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[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Germany there is a saying that goes like

Seagate, oder Seagate nicht

where "Seagate" sounds like "sie geht" ("she works"; the word "hard drive disk" is femininum in German).

So it translates to "She works, or she does not work." or "Sometimes they work, sometimes they do not work"

[–] brap@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

That’s brilliant, I love it.