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submitted 2 weeks ago by MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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This bothers me more than it should.

It should be called the decoupler pedal because that’s what it actually does.

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[-] Yaky@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Now look up when an electronic circuit is "open" and when it is "closed"; conventional current flow vs actual electron flow; negative voltage.

(These are not that confusing, just unexpected for someone new)

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