> I might write an article "Articles \"X considered harmful\" considered harmful". People were annoyed by those and wrote such an essay at least 20 years ago [

> I might write an article "Articles \"X considered harmful\" considered harmful". People were annoyed by those and wrote such an essay at least 20 years ago [1,2] (possibly there were others). Didn't help much, but generally fighting idioms/memes/fashion doesn't seem quite productive: perhaps it's more useful to focus on not being frustrated by those (and accept the way this phrase is used). Edit: Though ranting about titles on HN is still a fine activity, not trying to discourage that. Just an idle musing on being more content with those. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful#Snowclones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful#Snowclones [2] https://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html https://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html