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ChrisRR 59 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Blueto...

It's only an objectionable device name once you know it's safe. When you're on a plane, you have to err on the side of caution

If the story had been "Bomb detonated on plane after bluetooth name sparks alert" then it would've been more than just objectionable

defrost 58 days ago [–]

But it wasn't, it was the far more common and explainable case, seen near daily, of an edgy device name on a fitbit watch.

The Treachery of Images (and names) dates back to 1929; Ceci n'est pas une pipe bomb.

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