Quote from: RPGPundit;1010608That's possible, Cave Bear, but it doesn't take into account the potential for lost contexts due to a massive collapse of civilization, and learning.

Does the collapse of civilization necessarily entail a collapse of learning?
It often seems like our civilization discourages or actively suppresses learning.

Quote from: Cave Bear;1010629Does the collapse of civilization necessarily entail a collapse of learning?
It often seems like our civilization discourages or actively suppresses learning.

Our civilization is the  most widely educated civilization in all of human history.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1011332Our civilization is the  most widely educated civilization in all of human history.

Explain flat-earthers then.

Quote from: Cave Bear;1011334Explain flat-earthers then.

The internet allows all kinds of nutters to reinforce their paranoia and groupthink.

Quote from: Cave Bear;1011334Explain flat-earthers then.

... you need an explanation about why there are always going to be whackdoodles in the world?

Quote from: Voros;1011504The internet allows all kinds of nutters to reinforce their paranoia and groupthink.

Hence anti-vaxxers and climate-change deniers.

Regardless, the average cab driver in the West in 2017 has a higher education than 99.9% of the human population throughout the rest of human history.

If I were to ever run Gamma World, it would probably be set near the remains of Disneyworld/Magic Kingdom, and let there be a brewing war between the humans who worship the Princesses, and the mutated animals who worship the Mouse, the Duck, etc.

Quote from: Tulpa Girl;1012783If I were to ever run Gamma World, it would probably be set near the remains of Disneyworld/Magic Kingdom, and let there be a brewing war between the humans who worship the Princesses, and the mutated animals who worship the Mouse, the Duck, etc.

I just want to say this is one of the coolest post Apocalypse idea's I have ever heard.

Quote from: Tulpa Girl;1012783If I were to ever run Gamma World, it would probably be set near the remains of Disneyworld/Magic Kingdom, and let there be a brewing war between the humans who worship the Princesses, and the mutated animals who worship the Mouse, the Duck, etc.

You remind me of a CK2 mod which has Disneyworld as a tribal society

Quote from: Tulpa Girl;1012783If I were to ever run Gamma World, it would probably be set near the remains of Disneyworld/Magic Kingdom, and let there be a brewing war between the humans who worship the Princesses, and the mutated animals who worship the Mouse, the Duck, etc.

Clever!

Also, if I didn't say it already, welcome to theRPGsite!

Quote from: RPGPundit;1013660Clever!

Also, if I didn't say it already, welcome to theRPGsite!

Thanks!

Quote from: RPGPundit;1013660Clever!

Also, if I didn't say it already, welcome to theRPGsite!

Thanks!

(something about Gamma World - at least the edition I have - just seems to really encourage that sort of loopy batshit insanity)

An old McDonald's restaurant converted to a Church. The inhabitants worship an old statue of Ronald McDonald as their God mistakenly referred to as "Big Mac", which upsets a splinter cult in another old McDonald's dating back to the 70s who have statues of other character including Officer Big Mac, Mayor McCheese and the Hamburgler. The splinter cult is more interested in law and order. Back to the original Church, they have a sacred relic that they have on display for worship in the form of a perfectly preserved happy meal. The splinter cult desperately wants this relic as they feel since they have more statues with more characters that it is rightfully theirs. They have agents dressed as the Hamburgler who occasionally attempt this. None have succeeded. Both the Church and Splinter Cult are surprisingly good at making Hamburgers and fries despite not having access to things like beef, potatoes and wheat.

In my OSR post-apocalyptic wuxia campaign (somewhat inspired by Into the Badlands), society has been recreated into an entirely new civilization that was mainly founded by one guy obsessed with old kung fu and samurai movies, and martial-arts comics. Usagi Yojimbo is a relic-level sacred text.