nomagneticmonopoles t1_jechaz9 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:24 AM

Reply to comment by NoWarmEmbrace in TIL That There's a Bible Belt In The Netherlands by iamasinglepotassium

Actually they're mostly originally Swiss, but yes, the word morphed with regard to the language they spoke.

nomagneticmonopoles t1_iu4taj5 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:36 PM

Reply to comment by Swellmeister in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet

I'm not disagreeing about the value of the stories in other media, but wouldn't TikTok and the general push towards shorter videos and more digestible content be exactly the confirmation of Bradbury's hypothesis? Media is dumbed down by becoming less verbose, and in doing so, meaning is lost.