>>>>>Since it is usually customary to face the person while speaking to them, that would mean they would be in front of you -- hence "forward"...
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>>>>Flashback is not automated yet. On each camera it points forward. You can get it only if you buy an external one... and even that you have to turn manually.
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>>>Due to the phonetics in Japanese, the transliteration of "flash" and "flush" end up being identical ( フラッシュ ) ,,, Obviously this does cause some confusion -- are we talking about a WC or a camera?
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>>I wouldn't go anywhere near a toilet where flush has a reverse.
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>Isn't it funny how backups are highly undesirable for toilets and sinks, but a really good (if not essential) thing for computers?
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>Similarly strange is even for a non-computer literate person, the term "dumping core" sounds bad. Occasionally have been ased if I was a proctologist because I'd mentioned something about examining core dumps to diagnose a problem...

Good. They may have thought you were a nuclear botanist (i.e. nuclear plant specialist).