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		xeromal on May 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coro... Shit happens. Every tissue in the US is called kleenex even though that is a brand. Lots of people call all kinds of skewers Doner Kebab even though that's incorrect. It's speech and sometimes it doesn't fit our nice rules.

xboxnolifes on May 11, 2021 [–]

> Every tissue in the US is called kleenex even though that is a brand.

The only people who call them that are at least 50. Everyone I know except my grandmother calls them tissues. Things change. Shit happens.

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