• skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    The popularity of the book/movie incorporating a classic concept of cyberpunk, yes.

    We’ve been dreaming of a Metaverse just about since we’ve had internet. Only, nobody’s made one that’s worth a damn in the real world yet.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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      9 hours ago

      Dude it’s a book.

      “Gladiators would be popular because there’s this movie called Gladiator that everyone loves and that has heaps of Gladiators.”

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        1 hour ago

        Gladiator was a movie because historically we’ve had heaps of gladiators and they were popular public entertainment.