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Comment on USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

Knusper@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Diagram showing a USB Type A plug which doesn’t fit. Then it’s flipped 180°, still doesn’t fir. Then flipped 180° again, i.e. back into the original position, but now it magically fits.

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CarlsIII@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Still not sure what that has to do with tootsie roll pops, other than the number 3? Explaining why someone said something doesn’t automatically make it not weird

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- obre@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Just a reference to an old ad
  
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  - CarlsIII@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No, I know, we all know the ad, we are just trying to figure out what that has to do with USB’s other than a use of the number “3.” It’s a really weird part of the article that elicits a “wtf” whether you get the reference or not. Getting the reference doesn’t make it not weird.
    
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- Knusper@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Oh yeah, no, I agree. I just wasn’t entirely sure, if they thought it was even weirder than it still is, because they did not know the joke about the USB sticks. Just trying to help via dumb memes. 🙃
  
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  - sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I can respect that
    
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