Comment on "I used to be with it"

• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Absolutely!

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      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Is that last bit a dig at German humour?

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    • Matthew@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I thought they studied butterflies?

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They do, yes. I’m just doing a variant of the “I’m no geologist but (says things that have nothing to do with geology)” meme 😁

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• BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• alekwithak@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Omfg I just got that 🤦

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