Oh, sheesh

[conuly]

The original 8in (20cm) and 5.25in (13cm) floppy disks were actually floppy – you could bend them slightly without harming the magnetic material inside.

"The magnetic material inside" is the disk. It's round, it's floppy - what more do you want? The etymology is pretty damn transparent! All that square stuff on the outside is just the casing, because manipulating the disk itself would be silly and difficult and... honestly, I'm not sure how you could do that.

Now I'm questioning whether or not this person understands where the word "disk" comes from in the first place.

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[gatheringrivers]

That sentence seems like it's written by someone who's NEVER SEEN either an 8in OR 5.25in floppy, since the whole thing is floppy, lol. I can understand the confusion with a 3.5in, though, if they've never cracked a dead one open out of curiosity. :)

doubly weird, as some of the 5.25in is in the article picture...

[conuly]

You're misreading that sentence.