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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) by Gaaark on Wednesday October 18 2017, @04:58PM (2 children)
where do i go to 'stupid shame' these people.
Get lives people.
Grow up.
The whole world must stop turning and moving through space just so the snowflakes will have somewhere safe to land?
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.
"I am lame, and must be protected! Remove stuff that could make me feel bad inside. I know that in the past, people used to have it REAL hard and that they would go out into the wild and DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD after spending months on the Atlantic ocean with no safety nets at all, but i am a snowflake and so must be protected from EVERYTHING!.....Oh no.... i broke a NAIL!!!!!!"
Again: Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday October 18 2017, @08:25PM (1 child)
There used to be a great bumpersticker that read, "Too Bad Ignorance Isn't Painful."
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday October 18 2017, @09:53PM
I just usually say "Peoples is dumb".
Wouldn't the world be a better place if you were allowed to kill one person EVERY year, no consequences?
People would be nicer to each other AND you could get rid of the assholes and stupids.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---