Kyle Copas@pixelfed.social to European Space Agency@feddit.nl · 2 months agoTerrestrial facilities sign, @feddit.nl #ESRIN, Tor Vergatapxscdn.comimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up144file-text
arrow-up144imageTerrestrial facilities sign, @feddit.nl #ESRIN, Tor Vergatapxscdn.comKyle Copas@pixelfed.social to European Space Agency@feddit.nl · 2 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFanBladelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoWell why exclude them needlessly? Maybe they’d benefit from a nice private room to photosynthesize in with their portable growlights
minus-squareFanBladelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBecause it would imply that the facility can accommodate them, but we don’t know that it could.
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.