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Some writers, when faced with a problem, think "I know, I'll use a cliche". Now they have two problems.
by bdr 17y ago
Some writers, when faced with a problem, think "I know, I'll use a cliche". Now they have two problems.
- stcredzero 17y agoSome writers, when faced with a problem, think "I know, I'll use a cliche". Now they have two problems. Is that "Cargo Cult Writing?" Is this "Cargo Cult Meta-commenting?" Nope, it's Cargo Cult Recursion. (Which is the application of the "Cargo Cult" metaphor by imitating the surface details of other such applications. We keep using those words. I do not think they mean what we think they mean.)