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What are some unrealistic fictional tropes that have become realistic because people internalized them from fiction? (lemmy.world)
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For example [vaguely]: writer creates a character who behaves like X, despite nobody actually behaving like X in real life. Then characters behaving like X become a wide-ranging trope. People in the real world begin to think it’s normal to behave like X, and subsequently start actually behaving like X themselves.

Any actual examples of this phenomenon happening?

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[–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I mean really you could just say Star Trek.

Tablets, wifi/Bluetooth, flip phones, sliding doors, on demand media (QuickTime), speaking to a device and it responds (like OG Google Assistant or Siri), transparent aluminum (Aluminum Oxynitride).

Steve Wozniak was inspired by Star Trek.

Honestly I don't think any other show has reshaped Earth more than Star Trek.

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