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I think if you were to poll people, a significant portion would be repulsed by this catgirl aesthetic, or (though this isn't the case for Anubis) the cliche ina
by suby 10mo ago
I think if you were to poll people, a significant portion would be repulsed by this catgirl aesthetic, or (though this isn't the case for Anubis) the cliche inappropriately dressed inappropriately young anime characters dawned as mascots in an ever increasing number of projects. People can do whatever they want with their projects, but I feel like the people who like this crap perhaps don't understand how repulsive it is to a large number of people. Personally it creeps me out.
- sacado2 10mo agoWhat? She's wearing a hoodie and a tee-shirt, how is that inappropriate? And how being young is inappropriate?
- _vqpz 10mo agoI'm not repulsed by it but I do wish the people that forced this stuff into their software/hardware realized how juvenile it makes their product look. There's a decent cheap Chinese pair of Bluetooth earbuds on Amazon that's been very popular among audiophiles but the feedback sounds are an anime girl making noises and there's no way to turn it off so I lost interest in purchasing them.
- makemake_kbo 10mo agowell for the bluetooth headphones i dont think you were the target demographic. but open source generally isnt treated as a product. its just a bunch of volunteers having fun writing code. its natural that they will include their other interests in it in some way because it makes working on a project more fun. first impressions matter a lot, but i dont think foss projects should optimize for that instead of having fun.
- thoroughburro 10mo ago> inappropriately dressed How do you think Anubis should dress?
- andsoitis 10mo agoPerhaps like he is depicted in temples, like this one from the tomb of Horemheb; 1323-1295 BC: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_King_with_Anubis,_Tomb_of_Haremhab_MET_DP234736.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_King_with_Anubis...
- secondcoming 10mo agoThe whole Japanese cartoon schoolgirl thing is 100% creepy.
- windward 10mo agoThe internet was better when it repulsed a significant portion of people.
- exe34 10mo agoIt sounds like something you might benefit from talking to a therapist. It's not normal to have such a strong reaction. I hope you can get the help you need!
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- ndiddy 10mo agoThis is intentional. The version with the fun art that expresses the creator's individuality is free and open source, but they sell a paid version with bland, corporate-friendly art that also supports custom art and CSS. This makes the project sustainable to work on without having to worry about corporations that care about professionalism/how people like you think/etc not supporting the project financially.
- rossy 10mo ago> (though this isn't the case for Anubis) the cliche inappropriately dressed inappropriately young anime characters dawned as mascots in an ever increasing number of projects I think the fact that people bring up things that the Anubis mascot isn't when talking about Anubis is more telling of their own harmful (and potentially racist) biases against Japanese-styled media than it is about the idea of having anime-styled mascots for free software projects.