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Jojo, Lady of the West
Jojo, Lady of the West @ Silentiea @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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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?

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  • So that's the etymology

    • 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?

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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?

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  • What's the etymology?

    • Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East

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    • Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East

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  • I mean the point is: let's not. War bad, mkay?

    • Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East

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  • Listen, the Geneva convention only specifies what we can't use on enemies, okay? As long as the targets are technically friendlies, it's fair game!

    • What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?

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  • I'm honestly not sure what you're referring to. Is that a word they use a lot in their lyrics?

    • What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?

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  • If you start it, just put a tag that the list is incomplete and the wiki crowd will finish it.

    • What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?

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  • I think you were pretty obvious. Someone actually curious would have asked what it meant.

    • How many pieces of toilet paper do you use to wipe after peeing?

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  • Not a fan of the 0.5-ply paper they have at work?

    • How many pieces of toilet paper do you use to wipe after peeing?

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  • Yeah, about the same.

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  • Just really want some symmetry violation and new physics. It's getting stale in here.

    • What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?

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  • This particular instance was certainly pretending to be ill-informed, so

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  • You mean antepenultimate?

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  • I like to make the joke whenever someone mentions a Russian doctor falling out of a window or something:

    There's defense and there's defenestration.

    • What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?

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  • Gloam/gloaming

    The onset of twilight/becoming gloomy

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  • Feel like tenebrous being on a list of obscure words is tenuous, but maybe I just have esoteric interests.

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  • I had a look to see if I could find a full list but sadly not. However most Wikipedia entries for the individual novels include a section called, "The unfamiliar word," if you want to find more.

    Be the change you want to see in the world.

    • What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?

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  • I see you've never been to Canada.

    • TIL miniblinds with pull cords to raise and lower them are now illegal to sell in the United States

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  • Ooh, an interrobang