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Do you actually own anything digital? (www.theregister.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

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[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Those who down voted you are either idiots, or hate clever wordplay

[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

or they just hate OP for still having their fingers

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't get it

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Digit is the medical term for a finger. Digital is the term for pertaining to or describing the fingers

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Haha alright that's pretty clever word play

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Or they saw that I made the same joke five hours before this one? :p