You can’t just give the credit to all of Europe here, the Germans have really been carrying here.
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But it’s never stopped meaning that, though? It’s still extremely commonly used to tag that sort of content, and I don’t know why you’re starting to insist that words don’t mean the things they say.
The literal meaning of the phrase is useless, since what is safe at a workplace varies drastically with the workplace. It’s also relevant in a lot of other settings that aren’t work, like browsing your phone on public transport or at school. It’s also very common for phrases to have a different meaning from the literal meaning of the individual words. I’d say that’s even the case for most phrases. When you say it’s raining cats and dogs there aren’t actually cats and dogs falling from the sky. In this case the actual “work” aspect isn’t relevant.
What the tag does signify is that the following content might be disturbing or inappropriate in certain situations so you can be aware before opening it. And bikini pictures don’t warrant that warning, even if some workplaces have a policy against it.
Despite what the letters literally stand for or where it’s from, it doesn’t actually mean that (anymore). If it did for most people almost any media would be “NSFW”. Most people would get in trouble for watching a movie or playing video games at work, regardless of content. That’s obviously a useless definition.
Since it was popularized on reddit and other social media the tag now defacto means porn/gore. That’s how the vast majority of people uses it and that’s how I think it should be used.
And of course people can complain. But well, sometimes the complain might just fall on deaf ears. And in the case if demanding bikini pictures be tagged as NSFW, I think rightfully so.
As I said, I regularly seen bikini picture and the like on office computers, so yes, I think it’s acceptable in “western culture”. Maybe not in some of the more puritan countries or large corporations, but in general, yes.
Also the term NSFW isn’t defined by what is literally allowed at workplaces, so the entire argument is pointless. It’s a tag for porn and gore. Bikini pictures aren’t porn.
I’m not sure. Most people are in China and India and I know little about their office culture.
I’ve seen worse images as people’s office wallpaper/screensaver.
The example OP has giving isn’t even NSFW though, so no tag is warranted.
apart from individually blocking them (which doesn’t really work, as they keep making more communities).
It’s very much manageable. You could also try blocking certain instances or users.
Other than that, though titties.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Lemmy User Feedback and Improvement Thread: Share Your Complaints, Suggestions, and IdeasEnglish
13·3 months agoA multi-community feature that allows you to group communities into a single feed is urgently needed.
Don’t even have to have a TV anymore. In Germany it’s just a flat fee per household.
Have been successfully dodging the German fee for 15 years. We have enough Tatort already and I’m not paying for stupid soccer licenses.
Cut it by 75% and apply it ONLY to news and educational content and we can talk.
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CasualEurope@piefed.social•What was the last European museum you went to?
1·4 months agoDoes the The Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg count as a museum?
If not the ABBA museum or the Royal Armoury in Stockholm (visited at the same day, don’t remember which one was the last).
Ok, I might be nitpicking here. But why do the Netherlands get “No data” while a bunch of other counties are just left blank?
Just use a disposable one-time mail?
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Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz•Countries where over 90% of the population can speak EnglishEnglish
161·5 months ago
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Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz•Countries where over 90% of the population can speak EnglishEnglish
25·5 months agoYes. For now.
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Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany have lifted range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine.
4·6 months agoWell, he did just become chancellor.

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