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Speaking as an Australian, a “Freedom” prefix makes it sound like yet another cheesy American grab at patriotism. (This may come across as snark, but it seriou
by zarify 7y ago
Speaking as an Australian, a “Freedom” prefix makes it sound like yet another cheesy American grab at patriotism.
(This may come across as snark, but it seriously isn’t. “Freedom” anything has been polluted, IMHO)
- CrazyStat 7y agoSounds like Australia needs some Freedom(TM).
- frutiger 7y agoFair point. For what it’s worth I’m British (but expat in the States).
- kgwxd 7y agoSpeaking as an American, that's exactly what I first thought too.
- asmithmd1 7y agoRight, like Freedom units. The temperature is 74F, the F is for freedom
- welly 7y agoMolecules of freedom? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/29/energy-department-molecules-freedom-fossil-fuel-rebranding https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/29/energy-depa... Perhaps bytes of freedom?
- alpaca128 7y agoAnd considering the US Department of Energy just started labeling fossil fuels as "molecules of freedom" and "freedom gas"(no joke)[1] it looks like that only gets worse. [1]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/us-department-of-energy-is-now-referring-to-fossil-fuels-as-freedom-gas/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/us-department-of...