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Re: Nasty icons

#31
post #7

Well that was not exactly the thing that comes to my mind when I see the menu item "cut", but yeah, why the hell not =) I wish I had a page where I could use these when AB testing. Think about it: Using nasty icons increased the click-through rates by 200%!

Ew, don't get me started on "paste"

Re: Nasty icons

#32
post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Getting fired for looking at these icons could actually be a great start towards working for the right people.

On the tiny outside chance that you're not just trolling: I just spent a solid year looking for work while watching my bank account slowly dwindle. If I walked out of the job I just got, I don't think I would even have enough money to break the lease on my apartment.

Congratulations on landing the job & I wish you well! The people my comment applies to have plenty of alternatives but are afraid.

Re: Nasty icons

#33
post #21

I think it's interesting that in conceiving "nasty" icons, the images are almost entirely either violent or scatological, rather than sexual (the bare-breasted woman being the only exception I noticed). I imagine a few possible explanations: a) the creators considered sexuality too risqué for what they were doing, b) they considered it not nasty at all, or c) the emphasis was on a childish nastiness, rather than a gr…

There is also the stripper and the vibrator

Ah, so there are! I don't know how I missed those. Still, that's three out of 45.
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