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minus-squarexor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 months agosometimes a footprint represents humanity and isn’t about fucking it…. i’m so happy i didn’t get that foot fetish hardwired in… it seems so silly to me…
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months ago sometimes a footprint represents humanity sometimes, but in GNOME’s case i think it is not intended to be a human foot but rather the foot of a mythological creature (a gnome). note that it has a squashed aspect ratio compared to a human foot, and also has only four toes. apparently it’s also problematic in some cultures: https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/FootAndCulturalIssue
minus-squarexor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agothat’s a good point about some cultures seeing a foot the way i would see using a linux distribution with Goatse as a logo….
sometimes a footprint represents humanity and isn’t about fucking it….
i’m so happy i didn’t get that foot fetish hardwired in… it seems so silly to me…
sometimes, but in GNOME’s case i think it is not intended to be a human foot but rather the foot of a mythological creature (a gnome). note that it has a squashed aspect ratio compared to a human foot, and also has only four toes.
apparently it’s also problematic in some cultures: https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/FootAndCulturalIssue
that’s a good point about some cultures seeing a foot the way i would see using a linux distribution with Goatse as a logo….
and sometimes it is!