We already do this, even when the original reference is forgotten.
We use idioms that refer to Greek mythology (hanging over your head, as with the Sword or Damocles, or Achilles heel), or Bible stories (Judas meaning betrayal, shibboleth meaning some kind of identifier of membership in a group), or Shakespeare (pound of flesh), or horse racing (frontrunner, hands down, across the board) or other sports (bullseye, slam dunk, par).
And in terms of our technology, we use all sorts of things that harken back to some obsolete technology. We use a save icon that is a floppy disk, a database icon that uses cylinder drum memory. We refer to the smartphone interface that enters phone numbers as a "dialer" from the "dial" in the days of rotary phones.
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Rhaedas@fedia.io · 37 pts · 326d
Picard, his face in palm. Riker, his grin wide.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 9 pts · 326d
Barclay, his dick out on the holodeck.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 326d
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 326d
Mischievous girl, her house burning.
Metostopholes@midwest.social · 27 pts · 326d
Leonardo DiCaprio, pointing at the television!
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 326d
Girlfriend, her eyes uncomfortably wide and unsettling.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 326d
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 326d
🧑🍳🤌💋
Gowron's eye appears in hole; pleading for glory.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 325d
This is quite possibly the worst thing I've seen in weeks. Thank you for creating disturbing content.
null@lemmy.nullspace.lol · 6 pts · 325d
funhole is leaking
Jerkface@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 326d
Kombucha lady, her face disgusted. Kombucha lady, her face intrigued.
Dr_Box@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 325d
I heard brittany brokski be referred to as the kombucha lady before but it never clicked what meme they were referring to
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 326d
Serious little boy, his upturned fist presented!
grue@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 326d
https://lemmy.world/post/26543640
Marty McFly, having seen this one before
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 15 pts · 326d
Geordie in the Briefing room, impossible to say.
yyyesss@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 325d
Miles O'Brien, on an average day.
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 324d
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 324d
TootSweet@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 326d
Morty, his hands making finger guns.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 326d
Eric Andre, his mag dumped behind him; his face filled with confusion.
db2@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 326d
Image searching returned too many really tone deaf or just plain stupid ones made by far right American mouth breathers.
Colbert, his finger extended.
CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 325d
Pikachu, his mouth open
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 11 pts · 326d
The fox in fuckin wimd.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 324d
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 7 pts · 326d
Monsoon to Raiden, his voice in awe
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 324d
We already do this, even when the original reference is forgotten.
We use idioms that refer to Greek mythology (hanging over your head, as with the Sword or Damocles, or Achilles heel), or Bible stories (Judas meaning betrayal, shibboleth meaning some kind of identifier of membership in a group), or Shakespeare (pound of flesh), or horse racing (frontrunner, hands down, across the board) or other sports (bullseye, slam dunk, par).
And in terms of our technology, we use all sorts of things that harken back to some obsolete technology. We use a save icon that is a floppy disk, a database icon that uses cylinder drum memory. We refer to the smartphone interface that enters phone numbers as a "dialer" from the "dial" in the days of rotary phones.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 325d
skeletor, laughing with a toothy grin.
slingstone@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 324d
Jeremiah Johnson, his head nodding