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minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·6 个月前Because almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·6 个月前I’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 个月前The fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 个月前Mom, can we get water bottles at home? No, we already have water bottles at home. Water bottles at home:
minus-squareggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 个月前I love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)
minus-squareZiemekZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 个月前Haven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 个月前That one I’ve never heard of. The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
minus-squaremedem@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 个月前Really? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.
Because almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.
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)
Haven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.
That one I’ve never heard of.
The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
Really? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.