InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoHaving a flipper zero in LA is cool because...hexbear.netimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1imageHaving a flipper zero in LA is cool because...hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year 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-up18·1 year agoDo other people not use the word flipper for the TV remote control? Like, flip the channel?
minus-squareYearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agono lmao
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year 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-21 year agoMy dad used to call it a flipper. He’s dead now.
minus-squareMinnesocialism [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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