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By the way, "joystick" was kinda rude back in the day, but nobody even notices now.
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What was more acceptable? "Control stick"?
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No, "joystick" was the original term. Everyone in the past were a bunch of perverts.
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glad that changed
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It could have been worse. It could have been named enjoystick...
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It was named by pilots. It's in the, um, cockpit.
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Nowadays it's analog stick, where did all the joy go, I say?
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Disco stick, as in
"Let's have some fun, this beat is sick / I wanna take a ride on your disco stick."
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Liking disco sticks don't make me gay
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what ? why ?
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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
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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.
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