@LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-square70fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down119
arrow-up1251arrow-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 • 3 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squaremechoman444linkfedilink13•3 months 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-squarejagolinkfedilink27•edit-23 months agoYou’re going to play “moreover” and “nomenclature” then fuck up a “they’re/their”? Hang your head.
minus-squaremechoman444linkfedilink1•3 months agoI also used colloquial. But then again auto correct is a bitch.
minus-square@big_fat_fluffy@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-23 months 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.
I also used colloquial. But then again auto correct is a bitch.
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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.