@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-square@Link@rentadrunk.orglinkfedilink9•3 months agoAre we referring to this icon? Found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY If so I see no resemblance with a penguin at all.
minus-square@GiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilink8•3 months agoYep that’s the one. It was on the taskbar so significantly smaller than it looks here. I think he thought the lightning bolt was the beaks. Sometimes late at night I squint my eyes to look at the icon and, for a fleeting moment, I can see two penguins.
minus-square@Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-2•3 months agoSo either your friend has terrible eye sight, was high, or is an idiot.
Are we referring to this icon? Found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY
If so I see no resemblance with a penguin at all.
Yep that’s the one. It was on the taskbar so significantly smaller than it looks here. I think he thought the lightning bolt was the beaks.
Sometimes late at night I squint my eyes to look at the icon and, for a fleeting moment, I can see two penguins.
So either your friend has terrible eye sight, was high, or is an idiot.