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minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agoIt’s like calling your remote a “clicker”. A term that is still used but only by the old crowd.
minus-squaresolarbabies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·9 months agoBoth “clicker” and “slide deck” made a resurgence, these are definitely not exclusively old terms.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoTheir origin is old is the point. They refer back to an old technology and no longer applies since todays remotes don’t click. I think a “resurgence” is going a bit far.
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI call the game controllers “remotes”. I don’t think my kids like me.
minus-squareramius345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoOr the even crazier regional usage of “button box”.
It’s like calling your remote a “clicker”. A term that is still used but only by the old crowd.
Both “clicker” and “slide deck” made a resurgence, these are definitely not exclusively old terms.
Their origin is old is the point. They refer back to an old technology and no longer applies since todays remotes don’t click. I think a “resurgence” is going a bit far.
I call the game controllers “remotes”. I don’t think my kids like me.
Or the even crazier regional usage of “button box”.