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minus-squaremojofrododojolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago the Bolo series. ? iirc the tankies term goes back to the 80s in the UK.
minus-squarethejoker954linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoBolo is a series of (mostly) short stories about giant ai tanks. Keith Laumer created it and other authors have dipped their toes in as well. I’d never heard the term tankie before I joined Lemmy so it just sounds more “whimsical” to me than is intended.
minus-squaremojofrododojolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoty for the deets. I heard it first when I lived in the UK in the 90s.
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iirc the tankies term goes back to the 80s in the UK.
Bolo is a series of (mostly) short stories about giant ai tanks. Keith Laumer created it and other authors have dipped their toes in as well.
I’d never heard the term tankie before I joined Lemmy so it just sounds more “whimsical” to me than is intended.
ty for the deets. I heard it first when I lived in the UK in the 90s.