Forester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDrowning in grid scale batteriespawb.socialimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up151file-text
arrow-up151imageDrowning in grid scale batteriespawb.socialForester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareunitedwithme@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s gigawatts but they mispronounced it because, well, in the movie it’s 1955 and they much power was probably never heard of. IMO it was said wrong on purpose to show how absurd it was.
minus-squareGalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI read on the wiki that the expert they brought in used that pronunciation, and (not knowing any better), it was the one the actor used.
minus-squareunitedwithme@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOh no kidding?! I mean, I never knew until the computer age when hard drives hit giga-bytes.
It’s gigawatts but they mispronounced it because, well, in the movie it’s 1955 and they much power was probably never heard of. IMO it was said wrong on purpose to show how absurd it was.
I read on the wiki that the expert they brought in used that pronunciation, and (not knowing any better), it was the one the actor used.
Oh no kidding?! I mean, I never knew until the computer age when hard drives hit giga-bytes.