Has any sci-fi interrogated the idea of "realistic laser guns", where they fire invisible, soundless, light-speed, instantly-fatal bolts of ionizing radiation, and land battles are quiet except for the thumps of soup-brained bodies hitting the ground
@themalaru I do envy people who are in a position to womansplain their country's politics tbh
The trouble with being American online is that no European is curious about America, because total cultural hegemony has taught them about it nonstop from birth
@shellsist Surprises me to learn that a lot of people think the value of art comes only from what the piece itself contains, and not the context of its creation. there's plenty of great art that's objectively boring to look at until you learn how insane the guy who made it was
@shellsist I don't see why this is getting shit on as hard as it is
It's got the Jackson Pollock thing where part of the "fun" is imagining the physicality and movement that must have gone into making it