mhoyeJul 1, 2023

Lazyweb, I would like to have a less racist or colonialist word for terminology that's inherited but not understood than "cargo cult".

I want this because my son just described part of a game as a "quicktime event" despite never in his life having seen one.

Show threadEtriganJul 1, 2023
@mhoye Skeuomorph?
Show threadmhoyeJul 1, 2023
@etrigan That's a decent lead... Do we have a term for skeuomorphism performed in ignorance?
Show threadmhoyeJul 1, 2023
@etrigan I kind of like "naive skeuomorphism" or "clean-slate skeuomorphism" as expressions, the idea that we're trying to express ourselves with an imitation of something having never experienced the original.
Show threadEtriganJul 1, 2023
@mhoye Skeuomentum
Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦
@etrigan @mhoye Skeunertia
Jul 1, 2023 at 11:32pmWeb