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Perhaps the watermelon is not the best choice of symbol, given the current situation in the middle east?

by kleiba 3y ago

baristaGeek 3y ago
It's important to note that our choice of the watermelon symbol was made two years ago, with no intention of causing discomfort or insensitivity to any situation. We apologize if it has inadvertently caused any unease.
- kleiba 3y ago
  Yes, of course I didn't mean to suggest that you chose a specific symbol to make a political statement or anything like that. My thinking was more that if you were to suffer negative implications as a result of that choice, that would be a rather unfortunate outcome for you and your project. I think it's quite clear that you chose the watermelon long before the current events started unfolding.
zelphirkalt 3y ago
Has a watermelon a special meaning there? Can you elaborate?
- dubcanada 3y ago
  https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solidarity/ https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solid... appears to have the answer. But I will say I completely disagree, nobody owns a symbol and I don't think it's acceptable to allocate emojis to specific events.
  - kleiba 3y ago
    Disagree with what?
    - dubcanada 3y ago
      I made my point in my comment, things are not just one meaning. Emojis do not just have one meaning. Words do not have one meaning (most of the time). Nobody would equate a watermelon for open source copilot for code analysis as being anti-Palestine or pro-Palestine or anti-Israel or pro-Israel. I don't understand why it was even brought up.
      - kleiba 3y ago
        You've made your points, sure. But by doing so, you're also implicitly attributing the opposite of your opinion to me, which is not fair. > Nobody would equate a watermelon for open source copilot for code analysis as being anti-Palestine or pro-Palestine or anti-Israel or pro-Israel. How could you even know what other people would equate with what?
  - fsckboy 3y ago
    to round out the story of the symbology, the other flags/placards being waved in that photo are "sabra" cactuses, prickly pears, available in green and red with a sweet fruit. "Sabra" is a common Israeli self-epithet, to mean something like "we are like sabras, prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside"; so those protesters are sending a "unity" sort of message by waving both. https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/blur-botanical-cacti-191923.jpg https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/blur-botanic...
- _lvbh 3y ago
  The first thought that came to mind for me was how in some Chinese internet culture, eating watermelon represents watching an event for entertainment without much investment even to the detriment of others. Apparently it’s being used for solidarity with Palestine though.
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Perhaps the watermelon is not the best choice of symbol, given the current situation in the middle east?

by kleiba 3y ago

Perhaps the watermelon is not the best choice of symbol, given the current situation in the middle east?

It's important to note that our choice of the watermelon symbol was made two years ago, with no intention of causing discomfort or insensitivity to any situation. We apologize if it has inadvertently caused any unease.

kleiba 3y ago
Yes, of course I didn't mean to suggest that you chose a specific symbol to make a political statement or anything like that. My thinking was more that if you were to suffer negative implications as a result of that choice, that would be a rather unfortunate outcome for you and your project. I think it's quite clear that you chose the watermelon long before the current events started unfolding.

zelphirkalt 3y ago

Has a watermelon a special meaning there? Can you elaborate?

dubcanada 3y ago
https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solidarity/ https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solid... appears to have the answer. But I will say I completely disagree, nobody owns a symbol and I don't think it's acceptable to allocate emojis to specific events.
- kleiba 3y ago
  Disagree with what?
  - dubcanada 3y ago
    I made my point in my comment, things are not just one meaning. Emojis do not just have one meaning. Words do not have one meaning (most of the time). Nobody would equate a watermelon for open source copilot for code analysis as being anti-Palestine or pro-Palestine or anti-Israel or pro-Israel. I don't understand why it was even brought up.
    - kleiba 3y ago
      You've made your points, sure. But by doing so, you're also implicitly attributing the opposite of your opinion to me, which is not fair. > Nobody would equate a watermelon for open source copilot for code analysis as being anti-Palestine or pro-Palestine or anti-Israel or pro-Israel. How could you even know what other people would equate with what?
- fsckboy 3y ago
  to round out the story of the symbology, the other flags/placards being waved in that photo are "sabra" cactuses, prickly pears, available in green and red with a sweet fruit. "Sabra" is a common Israeli self-epithet, to mean something like "we are like sabras, prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside"; so those protesters are sending a "unity" sort of message by waving both. https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/blur-botanical-cacti-191923.jpg https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/blur-botanic...
_lvbh 3y ago
The first thought that came to mind for me was how in some Chinese internet culture, eating watermelon represents watching an event for entertainment without much investment even to the detriment of others. Apparently it’s being used for solidarity with Palestine though.

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