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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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 · 1 month ago

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In German, a phone is called a “Handy”
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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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      I have yet to be actually paid for any hand job, in the USA or Germany.
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    And the girl a handmaiden

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