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Valmy

#50595
July 08, 2015, 09:47:00 AM
Quotethe woman was quite literally in the shadow of the man

Literally in the shadow of a symbolic representation? Anyway I am glad my subconscious will no longer want to cast shadows on women due to Facebook's evil influence.
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derspiess

#50596
July 08, 2015, 09:58:50 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 08, 2015, 09:36:14 AM
And now for something truly important.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/facebooks-friend-request-logo-has-had-a-feminist-redesign

QuoteYou may have noticed a small but symbolic change to the friend request icon on your Facebook page.

The icon has been altered so the female figure is in front of the male one, after Facebook designer Caitlin Winner noticed that previously "the woman was quite literally in the shadow of the man".

There are still two men and just one woman on the groups icon, so women are underrepresented.  We need a special avatar and maybe a filter for icon equality.
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Admiral Yi

#50597
July 08, 2015, 10:58:04 AM
The word bankrupt comes from the Italian banco rotto, meaning broken bench.  In medieval Italy, if someone failed to pay their debts, their work bench was broken to prevent them from working.

crazy canuck

#50598
July 08, 2015, 11:05:38 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 08, 2015, 10:58:04 AM
The word bankrupt comes from the Italian banco rotto, meaning broken bench.  In medieval Italy, if someone failed to pay their debts, their work bench was broken to prevent them from working.

Not quite.  The tradition is that it was the money changer or "banker" who's bench was broken if they were insolvent to prevent them from dealing with innocent third parties.   It makes no sense to take away a productive persons livelihood. ;)

Ideologue

#50599
July 08, 2015, 11:15:16 AM
It's what we do to child support dodgers.
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Syt

#50600
July 08, 2015, 11:36:37 AM
Every time I go to the Aussie pub there seems to be Cricket on TV.  :bowler:
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crazy canuck

#50601
July 08, 2015, 11:47:03 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on July 08, 2015, 11:15:16 AM
It's what we do to child support dodgers.

Since when are you holding up your system as something that makes sense. :P

Ideologue

#50602
July 08, 2015, 11:56:34 AM
Just an observation. :P
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MadImmortalMan

#50603
July 08, 2015, 04:06:34 PM
Canada apparently ruins people lives with child support more than we do. Don't get divorced, cc.  :P
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crazy canuck

#50604
July 08, 2015, 04:09:50 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 08, 2015, 04:06:34 PM
Canada apparently ruins people lives with child support more than we do. Don't get divorced, cc.  :P


It is too expensive for me even to look at another woman.  :D

Ed Anger

#50606
July 08, 2015, 05:29:56 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 08, 2015, 09:58:50 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 08, 2015, 09:36:14 AM
And now for something truly important.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/facebooks-friend-request-logo-has-had-a-feminist-redesign

QuoteYou may have noticed a small but symbolic change to the friend request icon on your Facebook page.

The icon has been altered so the female figure is in front of the male one, after Facebook designer Caitlin Winner noticed that previously "the woman was quite literally in the shadow of the man".

There are still two men and just one woman on the groups icon, so women are underrepresented.  We need a special avatar and maybe a filter for icon equality.

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Josquius

#50607
July 09, 2015, 12:49:46 AM
Feminists need rounding up and sending to Sudan.
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celedhring

#50608
July 09, 2015, 04:09:42 AM

Syt

#50609
July 09, 2015, 04:18:23 AM
I get a pic of Shia LaBoef and his girlfriend?
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—Stephen Jay Gould

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