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Can someone please explain to me what is special with 2017?

by xname2 9y ago

oddeyed 9y ago
I think they are just disappointed that things hadn't improved by now.
becausewat 9y ago
I would say it's common to use the phrase "It's <current_year> and..." when describing something that one finds appalling in modern society.
- xname2 9y ago
  But how about "It's 2017 and 1+1 is still 2?"?
  - PeterisP 9y ago
    The message is quite different. I read your comment as saying essentially "ok, it's business as usual, and hasn't yet changed", i.e., acknowledging a fact, and possibly acknowledging that it's likely to continue in the future (which is true). I read their message as saying the same as you say, but also stating a value judgment - i.e. that it should be considered weird that hasn't changed, that it should have been changed ages ago (definitely before 2017), and that it should be considered unacceptable if it continues in the future. Which is quite a different story about the same facts, and this part of the story is efficiently implied by the short prefix "It's 2017 but..".
AndrewKemendo 9y ago
It's a way to signal incredulity with something being an issue which you think shouldn't still be an issue. https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/The_Current_Year https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/The_Current_Year
- jimcsharp 9y ago
  Tread carefully readers. This article is pretty benign but ED is decidedly NSFW.
  - 205guy 9y ago
    Worse than that, it seem to be alt-right drivel ("jewconomy" on another page) as well as trying to open tabs/pop-up window and run apps on my iPad.
guntars 9y ago
People have an expectation that everything is going to magically improve as time goes on without realizing that with some things they need to be the change that they want to see in the world.
pavedwalden 9y ago
http://www.theonion.com/article/report-stating-current-year-still-leading-argument-35288 http://www.theonion.com/article/report-stating-current-year-...
Dirlewanger 9y ago
It's a meme that John Oliver popularized, and people like to use it as an argument, when it's just a shitty strawman.
- mistermann 9y ago
  Considering how effective it is in persuasion, "shitty" is probably not an entirely accurate adjective.
  - Dirlewanger 9y ago
    Donald Trump memes were also very effective in persuasion for certain parts of the Internet this past presidential election.
    - mistermann 9y ago
      You are correct.
- strathmeyer 9y ago
  Not understanding satire is a sign of autism.
DanBC 9y ago
In the UK we have the Equality Act 2010 to protect people with mental illness at work; we have several large scale anti-stigma campaigns (EG Time to Change, or the Blue Light worker stuff); it's common to find mental health covered by occupational health schemes. With all of this some people still find it tricky to disclose their mental ill health to their employers.

Can someone please explain to me what is special with 2017?

by xname2 9y ago

Can someone please explain to me what is special with 2017?

oddeyed 9y ago

I think they are just disappointed that things hadn't improved by now.

becausewat 9y ago

I would say it's common to use the phrase "It's <current_year> and..." when describing something that one finds appalling in modern society.

xname2 9y ago
But how about "It's 2017 and 1+1 is still 2?"?
- PeterisP 9y ago
  The message is quite different. I read your comment as saying essentially "ok, it's business as usual, and hasn't yet changed", i.e., acknowledging a fact, and possibly acknowledging that it's likely to continue in the future (which is true). I read their message as saying the same as you say, but also stating a value judgment - i.e. that it should be considered weird that hasn't changed, that it should have been changed ages ago (definitely before 2017), and that it should be considered unacceptable if it continues in the future. Which is quite a different story about the same facts, and this part of the story is efficiently implied by the short prefix "It's 2017 but..".

AndrewKemendo 9y ago

It's a way to signal incredulity with something being an issue which you think shouldn't still be an issue. https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/The_Current_Year https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/The_Current_Year

jimcsharp 9y ago
Tread carefully readers. This article is pretty benign but ED is decidedly NSFW.
- 205guy 9y ago
  Worse than that, it seem to be alt-right drivel ("jewconomy" on another page) as well as trying to open tabs/pop-up window and run apps on my iPad.

guntars 9y ago

People have an expectation that everything is going to magically improve as time goes on without realizing that with some things they need to be the change that they want to see in the world.

pavedwalden 9y ago

http://www.theonion.com/article/report-stating-current-year-still-leading-argument-35288 http://www.theonion.com/article/report-stating-current-year-...

Dirlewanger 9y ago

It's a meme that John Oliver popularized, and people like to use it as an argument, when it's just a shitty strawman.

mistermann 9y ago
Considering how effective it is in persuasion, "shitty" is probably not an entirely accurate adjective.
- Dirlewanger 9y ago
  Donald Trump memes were also very effective in persuasion for certain parts of the Internet this past presidential election.
  - mistermann 9y ago
    You are correct.
strathmeyer 9y ago
Not understanding satire is a sign of autism.

DanBC 9y ago

In the UK we have the Equality Act 2010 to protect people with mental illness at work; we have several large scale anti-stigma campaigns (EG Time to Change, or the Blue Light worker stuff); it's common to find mental health covered by occupational health schemes. With all of this some people still find it tricky to disclose their mental ill health to their employers.