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Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] cordlessmodem@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

These sound right to me, especially Dying Earth - a podcast I listen to covered Gene Wolf's Book of the New Sun trilogy and they described it as such. Wikipedia calls it Science Fantasy. Great books by the way

Clipped it blud in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] cordlessmodem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

lot of that going around I guess

Do you know the story of the Trids? They were a forgotten lost tribe of Israel. in c/dadjokes@lemmy.world
[–] cordlessmodem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not an idiom, but a slogan for a sugary children's cereal Trix.

I saw the wall of text, skipped to the punchline, and rolled my eyes glad I saved myself a couple minutes

Why are there so many stop signs on American streets? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] cordlessmodem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reading more of these comments it's clear we need to invest heavily in biking and transit infrastructure so taking away some idiots drivers license doesn't damn them to poverty