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chat is this true? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 115 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, yes, very clearly it's a "man on screen said it" situation, but it's not like that's new.

People who repeated "ground control to {insert name}" to get the attention of someone whose mind was elsewhere didn't believe they were actually addressing an astronaut. It's an idiom born of the current cultural zeitgeist.

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 5 days ago

Chat, can we get some protein pills for major tom