(I figured the icons were going to be "nasty" in terms of being very shoddy quality. It turns out that they depict "nasty" subject matter.)
I've worked in some pretty uptight places, and anywhere that I might've encountered petty flak for something like this was a place where my maturity was so poorly regarded, that I and my fellow employees were not permitted internet access at all.
In any other situation, getting "written up" for "inappropriate behavior" so that the proper paperwork could be fully digested by the HR apparatchik, would have required my signature, my manager's signature, would have been reviewed by my bosses boss, and become a permanent HR record, in anticipation of potential legal proceedings, and revisited during my annual review, when pay raises were considered.
If I were actually fired over such a matter, again, my bosses would have to consult their boss and possibly further up the pecking order, possibly including senior HR staff, and we'd all sit in a room together (with HR), and they might show me print outs of the web page that triggered my getting fired, after which I might be escorted from the premises by security guard.
Most of the bosses I've had would require something very serious to provoke such a process, and usually had reasonable higher-order bosses with children who behaved worse than this, to the point where the underling boss might be laughed at by the overlord boss, if they tried to fire me over something as silly as this. Especially, when paying recruiters to hire someone can cost the company thousands upon thousands of dollars.
So really, is this honestly NSFW worthy?
I just spent a solid year looking for work while watching my bank account slowly dwindle. If I walked out of the job I just got, I don't think I would even have enough money to break the lease on my apartment.
It may speak to the relative acceptance of violence vs sexuality in our culture?
I wish I had a page where I could use these when AB testing. Think about it: Using nasty icons increased the click-through rates by 200%!
Great for a 404 icon :-)
edit: why did I get downvoted? That's a literal translation, not what I think of the icons.
One of the best artists was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marc_Reiser , and you can also search for the Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo magazines images (NSFW, as cautioned above).
P.S. Forgot to mention also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Wolinski , who seems to be still active.
should check out teespring.com ;)
