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Internet Hole (sh.itjust.works)

Transcription: A photograph of an Ethernet port with a label that reads “Internet hole”, along with some Chinese writing.

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[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

They prefer “OnlyFans model” now.

[-] konalt@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago
[-] Infynis@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago
[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

More accurate translation for 网络孔 would be "network hole," or even just "net hole," which would include LAN... So yeah, fair!

[-] konalt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"THIS HOLE WAS MADE FOR ME! THIS IS MY HOLE!"

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, you seem to have an amigara fault on port 69, contact your administrator for further information

[-] nfsu2@feddit.cl 18 points 1 year ago

I should call her

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Is that where the tube (from the series of tubes) connects?

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The internet is not, the internet is not a big truck

The internet is not, something that you just dump something on

[-] Slow@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago

In fact, the inscription is true)

[-] badelf@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

It is. And don't be an Internet dick, okay?

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

The Chinese says 網路孔。。。 Internet Hole/Port

[-] Teon@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

That was my nickname in China!

[-] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I've just now come up with the question of how the hell does the Chinese language work?

I imagine they didn't have a symbol for internet hundreds of years ago, how can they have "internet hole" as three symbols?

I imagine they have a symbol for hole, what are the other two? Do they need to make a new symbol every time something new is invented?

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Chinese normally come up with some ways to use old terms to describe new things.

First character means "net" (can also be fishing or spider net)

Second means "line, route" (also way, sequence)

Third means, well, "hole" (but also socket)

As a combination of first and second we have "net line" - the Internet, or really any interconnected net like a power grid. Third doesn't need an explanation, I think.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Kind of interesting that both English and Chinese ended up describing the internet as a form of "net" or (spider)"web"

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Probably a calque of some sort.

[-] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well, it makes sense when you think about how it describes the same concept.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Do they need to make a new symbol every time something new is invented?

I mean it's exactly the same as inventing a new word whenever something new is invented. It's usually derived from already existing words and so are the symbols.

[-] HenryWong327@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Same way as English, by combining preexisting words. For example, ether + net + port = ethernet port. In this case the first two characters (that's what they're called) mean "net" and "road", combining to mean "network".

I think adding new characters is very, very rare. Would be kinda like adding a new letter to the alphabet.

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Connected to a series of tubes.

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

What a classic. Isn’t it originally from Engrish.com?

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