wedrifid comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 18 June 2010 01:12:51PM 2 points [-]

Can we conclude that the prevalence of the cliche dropping is related to the quality of weather forecasting? All else being equal I expect a culture to develop a resistance to any given cliche over time. For example the cliche "It's not you it's me" has dropped in use and been somewhat relegated to 'second order cliche' . But it is true now at least as much as it has been in the past.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 June 2010 01:46:00PM 1 point [-]

A fair point, though if a cliche has lasted for a very long time, I think it's more plausible that its end is about changed conditions rather than boredom.