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Texas Instruments Adds Gold Jesus Button to Calculators (disreport.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Dispassionate@quokk.au to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

It's a Voltron of irrelevancy. Two things that have been rendered completely useless in a modern world, mushed together.

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[–] Dispassionate@quokk.au [S] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

Hey, buttons aren’t useless. You watch your mouth!!

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

As a lover of 70s/80s sci-fi, I agree. But how many of us still carry calculators around?

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[–] Dispassionate@quokk.au [S] 1 point 2 months ago

You’d carry it if it had a solid gold Jesus button. But no, it’s not gold. It’s the same paint they use on Trump’s toilets.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 months ago

I keep a Casio scientific calculator in my work bag. Because sometimes I have oily hands and need to do algebra.

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