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-squaremechoman444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down3·15 days agoNo it’s not… Because we know what a cellphone is. In star trek they called it tapes because they didn’t know what they would be called in the future. Moreover, it’s called a cellphone as a colloquial term. They’re correct nomenclature is “smartphone”.
minus-squarejago@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·edit-215 days agoYou’re going to play “moreover” and “nomenclature” then fuck up a “they’re/their”? Hang your head.
minus-squaremechoman444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoI also used colloquial. But then again auto correct is a bitch.
minus-squarebig_fat_fluffy@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-211 days agoContemporaneously, in some of Larry Nivens’ fiction, it was called a “data brick”. When you feel like you are getting too attached to the metaphor of the hour, abstract it up a level.
No it’s not… Because we know what a cellphone is.
In star trek they called it tapes because they didn’t know what they would be called in the future.
Moreover, it’s called a cellphone as a colloquial term. They’re correct nomenclature is “smartphone”.
You’re going to play “moreover” and “nomenclature” then fuck up a “they’re/their”? Hang your head.
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I also used colloquial. But then again auto correct is a bitch.
Contemporaneously, in some of Larry Nivens’ fiction, it was called a “data brick”.
When you feel like you are getting too attached to the metaphor of the hour, abstract it up a level.