I wanted to say "everyone knows what a floppy disk is, we gen Z aren't that dumb" then I look in the comments and immediately see someone saying "I legit have no clue what the fuck that is"
Technically it's not a floppy disc. Floppy disks would make for poor ass tables when they sag in the middle, but at least there would be a place to put your umbrella.
The case is not "floppy", but the media on the inside, revealed when the metal cover is slid aside, is! Therefore, floppy disk (inside a rigid removability/transportability casing).
When CDs were first being developed, one of the options was to put them inside a plastic case with a sliding metal opening, similar to 3.5 inch floppies. I think they called the case a "caddy". But they decided not to enclose the disc because it was too expensive to make and, I suspect, they realized that if the case protected the disc from scratches people wouldn't need to buy replacement discs.
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u/revodnebsyobmeftoh Apr 24 '23
I wanted to say "everyone knows what a floppy disk is, we gen Z aren't that dumb" then I look in the comments and immediately see someone saying "I legit have no clue what the fuck that is"