Comment on "I used to be with it"

• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nero Burning Rom was a popular program for burning CDs

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  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The best name for a piece of software I’ve ever read lol

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  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I used Nero. Is this person I’m supposed to be aware of in the picture named Nero or something?

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m no lepidopterist, but from context I’d guess that it is indeed Nero.

      A much maligned Roman emperor, Nero supposedly (but almost certainly not actually) haughtily played some instrument or the other during the Great Fire of Rome.

      Hence, “burning a CD-ROM” is easily associated with him even though the story is almost certainly not true and “ROM” (read only memory) was the suffix of the CDs that COULDN’T be burned 🤷

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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Honestly, this was some A-tier wordplay, especially considering that the company who made it is was German.

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      • Matthew@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I thought they studied butterflies?

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  • alekwithak@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Omfg I just got that 🤦

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