LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down119
arrow-up1249arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareLinkAlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days 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-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days 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-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·4 days 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.