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submitted 2 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm just pissed at a missed opportunity to call it unstinction. Or restinction. Or endstinction.

Same flavor of disappointment I had when smartphones weren't called intelliphones.

We really are an unclever species.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Great intellipost!