Has anyone ever noticed what happens when you highlight a row of smileys?
Try it out:
🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲
Did you see?
Look again. That's right. Their eyes go slanted. Like little "Chinamen". As some of you know, I am half-Asian and I find this to be deplorable. I also accuse the Site Administrators of making the smileys the colour yellow ON PURPOSE!
This sort of lampooning is not amusing in the least and I demand that they be changed to a colour which does not indirectly imply a race or culture and I demand that, when highlighted, the eyes do not slant.
I am not laughing, people. And neither should you be.
Originally posted by darvlayI want to know how you get smileys of an Afro-Caribbean origin, this sort of exclusionism does nothing for the reputation of this or any of the many other chess sites in this and many various countries, of this or any other Earth.
Has anyone ever noticed what happens when you highlight a row of smileys?
Try it out:
🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲
Did you see?
Look again. That's right. Their eyes go slanted. Like little "Chinamen". As some of you know, I am half-Asian and I find this to be deplorable. I also accuse the Site Administrator ...[text shortened]... highlighted, the eyes do not slant.
I am not laughing, people. And neither should you be.
Russ, you have been warned.
Also, Darvlay, I have my eye (slanted or not) on you too, alright.
The world is bad enough without ridiculous accusations of non-PCism about smileys.
What about their feelings? Are you suggesting that the smileys are wiped out because of the way they look?
Or maybe you are thinking more on the line of Plasmile Surgery to alter their appearances?
For shame, it's this flagrant disregard of pixels that make's this planet a very sad place to live in indeed.
Maybe it's for the best? Eradicate the smileys, and at least they will have found peace.
Originally posted by squaccermanOh sure! I bet you'd like that! Well, why stop at race? Why not include the handicapped in our smileys? Why not have a smiley in a wheelchair or a smiley with a computer that reads for them? And we wouldn't want to discriminate against the more "seasoned" folks. Maybe we should get an old fart smiley for no1marauder and the other seniors while we're at it. Can't you see the Pandora's Box you're opening here?
I want to know how you get smileys of an Afro-Caribbean origin, this sort of exclusionism does nothing for the reputation of this or any of the many other chess sites in this and many various countries, of this or any other Earth.
Russ, you have been warned.
Also, Darvlay, I have my eye (slanted or not) on you too, alright.
I want a non-gender, non-race-specific, ageless smiley and I want it now!
Originally posted by darvlaymy friend, it is just a damn smiley, no need to get all tissed up about it, im sure they werent made to affend anyone, sheesh!!!!
Has anyone ever noticed what happens when you highlight a row of smileys?
Try it out:
🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲🙂😀😉😛😠😳🙁:'(😲
Did you see?
Look again. That's right. Their eyes go slanted. Like little "Chinamen". As some of you know, I am half-Asian and I find this to be deplorable. I also accuse the Site Administrator ...[text shortened]... highlighted, the eyes do not slant.
I am not laughing, people. And neither should you be.
-dom😉😴😏😞😀😀