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minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·2 days agoBecause almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.
minus-squaremedem@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoReally? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoI’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoThe fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoMom, can we get water bottles at home? No, we already have water bottles at home. Water bottles at home:
minus-squareggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThat one I’ve never heard of. The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
minus-squareZiemekZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoHaven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.
Because almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.
Really? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.
I’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
The fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.
Mom, can we get water bottles at home?
No, we already have water bottles at home.
Water bottles at home:
I love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)
That one I’ve never heard of.
The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
Haven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.