@LovableSidekick to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 6 days agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-square70arrow-up1270arrow-down119
arrow-up1251arrow-down1message-squareCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".@LovableSidekick to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 6 days agomessage-square70
minus-square@Archerlink2•5 days agoIronically the Brits got this right with “mobiles”. What’s the key characteristic of a cellphone? That it is portable and mobile.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashedlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 days agobut the key characteristic of a car is also the mobility. 🤔
Ironically the Brits got this right with “mobiles”. What’s the key characteristic of a cellphone? That it is portable and mobile.
but the key characteristic of a car is also the mobility.
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Not if c/fuckcars gets their way.