There's probably a story in building systems to address this.
I could see a network of vampires who exchange safehouses every few decades, so as to avoid people noticing they've been there for 150 years, and the relocation forces them to reboot their cultural references, accents, etc.
They play the "new immigrant" card until they can blend in properly.
The What We Do in the Shadows movie and TV show both play with this idea a little, though ultimately the vampires are too stuck in their ways to genuinely try to adapt.
I mean, people are still alive who were alive 30 years ago. So vampires would probably be saying “radical“ at about the same rate that non-vampires their age say it
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arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 78d
somewhat relevant xkcd
sheogorath@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 77d
Where alt text????
BingBong@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 78d
I'm bringing radical and tubular back. Those were good slang.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 78d
Like, gag me with a houseboat!
Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Q1yVLSR3I
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 77d
Bitchin’!
Leviathan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 77d
Cowabunga!
yakko@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 78d
I still say rad, sometimes. Maybe I'd be the vamp who tries to sneak phrases back into parlance under the guise of irony.
Mitch McConnell is dead? Tubular.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 78d
Bitchin'
Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
Mint!
Leviathan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 77d
This is What We Do in the Shadows, right? Like that's more or less the joke half the time.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 77d
The two main jokes are Nandor saying "radical" and anyone other than Colin saying "shut up, Colin Robinson."
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 78d
HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 78d
There's probably a story in building systems to address this.
I could see a network of vampires who exchange safehouses every few decades, so as to avoid people noticing they've been there for 150 years, and the relocation forces them to reboot their cultural references, accents, etc.
They play the "new immigrant" card until they can blend in properly.
egrets@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
The What We Do in the Shadows movie and TV show both play with this idea a little, though ultimately the vampires are too stuck in their ways to genuinely try to adapt.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 78d
Lost Boys comes to mind for vamps who say "radical?" It's got Alex "Bill S Preston esq" Winter in it too, right ?
charokol@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
I mean, people are still alive who were alive 30 years ago. So vampires would probably be saying “radical“ at about the same rate that non-vampires their age say it
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 78d
Not!
Rookeh@startrek.website · 2 pts · 78d
There is precedent for this.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 78d
I'm not a vampire but I still definitely say rad, man.