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I knew what xkcd it was just by looking at the link. Lol

• mindcandy 5y ago
  That's because people whip it out constantly and almost always where it's not appropriate. It's pretty rare that anyone tries to enact a new standard. So, instead we see this comic use to downplay every time that anyone does anything resembling anything that has ever been done before. Which is to say: to downplay everyone else's efforts. It has long gone past being funny to just being dismissive in it's widespread use.
  • Dylan16807 5y ago
    Yeah, it seems like it shows up any time a standard is suggested, which is taking a two sentence premise and ignoring 2/3 of it.
    • Ostrogodsky 5y ago