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Tampon is French for Buffer. I think this is funny.
by julien_c 14y ago
Tampon is French for Buffer. I think this is funny.
- MartinCron 14y agoAnd "Douche" is French for shower. Both are, as far as humor attempts go, pretty lame.
- raganwald 14y ago"The Aristocrats" is a very funny joke. But that doesn't mean it's appropriate to tell in every circumstance. Tampon may or may not be funny, but being funny is not, in and of itself, the measure of whether a name is appropriate.
- petercooper 14y ago"The Aristocrats" is a very funny joke. But that doesn't mean it's appropriate to tell in every circumstance. Aha! This might explain why I haven't been invited to any family events this year..
- cpdean 14y agoSure, sure. But the logo is of a Tampon, the feminine hygiene product, so the connotation is in English.
- rogerchucker 14y agoI guess Tampon in French also means "look we're gonna make an offensive joke for the English world and then point to the French language when criticized for it". Either that or the French engineers live in an alternate Francophone universe.
- julien_c 14y agoI honestly fail to understand why you feel it's an "offensive" name - distasteful perhaps, but offensive? To whom?
- mcguire 14y agoThis is a "Show HN" post, right? Presumably you came here looking for feedback. So far, essentially all of the discussion is of the name. You might think it's funny. Your primary school friends might think it's funny, too. But it's not really getting you anything, right?