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-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoit’s also excluding nonhumans, which is very strange for a space agency
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.
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.