When did "reruns" become "encore presentations"?

[MrBrau1]

They also call them "classic episodes."

Talk about polishing a turd. It's a fucking repeat.

Seriously.

When did this happen?

horseshit.

 

[zoney!]

ah duuuude.

This SOOOO belongs in the TV area!

But to answer your question...I think it was 1998!

 

[the rockin edge]

yes

any specific show you're referring too?

 

[MrBrau1]

I'm feeling rather Carlin-esque.

So let me expand the topic from tv to the bathroom.

When did toilet paper become bathroom tissue?

 

[MrBrau1]

When did "used cars" become "pre-owned vehicles"?



Isn't every car ever made "pre-owned"?

Before I owned it, the car company owned it.
So previous to me, the car was owned.

Making a new car "pre-owned."

Has there ever been a car, designed & manufactured, and left out in the woods, with it's maker denying all previous connection or ownership?

horseshit.

 

[Carek1230]

you guys are killing me but you're sooooo right!

 

[~BrightestStar~]

All truly well made cars are abandoned in the jungle, to fend for themselves for 60 days, as a right of passage.



few ever survive.



I protest auto cruelty.

 

[the rockin edge]

I protest auto creulty.

creulty?

 

[~BrightestStar~]

Hush up boy.

 

[fah]

Things are not 'used' anymore, they are 'experienced'

 

[dandy]

Things are not 'used' anymore, they are 'experienced'

or 'previously enjoyed.'

 

[MrBrau1]

Another one:

Blockbuster doesn't sell used DVDs anymore

they sell "previously viewed" movies.



horseshit

 

[onebloodonelife]

my personal favorite, fox's prison break, which has a 2 hour "special event" every damn week! with an "encore presentation" of last week's episode and then a new one...