Realistically, is that a bad thing? Who cares what he looked like. Plenty of people don’t recognize people like Socrates, DaVinci, etc. does it matter if people can recognize them?
DaVinci
That’s a weird way of spelling Dewinky.
Sonic was designed to be recognized. He’s a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog who works in a primarily visual medium.
While Shakespeare excelled with the written word, I doubt he could crouch down and rotate his body more than a few dozen RPM without getting dizzy and needing a lie down or whatever British people do when they get overwhelmed.
I can’t remember there was a Shakespeare videogame. But I played Sonic The Hedgehog from it’s first releases.
I guess I haven’t missed something.
As there are exactly zero images of Shakespeare that can be considered genuine, it would be a miracle if anyone would recognize him. Some people might recognize the one or other portrait with debatable relation to him, that’s it.
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What’s this obsession with Shakespeare ?
The language he used in his plays was written the way they were was so all the different English languages/dialects could understand it. So he was key in developing the English language.
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I’m not sure everyone would agree on that.
But even then, who gives a shit about how he looks? People have this weird fascination for him as if he’s a newer Jesus or something, pretending that he is the One that everyone should know and respect and quote and love. That’s much closer to an obsession than something about being a good writer.
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[Shakespeare] is one of the most important writers in the English language.
I’m not sure everyone would agree on that.
What?
I think he was Robotnik’s dad?
Holy shit, people are more aware of things relevant to the time they live in and the things they actively take part in than things from literally hundreds of years ago that are difficult to establish as relevant in a modern society because it has no tangible relevance to the current era?! THE CHILDREN ARE DAMNED!
Seriously, is there anything more to these lines of thought than a fear of being outdated?
Y’all in here doing your best to defend the shitty education you got.
Why?
I bet this guy didn’t even learn to recognise 李白 in school.
So funny when they try to present something expected as “see how the new generations are”.
We only have one portrait which is likely to be of Shakespeare. It’s fairly common on books and articles, but I wouldn’t expect a casual theatre fan to immediately recognize it.
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If you dug up shakespeare, I wouldn’t recognize him either and I’m a millennial.
Wtf is “recognize shakespeare”?
No one knows who he was let alone what he looked like. Some people suggest that it was even possibly more than one person.
Also his writing more or less sucks. Id rather go fast any day.
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In addition to all the other comments on how this is just Gen A hating on Gen A+1, it’s pretty easy to miss possibly the biggest reason Sonic stands out: he’s fucking BLUE
Ngl I like this. A+1. Now do we go B+1 and continue from there or A+[1-255] first?
Only until A+F, it’s obviously hexadecimal.
Also those new movies were a lot more fun than they had any right to be.
This is “Mario is more recognisable than Mickey Mouse” all over again lol
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Glad I’m not the only one. I was just thinking, “I have no idea what Shakespeare looks like,” other than the caricature of him they do in TV shows.
The only way I recognize Shakespeare as Shakespeare is the giant collars he wears that seem to be in every picture of him.
You’re thinking of Lil’ Nas X.
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Forsooth I bite my thumb at thee.
So, Lion King…
The only author whose face I would reliably recognise would be Rowling, and that’s because she’s constantly in the news for being a hateful Terf. I haven’t read any of her books.
I’d probably recognise Pratchett as well.
But yes, I’m not sure what you’d expect.
Not sure I’d recognize Rowling outside of context, but I’d definitely recognize George R. R. Martin, despite never having read or watched anything he’s made. He’s got a very distinct look.
He really does, now that you mention it.
Well he does look like a writer. If you just saw him in the street and didn’t otherwise know who he was your general assumption would be that he was some kind of writer or artist.
You’d probably recognize Steven King also, but yeah the list is extremely small for everyone
Idk, I don’t think most people would be able to name him if they were shown his picture without context
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There are no photographs of Shakespeare. He lived way before the invention of photography.
As far as I understand there is a painting that might be of him, but it’s difficult because it doesn’t say “this is a painting of Shakespeare” on the bottom. It’s just a painting of a random man who probably was Shakespeare, but we don’t have proof.
Even if the painting is of him we are assuming that it’s an accurate painting.
I’d recognise Poe, Pratchett as long as he had his hat, probably A. C. Clarke. There might be more, but that’s about everyone I can think of right now.
I googled Asimov and that’s a very distinct look, but I can’t say I recall ever seeing him before.
You never know for sure if its King or Koontz tho.
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I think my first memories of seeing Shakespeare’s face was on a credit card hologram? The only image I can find is this:
But maybe it’s a false memory.
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Typical gen z! 🙄
Jk
“The younger generation recognizes 100+ Pokémon but almost no domestic bird. “
Yeah, most birds don’t spout their own name constantly though. Imagine a dove yelling “Dove! Dove!” while shitting on your head.
Pretty much every native NZ bird is named after the sound it makes.
First (& very common) bird I looked up seems to be the exception?
Fantail / pīwakawaka Known for its friendly ‘cheet cheet’ call and energetic flying antics, the fantail is one of the most common and widely distributed native birds on the New Zealand mainland.
Yeah but they have a tail which looks like a fan. Not the same but also quite a descriptive name.
I think the majority of animals have descriptive names. However the discussion isn’t even in the vicinity of whether the names are descriptive.
Even the Puteketeke, New Zealand’s Bird of The Century?
