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Maybe because "V" and "B" used to be pronounced the same ;-)



It certainly reinforces what I know about techies that I just had to scroll all the way down to here to get past a group of them not only missing the point of a joke, but then arguing with each other pendantically over the meaning of words that add nothing to the discussion.

Is bikeshedding a habit or a temperament?

Glad to see someone managed to get the joke, anyway.


But everyone got the joke without the need for the follow up comment? That’s why it’s the top comment.


In Spanish they still are.




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