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minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·1 month agoFairphone owner? External batteries don’t count.
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoYou’re not Randall Munroe, you don’t get to choose what counts. I think external batteries do count.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·1 month agoCommon sense disagrees.
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoI don’t think xkcd is for people who value common sense.
minus-squareCorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoit’s a battery that you have as a spare in case your main battery runs out. it’s a spare battery.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoOkay then explain to me how to swap out said “spare battery” without opening the phone with specialized tools. Guess what? You can’t, because it’s not a spare battery. It’s an external battery pack.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agowell then explain to me how to get an external battery out of the pack and chug its contents. guess what? you can’t, because it’s not an external battery pack. it’s a spare battery.
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.
Okay then explain to me how to swap out said “spare battery” without opening the phone with specialized tools.
Guess what? You can’t, because it’s not a spare battery. It’s an external battery pack.
well then explain to me how to get an external battery out of the pack and chug its contents.
guess what? you can’t, because it’s not an external battery pack. it’s a spare battery.