sci-fi ikea manuals

[ffutures]

Nice idea, wish they'd used "SF" instead of Sci-fi

http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6500868/sci-fi-ikea-manuals

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[heliograph.livejournal.com]

No doubt! My point was that the number of people who'd understand that is pretty small. On the other hand, if you know a lot of those people...

What I was trying to suggest was that many more people would recognize Sci-Fi as an abbreviation for Science Fiction over SF, and that number is hundreds or thousands of times more people than the hard core science fiction fans who subdivide the term because they see a genre difference between STAR WARS and SILENT RUNNING.

Every niche culture has its jargon, but to communicate with the broader society they need to know when to stop using it (or being disappointed when they don't).