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[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 92 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

You could also write a story about a cowboy and samurai drinking Coke and playing Nintendo (cards), and it would be historically accurate.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 31 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Someone gets a fax and the scene stays period accurate

[–] underline960@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 weeks ago

If they had fax machines in Star Wars, it would still be period accurate.

I still don't understand how fax hasn't died yet.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

What's wild to me is that devices capable of measuring the length of something to an accuracy of one millionth of an inch existed decades before the American Civil War.

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

It's called Samurai Western and it is an underrated gem of a game