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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

Calling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".

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Calling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

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In America, a handjob is called a “Handy”
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  In Germany, they employ the whole person, not just the hand!
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  And the girl a handmaiden

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