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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Oh man. It's flipper, it's a dolphin, because it's a reference to Jones, the smack-addicted cyborg anti-submarine warfare dolphin in Johnny Mnemonic.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Do other people not use the word flipper for the TV remote control? Like, flip the channel?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

In the upper Midwest a lot of people use the term "clicker" instead. Similar enough idea

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