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What is a 'postmodern industrial empire'? I'm not sure it makes any sense, like the gradient of a cow.

• ugh 16y ago
  If you take ‘postmodern’ as denoting merely time (say, post-1980s) it does make sense.
  • metageek 16y ago
    ...yeah, but that's not what it means. Although I suppose letting words mean whatever you want them to mean is fairly postmodern.
    • Das_Bruce 16y ago
      Excellent point.
• metageek 16y ago
  Hmm. Postmodernism denies the existence of objective truth, right? Sounds perfect for PR and marketing. Customer: "My laptop caught fire. My legs are scarred for life. Don't you guys do any QA?" Marketeer: "Tsk. You're such an absolutist. Our preferred viewpoint is that you engaged in a thermal interaction with your ZX-Q17/6, did irreparable damage to its electrometabolic essence, and caused your legs to transform to a uniquely valuable configuration." Customer: "...now my legs are scarred for life, and my head hurts."