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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Didn't even realize that was a word until I looked it up.

the chemical element of atomic number 13, a light silvery-gray metal.

Not sure how that relates in a conversation about tinfoil hats usage but sure why not.

I'm sure the composition of the devices has a significant performance impact on their effectiveness, worthy of discussion. :p

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The successor to tin foil is aluminum foil. "Aluminum" is called "aluminium" in English-speaking countries outside the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh there we go, okay that explains it.

Yeah you guys on the other side of the pond like using extra letters in your words like 'colour'. :p

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

Colour is closer to you than you think (look up)

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

Um, by "look up", if you mean my reply, I was spelling it how it's spelled over in Europe, not America.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean up as in on a map. Canada, north of the US, uses colour

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

I mean up as in on a map.

Ah, so you were speaking geographically, and not Lemmyically.