LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-square90fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down119
arrow-up1252arrow-down1message-squareCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27·15 days agoIn German, a phone is called a “Handy”
minus-squareabrake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·15 days agoIn America, a handjob is called a “Handy”
minus-squarespicehoarder@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·15 days agoIn Germany, they employ the whole person, not just the hand!
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoI have yet to be actually paid for any hand job, in the USA or Germany.
In German, a phone is called a “Handy”
In America, a handjob is called a “Handy”
In Germany, they employ the whole person, not just the hand!
I have yet to be actually paid for any hand job, in the USA or Germany.
And the girl a handmaiden