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One man's trash is another man's garbage

https://lemmy.ugjka.net/post/68167

Nov 27 at 5:18pmWeb
Show threadcannedtunaNov 27
This meme has been recycled more times than I can count.
Show threadDiddlydeeNov 27

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.

Show threadcannedtunaNov 27

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

Show threadDiddlydeeNov 27
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.
Show threadOR3XNov 27
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.
Show threadIrateAnteaterNov 27
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.
Show threadAeronMelonNov 27

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.

Show threadDavel23Nov 27
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.
Show threadOR3XNov 27
Ah, fascinating. Poor Xerox though.
Show threadLifeInMultipleChoiceNov 27
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
Show threadSlurpingPusNov 28

…And Windows’ recycling bin icons were shit ever since, except for Vista, where the icon actually resembled those used in OSX.

The suit was filed in 1988, when 2.0 was the latest release of Windows. I couldn’t find what the trash bin icon looked like in it, but Macintosh back then had wonderful icons designed by Susan Kare:

Windows 3.1 seems to have had a pretty neat icon, if this page is correct, but it might’ve already been updated after the initial decision in the case, or just as an overall refresh.

Show threadd0nkeyNov 27
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
Show threadkameecodingNov 27

Do you lack imagination or are you mentally challenged?

How about being thrown into a pit of tarantulas?

Being thrown off a building?

Being tied down over a growing bamboo?

Having to face a polar bear with your beat hands?

Or are you files full of incantations that summons Cthulhu or demons or your worst fears and the llm interacting with it summons it?

Have you seen some of the black mirror episodes? There are much more frightening things in there.

Show threadMoreZombiesNov 27
Who hurt you
Show threadneukenindekeukenNov 27
At least the polar bear won’t lie to me about my search results.
Show threadMrSmithNov 27
My brother in christ, perfometh a websearch to look for the meaning of the word “hyperbole”.
Show threadLost_My_MindNov 27

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?

Show threadHupfNov 28
Hot Shots 2
No stranger to pain...

YouTube
Show threadAlphane MoonNov 27
I like 1998 and 2000 icons the most. 2000 in particular is so stylish.
Show threadMagnificentSteinerNov 27
Spot on lmao
Show threadWolfLinkNov 27
It peaked in 2006
Show threadKyuubiNoKitsuneNov 27
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.
Show threadcRazi_manNov 27

'98 is best.

2016 is second best.

Show threadLost_My_MindNov 27

Agree on 1998, disagree on second best.

1995 was second best.

Show threadcRazi_manNov 28
Pixel art has my pixel heart.
Show threadbampopNov 27
just like Windows itself
Show threadSlurpingPusNov 28

2006 is actually close to MacOS’ trash icons, which indeed always looked way better.

Show threadWolfLinkNov 28
I think for the Mac icons here I like the 2001 variant.
Show threadSlurpingPusNov 28
Yeah, that was what I’m most familiar with, and it felt neat as heck. 2014 is probably part of overall change away from Jobs’ skeuomorphism to glass texture that Jony Ive likes.
Show threadTherobohourNov 27
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?
Show threadTherobohourNov 27
Look at this whacky 2006 shit Sorry for the reddit link
Show threadLiveLMNov 28
Bunch of bangers 🤷
Show threadJovialSodiumNov 27
I like 95-00. That’s also the period in time in which I liked Windows, so there’s certainly a correlation there.
Show threadmarcosNov 27
No hate for Cortana?
Show threadFelixCressNov 27
*courtisane
Show threadUriel238 [all pronouns]Nov 27
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.
Show threadArmchairAce1944Nov 27
Isn’t it the copilot icon or have I been taken to an alternative universe?
Show threadUriel238 [all pronouns]Nov 27
If it is, then I failed to get the joke.
Show threadKnock_Knock_Lemmy_InNov 27
Yeah, there should be a whoosh somewhere above you.
Show threadim_alexisNov 28
And yet you still managed to accidentally make a pretty funny joke. Win/win.
Show threadKyden FumoflyNov 27
*correction:
Show threadceoofanarchismNov 27
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.
Show threadMongosteinNov 27
That’s the recycle bin. Mac OS has trash.
Show threadJesusNov 27
The former icon designer in me twitches when I see Linux distros that have Recycle Bin icon labeled as “Trash.”
Show threadgustofwindNov 27
1995 and 2015 looking go tho
Show threadLost_My_MindNov 27
I’m partial to 1998. That’s my favorite one.
Show threadevening_push579Nov 27
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.
Show threadRichardNov 28
never used anything under windows 8.1 in my entire life - 2000 and 2001 are my favourites
Show threadJesusNov 27
Acktshually, that’s the Recycle Bin.
Show threadVictorNov 28
2001 is my bae
Show threadElectricdNov 28
2006 sick 3D
Show threadyeehawNov 28
2026 should look like a garbage can with the windows logo in it
Show threadSCmSTRNov 28
I was like “oh wow they really changed it”
Show threaddan1101Nov 28
I assume that last one is some sort of AI app.
Show threadArtVandelayNov 28
Yes, copilot
Show threadiuselinuxNov 28
gotta say XP and 7 ones are the coolest.
Show threadjoemamaNov 28
Windows is the trash