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What r/AskScienceFiction is talking about this week

r/AskScienceFiction has 895,132 members and 18 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 6 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

895,132members
18posts in the last 24 hours, newest 1 h ago
6comments an hour right now, newest 21 h ago
288points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/AskScienceFiction this week

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Top threads this week

  1. [Cyberpunk 2077] What are they doing in those corporate skyscrapers all day?

    Like a lot of people, I’ve been revisiting Night City recently, and I must say it’s as dangerous and corrupt as I recall, but there’s a lot more things to do. And one of them is a tour of the...

    288 points69 comments5 d ago
  2. [Marvel] Do X-Men still hold funerals for members that die, or are they like "RIP Gambit....see you in a year or 2 buddy."
    226 points44 comments5 d ago
  3. [The Matrix] If the Chosen One takes the deal and resets The Matrix, what does the average citizen in the Matrix experience? And what are the seven males and sixteen females who survive the destruction of Zion told about the situation?
    175 points35 comments3 d ago
  4. [Teen titans] Can beast boy turn into a kryptonian

    He can turn into any animal, even aliens, so it this possible?

    125 points38 comments4 d ago
  5. [The Walking Dead] When is the latest someone could possibly have died without turning into a zombie?
    113 points22 comments4 d ago
  6. [Star Trek] Are there any topics that are still considered taboo? Or even new things that are looked down upon in future human society?
    112 points120 comments4 d ago
  7. [Star Wars] What actually stops smugglers from landing 50 miles outside a city and skipping customs entirely?

    Something about the way interplanetary trade works in Star Wars has been bugging me. We know spaceports have customs inspections, landing fees, cargo manifests, and all the usual bureaucracy. Han...

    102 points46 comments5 d ago
  8. [Star Wars] If I salvaged a Separatist battle droid and turned it into a shop assistant, would the Empire still consider it illegal military equipment?

    Say I run a small repair shop on an Outer Rim planet, a few years after the Clone Wars. I come across a deactivated B1 battle droid in a scrapyard. The thing is mostly intact, so I repair it,...

    94 points23 comments5 d ago
  9. [Cyberpunk 2077] Why did movies and theatres die after BD's but not video games?

    Whilst movie theatres and movie production as a whole seem a dying art form, video game cabinets are still found in almost anywhere in Night City, even netrunner shops, malls, and secret hideouts...

    87 points16 comments6 d ago
  10. [Barbie] is Barbie actually a genuine workaholic with an unbelievable amount of jobs, or is she just cosplaying?

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    85 points36 comments5 d ago

Newest posts

  1. [Star Wars] What happened to people who were on a HoloNet call with someone on Alderaan when the Death Star fired?
    1 points1 comment1 h ago
  2. [The Purge Election Year] Why did the NFFA have to use purge night to kill political opponents?
    1 points1 comment1 h ago
  3. [Star Wars] Just how many force sensitives/potential Jedi are out there that never get involved with Jedi or Sith?
    1 points1 comment2 h ago
  4. [Twilight Zone: the Movie] How would the opening-scene monster and the gremlin on the plane know enough about pop culture and social customs to reference old t.v. shows and wave a finger in mock disappointment?
    1 points1 comment3 h ago
  5. [300] Could the Persian Messenger have survived if he was more diplomatic?
    1 points1 comment4 h ago
  6. [DC] How does Flashes super speed work with relativity?
    1 points9 comments10 h ago
  7. [Avengers: EMH] Why Is The US Government So Chill About Black Panther?
    1 points1 comment10 h ago
  8. [Star Trek] What do we know or what have we seen concerning the universe outside of Star Trek’s home galaxy?
    1 points0 comments14 h ago
  9. [Marvel] What happened to Jim Hammond? Is he still alive in present day?
    1 points1 comment14 h ago
  10. [ MCU IRON MAN] Was his dad mean to him?
    1 points11 comments18 h ago
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