# It's a MAGAZINE not a Clip **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474 "2013-01-17T05:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/101 "2013-01-18T06:19:14Z")
I can understand pitting small nitpicks but carrying them animatedly past one page brings them to the what-the-fuck category, much like lions versus tigers. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/102 "2013-01-18T06:43:30Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > This is the fucking Pit. I don’t have to make a “grand point” I just need to talk some shit and cuss a bit. Feel free to go over to Great Debates and make some grand points you socialist communist fascist dweeb. They will burn your ass. > > And what is SIFL? Shanghai International Football League? Standard Industry Fare Level? Stupid Ignorant Fucking Liberal? Are you a spy? Are you cleared to be here? Nice to meet you Klaatu. I’m assuming your school yard taunts are your way of saying I’m right. Good to know. Also, Sifl is a sock puppet you Neanderthal. Have you no civil upbringing? Enjoy: [YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=KH7uy6YMmiY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKH7uy6YMmiY&gl=GB) . ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/103 "2013-01-18T10:44:17Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > make some grand points you socialist communist fascist dweeb. And here I thought you were interested in using terminology correctly rather than flinging your own feces at random. Communist fascist? ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/104 "2013-01-18T12:30:57Z")
English not being my native language, I never took much notice of a magazine being called a clip. I just presumed that it is just English being imprecise and giving the same thing a different name, like for example Round/Cartridge. However, after looking it up I discovered there is a difference between magazine and clip. But not everybody is using the perfect description all the time. For example, lots of people refer to cartridges as bullets, which is technically also wrong, since the bullet is only one part of a cartridge. Let’s translate this into my job: lots of customers come to my shop and ask for ink for their printer, at which stage I ask them for which model and then hand them the ink cartridge – although the customer technically only asked for ink – I assume the customer wants the cartridge. When they ask me for ink for their Laser printer, I will again ask them for the model and give them the fitting Toner cartridge, since Laser printers do not use ink. I guess, this clip vs magazine is at this stage irrelevant unless you have a technical discussion with enthusiasts about specifics. For Joe Doe down the road the term clip and magazine is interchangeable – however right or wrong. When I ask my wife to get me a magazine……… I get [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine) After all, … it’s not a Hover, it’s a vacuum cleaner … it’s not an iPod, it’s a MP3 player … it’s not a clip, it’s a magazine ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/105 "2013-01-18T13:00:09Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > I can understand pitting small nitpicks but carrying them animatedly past one page brings them to the what-the-fuck category, much like lions versus tigers. Tigers, easily. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/106 "2013-01-18T13:03:39Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > Let’s translate this into my job: lots of customers come to my shop and ask for ink for their printer, at which stage I ask them for which model and then hand them the ink cartridge – although the customer technically only asked for ink – I assume the customer wants the cartridge. > When they ask me for ink for their Laser printer, I will again ask them for the model and give them the fitting Toner cartridge, since Laser printers do not use ink. > > I guess, this clip vs magazine is at this stage irrelevant unless you have a technical discussion with enthusiasts about specifics. For Joe Doe down the road the term clip and magazine is interchangeable – however right or wrong. I don’t think this is quite right, because some firearms have both a clip and a magazine, and they’re different. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/107 "2013-01-18T13:56:26Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I don’t think this is quite right, because some firearms have both a clip and a magazine, and they’re different. What is not quite right? … and some printers have ink tanks and ink cartridges and printerheads… it’s insane!!! Yet everyone only asks for ink, it’s madness!!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/108 "2013-01-18T14:05:01Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > It may be a bit pedantic but my point was, aside from just being irritated, if people want to “ban” something, they should at least somewhat educate themselves about what they want to ban. It doesn’t matter what. You know, one doesn’t need to be conversant in the language of the machinery of death to take the position that being able to shoot a LOT of bullets without reloading is a Bad Thing, and that there should be some fairly low limit on the number of bullets you can shoot before reloading, whatever the terms of art are that apply to this activity. The people who actually write the laws and translate that desire into legislation, _they_ should certainly familiarize themselves with the lingo sufficiently to do the translation correctly. I’ll agree with you that far. Now grow up and get a life. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/109 "2013-01-18T14:59:03Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > Soldiers in war most definitely do. Psycho school shooters do. Criminal wackos do. > > Law-abiding citizens who are responsible gun owners do not. WTF? Who only does only carry a single magazine? Living in Ireland. Own a .22 rimfire bolt action rifle and I have SEVERAL magazines. The strap on my stock has place for carrying 3 magazines, one in the receiver and two in my pocket. That is 60 rounds, that I carry with me when I go into the field to shoot rabbits. I just don’t want to reload my magazine in the middle of nowhere - that does not make me a criminal wacko or psycho school shooter. It seems that you do not know everything about guns either. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/110 "2013-01-18T15:20:38Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > What is not quite right? … and some printers have ink tanks and ink cartridges and printerheads… it’s insane!!! Yet everyone only asks for ink, it’s madness!!! Without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it’s time for our posters to crack each other’s heads open and feast on the goo inside? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/111 "2013-01-18T15:24:59Z")
Yes I would, Darth. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/112 "2013-01-18T15:25:39Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it’s time for our posters to crack each other’s heads open and feast on the goo inside? It can’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/113 "2013-01-18T16:19:18Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it’s time for our posters to crack each other’s heads open and feast on the goo inside? That’s not the proper scientifically specified sanctioned term and leaves to many variables on how and when to crack and who “each” is – equal numbers and who is cracking with whom, therefore the question cannot be answeredat this moment in time. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/114 "2013-01-18T17:03:23Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Tigers, easily. Nonsense! Christ never incarnated as an allegorical **tiger!** ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/115 "2013-01-18T17:11:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nonsense! Christ never incarnated as an allegorical **tiger!** Well then apparently I still don’t understand Mormonism. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/116 "2013-01-18T18:53:18Z")
It is not FOGGY. It is MISTY. If you’re adding “wind chill factor” to make it sound colder I will laugh in your FACE. I’m off out dancing. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/117 "2013-01-18T20:05:50Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I can get behind the morons in journalism pitting. I cringe every time a reporter says the pilot stalled his engine and crashed his plane. That’s like admitting they haven’t the slightest clue about what they are reporting. Compressor stalls have caused numerous crashes. Sometimes it’s accurate. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/118 "2013-01-19T02:10:47Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > Well, I was mainly talking about the media, but it pisses me off that some liberal dopers just jump when it comes to the guns they want to ban. They don’t the difference from a bolt action .22 to a mossberg pump gun, its just ban em all. And? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/119 "2013-01-19T05:47:20Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Well then apparently I still don’t understand Mormonism. That’s not Jesus, it’s Jeezis! Cheap ZCMI store-brand knockoff! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-magazine-not-a-clip/647474/120 "2013-01-19T06:23:40Z")
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