• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s a habit I picked up from my dad lol

    He always called them crtvs because he thought the “tube” part of cathode ray tube was unnecessary when using the acronym. You know it’s a tube because what else would a cathode ray be in?

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      10 months ago

      I liked it better when I thought it meant Cathode Ray TubaVision