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[–] DrWorm@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] killea@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] everett@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

An Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

Well. I’ve heard worse understandings of the internet, honestly.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

He was probably thinking of the tubes at the bank drive through you put your checks into.

[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The guy was clueless, but I can honestly see a lot of parallels to make that analogy reasonably accurate.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's honestly what I find interesting about it. The kernel of truth getting shouted out by the well deserved derision