dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoManila folder (named for abaca fibers from the Philippines, the most common material before wood pulp replaced it)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkManila folder (named for abaca fibers from the Philippines, the most common material before wood pulp replaced it)en.wikipedia.orgdantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoThe 6th paragraph of the History section reads almost as if its insinuating that the US colonized the Phillipines as if to maintain a steady supply of folders.
minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days agoWe’ve done it for flimsier excuses
minus-squaresploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoI think manilla folders arranged properly could easily support more than a pile of bananas could.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoThey did it for bananas, they’d do it for office supplies.
The 6th paragraph of the History section reads almost as if its insinuating that the US colonized the Phillipines as if to maintain a steady supply of folders.
We’ve done it for flimsier excuses
I think manilla folders arranged properly could easily support more than a pile of bananas could.
They did it for bananas, they’d do it for office supplies.