← Back to context Comment by neogodless 1 month ago Which skin color should all emoji be?https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0a/e5/36/0ae536826bb1cf643e6f05066... 10 comments neogodless Reply KptMarchewa 1 month ago Original bright yellow was a good candidate, since actually no one looks like this. F3nd0 1 month ago Why should skin colour be specified at all? Why not leave it as an implementation detail? Yellow is the popular default choice, but it could very well be green, blue, pink, or anything really. magguzu 1 month ago Why are the Simpsons yellow, yet the black guy in the show is black?There's no "neutral" rather its just "white without specifying it" graemep 1 month ago That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal.I grew up in two multi-cultural places so do not have the same default perceptions. F3nd0 1 month ago Why should the Simpsons hold any relevance to emoji? tehjoker 1 month ago why not let people just pick which one they want to use F3nd0 1 month ago I guess they could just support custom colours, but that seems like a needless complication—much like skin tones themselves. 1 reply → graemep 1 month ago Indigenous is a tricky concept in many place. Can you tell me who that map defines as the indigenous people of the following places:EnglandJapanTurkeySri LankaSouth Africa normie3000 1 month ago This map doesn't seem accurate.
KptMarchewa 1 month ago Original bright yellow was a good candidate, since actually no one looks like this.
F3nd0 1 month ago Why should skin colour be specified at all? Why not leave it as an implementation detail? Yellow is the popular default choice, but it could very well be green, blue, pink, or anything really. magguzu 1 month ago Why are the Simpsons yellow, yet the black guy in the show is black?There's no "neutral" rather its just "white without specifying it" graemep 1 month ago That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal.I grew up in two multi-cultural places so do not have the same default perceptions. F3nd0 1 month ago Why should the Simpsons hold any relevance to emoji? tehjoker 1 month ago why not let people just pick which one they want to use F3nd0 1 month ago I guess they could just support custom colours, but that seems like a needless complication—much like skin tones themselves. 1 reply →
magguzu 1 month ago Why are the Simpsons yellow, yet the black guy in the show is black?There's no "neutral" rather its just "white without specifying it" graemep 1 month ago That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal.I grew up in two multi-cultural places so do not have the same default perceptions. F3nd0 1 month ago Why should the Simpsons hold any relevance to emoji?
graemep 1 month ago That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal.I grew up in two multi-cultural places so do not have the same default perceptions.
tehjoker 1 month ago why not let people just pick which one they want to use F3nd0 1 month ago I guess they could just support custom colours, but that seems like a needless complication—much like skin tones themselves. 1 reply →
F3nd0 1 month ago I guess they could just support custom colours, but that seems like a needless complication—much like skin tones themselves. 1 reply →
graemep 1 month ago Indigenous is a tricky concept in many place. Can you tell me who that map defines as the indigenous people of the following places:EnglandJapanTurkeySri LankaSouth Africa
Original bright yellow was a good candidate, since actually no one looks like this.
Why should skin colour be specified at all? Why not leave it as an implementation detail? Yellow is the popular default choice, but it could very well be green, blue, pink, or anything really.
Why are the Simpsons yellow, yet the black guy in the show is black?
There's no "neutral" rather its just "white without specifying it"
That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal.
I grew up in two multi-cultural places so do not have the same default perceptions.
Why should the Simpsons hold any relevance to emoji?
why not let people just pick which one they want to use
I guess they could just support custom colours, but that seems like a needless complication—much like skin tones themselves.
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Indigenous is a tricky concept in many place. Can you tell me who that map defines as the indigenous people of the following places:
England
Japan
Turkey
Sri Lanka
South Africa
This map doesn't seem accurate.