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raverbashing
on Aug 13, 2012
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Debian to use Xfce as its standard desktop
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But not all fads survive. It's evolution!
Example: light pens
icebraining
on Aug 13, 2012
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Isn't a fad that survives
not
a fad, by definition?
wccrawford
on Aug 13, 2012
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He's riffing off the parent's use of the word "fad", where the parent used it in a quote as if someone had once called it a fad, even though it turned out to be something that stayed around.
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But not all fads survive. It's evolution!
Example: light pens