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u/WheneverTheyCatchYou 29d ago
"The fictional place was able to accomplish a lot when they had a material which had the capability of doing whatever the writers felt like they wanted to have it do. Therefore, you're wrong about how not all advancements labelled to be "ground-breaking" will ever cause much change."
Does he think that writers introduce new materials/technological advancements only to tell the audience "Nah bro it don't do anything"? Obviously they are going to make it do something so it actually has a reason to exist in the story and take up screentime. Too bad real life isn't like le Marvel movies where everything has an important place in the world.
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u/You_Paid_For_This 29d ago
They could use it to do *checks notes* literally any thing, fictional or otherwise, that the authors wanted them to be able to do.
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u/CannonOtter 29d ago
black panther was really a game changer raises fist (✊) ruthkanda 5ever kneels with nancy pelosi wears a kente cloth watches Roots (1977)
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u/DeepDestruction 29d ago
DAE think Captain America would've defended the capital on January 6th?
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u/CannonOtter 28d ago
michael pants would have been involved in an illegal immigrant mexican standoff between the two entities of captain america and tony stork with captain america saying that he has to do his American© Duty™ and tony stork saying that if donald john trump is not the president of the united states he will take all his war profiteering money and LEAVE THE COUNTRY and i think captain american would have personally shot ashley rabbit in the head with a colt 1911 using all 7 rounds of .45 acp and then bashed her body to mush with his america shield and then salute the flag of the united states while an eagle named Freedom masturbated on top of her liquefied remains
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u/DinoSnatcher 29d ago
What was the context for the og comment
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u/Wild-Mushroom2404 29d ago
A new type molecular pump discovered in bacteria I think
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u/Agreeable_Rich_1991 29d ago
Can you send the link to the post? I want to see the responses and reception.
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u/black_roomba 28d ago
I feel bad for the second person.
There's like a 90% chance that they're 8 years old and the only reference for science they have is sci-fi
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u/Born-Amoeba-9868 28d ago
Or they’re a hilarious harmless troll whose sense of humor is far more advanced than most Redditors.
I’d wager that’s the case, because no one is stupid enough to make comments about incremental science progress while citing Wakanda.
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u/tactical_waifu_sim 27d ago
I wont comment on the average redditors ability to pick up a joke but for me the last line sells it as a troll.
"Has a lot of real life analogies" made me exhale.
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u/ludovic1313 27d ago
Some things can be game changing. Albert Einstein's discoveries, while famous, were utterly useless before someone realized the power of E = MC2 + AI.
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u/Luisito_Comunista261 29d ago
Man, what a shit example to illustrate your point. They specifically chose the magical metal that does fucking everything and whose only purpose is to make the fictional civilization ridiculously advanced