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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

Calling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".

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Calling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

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I enjoy my China, and also my China, and how could I forgot my China…
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  Don’t forget the china, me old china.

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