“Magic system” is a bit of an oxymoron

This is just the currently accepted terminology in world building: https://rebeccashedd.com/2024/10/25/the-worldbuilders-toolkit-building-a-magic-system/

I’m just extending this to sci-fi also, as have many others, because they’re basically the same thing, only that the sci-fi magic systems are vaugely based on real-life science (but vary wildly how closely).

Think Stargate with their loosey-goosey ancients and accession, vs the much more grounded The Expanse.

I’m just not a fan of magic systems without any rules at all.

Hence why I find supernatural stories less interesting, which streaming services, book shops, and movie theatres, frustratingly categorise under fantasy. They are very different from sci-fi and fantasy, in my opinion.

If your magic is purely “mysterious”, that’s boring, and lazy story-telling (In my opinion).

Just joking around, but yeah, I personally enjoy what I call “supernatural” stories less than sci-fi and fantasy with proper world-building

Soft magic systems aren’t any fun. Change my mind.

Christianity, stranger things and paranormal activity are equally as uninteresting to me because it’s “because I said so”. Boooooooo, come up with some rules for your world.

Can we make a new category of fiction called “supernatural” SEPARATE from sci-fi and fantasy? Thanks, that would be nice.

Dear Americans, we have a functional government

I feel comparing yourself to the US isn’t a fair standard.

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Holy damn that is a terrible deal

You can bet your ass foreign spy agencies are laughing their arses off about this as they track whatever targets they like

Ah yes, this is a better word haha

What’s worse, is this was the plan all along

I didn’t choose it (not my video).

I’d encourage you to watch it anyway, if you can get past the trauma…

No, it’s not my video, and it’s not like I chose the thumbnail.

I’ll just say folks, this has left me with a “people just like to complain” vibes.

The video is excellent, and exposing how the internet is the wild west of companies lying, cheating and stealing.

Maybe you could engage with that, rather than the creator having to make a stupid thumbnail to keep the algorithm happy.

Density breeds access to infrastructure.

You can bet that in most cases, there will not be a hospital close by.

The asset-isation of housing will never allow for sensible urban planning

Yep: https://www.peta.org.au/living/speciesist-language/