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> Taco Bell won the franchise war and is the only restaurant remaining. When I saw that movie when I was small, I thought that was literally Taco Bell, McDonal
by tivert 2y ago
> Taco Bell won the franchise war and is the only restaurant remaining.
When I saw that movie when I was small, I thought that was literally Taco Bell, McDonald's, and Burger King, et al fighting with tanks, etc. Taco Bell emerged victorious after a bloody struggle.
- EA-3167 2y agoTaco Bell and Johnny Silverhand won after nuking ~~Arasaka~~ KFC Tower.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoBecause it was
- FrustratedMonky 2y agoCould be. In SnowCrash, I think there were some subplots talking about the fighting was somewhat real between franchises. And you could become a citizen of a franchise state.
- gorjusborg 2y agoI could see being a citizen of CosaNostra Pizza.
- buildsjets 2y agoI’d make a pretty good deliverator.
- mathgeek 2y agoThis is the first time I have considered that it wasn’t them blowing up each other’s franchises.
- username135 2y agoI will believe ehat i want to believe
- mattskr 2y agoI am okay with this timeline. At least it has better conversation topics than most of our current timeline.
- intended 2y agoTalk to trust and safety teams, should never run out of topics that make you question reality.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoThat's the thing, the fake reality makes more sense than even the real unreal things. Life imitates art, but it sucks at it.
- jordanb 2y agoI would much rather live in Sir Humphrey Appleby's dystopia than whatever this is.
- jerf 2y agoThis is where headcanon [1] can be a lot of fun. Just accept that they really did fight a war. It's not like it doesn't particularly fit the milieu... [1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/words-were-watching-headcanon-fanon https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/words-were-watching...
- mrayycombi 2y ago[flagged]
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- sentientslug 2y agoDevil’s advocate: all words are made up and languages evolve over time
- mrayycombi 2y agoDevils advocate devils advocate: don't waste your time arguing nonsense.
- rvbissell 2y ago'headcanon' is jargon within general fandom. The term refers to the application of imagination against the established canon of a body of fiction, to expand upon that body of work. Example: - Superman being from Krypton is canon. - Superman not truly being the son of Jor-El, because his mom slept around, might be one fan's headcanon.
- butlersean 2y agoUnlike (say) French, English has no central authority determining correct or incorrect usage. Anything literally goes.
- malort 2y ago
- ninju 2y agoFor those that need more context From the movie Demolition Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlcDHlK_RoY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlcDHlK_RoY
- lupusreal 2y agoIt's been along time since I read it, but IIRC Jennifer Government has that. Fast food chains lobbing missiles at each other.