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It touches on how anime influences real-life travel.
I mean it's not a big deal, but that definitely doesn't fall under the concept of world building, imo.
As per the message I sent, I’ll volunteer to take over as mod.
As per the message I sent, I'll volunteer to take over mod.
I admit I only read the summary but, despite having it in the title, this doesn't seem relevant to this sub? Am I missing something?
For it to make any sense you really need to think through the timeline of both things and how they interact.
When were they learned and what did that process look like? If magic is just some inherent force that people can use innately, did that remove the motivation to study science? Or at least to find applied uses for science, for things that magic can already do?
What is the relative effort of achieving things with magic vs science (including the accumulated effort of discovering and researching how to do it)? Nobody is going to spend the time and money to build a scientific solution if someone can just wave their hand and achieve the same goal.
And the first questions is: how does science explain magic? What are the rules for magic, energy sources, limitations, etc
To make it interesting I think you need to have inherent limitations in magic that creates a niche for science, things that magic can't do or that is very costly for magic to do. And then once you have a reason for science to be invested in, you have to consider the ways that magic can enhance the pursuit of science. You don't need to invent microscopes if you can use magic to see tiny objects.
And then you have to consider the combinations of magic and science. What does warfare look like if you can use magic to teleport a nuclear warhead anywhere in the world? What does space exploration look like if you can use magic to create oxygen?
To do it with any kind of facade of realism is extremely complex, but presents a lot of opportunities for interesting and unique worldbuilding.
Y'all are a bunch of lizard people, anon gets it. The sun is literally trying to kill you.
That will be her birthday present
Yikes.
Saying that "The objectification of women is at the heart of 90s pop culture" seems overstated to me. Of course there was sexism in popular culture, in particular 90s hiphop was almost universally extremely sexist, but there were also a lot of strong female presences and male media that challenged traditional masculinity.
As another commenter mentions, the 90s had a huge list of iconic female led bands that didn't play into sexist tropes (The Breeders, Hole, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Bjork, Elastica, The Cranberries, Sonic Youth, Veruca Salt, Sleater Kinney...). Blur was famously neck-and-neck with Oasis for popularity and they are the antithesis of "lad culture", which is what sparked the rivalry between the two bands and their fans. Nirvana's lyrics often explored feminist concepts (though to be fair I assume those messages were lost on a lot of their fans) and issues like male isolation and mental illness. You could argue that grunge was in many ways a reaction against "lad culture" and mainstream ideas of masculinity.
Did you read the whole article? It is essentially saying what you are saying.
And if we've learned anything from the past four decades, cheaper loans have only helped drive prices higher.
... which will make it marginally cheaper to borrow and hence temporarily improve affordability. Unfortunately, that could be enough to lure in more buyers, which will push prices higher
Given we're not building anywhere near enough dwellings to house our rapidly expanding population, real estate is likely to continue rising. Add to that the tax incentives that favour investors, and any interest rate cuts are likely to only deliver a temporary respite to those looking for a first home.
But that rising wealth is likely to be concentrated in ever-fewer hands in the future.
This is obviously not real.
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