This meme has been recycled more times than I can count.
One man's trash is another man's garbage
Submitted 2 months ago by ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net to [deleted]
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cannedtuna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
OR3X@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months 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.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 months 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.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 months ago
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.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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
simplejack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Acktshually, that’s the Recycle Bin.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That’s the recycle bin. Mac OS has trash.
simplejack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The former icon designer in me twitches when I see Linux distros that have Recycle Bin icon labeled as “Trash.”
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
The 2025 trash icon no longer looks like a trash can. It’s no longer intuitive. At the same time, I don’t actually keep one on my desktop, so meh.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 months ago
Isn’t it the copilot icon or have I been taken to an alternative universe?
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
If it is, then I failed to get the joke.
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It peaked in 2006
bampop@lemmy.world 2 months ago
just like Windows itself
cRazi_man@europe.pub 2 months ago
'98 is best.
2016 is second best.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Agree on 1998, disagree on second best.
1995 was second best.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
2001 for me. It was colourful and round, didn’t feel like a boring square box. While XP wasn’t always the most stable, it was a good OS.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I think for the Mac icons here I like the 2001 variant.
dan1101@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I assume that last one is some sort of AI app.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, copilot
nuko147@lemmy.world 2 months ago
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I was like “oh wow they really changed it”
marcos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No hate for Cortana?
FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 months ago
*courtisane
joemama@piefed.social 2 months ago
Windows is the trash
iuselinux@lemmy.world 2 months ago
gotta say XP and 7 ones are the coolest.
gustofwind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
1995 and 2015 looking go tho
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m partial to 1998. That’s my favorite one.
evening_push579@feddit.nu 2 months ago
Same, maybe a bit 2000 also. They give this nostalgic feeling. I think it is the high quality pixel art-style that reminds me of simpler times.
richardisaguy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
never used anything under windows 8.1 in my entire life - 2000 and 2001 are my favourites
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
We need to make the trash icon disgusting have unknowable sludge sliding down its side have it overflowing even when empty so you can’t believe anything more can be placed. Make it more accurate.
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I like 1998 and 2000 icons the most. 2000 in particular is so stylish.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
2026 should look like a garbage can with the windows logo in it
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
2001 is my bae
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 2 months ago
2006 sick 3D
JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
I like 95-00. That’s also the period in time in which I liked Windows, so there’s certainly a correlation there.
Therobohour@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Look at this whacky 2006 shit Sorry for the reddit link
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Bunch of bangers 🤷
Therobohour@lemmy.world 2 months ago
2006 sure was a whacky time to be alive. That was the year of borat and everything was whacky. Did you the last telegram was sent in 2006. What do you remember about 2006?
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Spot on lmao
d0nkey@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Seriously though, the thought of an llm running on a server interacting with my files is one of the most frightening things I can imagine happening to anyone
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t want to sound like I support ANYTHING about Windows 11, because I don’t.
That being said, take your clothes off, I’ll tie you to this torture rack I keep in my basement, and I’ll get you to reevaluate what fear really means.
Hey, are you ticklish?
Hupf@feddit.org 2 months ago
Hot Shots 2
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 months ago
MrSmith@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My brother in christ, perfometh a websearch to look for the meaning of the word “hyperbole”.
MoreZombies@quokk.au 2 months ago
Who hurt you
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
At least the polar bear won’t lie to me about my search results.