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wrmsr | 5 years ago

Imagine if it was the day of the Super Bowl, and you wanted to go out to a sports bar that was going to be airing the Super Bowl. So you go out and find a bar that says they're throwing a Super Bowl party, and go in and settle in, and when it comes time for kickoff you realize that the bar is actually airing the Super Bowl from 10 years ago. Like, it would have been fine if they had called the party a 'Super Bowl from 10 years ago' party, and for some reason there's this part of the bar that seems to be all on board with rewatching the same Super Bowl from 10 years ago every year and frankly seems confused why the rest of the bar is confused and angry about it (I mean it's still the Super Bowl right?).

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cellularmitosis|5 years ago

Thanks for your perspective. Here's an analogy which illustrates a slightly different perspective: Imagine that 10 years ago, the NFL introduced a 50-yard indoor variant of the game, but saw no need to pick a different name for it, because obviously everyone would abandon the existing 100-yard stadium variant.

Guess what's going to happen for the next 10+ years?