I thought they studied butterflies?
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours agoI’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 🤷
Matthew@midwest.social 16 hours ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours 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 😁
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
Honestly, this was some A-tier wordplay, especially considering that the company who made it is was German.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Is that last bit a dig at German humour?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 7 hours ago
I hear it’s not a laughing matter.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Absolutely!