• @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    11 month ago

    It’s not all that different from Kleenex, Scotch tape, Xerox, etc. Sometimes brand names become the common name for a product.

    • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      81 month ago

      A Kleenex and any different facial tissue are very similar. A Coke and an Orange carbonated beverage are very different.

      • Captain Aggravated
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        31 month ago

        Yeah imagine if we started calling all paper products of any kind “kleenex?” Yeah write that down on a sheet of Kleenex and mail it to me in a Kleenex box.