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Is it just a conscious joke at this point to put "incredible journey" in any of these types of announcements?
by overcast 9y ago
Is it just a conscious joke at this point to put "incredible journey" in any of these types of announcements?
- kristianc 9y ago'Incredible journey' is usually reserved for software companies selling out or shutting down, neither of which is happening in this case.
- sah2ed 9y agoThe parent likely picked it up from the Twitter announcement: "The entire #Docker team would like to thank @solomonstre for creating the containerization movement and his 10 years of service and innovation. Thank you for bringing us all along on this incredible journey – we look forward to continued collaboration https://dockr.ly/2ut6OyO" https://dockr.ly/2ut6OyO" https://twitter.com/Docker/status/979027618866520064 https://twitter.com/Docker/status/979027618866520064
- kristianc 9y agoMaybe they genuinely thought the journey had been incredible and wanted to express their gratitude to shykes, who after all, built the company they work for? It isn't a bad or forbidden phrase in and of itself, it just usually sounds rather hollow when users are getting screwed by a service shutting down. But Docker isn't shutting down. Also, consider when railing against cliched thinking that the 'Our Incredible Journey' Tumblr is by now a massive HN cliche. It no longer sounds insightful or smart.
- starpilot 9y agohttp://svdictionary.com/words/incredible-journey http://svdictionary.com/words/incredible-journey