• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Or a stapler, much to my distress

    Me: You know, the thing! It holds paper together using tiny bits of warped metal!
    Them: …

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      3 days ago

      That seems more like “these kids don’t know basic things and/ or their names” rather than “these kids don’t know colloquialisms from previous decades”

      Paper is still everywhere and staples are everywhere. How do they not know what a stapler is?

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          2 days ago

          Im 100% behind you. Use them for tonnes of stuff, so much better than buying chip-clips