InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agoHaving a flipper zero in LA is cool because...hexbear.netimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1imageHaving a flipper zero in LA is cool because...hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·2 years agoOh man. It’s flipper, it’s a dolphin, because it’s a reference to Jones, the smack-addicted cyborg anti-submarine warfare dolphin in Johnny Mnemonic.
minus-squareD3FNC [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 years agoDo other people not use the word flipper for the TV remote control? Like, flip the channel?
minus-squareYearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agono lmao
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoWhen I was young “clicker” was common because the tech was so basic that they made a click sound. But I never heard “flipper”.
minus-squareFarFarAway@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 years agoMy dad used to call it a flipper. He’s dead now.
minus-squareMinnesocialism [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoIn the upper Midwest a lot of people use the term “clicker” instead. Similar enough idea
Oh man. It’s flipper, it’s a dolphin, because it’s a reference to Jones, the smack-addicted cyborg anti-submarine warfare dolphin in Johnny Mnemonic.
Do other people not use the word flipper for the TV remote control? Like, flip the channel?
no lmao
stares in southern
When I was young “clicker” was common because the tech was so basic that they made a click sound. But I never heard “flipper”.
My dad used to call it a flipper. He’s dead now.
In the upper Midwest a lot of people use the term “clicker” instead. Similar enough idea