• Hello Hotel
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    1 year ago

    Words often work like unique signifiers “symbols”, often by using them you learn them and dont question it. Thats a neutral phenomenon. It has advantages and disadvantages. Mainly, redlist is as disconnected from meaning as much as blacklist is. Requiring the understanding of what a “car” is, and why they cant “wheel their way” thru a cross shaped road becuse of a colored light being there. (Mabe even “across” may make no sense anymore in the future) It sounds really stupid when put like that, but accessability is important.

    • @kameecoding@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      it isn’t though. you don’t need cars to learn red means stop, we literally had miniature roads, crossing and signs at my pre-school (or whatever it’s called in English, the one you go at age 3 till 6, you start school at 6).

      Stop sign is red, pedestrian crossing are just red - stop, green - go. you learn that from a very young age so the association is natural.

      Also, just to be clear, I didn’t say redlist is good, just that it’s less stupid than blacklist.

      • Hello Hotel
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        1 year ago

        Fair, the idea of “going” will be there and hopefully, likely its symbols will stay relivant.

      • @SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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        01 year ago

        How is blacklist stupid? Green and red aren’t natural, in fact black/white makes more sense because it represents a binary choice (true/false, off/on).