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  • nBodyProblem@lemmy.worldtoRPGMemes @ttrpg.networkIt's the dream, really
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    8 months ago

    It’s worth noting that the lack of second language proficiency isn’t a result of laziness or ignorance

    In Europe, most people are a short train ride from another country. There is also a lot of cultural exchange between countries within Europe.

    Most Americans are multiple days of driving from the nearest non English speaking country, and that’s just to arrive in an area of Mexico where the people they will interact with overwhelmingly speak English.

    In that context, there is little utility for most people in learning a second language. It’s also very difficult to achieve true proficiency when you are so rarely exposed to native speakers of a language.


  • nBodyProblem@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzPhysics
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    8 months ago

    Tasers and shooting lightning from your fingertips aren’t even close to the same thing

    But the point remains that, yes, society can do a thing but the power of wizards in most fantasy stories largely comes from personal, internal, strength rather than the ability to leverage a vast web of engineers, laborers and infrastructure in the outside world

    If someone dropped you in a remote area you wouldn’t just whip up a quick dishwasher to get a job done. The parallel between technology and magic as seen in most fantasy stories is weak at best


  • nBodyProblem@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzPhysics
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    8 months ago

    Depends on how good the magic was. If it let you fireball a room full of goblins with a wave of your hand, read minds, lightning people with your fingertips like emperor palpatine, and conjure familiars to do your house work?

    All without any manufacturing facilities and minimal capital outlay

    I dare say physics would be more popular then