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[–] Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 2 years ago (18 children)

I hate to be pedantic, but the things in the picture are windmills... you know giant whirly things that are powered by wind... kind of very different from things that lie around and absorb sunlight.

[–] TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago (8 children)

You want pedantic? Those are wind turbines, champ. Windmills are used to mill grain, no matter how many people like yourself try to bastardize the term to apply to anything that rotates with air.

What's next for you people, pinwheels are now windmills?

[–] Patius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What if the turbines are hooked up to an electric milling machine ?

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago

Then it's a windmilf

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