• ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe
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    4 hours ago

    still a miss-labeling to call them bladeless fans, just because the blades are hidden. by that logic my beef raviolis are vegetarian (tbf: the catholic church made a similar claim during the medieval ages).

    Bernoulli Fan is not only more accurate, it also sounds much cooler.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      To play devil’s advocate, there are no exposed blades at the point of use. I’d wager people who buy “bladeless” fans are more concerned with aesthetics and avoiding a crying toddler than they are with semantic accuracy. We call Wi-Fi “wireless” even though the router is plugged in.

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        3 hours ago

        at work we have expensive fans with a cheap metal mesh around them - to avoid a crying co-worker. at home i have a cheap tower fan with a weird plastic mesh - there are no visible blades on it except if i crank my neck into a really uncomfortable position and shine a flashlight into it. which one of the two can i call bladeless?

        luckily i already have a devils advocate and @[email protected] dropped the name of god. how well do i need to hide my fans blade to create a Ventilationbescheißerle?

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      4 hours ago

      there’s a type of German meat dumplings called Herrgottsbescheißerle, which literally means “little things that bullshit the Lord” for the same reason

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      Well, Beef comes from cows, and cows only eat vegetation, so beef raviolis are vegetarian. Now, I’m not a Rocket Biologist, but I think the math here is pretty conclusive.

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      3 hours ago

      (tbf: the catholic church made a similar claim during the medieval ages).

      Carpinchos (capybara) are fish.

    • ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world
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      4 hours ago

      You know … Bernoulli Fan - that’s way better idea than a room full of MBAs from expensive business schools and months of market research and focus groups with 2 way mirrors ever came up with. Well done