The email in the comments

  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Their “apology” actually admitted that they knew about the potential for rendering differences. They say they knew that certain symbols could render as Nazi icons, which is why they specifically excluded those symbols from the email they sent to German accounts.

    But if we extend that same “we didn’t send it to Germany” thing to the logical conclusion, it means they intentionally sent it to everyone else even when knowing the potential for issues.

    • hikaru755@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      they specifically excluded those symbols from the email they sent to German accounts

      And even that they fucked up, because it seems like they just removed them from the German language version of the email. German accounts set to English (like mine) got the symbols like everyone else.

    • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      I made a complaint last year about one of their emails having a giant banner saying “MAKE GAMING GREAT AGAIN!” they made mildly appropriate noises. Seemed like the person on the other end really just wanted me to fuck entirely off asap.

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      19 hours ago

      This is a protocol, you can’t memorize the reason behind every protocol you can only incorporate it into routine otherwise you would have to memorize a set of encyclopedias that shifts like aand on a desert.

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        9 hours ago

        What do you mean by protocol? I mean I understand your analogy, but not what protocol is an analogy for.

            • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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              3 hours ago

              protocol isn’t an analogy. it’s jargon.

              if you’re doing the “i’m pretending to be stupid” thing, referring to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion or whatever that bullshit was called, we don’t have to cede all of language to nazis just because they speak.