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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

re that dough Adams thing: how are they all so media illiterate? Like I'm a massive dork, I speak to machines more than other humans, I love to tinker, I frequently escape into fiction.

So obviously because I have a fucking brain in my head I look into who writes the stories I enjoy, why, what is and is not represented etc with the same sort of delight I examine a door handle or a speaker with.

How are these people, who's whole fucking life is owning the means of manufacture of machines, who all say they're inspired by scifi so... uninterested in the SciFi they say is awesome?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the short answer: this sort of nerd loves signifiers but loathes depth

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

See also: Zuck and Snow Crash.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The number of people that don't understand a significant part of snow crash is a farce shocks me.

you are introduced to hiro protagonist driving pizzas for the Mafia on pain on death. Fiat currency flutters uselessly in the gutters. It's the ultimate "wow cool future" media literacy test.