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Nora DimitrijevićHere's one for the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/snowclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snowclone</a> database: "X has a well-known Y bias"Originally a Colbert-ism [1] directed at Bush (X = reality, Y = liberal), but I've seen it used fruitfully with other values of X and Y.[1]: <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4698442/user-clip-reality-liberal-bias" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4698442/user-clip-reality-liberal-bias</a>

JordiGHFor a while I've been trying to figure out where the "X 2: The X-ening" <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/snowclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#snowclone</a> comes from. The closest I've gotten to the source of where this sequel-is-dumb thing comes from is from "Highlander 2: The Quickening", because didn't the first movie very clearly state that there could only be one?But I haven't been able to find patient zero from "Highlander 2: the Quickening" to "Highlander 2: The Highlanderening".Anyone know?

James CuffMade a <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/gpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gpt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/snowclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snowclone</a> about the recent <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/clonewars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clonewars</a> by asking a 2021 GPT to predict what a pair of thought leaders might do. "What Would Jeff Do?" 😆 Seems about right. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7086441917911023616/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7086441917911023616/</a><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/rhel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rhel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a>

CurmudgeonYour seasonal reminder that the Inuit have 47 different words for what we call <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/snowclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snowclone</a>

JordiGHI can't find a definitive answer to this, but I'm pretty sure that the meme of calling the sequel, to say, "Chair" as "Chair 2: The Chairening" comes from the awful sequel "Highlander 2: The Quickening".The only part that isn't clear is how did the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/snowclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#snowclone</a> go from the "X 2: The Y-ening" to "X 2: The X-ening".

JordiGHSo, quick theory here on the -ening suffix being added to lame movie sequels: (e.g.Shark 2: The Sharkening): Highlander II: The Quickening played the title straight. It's not "the highlending" or whatever, but it has almost the same structure and is a ridiculous premise after the first movie VERY CLEARLY stated how many there could be. It was also awful and critically panned.Hip skippity hop, modify it a little, and we have the exploitable X 2: The Xening <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/snowclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#snowclone</a>.Agree?

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