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"I'll just use my laptop charger to charge my Xbox controller" would have been a baffling sentence in 2005 (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Chozo@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It would have been even more baffling in 1905.

[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Well, in 1905 they did know about electricity and batteries so charger might at least be a word they could figure out instead of wondering how you got a tiny war horse in your lap.