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Originally Posted by HarryT
Why does every new product have to be described as a "something-killer"? There's room in the market for multiple different display technologies; the arrival of a new one doesn't mean that something else is going to be "killed".
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Sadly Harry, it seems that is the mindset of the world today. If you watch and listen to people over here in the US it's all about "going to war with my guys" when players talk about professional sports, that trickles down to the playground...but everything is angry and violent or it is, apparently, not sincere and worthy of attention or effort. Heck on of the long term tenets of business over here has been "...kill or be killed..." when talking competition.
But it is always about the violence to prove something which I still have no idea about. I can say when I read or hear such verbiage, I usually dismiss it and consider the source. But I know if any of the kids I coached ever used those sorts of phrases or words they earned the pine for a game or two...always respect the other side. I live for competition but not to the level of needing to equate it to death or doing harm, however figuratively it is meant, to anyone. An example is today when one team or competitor beats another it's no longer one team beat the other but rather one team delivered a "beat-down" on the other team or competitor.
When said in jest and having fun with "the guys", often on both sides, it's fine and, well funny, but the way some use it, as you point out, is hard to grasp the intent...eh, the writer must be a graduate of Cambridge....snickersnicker...
I dunno what you read and hear over on your side of the globe...