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I thought making everyone cartoon yellow was more empowering. Especially on the Internet, with pseudonymity, we're all nothing more than the ideas we present.
by slumdev 5y ago
I thought making everyone cartoon yellow was more empowering.
Especially on the Internet, with pseudonymity, we're all nothing more than the ideas we present.
An egalitarian dream was twisted into a woke nightmare for bad actors to earn free PR by pitting people against each other.
- peter422 5y agoWhy is yellow the “neutral” color? Why not black, or red, or white? Letting people pick whatever color seems more empowering to me.
- Miraste 5y agoBecause no one is bright yellow irl unless they're a few days from dying of cirrhosis.
- peter422 5y agoYellow is obviously much closer to lighter skin color than darker skin colors.
- daniellarusso 5y agoI always thought it was because of The Simpsons, but going as far back as the Tracy Ullman show, so that could have been an influence as far back as 1987.
- wreath 5y agoempowering for what exactly?
- wonderwonder 5y agoHow is it empowering? How long do you think a white employee could post with black colored emojis before someone said something?
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoMy theory is that we're all red. Peel back the skin layer of any living human being, and red is what you'll see.
- slumdev 5y agoIf you say that to a person who insists on taking offense, he would tell you that a white person using red icons might be offensive to Native Americans or people with albinism.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoI don't mean "red" as in Native American, and I wouldn't use Native American icons. I mean, when you peel back the skin, we all bleed the same color. Even albinos do. The point is, once you move past the skin, all our blood looks alike. We all share that. (I agree, though, that some are likely to insist on taking offense. Also, I note that albinos might have a case to complain about non-albinos who are called "white"...)
- pbhjpbhj 5y ago"... if you prick us do we not bleed ..."
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoAnd, do we not bleed the same blood?
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoHa, I set my emojis to the precise colour of my skin, someone (I know IRL) complained that it wasn't my race ... like, that was, at the time, my actual skin colour.