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minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 年前By the way, “joystick” was kinda rude back in the day, but nobody even notices now.
minus-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 年前What was more acceptable? “Control stick”?
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 年前No, “joystick” was the original term. Everyone in the past were a bunch of perverts.
minus-squareChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前It could have been worse. It could have been named enjoystick…
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前It was named by pilots. It’s in the, um, cockpit.
minus-squarelorez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前Nowadays it’s analog stick, where did all the joy go, I say?
minus-squareaxtualdave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 年前Disco stick, as in “Let’s have some fun, this beat is sick / I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.”
minus-squareFightMilk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 年前Wikipedia seems to suggest it was an original term, first recorded use in 1909, and mentions nothing about alternative terms or controversy. I call BS
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 年前He means rude as in people made a sexual innuendo out of it. I remember in late 90s my brother bought a joystick. The brand was ThrustMaster. Literally, that was the name. ThrustMaster Joystick. We still laugh about it sometimes.
By the way, “joystick” was kinda rude back in the day, but nobody even notices now.
What was more acceptable? “Control stick”?
No, “joystick” was the original term. Everyone in the past were a bunch of perverts.
glad that changed
It could have been worse. It could have been named enjoystick…
It was named by pilots. It’s in the, um, cockpit.
Nowadays it’s analog stick, where did all the joy go, I say?
Disco stick, as in
Shes got a way with words.
Liking disco sticks don’t make me gay
what ? why ?
Wikipedia seems to suggest it was an original term, first recorded use in 1909, and mentions nothing about alternative terms or controversy. I call BS
He means rude as in people made a sexual innuendo out of it.
I remember in late 90s my brother bought a joystick. The brand was ThrustMaster. Literally, that was the name. ThrustMaster Joystick.
We still laugh about it sometimes.