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Re:I/O 2022 by three_seagrass on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:10PM (#31345821)
You're being downvoted but you're kinda right.

The longest running cartoon show in history (The Simpsons) uses yellow to represent white people, while POC are brown and black.

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Re:I/O 2022 by SemanticStrengh on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:33PM (#31346119)
in racists terms, yellow has always denoted asian people (which is weird btw), simpsons are a coincidence
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Re:I/O 2022 by three_seagrass on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @07:45PM (#31347476)
It doesn't matter if the decision was intentional or coincidence, the fact remains the most popular TV cartoon in history has trained our expectations.
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Re:I/O 2022 by adamrezich on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @08:12PM (#31347657)
race-neutral smiley faces and LEGO minifigs predate The Simpsons—you're just taking your personal experience and projecting it onto everyone else.
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Re:I/O 2022 by three_seagrass on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:32PM (#31357288)
Sure, but Lego didn't have brown and black for POC. The training of expectations isn't exclusive, and more people consumed The Simpsons than Legos.
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