Mickey7@lemmy.worldBanned from community to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhen I die maybe they will also stuff me and put me in a museumlemmy.worldimagemessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down11
arrow-up1412arrow-down1imageWhen I die maybe they will also stuff me and put me in a museumlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.worldBanned from community to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoLook closer. Those are 5.25" floppies, which never had the popularity as save icons that 3.5" floppies did.
minus-squaredalekcaan@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoTo be fair, even though 5¼" floppies are arguably more deserving of the name, I feel like most people still think of the 3½" disks when they hear “floppy disk.”
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThey were floppy on the inside
minus-squaredalekcaan@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYeah, but 5¼" were floppy inside and out
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoand then Hard Disk Drives entered the scene :O
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI’m not about to let a little thing like perfect factual accuracy get in the way of a dumb joke.
Look closer. Those are 5.25" floppies, which never had the popularity as save icons that 3.5" floppies did.
To be fair, even though 5¼" floppies are arguably more deserving of the name, I feel like most people still think of the 3½" disks when they hear “floppy disk.”
They were floppy on the inside
Yeah, but 5¼" were floppy inside and out
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and then Hard Disk Drives entered the scene :O
I’m not about to let a little thing like perfect factual accuracy get in the way of a dumb joke.
Fair.