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minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoI still carry a spare battery for my phone
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·7 days agoFairphone owner? External batteries don’t count.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoit’s a battery that you have as a spare in case your main battery runs out. it’s a spare battery.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoOkay then explain to me how to swap out said “spare battery” without opening the phone with specialized tools. Guess what? You can’t, because it’s not a spare battery. It’s an external battery pack.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agowell then explain to me how to get an external battery out of the pack and chug its contents. guess what? you can’t, because it’s not an external battery pack. it’s a spare battery.
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·7 days agoYou’re not Randall Munroe, you don’t get to choose what counts. I think external batteries do count.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·7 days agoCommon sense disagrees.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoCommon sense isn’t a thing that exists, it’s a lazy trope used when you don’t want to explain something you think is obvious.
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoI don’t think xkcd is for people who value common sense.
minus-squareCorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 days agoIf I say “my phone is out of juice, let me grab a spare battery” most people will be confused if I start putting a bunch of tools in a box. Nobody will be confused if I simply grab an external battery.
I still carry a spare battery for my phone
Fairphone owner? External batteries don’t count.
it’s a battery that you have as a spare in case your main battery runs out. it’s a spare battery.
Okay then explain to me how to swap out said “spare battery” without opening the phone with specialized tools.
Guess what? You can’t, because it’s not a spare battery. It’s an external battery pack.
well then explain to me how to get an external battery out of the pack and chug its contents.
guess what? you can’t, because it’s not an external battery pack. it’s a spare battery.
You’re not Randall Munroe, you don’t get to choose what counts. I think external batteries do count.
Common sense disagrees.
Common sense isn’t a thing that exists, it’s a lazy trope used when you don’t want to explain something you think is obvious.
I don’t think xkcd is for people who value common sense.
If I say “my phone is out of juice, let me grab a spare battery” most people will be confused if I start putting a bunch of tools in a box. Nobody will be confused if I simply grab an external battery.