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<blockquote data-quote="Nathaniel Lee" data-source="post: 7772608" data-attributes="member: 6948827"><p>It's not really a convention, though, if only an extreme minority of the relevant population knows about it and/or cares to use it. This really sounds like you having heard a term being used, having adopted it for yourself, and now hoping you can get it over so it's the "cool" term to use. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For the purposes of this particular discussion and how the work was represented in the debate, it actually does make it exponentially lesser, your opinion on the quality of the work notwithstanding.</p><p></p><p>Citing "Harry Potter" as a reference to support your notion of the commonality of using the name Cerberus to refer to a class of beings in pop culture is at best disingenuous if the work that you're referring to is not actually the ubiquitous, widely admired, and greatly respected work of J.K. Rowling and instead the significantly less ubiquitous, derivative work of someone who has little standing in the literary world (said author's work in the field of artificial intelligence notwithstanding).</p><p></p><p>The work in question is likely the only one you'll find where the mythological three-headed dog is referred to as "the Cerberus."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nathaniel Lee, post: 7772608, member: 6948827"] It's not really a convention, though, if only an extreme minority of the relevant population knows about it and/or cares to use it. This really sounds like you having heard a term being used, having adopted it for yourself, and now hoping you can get it over so it's the "cool" term to use. ;) For the purposes of this particular discussion and how the work was represented in the debate, it actually does make it exponentially lesser, your opinion on the quality of the work notwithstanding. Citing "Harry Potter" as a reference to support your notion of the commonality of using the name Cerberus to refer to a class of beings in pop culture is at best disingenuous if the work that you're referring to is not actually the ubiquitous, widely admired, and greatly respected work of J.K. Rowling and instead the significantly less ubiquitous, derivative work of someone who has little standing in the literary world (said author's work in the field of artificial intelligence notwithstanding). The work in question is likely the only one you'll find where the mythological three-headed dog is referred to as "the Cerberus." [/QUOTE]
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