[Das_Bruce]

What is a 'postmodern industrial empire'?

I'm not sure it makes any sense, like the gradient of a cow.

[metageek]

Hmm. Postmodernism denies the existence of objective truth, right? Sounds perfect for PR and marketing.

Customer: "My laptop caught fire. My legs are scarred for life. Don't you guys do any QA?"

Marketeer: "Tsk. You're such an absolutist. Our preferred viewpoint is that you engaged in a thermal interaction with your ZX-Q17/6, did irreparable damage to its electrometabolic essence, and caused your legs to transform to a uniquely valuable configuration."

Customer: "...now my legs are scarred for life, and my head hurts."

[ugh]

If you take ‘postmodern’ as denoting merely time (say, post-1980s) it does make sense.

[metageek]

...yeah, but that's not what it means.

Although I suppose letting words mean whatever you want them to mean is fairly postmodern.

[Das_Bruce]

Excellent point.