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[โ€“] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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.