Comment on "I used to be with it"

• 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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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Absolutely!

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    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Is that last bit a dig at German humour?

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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I hear it’s not a laughing matter.

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  • Matthew@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I thought they studied butterflies?

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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