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When Jony Ive became more important than (the now defunct) Steve Jobs, form rose over functionality.

• ravenstine 8y ago
  > (the now defunct) Steve Jobs That's one way to refer to a dead guy.
  • yellowapple 8y ago
    This is my new favorite euphemism for death. "Deceased" just sounds boring. "Defunct" has a certain weight to it.
    • jmmcd 8y ago
      How about "obsolete"? "Deprecated"? "No longer supported on this hardware"?
      • yellowapple 8y ago
        Nah, those all imply that he's still alive but prone to malfunction at any time.
    • bookofjoe 8y ago
      Buffalo Bill's defunct https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47244/buffalo-bill-s https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47244/buffalo-bill-s