A lot of *compression* is down to common knowledge: you can tell a story about a concept faster if the audience has the concept already.
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You can tell a story about temporary insanity defense/Munchausen syndrome by proxy/PTSD fast if the audience has those concepts.
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@thesublemon I'm a connoisseur of shitty detective shows and they are all about the same now but there was a leap b/t ... -
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@thesublemon murder she wrote and l&o
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@arslibertatis yes and failing to acknowledge common knowledge passes up opportunities for depthThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@DarrylHarb @hunterstheorem
@thesublemon yeah reality just bums everybody out hence drama/fictionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing@thesublemon Slogging my way through Disciples of the 36th Chamber and it's remarkable how reminiscent it is of Broadway. -
@St_Rev@thesublemon Shaw brothers, bollywood, 19th century opera, Broadway - something important in common
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@sarahdoingthing@thesublemon we've def. gotten better at mass-producing stripped-down soulless nonsense yes -
@admittedlyhuman@sarahdoingthing well--best things have the efficiency of the soulless stripped down things, but use it to do good stuff - 2 more replies
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