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For some reason, it upsets me that he refers to spent / empty / used batteries as "bad", as if they were faulty.
by rtb 12y ago
For some reason, it upsets me that he refers to spent / empty / used batteries as "bad", as if they were faulty.
- jasallen 12y agoHe managed avoid the "flat" vs. "dead" controversy by making up a new convention altogether.
- bitJericho 12y agoI think "consumed" would be most appropriate.
- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoI'd say "depleted" but we're all missing the point.
- jdpage 12y ago"Bad" is what I used growing up. I think it's by analogy to food--you would say that food has "gone bad" after a while. Similarly with batteries. You might also ask "are these batteries (still) any good?" to question not their quality in general, but their state. It's almost certainly a regional thing.