WHEN OLD IS NEW AGAIN
Duda Owner IONOS • January 8, 2015
I always laugh at the times when new becomes old and then old is new again. Others do too. For example, the Wizard of Id comic strip decided to make Instagram the butt of its joke. The fortune teller is looking into her crystal ball as she shares with Rodney what she sees in the future (Brant Parker and Johnny Hart, September 22, 2014):
“ Someday cameras will be capable of capturing images with millions of pixels and trillions of colors. People will have access to high-definition digital devices in the palm of their hand! Then they’ll use filters to make the images look like scratchy old film again. ”
I guess it was a good thing that I have hung onto my skinny ties.

We explore the overuse or inappropriate use of the words "honest," "honesty," and "honestly." Much of the overuse or inappropriate use of these words is in contexts that intrinsically message the audience that the speaker is not trustworthy. I call the overuse or inappropriate use of these words in this context HONESTY VALIDATORS because the speaker believes they validate the truth being spoken. We need a solution to this problem. My solution is to replace these honesty validators with CLARITY VALIDATORS. Instead of trying to be honest, try to be clear. Replacing "honest," "honesty," and "honestly," with "clear," "clarity," and "clearly," produces significantly more benefit to the speaker and to the audience.










