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minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-22 days ago“Spare battery”? What year is this XKCD from? Pre-2012?
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 days agoA power bank could also fill the same role, albeit external
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day ago2017 https://xkcd.com/1802/
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoI still carry a spare battery for my phone
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·2 days agoFairphone owner? External batteries don’t count.
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days agoYou’re not Randall Munroe, you don’t get to choose what counts. I think external batteries do count.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·2 days agoCommon sense disagrees.
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoI don’t think xkcd is for people who value common sense.
minus-squareCorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoIf I say “my phone is out of juice, let me grab a spare battery” most people will be confused if I start putting a bunch of tools in a box. Nobody will be confused if I simply grab an external battery.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoCommon sense isn’t a thing that exists, it’s a lazy trope used when you don’t want to explain something you think is obvious.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoit’s a battery that you have as a spare in case your main battery runs out. it’s a spare battery.
“Spare battery”? What year is this XKCD from? Pre-2012?
A power bank could also fill the same role, albeit external
2017 https://xkcd.com/1802/
I still carry a spare battery for my phone
Fairphone owner? External batteries don’t count.
You’re not Randall Munroe, you don’t get to choose what counts. I think external batteries do count.
Common sense disagrees.
I don’t think xkcd is for people who value common sense.
If I say “my phone is out of juice, let me grab a spare battery” most people will be confused if I start putting a bunch of tools in a box. Nobody will be confused if I simply grab an external battery.
Common sense isn’t a thing that exists, it’s a lazy trope used when you don’t want to explain something you think is obvious.
it’s a battery that you have as a spare in case your main battery runs out. it’s a spare battery.