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Is that a Metal Gear Solid[1] reference? [1]: https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Zanzibar_Land_Disturbance https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Zanzibar_Land_Distu
by stevefan1999 6y ago
Is that a Metal Gear Solid[1] reference?
[1]: https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Zanzibar_Land_Disturbance https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Zanzibar_Land_Disturbance
- xenophonf 6y agoMuch more likely to be a reference to Brunner's classic work of dystopian fiction, which postulates that the 2010 population of Earth, projected to be around 7 billion people, could all stand shoulder to shoulder on a single island the size of Zanzibar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar It's not the kind of literary allusion I'd want to make, if I were a global multinational like Google/Alphabet, but there it is.
- taftster 6y agoOne of the project authors (Lea Kissner) relates the story to the naming of the project here: https://twitter.com/LeaKissner/status/1136691523104280576 https://twitter.com/LeaKissner/status/1136691523104280576
- BashiBazouk 6y agoWell, that was unexpected. I would have gone with Stand on Zanzibar as the other poster mentioned. Also makes me feel old that they don't remember the spice channel...