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One of the things I enjoy about Dune having a sudden cultural moment is a very specific type of person who previously considered themselves a "geek" is just now finding out what science fiction is actually like (weird!) and they don't care for it one fucking bit lmao

i am once again asking if he had it comin’

I guess the hard thing is, this has all crept up on us so gradually, it’s hard to fully understand what is happening. This is a historically consequential moment. Imagine The Depression plus the AIDS crisis, maybe throw in a dash of US Civil War.