It is rather odd that for X years you could (presumably) see the icon very regularly and never see the sole feature on that icon.
It’s like saying you didn’t realise a stop sign had a word in the middle of it.
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cannedtuna@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
This meme has been recycled more times than I can count.
It is rather odd that for X years you could (presumably) see the icon very regularly and never see the sole feature on that icon.
It’s like saying you didn’t realise a stop sign had a word in the middle of it.
Imagine being able to see something universally recognized and not thinking too hard on the connection between a name and the symbology associated with it. Fucking wild concept.
And your analogy is a poor one considering the sign Stop says the word Stop. If the Stop sign said Go then sure, but trash /=/ recycle
It’s known as the recycle bin where I’m from because that’s its official name as the symbol denotes. It’s still wild that someone wouldn’t notice it at all, ever.
OR3X@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I think Microsoft put the recycle logo on theirs because Apple used the “Trash bin” moniker and Microsoft wanted to appear more green or whatever.
Davel23@fedia.io 11 hours ago
Apple sued Microsoft over the "look and feel" of the desktop interface, claiming that Windows was too similar to Mac OS. The suit was mostly dismissed, except in the case of the trash bin. The judge ruled that the Microsoft version came too close to Apple's. From that point on Microsoft used the Recycle Bin.
OR3X@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Ah, fascinating. Poor Xerox though.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Xerox also bought 100,000 shares of Apple in 79’ for $10 a share to help with the research. That would be worth 6.2 billion dollars worth of stock now. But they sold it in 89
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Is there any other universal icon that is at all related to throwing things away? The recycling icon might just be a win by default.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
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The is the universal symbol for throwing something away, but I think the recycle symbol is far more recognized even though they mean two different things.