In a comment to ongoing · Pantone’s Missed Chance:
“Pantone 7547 is the new Pantone 7413.”
That would be one of the funniest isthenewisms I have heard. By the way, I just made that word up. They feel a bit like a metaphor, but I think with the humourous context to which it is applied, that no longer makes sense. In many cases, isthenewisms are paralogisms. Yes, I looked that up, too.
It got me thinking, though, and I did a bit of Googling.
Leisure Arts has a pretty cool diagram from 2005, which has a whole range of these. Some highlights:
- gin is the new vodka
- Java is the new COBOL
- nepotism is the new polio (What the fuck does this mean?)
Apparently, and I’m quoting Wikipedia here, the catch phrase started in 1963 with “Pink is the black of India”, and by the 1980s, it had become “… is the new black”.
Also, according to Wikipedia, these are called Snowclones, where they are misquoted, abused and so on. As well as … is the new …, there is also “All your … are belong to us”, and “… or bust”.
Man, this millennium is great. It would have taken me all day to find that out when I was still at Uni, let alone at school. Google is the new, well, Google.
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- Pantone 7547 is the new Pantone 7413 : if you can’t see my colours, then (almost) black is the new orange. Not sure if the author meant for this to be the other way around!
- nepotism is the new polio : I’ve searched, and the only reference I can find is to this chart!
fully sick dol ma
19 hours, 44 minutes after the fact.
Thank you for visiting my web site:::http://***.***.com/finalprophet.htm. [Edited by Matt].
Expect that if you fail to get out with your body then you will be faced with reincarnation if the gods chose to keep you. It is the reason behind all the distractions targetting the youth which graduates to corrupt thinking as an adult, compelling individuals to wait until they “die out”. Permanant injury may accomplish the same goal and may be a reason they manufactured this environment celebrating “daredevil” behavior, yet another thing that ocurrs among the males exclusively of course.
They are sending people a clue with this weather-related carnage.
There’s been all kinds of atmospheric wrath and acrimony occurring in the last few years, from current flooding in the midwest to the hurricane season 2004 & 2005, the heat wave of 2006 & 2007 to the drought conditions so many experience today.
Take it as a warning. That is its purpose.
Women who are “tough” have been masculinized and their chances have been seriously degredated because of it. The gods sought to increase these numbers and used their media to promote this type of charecter, a pathology which was subsequently forced upon people with Artificial Intelligence. They are doing it again, perhaps in preparation for the next revelry cycle right around the corner, with all this high-profile tabloid celebrity “bad girl” behavior.
Male children should be chastized VERY HARD for engaging their sisters or ANY member of the opposite sex, either verbally or physically.
Despite their reassurances they intend on fulfilling their “Manifest Destiny” positioning:::::
Manifest Destiny positioning dictates South America and Africa are “left behind” - USMultinationalCorporations throughout Asia.
The Mother Teresa issue was the attempt to help the Hindus achieve “salvation” under the positioning that is Manifest Destiny.
You’re all going to die just like it reads in the Book of Revelations.
20 hours, 27 minutes after the fact.
Okay, I’m seriously struggling to grasp what you have written here. Without going to your site (which I’ve removed from the comment, to protect the innocent, and I’m not talking about you!), what you have said seems to almost make sense, but it doesn’t.
The only bit I agree with: You’re all going to die. Because, naturally, we are all going to die. I suspect it won’t be just like it reads in the Book of Relevations, because, let’s face it, that is the Bible, hardly a reliable source of information.
21 hours, 30 minutes after the fact.
Oh, and last time I checked, the idea of gods (plural) was fairly incompatible with the christian religion. Their god has some idea of thou shalt not worship other gods, or some such rubbish.
Dawkins made some good points about how a good religion meme would try to remove other religion memes. Survival of the fittest and all that.
21 hours, 33 minutes after the fact.