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Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them by f1shy on Saturday April 13, 2024 @01:04PM (#40024409)
Odildo? Cant be truth in a country where almost all people speak english!
Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them by wkat4242 on Saturday April 13, 2024 @01:05PM (#40024422)
It's actually Odido but everyone I know calls it Odildo :P it was really a stupid name choice
Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them by blackbeans on Saturday April 13, 2024 @01:36PM (#40024637)
I must be weird, but I like the name. It's a palindrome and I dig their symmetrical logo.

And of course, it is clever marketing. Even here we are talking about it.

Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them by Cthulhu_ on Saturday April 13, 2024 @01:17PM (#40024512)
I suspect it's a brand name they tested across multiple languages, etc
Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them by beeboobaa3 on Saturday April 13, 2024 @01:25PM (#40024567)
Most countries are somewhat familiar with english slang, such as the word dildo.
Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them by arp242 on Saturday April 13, 2024 @09:20PM (#40027852)
It's not slang, it's just a word. And the Dutch for dildo is ... dildo (I would have expected shared roots in French or some such, but apparently it's a loanword from English since the 70s).
Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them by plugin-baby on Saturday April 13, 2024 @01:37PM (#40024646)
Spanish: jodido
Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them by wkat4242 on Saturday April 13, 2024 @02:21PM (#40024961)
Haha yes that means fucked (as in "you're fucked"). I speak Spanish and I didn't actually think of that.