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Imaginary Wastelands and Ruins

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ah see now this one i personally would have put in !imaginarydegradation

it's not unsuited to here, but to me it looks more dilapidated than abandoned^?^

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think I've gotten a better feeling for the distinction, but the "yet inhabited and populated" part still tricks me.

You could argue that the garbage bags are very recent, so it must be inhabited, but when there are no people visible I default to this community.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

fair enough, it is conjecture either way

perhaps pre-apocalyptic vs post-apocalyptic is a better distinguisher? and i'd say this looks pre; but it could be recently post and the electricity's still running. so i won't fault you for being confused

i mean there could be people in a wasteland (exempli gratia) even though it's clearly post-apocalyptic, so i guess that was bad advice to give you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pre-apocalyptic vs post-apocalyptic is a better distinguisher?

Hehe, personally that seems more confusing. With "inhabited" at least there is something specific to look for (people). Judging if something is pre or post apocalyptic, while allowing abandoned stuff to be pre-apocalyptic, feels more difficult.

I think I will try to focus on the other explanation you gave me:

most likely if the buildings were built from scratch for their current function, it fits here, whereas if they’re scratch-built from old vehicle carcasses or whatever, they’d fit better in wastelands.

It would have worked with this post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sorry :(

Judging if something is pre or post apocalyptic, while allowing abandoned stuff to be pre-apocalyptic, feels more difficult.

yeah that's fair, that's why i do accept it's conjecture. i just go by the kind of "feeling" of the piece, but i know that isn't exactly something you can use


i've also just noticed i used "built from scratch" and "scratch-built" as opposites in that comment, which i imagine also isn't hugely helpful..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sorry :(

Don't worry at all. Understanding the difference between genres is part of the fun :).

i've also just noticed i used "built from scratch" and "scratch-built" as opposites in that comment, which i imagine also isn't hugely helpful..

Oh... I didn't notice. Now I'm not sure I understood it correctly. What I though you meant is:

  • If the buildings / setting was new at one point and has decayed with time, it fits in [email protected]
  • If the buildings / setting has been built with scrap and it was crappy from the start, it fits in [email protected]

Did I got it correctly?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

yeah you did, don't worry

it was just a small semantic feature i happened to notice. i'm impressed you managed to get my meaning even though i apparently used the wrong phrase, though [edit: or possibly i didn't, i guess]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am not a native speaker, so I tend to interpret things... sometimes even correctly :D.

Thanks for the explanations!