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[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, Pac-man was originally called Puck-man. They changed it because... Not because Pac-man looks like a hockey puck. "Paku Paku" means "flap your mouth", and they were worried that people would change, scratch out the P turn it into an F, like...

[–] lischni_tschelowek@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

No I was the fuck man guy... wait