Comments on: China makes, the world takes http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:12:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Britney http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-76668 Britney Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:45:00 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-76668 I do agree with you that The Chinese send us almost every manufactured item you care to name I do agree with you that The Chinese send us almost every manufactured item you care to name

]]> By: Jay Czarnecki http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-20262 Jay Czarnecki Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:53:41 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-20262 I admit it pushes the boundary of the form, but my new favorite snowclone is this one, which is a great way to succinctly describe a situation requiring a tough trade-off of priorities: “You can X, Y, or Z. Pick two.” In the world of product development, especially for a demanding government customer, there is: “You can have it fast, cheap, or high quality. Pick two.” A friend who just finished journalism school recently noted the choices the student faces: “You can get good grades, have a social life, or sleep. Pick two.” And finally, here’s a particularly meaty and provocative example. I recently read the following distillation of the geopolitical choices faced by Israel (mainly due to the demographic pressure presented by the high Palestinian birth rate): “You can keep the occupied territories, remain a democracy, or remain a Jewish state. Pick two.” I admit it pushes the boundary of the form, but my new favorite snowclone is this one, which is a great way to succinctly describe a situation requiring a tough trade-off of priorities:

“You can X, Y, or Z. Pick two.”

In the world of product development, especially for a demanding government customer, there is:
“You can have it fast, cheap, or high quality. Pick two.”

A friend who just finished journalism school recently noted the choices the student faces:
“You can get good grades, have a social life, or sleep. Pick two.”

And finally, here’s a particularly meaty and provocative example. I recently read the following distillation of the geopolitical choices faced by Israel (mainly due to the demographic pressure presented by the high Palestinian birth rate):
“You can keep the occupied territories, remain a democracy, or remain a Jewish state. Pick two.”

]]> By: Ned http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-20112 Ned Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:46:46 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-20112 Hey, that reminds me of my new favorite most-annoying <a href="http://www.starchamber.com/2006/12/calibrating-cliche-velocity-with-search-engines.html" rel="nofollow">snowclone</a>: "not so much", as used in phrases like "At first everybody thought Stalin was the bee's knees, but later on, not so much." Or perhaps this: "The ironic use of snowclones was amusing for a while, but by the fourth comment, not so much." Hey, that reminds me of my new favorite most-annoying snowclone: “not so much”, as used in phrases like “At first everybody thought Stalin was the bee’s knees, but later on, not so much.”

Or perhaps this: “The ironic use of snowclones was amusing for a while, but by the fourth comment, not so much.”

]]> By: St. Frank http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-19862 St. Frank Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:37:04 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-19862 Don't go there Jay. Don’t go there Jay.

]]> By: Jay Czarnecki http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-19722 Jay Czarnecki Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:14:30 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-19722 I for one welcome any opportunity to revisit the topic of snowclones. I for one welcome any opportunity to revisit the topic of snowclones.

]]> By: St. Frank http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-19449 St. Frank Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:42:33 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes.html#comment-19449 I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords...Hey is that DVD player on sale?? I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords…Hey is that DVD player on sale??

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