@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 3 months agoLemons(?) of Lemmy, what is something that feels so obvious to you that you just get lowkey pissed at the world for not knowing?message-square601fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down113
arrow-up1229arrow-down1message-squareLemons(?) of Lemmy, what is something that feels so obvious to you that you just get lowkey pissed at the world for not knowing?@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 3 months agomessage-square601fedilink
minus-square@A_Random_IdiotlinkEnglish1•3 months agoThis is just the 21st century version of getting angry at someone saying to xerox a paper or hand them a kleenex. Its not xeroxing, its copying. Its not a kleenex, its a tissue. but these brands have become identified so much with a product that their names have become generic for the product itself.
minus-square@elephantiumlinkEnglish1•3 months agoI don’t think they’re merely complaining about synecdoche…
This is just the 21st century version of getting angry at someone saying to xerox a paper or hand them a kleenex.
Its not xeroxing, its copying. Its not a kleenex, its a tissue.
but these brands have become identified so much with a product that their names have become generic for the product itself.
Oh hey I know about Xerox. Man I’m old.
I don’t think they’re merely complaining about synecdoche…