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I presented a PowerPoint explaining fanfiction and shipping to my father (midwest.social)

submitted 1 week ago by clark@midwest.social to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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It's in Swedish and I'm much too lazy to translate. But I figured the older generation might benefit from knowing these terms like shipping, AO3, slash, and whatnot.

He does not like the concept of shipping at all. But he thought it was educational and he liked the pictures I used. It was Star Trek themed since ST essentially coined the slash term, and we both watch it so I made that the main theme.

Well. That was fun. I love explaining nonsensical shit to older peeps.

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[–] woop_woop@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Thanks for the rundown.

I definitely must be old, because reading that makes my skin crawl.

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

I definitely must be old, because reading that makes my skin crawl.

I mean, shipping was ubiquitous online even when I first hopped on the web as a wee lad in the late 1990s.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This has been a thing since at least Star Trek: TOS. It's just more prominent today as online culture becomes more ubiquitous and makes it easier for more people who aren't quite as dedicated to get involved.

[–] Alk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's been a thing since at least 2012 because I remember hearing a group of students talk about shipping irl back then.

[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

It's been a thing online since at least 1997-2000, because that's when I first was coming across it when I was younger, so I'm willing to bet it's been around since the dawn of the internet.

"Shipping" has been used in so much mainstream media as well, I'm surprised it wasn't a more recognized term.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Same here.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Why's it make your skin crawl??