Kyle Copas@pixelfed.social to European Space Agency@feddit.nl · 1 month agoTerrestrial facilities sign, @feddit.nl #ESRIN, Tor Vergatapxscdn.comimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageTerrestrial facilities sign, @feddit.nl #ESRIN, Tor Vergatapxscdn.comKyle Copas@pixelfed.social to European Space Agency@feddit.nl · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·30 days agoit’s also excluding nonhumans, which is very strange for a space agency
minus-squareFanBlade@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·30 days 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-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days 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-up2·30 days 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.