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[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

doesn’t make sense. It should be...

Well, fortunately the picture is a joke.

However, i's based on this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61647192 - and truth be told the original isn't much less ridiculous than the parody.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The streamer one in particular is like the French version of that 4chan green text about American vs British names. "MFW they call it a 'gun' instead of a Rooty Tooty Point And Shoot"

I don't speak French so I'm not confident on the syllable count...but it takes like 5x longer to say, right?

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, you reminded me of that classic

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

exactly that lol