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Also if anyone knows how to design PCB boards https://github.com/ploopyco/headphones/issues/28

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[–] JohnnyCanuck 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why did they use such an obscene word for this?

"Ploopy"? I would say it's weird (for headphones) and maybe non-descriptive. How is it "obscene"?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone didn't read diary of a wimpy kid

[–] JohnnyCanuck 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's true. But I guess I'm not the only one haha!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not the only one; I'm wondering, too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

In the book it's a word the little brother came up with, and if anyone said it to them they'd cry. Their mom banned it so in their house it was on the same level as swearing.