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This is like watching a super awkward scene in a movie or TV show that just won't end. The word "cyber" has been applied to every noun, and I've apparently bee
by cwilson 13y ago
This is like watching a super awkward scene in a movie or TV show that just won't end.
The word "cyber" has been applied to every noun, and I've apparently been out of the loop on terms like "techno-boondoggle".
This is just a little terrifying.
- sliverstorm 13y agoWhat about cybernouns? Do we have those yet?
- benjamincburns 13y ago#yeswedo
- pvnick 13y agoCyberhope, cyberchange, etc
- fungi 13y agoim !american so really not backing hope and change here... but should not you/we be directing our vitriol in a bipartisan fashion? with regards to the mass expansion of surveillance, shit seems pretty fucked up across the political divide.
- yen223 13y agoIt's really funny. Civil liberties seem to be the one thing that both Democrats and Republicans can agree is worth protecting, but both Democrat and Republican politicians tend to give bipartisan support towards programs that infringe on them.
- jlgreco 13y agoIt is like "verbing", but infinitely more annoying.
- ollysb 13y ago[1]The term arose from a 1935 New York Times report that more than $3 million had been spent on recreational activities for the jobless as part of the New Deal. Among these activities were crafts classes, where the production of "boon doggles[2]," [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondoggle_(project) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondoggle_(project) [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoubidou http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoubidou
- jmomo 13y agoSince about 2001 I've considered anyone who used the word "cyber" to either be internet-illiterate or a politician (usually both).
- alex_doom 13y agoIt always makes me think of the Cybermen from Doctor Who. Fits perfectly.
- asperous 13y agoI honestly cringed at "Cyber-warriors"