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Japanese designer Yasuhiro Suzuki created a giant zipper-shaped boat that gives the illusion of unzipping the water as it moves. (europe.pub)
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[–] 62 points 6 months ago (16 children)

Not YKK?

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  • [+] -28 points 6 months ago (13 children)

    It's rude to use uncommon abbreviations without defining them at least once.

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  • [–] 40 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Look at your pants.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    It's a common abbreviation. YKK owns the majority of the zipper market.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YKK

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    IIRC, they even had their own custom-made office computers, running their own internally developed operating system and software, during the 80s. Not sure if that was standard practice for Japanese zaibatsu at the time or just a YKK idiosyncrasy.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    You're downvoted to oblivion and even though I've heard of YKK, I completely agree.

    It pisses me off when I have to google an acronym every 2 sentences.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    That's true for acronyms that are not brand names, but for ones that are — I don't even know what that acronym means, but I get the point.

    It's not like you would be able to expand Dolce and Gabbana, because it's not an acronym, and it may also mean nothing for a person reading, being a brand they might not be interested in

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Then again, I've seen people use "DG" (Dolce & Gabbana) or "YSL" (Yves Saint Laurent). If you're not in a perfume-and-makeup-specific-community then using these as acronyms makes zero sense.

    Again, YKK is definitely an exception because I have a feeling no one would know what the hell you're talking about if you used "Yoshida Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha" lol

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