Comments on: How to make an anthropologist nervous http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Portigal http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html/comment-page-1#comment-3438 Steve Portigal Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:21:36 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=552#comment-3438 A neat story for Carol - some articles going through the blogosphere today about "book" being a new term for "cool" because some of the text entry algorithms accidentally are substituting one word for the other (sort of a typo)... A neat story for Carol – some articles going through the blogosphere today about “book” being a new term for “cool” because some of the text entry algorithms accidentally are substituting one word for the other (sort of a typo)…

]]> By: Carol Gee http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html/comment-page-1#comment-3437 Carol Gee Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:28:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=552#comment-3437 I'll just never belong. It is as if I am listening to my four grand-daughters over in the corner. However, I am able to observe with fascination how language evolves in quite wonderful ways. I thing it is the teeny little text message space on the cell phone screen that produces talk in minature. Phones, notebooks and PDAs synthesize this new dialect. I’ll just never belong. It is as if I am listening to my four grand-daughters over in the corner.
However, I am able to observe with fascination how language evolves in quite wonderful ways. I thing it is the teeny little text message space on the cell phone screen that produces talk in minature. Phones, notebooks and PDAs synthesize this new dialect.

]]> By: Steve Portigal http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html/comment-page-1#comment-3436 Steve Portigal Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:37:04 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=552#comment-3436 I recently blogged that "design is the new lesbian" but I'd like to think that using a cliche with some irony (or even-post irony) allows you to participate and comment at the same time. I recently blogged that “design is the new lesbian” but I’d like to think that using a cliche with some irony (or even-post irony) allows you to participate and comment at the same time.

]]> By: Steve Portigal http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html/comment-page-1#comment-3435 Steve Portigal Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:35:05 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=552#comment-3435 Hello? This post is soooo 2005. Hello? This post is soooo 2005.

]]> By: Tom Asacker http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html/comment-page-1#comment-3434 Tom Asacker Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:35:29 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=552#comment-3434 Seriously? OMG, I just titled my new article "Plaid is the New Black & White." Yo! And I thought it was my best ever! Now I guess not so much. Seriously? OMG, I just titled my new article “Plaid is the New Black & White.” Yo! And I thought it was my best ever! Now I guess not so much.

]]> By: LeisureArts http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html/comment-page-1#comment-3433 LeisureArts Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:59:36 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=552#comment-3433 We did a "map" of usages of X is the new Y. It can be seen here: http://thediagram.com/6_3/leisurearts.html We did a “map” of usages of X is the new Y. It can be seen here:
http://thediagram.com/6_3/leisurearts.html

]]> By: wdm http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html/comment-page-1#comment-3432 wdm Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:51:19 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=552#comment-3432 Some Gawker deconstruction you may enjoy: "Why the Schadenfreude dailies are ruining culture" http://www.pliink.com/mt/marxy/archives/000860.html "Douchebaggery and Why You Should Make Sure to Burn that Embarassing Letter you Wrote Your Girlfriend at Age 14" http://www.pliink.com/mt/marxy/archives/2006/10/douchebagism-an.html Some Gawker deconstruction you may enjoy:

“Why the Schadenfreude dailies are ruining culture”
http://www.pliink.com/mt/marxy/archives/000860.html

“Douchebaggery and Why You Should Make Sure to Burn that Embarassing Letter you Wrote Your Girlfriend at Age 14″
http://www.pliink.com/mt/marxy/archives/2006/10/douchebagism-an.html

]]> By: Ajax http://cultureby.com/2007/01/how_to_make_an_.html/comment-page-1#comment-3431 Ajax Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:26:49 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=552#comment-3431 On the "X is the new Y" formula, the one I liked best (for its wonderful metaphor-meshing) was: "Being gay is the new black" On the “X is the new Y” formula, the one I liked best (for its wonderful metaphor-meshing) was:

“Being gay is the new black”

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