Talk:3089: Modern

Hate to be that guy, but wow, it’s empty Broseph (talk) 19:04, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

This strip reminded me of the comments in 3063. Historians / historiographers typically define (early) "modernity" to begin around 1500. early modernity 172.71.182.126 19:12, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

A similar problem exists, where a recent version of the Bible is known as the New Revised Standard Version. It will be a bit awkward when it is not new, revised, or standard. BobcatInABox (talk) 19:38, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

The US Military has a similar problem: naming a system "Next-Gen [X]" but then the "Next Gen" item eventually becomes the current generation, and is eventually moving towards being obsolete and you need a successor (next-next gen?).172.69.6.111 20:05, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

I guess the phone companies got it right with the 3G, 4G, 5G naming. Barmar (talk) 20:23, 14 May 2025 (UTC)