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Re:Tech Execs Who Raise Their Kids Tech-Free or Limit Their ... by inthepipe on Friday December 30, 2022 @02:19PM (#34188821)
Monkeys don't even have paws.
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Re:Tech Execs Who Raise Their Kids Tech-Free or Limit Their ... by Oxidation on Friday December 30, 2022 @03:03PM (#34189347)
They definitely can be called that, even if not technically correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw

Urgh, now I'm one of those "actually, language is how people use it" types. Literally.

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Re:Tech Execs Who Raise Their Kids Tech-Free or Limit Their ... by LarryMullins on Friday December 30, 2022 @03:05PM (#34189372)
Paw is sometimes an informal/humorous word for 'hand'.
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Re:Tech Execs Who Raise Their Kids Tech-Free or Limit Their ... by googlryas on Friday December 30, 2022 @03:13PM (#34189486)
They said "pawed at", which is a phrase for an inelegant bumbling interaction with something. It is not literal. And they also said "like retarded monkeys", not that they are retarded monkeys.
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