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• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  To play devil’s advocate, there are no exposed blades at the point of use. I’d wager people who buy “bladeless” fans are more concerned with aesthetics and avoiding a crying toddler than they are with semantic accuracy. We call Wi-Fi “wireless” even though the router is plugged in.

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can stick my peepee into a bladeless fan and not worry about cuts so there’s that.

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    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      well, no, see, you can’t.

      you can stick it through it. but you can’t stick it in it.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can’t tell me what I can and can’t do with my own peepee.

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  • ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    at work we have expensive fans with a cheap metal mesh around them - to avoid a crying co-worker. at home i have a cheap tower fan with a weird plastic mesh - there are no visible blades on it except if i crank my neck into a really uncomfortable position and shine a flashlight into it. which one of the two can i call bladeless?

    luckily i already have a devils advocate and @arctanthrope@lemmy.world dropped the name of god. how well do i need to hide my fans blade to create a Ventilationbescheißerle?

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  • HerbGrower@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Regular fans dont have exposed blades either, there is a mesh over it.

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    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I take it you’ve never seen a toddler stick their fingers through the mesh

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      • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes, I saw. The holes are small enough for an adult and far away from the blades for a toddler that it is safe.

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• arctanthrope@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  there’s a type of German meat dumplings called Herrgottsbescheißerle, which literally means “little things that bullshit the Lord” for the same reason

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  • craftrabbit@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh my god that makes so much sense suddenly

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  • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s just a nickname, they are called Maultaschen 99.9% of the time.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maultasche

    They are basically very large ravioli, but with a more German flavor (for lack of a better word). As far as I know, the origin story is more legend than fact, but it’s a funny anecdote nevertheless.

    Very tasty, I recommend giving them a try if you ever have the chance.

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• CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, Beef comes from cows, and cows only eat vegetation, so beef raviolis are vegetarian. Now, I’m not a Rocket Biologist, but I think the math here is pretty conclusive.

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  • Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is this what a rocket biologist specializes in?

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• DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The cynic in me thinks “bladeless” makes them easier to sell in fan-death countries.

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• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  (tbf: the catholic church made a similar claim during the medieval ages).

  Carpinchos (capybara) are fish.

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• ornithopiccoloelastibus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pun intended, ofc 🤭

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• brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  catholic church

  Beaver?

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  • ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    beavers are also a funny thing: it swims, therefore it is a fish. fish aren’t animal.

    i was more referencing things like @arctanthrope@lemmy.world expanded: hiding meat in dough. funny how many strategies they had to cheat a supposedly all-seeing, all-knowing entity.

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    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Religion is the king of all rules-lawyering.

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• ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You know … Bernoulli Fan - that’s way better idea than a room full of MBAs from expensive business schools and months of market research and focus groups with 2 way mirrors ever came up with. Well done

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• 87Six@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is such a rollercoaster to read LMAO

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tesla sounded like a cool name for a car too…

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  • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If only wasn’t owned by a Nazi.

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And weren’t dangerous/death traps for no good reason. And had good service practices, and weren’t anti-resale.

      Mr. Tesla is certainly rolling over in his grave.

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      • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There was time I was thinking too buy Tesla and willing to look past that in name of advancing EVs. That until I realized who he was (the thing in Thailand raised my eyebrow, then the covid, but my breaking point was when he sabotaged Ukraine’s offensive). Now that finally seeing who he is made me wonder what I was thinking overlooking those things.

        Fortunately I never pulled the trigger so I never owned any model. I still plan to have my next car and EV, but it definitely won’t be Tesla.

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  • ITGuyLevi@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    To be fair the originals were cool. A small museum in my town has one on display and damnit if those roadsters weren’t pretty cool (to me). Then the Nazi bitch bought the company and they started designing hot garbage.

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I remember them wanting to open-source a lot of the design to help push electrics forward.

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