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Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash
Part of it has to do with collective memory and the fact that we don't share many of them except through film and tv. It is why people can talk about 911 together because we have collective memory of it even though we were all spread out when it was happening. When people can't think of a way to describe something they search for something they will have in common with the person they are describing it to so they can grasp it. Chances are they know what 'like in a movie' means.
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= dumbing things down. Which proves my point. Lack of education on the part of those "saying it," and lack of education of those who "accept" this as news quote. What are we kids being handed a childrens book vesion of events?
I feel an intelligent person would have actually something better to say than that.