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Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by Jenk »

bluedino wrote: post #49
stefs wrote: post #27

years ago my father got a decomissioned, wiped clean notebook from work and asked me to set it up for him. i didn't want to shell out a hundred bucks for windows, so i suggested trying linux (ubuntu) and he agreed. "intrepid ibex" was installed without issues. a few weeks later i asked him if everything was ok and how he liked it, and he had no complaints, except one: he didn't like the edgy skull on the desktop wall…

One of the earlier releases (when they would send you free CD's) got flack for people in their underwear https://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-turns-20-shaping-the...

Well, the Ubuntu logo has suddenly clicked. How did I not see it before?!

Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by latexr »

globular-toast wrote: post #47

I was watching YouTube the other day and it was talking about Nirvana's Nevermind album, showed the album cover but with a square censoring part of it. In these cases it really is the censor themselves who is debauched. Reminds me of the classic story where Samuel Johnson left out some rude words from his dictionary. He was congratulated for having left them out, to which he is said to have quipped "I congratulate yo…

It might sound silly to censor an album cover, but on the other hand why risk Google locking your whole account due to some automated check from which you have no recourse?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-cs...

Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by dgellow »

eru wrote: post #38
reddalo wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They better not visit Germany, where nudity -- even in some public spaces -- is considered normal! How dare they!!!

'Some public spaces' is underselling the prevalence of FKK a bit.

I remember taking a nap in Tiergarten in Berlin, then woke up to find myself surrounded by a group doing naked yoga

Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by latexr »

teekert wrote: post #5

Another example: [0] Have to say this never would have occurred to me. There are also examples of US people being offended by scenes considered harmless in other cultures, ie the Totoro bathtub scene [1], search for "family bathing scene". I guess if this hologram offended people, there must be some nice stories about Nirvana's Nevermind (1991). [0] https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-butt... [1]…

> There are also examples of US people being offended by scenes considered harmless in other cultures

I’m not going to be able to find this, but I remember some piece of news having to do with a woman and a photograph of her with naked breasts.

Someone found examples of how it had been reported in the US and a European country. Both used the same picture and only censored one area: the face in the European country, the breasts in the US.

Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by blkhawk »

I find it worrying because being super sensitive to stuff like that is usually red flag that the person is kinda into it - Senators in Bathroom stalls and all that (bonus if you get the reference).

But I think the person who directly contacted Microsoft about this was probably not the person who noticed it and brought it up on the Government side just the Person who was tasked with communicating about it so its good they remain nameless.

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