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minus-squareKnightfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·edit-214 hours agoI’m so confused, you didn’t have the room to write “calculator”, but you had the room to write “(calc is short for calculator btw)” …
minus-squareSectoidLexi@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 hours agoI believe that’s in reference to a clip of a streamer saying that repeatedly. It’s not supposed to make sense I think.
minus-squareJimmycrackcrack@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·13 hours agoI think the implication was supposed to be that the Americans call calculators “calcs” and the image wants to ridicule them for that. I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that outside of maybe software names, but I’m not from the US.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoNobody in the us says that, it sounds like something we’d make up and say the British say.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoFor those that joined the stream recently, they’re just using slang
I’m so confused, you didn’t have the room to write “calculator”, but you had the room to write “(calc is short for calculator btw)”
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I believe that’s in reference to a clip of a streamer saying that repeatedly. It’s not supposed to make sense I think.
I think the implication was supposed to be that the Americans call calculators “calcs” and the image wants to ridicule them for that. I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that outside of maybe software names, but I’m not from the US.
Nobody in the us says that, it sounds like something we’d make up and say the British say.
For those that joined the stream recently, they’re just using slang