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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 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 collored light being there.

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kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨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.

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- SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨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).
  
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- HelloHotel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Fair,
  
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