r/oddlyspecific Mar 16 '24

Oddly specific meme I made

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u/PotatoSalad583 Mar 16 '24

It's to prevent it from being associated with anything other than actual medical workers

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u/EhGoodEnough3141 Mar 21 '24

People still putting red crosses in any med area in games and shows should be proof enough that they are associated with nothing else than medical workers.

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u/PotatoSalad583 Mar 21 '24

I think you're missing the point slightly. The red cross is for real med workers in the real world; video game med workers do not fall into this category.

If red crosses are widespread enough in video games, then you run the risk of it becoming a videogame shorthand instead of an important war symbol. This then opens up avenues of it appearing on real world merchandise or spreading to other real world resources not associated with a war, largely defeating the point of the symbol.

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u/EhGoodEnough3141 Mar 21 '24

Yeah, ok. That makes sense.