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[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 117 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Well, Shakespeare is known for his writing. Do you know every face of every writer you like? Sonic is a character, not a writer. Weird comparison.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Glad I'm not the only one. I was just thinking, "I have no idea what Shakespeare looks like," other than the caricature of him they do in TV shows.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The only author whose face I would reliably recognise would be Rowling, and that's because she's constantly in the news for being a hateful Terf. I haven't read any of her books.

I'd probably recognise Pratchett as well.

But yes, I'm not sure what you'd expect.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not sure I'd recognize Rowling outside of context, but I'd definitely recognize George R. R. Martin, despite never having read or watched anything he's made. He's got a very distinct look.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

Well he does look like a writer. If you just saw him in the street and didn't otherwise know who he was your general assumption would be that he was some kind of writer or artist.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

He really does, now that you mention it.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

You'd probably recognize Steven King also, but yeah the list is extremely small for everyone

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You never know for sure if its King or Koontz tho.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I'd recognise Poe, Pratchett as long as he had his hat, probably A. C. Clarke. There might be more, but that's about everyone I can think of right now.

I googled Asimov and that's a very distinct look, but I can't say I recall ever seeing him before.

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[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think my first memories of seeing Shakespeare's face was on a credit card hologram? The only image I can find is this:

stock photo showing credit card holograms, one of which is Shakespeare

But maybe it's a false memory.

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Looks like a bird to me...

... Sorry, couldn't resist.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 week ago

Typical gen z! 🙄

Jk

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 69 points 1 week ago (2 children)

“The younger generation recognizes 100+ Pokémon but almost no domestic bird. “

Yeah, most birds don’t spout their own name constantly though. Imagine a dove yelling “Dove! Dove!” while shitting on your head.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Pretty much every native NZ bird is named after the sound it makes.

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[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

In addition to all the other comments on how this is just Gen A hating on Gen A+1, it's pretty easy to miss possibly the biggest reason Sonic stands out: he's fucking BLUE

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ngl I like this. A+1. Now do we go B+1 and continue from there or A+[1-255] first?

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Only until A+F, it's obviously hexadecimal.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Time to make a really bangin' Shakespeare video game.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It should be a strand-type game.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, that'll really capture the young audience.

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Is this purely a visual comparison of appearance or also work like “to be or not to be”

Or did they simply ask. “Do you know who x is” and take peoples word for it if they say yes.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 points 1 week ago

If you dug up shakespeare, I wouldn't recognize him either and I'm a millennial.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Sonic was designed to be recognized. He's a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog who works in a primarily visual medium.

While Shakespeare excelled with the written word, I doubt he could crouch down and rotate his body more than a few dozen RPM without getting dizzy and needing a lie down or whatever British people do when they get overwhelmed.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This might come as a shock to you, but I don't know what Michelangelo looks like and I don't think I would recognize him. I can however name all the most prolific furry artists of our time.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

This might come as a shock to you, but I don't know what Michelangelo looks like and I don't think I would recognize him

He's the one with the orange mask and the nunchucks

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We have a handful of portraits of one, and hours of animated material of the other. Who do you think gets looked at more? If that survey was actually conducted that was a huge waste of time.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So funny when they try to present something expected as "see how the new generations are".

We only have one portrait which is likely to be of Shakespeare. It's fairly common on books and articles, but I wouldn't expect a casual theatre fan to immediately recognize it.
But I would expect a casual gaming fan to immediately recognize Sonic, even if they've never played any of the games.

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[–] n3cr0@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I can't remember there was a Shakespeare videogame. But I played Sonic The Hedgehog from it's first releases.

I guess I haven't missed something.

Holy shit, people are more aware of things relevant to the time they live in and the things they actively take part in than things from literally hundreds of years ago that are difficult to establish as relevant in a modern society because it has no tangible relevance to the current era?! THE CHILDREN ARE DAMNED!

Seriously, is there anything more to these lines of thought than a fear of being outdated?

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Realistically, is that a bad thing? Who cares what he looked like. Plenty of people don’t recognize people like Socrates, DaVinci, etc. does it matter if people can recognize them?

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As there are exactly zero images of Shakespeare that can be considered genuine, it would be a miracle if anyone would recognize him. Some people might recognize the one or other portrait with debatable relation to him, that's it.

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[–] Owlboi@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

as it should be. what kid is reading shakespeare?

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[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (6 children)

What's this obsession with Shakespeare ?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 1 week ago

I think he was Robotnik's dad?

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