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[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

everybody called the xbox 360 "the 360" so they figured if they named the next one the xbox one everybody would call it "the one"

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

‘Eks bone’ is the kind of thing why designers spend time finding any and all obscene or unbecoming connotations in their projects before the customers have a chance to do that.