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Only if you meant teh ePlanet Nicky ;P Our powers raise significantly through the internets (only towards those who believe in us though).
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There are no girls on the internet.
Fact.
Anyhow, the Starbucks logo...
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Lately I've stopped seeing pictures of the Siren on Starbucks mugs - they seem to favor just the word "Starbucks". I also started seeing the new type of the siren as part of store decoration and on coffee packaging. She only has one tail. I guess the family-unfriendly image of a fish-woman spreading her tails is on its way out.
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Deadprogrammer's Cafe ยป How the Starbucks Siren Became Less Naughty
Brand Autopsy: The Evolution of the Starbucks Logo
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At the beginning of September 2006, Starbucks temporarily reintroduced their original brown logo on paper hot beverage cups. Starbucks has stated that this was done to show the company's heritage from the Pacific Northwest and to celebrate 35 years of business, however the vintage logo has sparked some controversy due to the siren's bare chest. Recently, an elementary school principal in Kent, Washington, was reported as asking teachers to "cover up" the mermaid of the retro cups with a cup sleeve of some kind.
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Yes, America is that conservative, sadly.
Starbucks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So, in summary, the Starbucks logo you see today is a neutered version of a sort of mermaid spreading her legs for sailors who need some damn coffee. Modern culture has forced the 20/30-year-old logo to adapt. Damn society. Sometimes I have no idea how people can possibly think this logo is offensive, mainly because no one will even imagine the image to be what it is unless they're tipped off or they're extremely perverted. In the second case, they ought to be modified, not the logo. Why can't we lobotomize a still-living human again?
