I can't hold this in any longer.

[krait]

DEAR FANDOM, AND ALSO THE REST OF THE WORLD,

"TAB A" GOES WITH "SLOT A", NOT WITH "SLOT B". BECAUSE TAB B, IN FACT, GOES WITH SLOT B. OTHERWISE YOU ARE BUILDING SOME KIND OF MOEBIUS STRIP OF ENDLESS TABS, EACH OFFSET BY ONE UNTIL THEY MUST EITHER LOOP BACK (TAB Z TO SLOT A) OR CONTINUE INTO INFINITY!

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR APPLYING THIS IN ALL FUTURE FIC, WRITING, AND CONVERSATIONS.

THANKS,

KRAIT


P.S. No wonder you guys think IKEA furniture is so hard to assemble, if you can't manage the basic concept of 'parts should match up'!

Comments

[pantswarrior]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been faced with when I assemble stuff. The mismatches aren't necessarily in order in those cases, but with "Tab A in Slot B" as it's used in fandom, it would be kind of ridiculous to start with "Tab D in Slot G" or some such if there are only two "components" being "put together".

Of course, in cases of threesome there may be "Tab A goes in Slot B while Tab B goes in Slot C". XD