeeHaw...! Don't forget in some cultures women cannot have their faces shown in public spaces (burka?). I respect that, but in general we should mine such culture sensibilities before posting something.
  - noir_lord 10y ago
    I've observed that often the people screaming "respect my right to do <thing x>" are the ones who are intolerant to my right to think <thing x> is wrong/stupid and say so. You see this particularly with religions who think that belief in something unprovable should give them special rights.

TheCoreh 10y ago

Different cultures will find different things to not be OK. The site was (presumably) made by someone of a western culture, so those visiting it from other cultures can be mindful of that, and just ignore it. Other things that could be offensive to various cultures: - Red meat (offensive in India?) - Beer (offensive in countries where alcohol is illegal) One thing is to avoid being obviously offensive (nudity, violence, etc), the other thing is limiting yourself to the lowest common denominator of all things acceptable in all cultures. (However this could make sense for a highly localized/global product.) Why not have a picture of a man? If they did that, then someone could also complain that women are not represented in the website. We're in a niche culture that is extremely sensitive towards that. Take for instance Facebook's "Friend request" icon, which was redesigned so that the woman was on front, and not on the back, precisely because someone took offense from that: http://www.nylon.com/articles/facebook-friend-request-icon http://www.nylon.com/articles/facebook-friend-request-icon

noir_lord 10y ago

You appear to be working really hard at taking offense here.