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Have you ever noticed how scifi settings over time have trended to be less distant in the future (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/random@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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i was thinking maybe we're more optimistic about how fast society can advance than in the past and thats being reflected in our media. like Asimov stuff vs star trek vs cyberpunk, bladerunner, type stuff being set like 50-100 years from now instead of like, the year 3000+. maybe im wrong

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[–] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It'd only be realistic if the y2038 bug temporarily took out all the androids because they're running Debian 10 or something.

[–] pigeonpaints@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

LMAO 😂 okay, but does it count if they’re running a distro that’s more bleeding edge?