That’s hilarious. Is it still in use or say it differently now?
I’m thinking about master>slave in tech. Or rapeseed became Canola. Or how we say Uranus differently.
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PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 6 months agoThe word that airline computers hurl at their pilots just before landing
Quite rude if you ask me
That’s hilarious. Is it still in use or say it differently now?
I’m thinking about master>slave in tech. Or rapeseed became Canola. Or how we say Uranus differently.
afaik it is.
Printers used to refer to the page separation rollers as retard rollers.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I found a training thing that included the phrase “retard power” in an aviation context. The best part was the way it was enunciated. Not “ri-tard” like you do when it’s a verb, but long E ree-tard. I absolutely clipped it.
HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
You might be surprised that your sprinkler system has a retard chamber. Also you can still order it under that name.
arin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Can’t say either on twitch or you’ll get banned
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 6 months ago
chat is this real