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minus-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWhat was more acceptable? “Control stick”?
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoNo, “joystick” was the original term. Everyone in the past were a bunch of perverts.
minus-squareChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt could have been worse. It could have been named enjoystick…
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIt was named by pilots. It’s in the, um, cockpit.
minus-squarelorez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoNowadays it’s analog stick, where did all the joy go, I say?
minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down16·2 years agoglad that changed
minus-squareaxtualdave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoDisco stick, as in “Let’s have some fun, this beat is sick / I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.”
What was more acceptable? “Control stick”?
No, “joystick” was the original term. Everyone in the past were a bunch of perverts.
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?
glad that changed
Disco stick, as in