On 2010-12-30 16:10:10 -0600, Elko T said:   
   > Joseph DeMartino wrote:   
   >> On Dec 29, 11:46 pm, Luigi Rosa  wrote:   
   >>    
   >>>  imp. Hacker-standard way of suggesting that the person to   
   >>> whom you are speaking has succumbed to terminal geekdom. Often heard on   
   >>> . This exhortation was originally uttered by William Shatner on   
   >>> a Saturday Night Live episode in a speech which ended "Get a *life*!".   
   >>> --Jargon File   
   >>    
   >> Er - wrong.    "Get a job, get a clue, get a life", later shortened   
   >> to just "get a life", was already a cliche when it was being directed   
   >> and hippies and slackers in the early 70s, before SNL even went on the   
   >> air.  Anyone who thinks it started with Shatner's "Trek" con sketch is   
   >> suffering from a severe temporal dislocation.   
   >    
   >    Maybe you're right about the origin of the "get a life" word    
   > sequence, but I think you're wrong about the meaning attached to its    
   > contemporary use. Who in their right mind would address a *hippie* with    
   > the current "get a life"? They already *have* all the life they need,    
   > thankyouverymuch. :)   
   Not according to the people using the expression, they don't.   
   -K   
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