Telecommunications metaphors.

[steveroyle@biologists.social]

Telecommunications metaphors. A primer:

“Phone it in" (not putting in effort) is bad.

“Dial it in" (fully concentrated) is good.

I admit to confusing the two, sometimes.

'Phone it in' vs. 'Dial it in'

Though the phrases sound similar, they have opposite meanings

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