Kyle Copas@pixelfed.social to European Space Agency@feddit.nl · 9 hours agoTerrestrial facilities sign, @feddit.nl #ESRIN, Tor Vergatapxscdn.comimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1imageTerrestrial facilities sign, @feddit.nl #ESRIN, Tor Vergatapxscdn.comKyle Copas@pixelfed.social to European Space Agency@feddit.nl · 9 hours agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoit’s also excluding nonhumans, which is very strange for a space agency
minus-squareFanBlade@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThey’re symbols for human bathrooms. We have no idea what kind of facilities an alien would need, so I think until that’s understood it would be premature to have an icon for it.
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·39 minutes agoWell why exclude them needlessly? Maybe they’d benefit from a nice private room to photosynthesize in with their portable growlights
minus-squareFanBlade@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 minutes agoBecause it would imply that the facility can accommodate them, but we don’t know that it could.
it’s also excluding nonhumans, which is very strange for a space agency
They’re symbols for human bathrooms. We have no idea what kind of facilities an alien would need, so I think until that’s understood it would be premature to have an icon for it.
Well why exclude them needlessly? Maybe they’d benefit from a nice private room to photosynthesize in with their portable growlights
Because it would imply that the facility can accommodate them, but we don’t know that it could.