• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
    32·
    1 year ago

    The problem with cyberpunk fiction is that some people have no media literacy and a lot of money and decide their company should do things from their favorite stories.

    • Chariotwheel@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      I keep laughing when Palanthir comes up. Like, why name your surveillance company after these things that were used for bad in the stories.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
        10·
        1 year ago

        When i learned that there is an actual real life food company that’s called “soylent” i just felt like going to bed and skipping the next couple days, like what the fuck

        • doctorcrimson@lemmy.today
          2·
          1 year ago

          You’re telling me that in 2013 somebody made a company with the same name as a fictional company in 1966 novel Make Room Make Room! about overcrowded earth and the 1977 movie Soylent Green wherein they FEED PEOPLE TO OTHER PEOPLE AND LIE ABOUT IT?

          That’s pretty awful. I feel like that’s the absolute bottom of the barrel desperation for exposure. Why didn’t they just call it LentSoya or something?

      • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Because they’re not trying to hide what they are. They’re telling people clear as day, and people are still trying to wrap their heads around it, inventing all sorts of excuses for the behavior of obviously evil companies.

    • InvaderDJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Lack of media literacy is becoming a huge problem for society. People either think fiction is reality or just literally don’t understand satire, parody, and cautionary tales.