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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Losing yo-yo right before the centennial anniversary is pretty funny.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea that a lot of those were brand names

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's why when someone says "they have to protect their IP otherwise they lose it", they're full of shit. The bar for losing a trademark is essentially that no one can be reasonably expected to know it was a trademark.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Has 'zoom' become a generic term for video calling/conferencing? For example are people saying "let's zoom later on Skype" ?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Might be a thing with zoomers

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Something I find interesting, lino was replaced by vinyl which was worse and plasticy but cheaper and the name carried over.

Most people when they think of floor lino thinka actually of vinyl rather than the actual original!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Vinyl is horrible, but I really like LVP. I guess the solution was more vinyl.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait, who owns super hero?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Both Marvel and DC. Look it up on Wikipedia for more details.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How did they both end up owning it? I checked Wikipedia but don't see where it explains how it happened.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (10 children)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I suppose a tweet isn’t a Twitter.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (8 children)

When was the last time you heard someone use the term 'Xerox?'

iirc, it's used as another word for clone in some 1980's science fiction.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Arguably it's a bit dated but I don't think it's gone completely the way of the dinosaur.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

The legend I've heard is that the Xerox company built the first PC, complete with mouse, monitor, printer, and keyboard, but couldn't figure out how to market it. They let anyone come and see it, and kids like Jobs and Gates stole it for themselves. Maybe in the future, 'xerox' will mean 'didn't know a good thing when you had it." She dated that guy and dumped him right before he won the lottery. What a xerox!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Aspirin & Heroin: Bayer

lost rights to its trademarks as a result of WWI

Thanks Gavrilo Princip. Do you know how much potential revenue you erased from the Bayer balance sheet?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I try to avoid using all these names and instead use the more generic names.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

What do you use for zipper, super hero, and trampoline?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Okay, maybe not all of them but honestly that's because I didn't know they were brand names

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

From Wikipedia: A zipper, zip, fly, or zip fastener, formerly known as a clasp locker

Trampoline: The generic term for the trademarked trampoline was a rebound tumbler

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Me inviting women to my rebound tumbler:

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I too would like to know.

Fastener? Meta human? Bouncy springy thingy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The German word for zipper is literally "tear/rip fastener" (Reißverschluss)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

That was a good almost 100 year run, yo-yo.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I find it interesting how all but a few are two syllables. I don't think that's a coincidence.

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