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>I don't associate with any of it. Not because I'm a green space monster.

When I checked I didn't see any white people, so assuming that you are white the explanation for your reaction is probably just that your race isn't represented. People identify more with other people that look like them. If you had a kid from China draw a picture of some people they would all look Chinese, so my guess is that the author of the page is from a country that's mostly black and Hispanic. They might not even have noticed that they left white people out.

In that light the "real humans" comment comes across as a little weird, though, so maybe this doesn't explain your reaction. Although if it helps clear the air, I'm fine with pointing out that I would prefer to use an icon pack that included white people, after all that's me.

> In that light the "real humans" comment comes across as a little weird

But that's the light painted by you, not OP. OP gave very specific and valid examples of types of people that are missing. OP said, nor implied, anything about race. That's your straw man, and yours alone.

The only thing that's weird is that an illustration library called "humaaans" is no where near diverse enough to represent humans.

>But that's the light painted by you, not OP.

Right, I'm saying that's the most accurate light. I'm not trying to accuse the OP of anything.

It's actually the least accurate light, and a straw man argument fabricated by you alone. The criticisms about the lack of diversity have nothing to do with race, neither explicitly nor implied.

It's not a fabricated straw man, it's my actual opinion. (Typically a straw man would be a caricature of your opponent's opinion). I used to roll my eyes when people added new skin colors to emoji options, but now that someone left off people that look like me, I understand that it's a nice gesture to be included.

> If you had a kid from China draw a picture of some people they would all look Chinese

That may be OK, but I can't think of a country where 80% of people are female?

At this point we're splitting hairs down to the subatomic level, but that can be explained by pointing out that the author made more distinct female hair styles than male hair styles.

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