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These cupcakes are making me hangry:
In what is probably the only example ever of tiny, frosted cakes sparking mass outrage, strong negative feedback has prompted Google to remove a cupcake calorie counter from its iOS Maps app, the company confirmed Tuesday.
Google recently added the cutesy — and possibly half-baked — feature as an experiment. With the new feature, users saw a pink cupcake icon that automatically showed them how many calories they would burn if they walked to their destination. The app also translated that calorie count into mini cupcakes, telling walkers how many of the tiny treats they would burn if they walked from point A to point B.
But complaints soon started raining down like sprinkles.
Critics accused the cartoon cupcake counter of being patronizing, promoting body-shaming, and possibly triggering unhealthy behavior in people who have struggled with eating disorders or over-exercise, BBC reports. There's no way to turn the feature off, critics pointed out.
"Do they realize how extremely triggering something like this is for ppl who have had eating disorders? Not to mention just generally shamey," a user named Taylor Lorenz tweeted. She added: "Also it looks like there's no way to turn this feature off what the hell."
Google Maps has instead added 12 "worlds" for users to explore, including Venus, Pluto, Europa, Ganymede, Rhea, and Mimas. Google Maps users would in fact weigh less if they were on these bodies.
Also at The Verge, SFGate, TechCrunch, and Buzzfeed.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @03:08PM (2 children)
How's the war on Christmas going? Happy Holidays bitch.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @06:04PM
According to the Right, the war on Xmas is going full bore! My God*! Think of the children! According to anyone else?, nobody cares.
But for FSM's sake, look at a calendar, Happy Halloween!
*White-Jesus
(Score: 4, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday October 18 2017, @11:05PM
We’re getting near that beautiful Christmas season that people don’t talk about any more. They don’t use the word Christmas because it’s not politically correct. When was the last time you saw "Merry Christmas"? You don’t see it any more. You go to department stores and they’ll say 'Happy New Year,' or they’ll say other things and it’ll be red, they’ll have it painted. But they don’t say "Merry Christmas." Well, guess what? We’re saying "Merry Christmas" again. Our religious liberty is enshrined in the very first amendment in the Bill of Rights. The American founders invoked our Creator four times in the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin reminded his colleague at the Constitutional Convention to begin by bowing their heads in prayer. I remind you that we’re going to start saying "Merry Christmas" again. You’ll be saying "Merry Christmas" again when you go shopping. Believe me. "Merry Christmas." They’ve been downplaying that little, beautiful phrase. You’re going to be saying "Merry Christmas" again, folks. MERRY GODDAMNED CHRISTMAS!
MERRY GODDAMNED CHRISTMAS!