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I can't stand this term 'game changer', I started noticing it being used a lot during early covid and then the Ukraine war, all for things which did not turn ou
by rozab 2y ago
I can't stand this term 'game changer', I started noticing it being used a lot during early covid and then the Ukraine war, all for things which did not turn out to be 'game changers'.
You can see its explosive rise on Google Ngrams. Looks like we're still not quite at the peak
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=game+changer&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=game+changer&y...
- drdaeman 2y agoAn unfortunate requirement of modern attention/engagement economy. Readers hate this one trick, but for the media outlets, if you don't crank up hype clickbait engine to 11, you're out, or running some very niche business.
- olelele 2y agoReaders hate this one trick, click to find out why!
- howard941 2y agoAt $22.5K/yr it'll be more money changer than game changer.
- beautifulfreak 2y ago"Double down" has a similar chart, another annoying phrase.
- unsupp0rted 2y agoIn the early days just before and just after AGI, all of a sudden a lot of games will be changed in a short period of time.
- dang 2y agoOk, we've unchanged the game in the title above.