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By the way, "joystick" was kinda rude back in the day, but nobody even notices now.
What was more acceptable? "Control stick"?
No, "joystick" was the original term. Everyone in the past were a bunch of perverts.
It could have been worse. It could have been named enjoystick...
It was named by pilots. It's in the, um, cockpit.
Nowadays it's analog stick, where did all the joy go, I say?
glad that changed
Disco stick, as in
Liking disco sticks don't make me gay
Shes got a way with words.
what ? why ?
Wikipedia seems to suggest it was an original term, first recorded use in 1909, and mentions nothing about alternative terms or controversy. I call BS
He means rude as in people made a sexual innuendo out of it.
I remember in late 90s my brother bought a joystick. The brand was ThrustMaster. Literally, that was the name. ThrustMaster Joystick.
We still laugh about it sometimes.