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Raygun Gothic

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.

See also: Raygun Gothic at TVTropes

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

"tremendous strength"

has arm proportions of a spaghetti noodle

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

But look at all those pecdominals

[–] Anticorp 3 points 1 month ago

Those are solid adamantium.

[–] Anticorp 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tractor or not, humans would be squashed into a pancake.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

nah man, farmers are built different

[–] egrets 11 points 1 month ago
[–] MeatPilot 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"NO! I don't want my window washed! Hablas inglés? Come on get off the tractor!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

The premise reminds me of the story Gravity, by Hal Clement. Humans visiting a very high gravity world with very odd inhabitants.

[–] aeronmelon 1 points 1 month ago

…Jupiter.