Kyle Copas to European Space [email protected] • 24 hours agoTerrestrial facilities sign, @feddit.nl #ESRIN, Tor Vergatapxscdn.comimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1imageTerrestrial facilities sign, @feddit.nl #ESRIN, Tor Vergatapxscdn.comKyle Copas to European Space [email protected] • 24 hours agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•19 hours agoit’s also excluding nonhumans, which is very strange for a space agency
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•17 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•16 hours agoWell why exclude them needlessly? Maybe they’d benefit from a nice private room to photosynthesize in with their portable growlights
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•15 hours 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.