I guess, it just seems odd to me to correct a meme for using a term in way that's absolutely vital for both the rhyme and the pun to actually happen and not even really wrong, just weird if you over-analyze it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not even over-analyzing. A revolver does not take shells; they use cartridges, which are not shells. That's just a simple fact.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Uh, no. No it's not. You can have a cartridge that fires a shell instead of a bullet. That is totally a thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

One that is designed for revolvers, not shotguns? (And yes, I know about revolver shotguns, but those are mainly just a gimmick and not really ever used in most contexts. I'm talking about handgun revolvers.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Okay. I see the problem here. Shell doesn't mean shotgun round. Bullet and shell are technical terms for the bit of a round that comes out of the business end of a weapon at high velocity. A bullet is a single, simple solid mass that follows a ballistic trajectory and just imparts kinetic force into whatever it hits. A shell is anything more complicated than that. Shotguns are just the small arms weapons that are most likely to use shells, but anything can, and it doesn't have to be buckshot to be a shell. Even something as simple as a tracer round is technically a shell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

...............You know, thinking about it, I think you're right. After all, artillery uses shells, and they're not exactly buckshot, those things. Lol.