perhaps pre-apocalyptic vs post-apocalyptic is a better distinguisher? and i’d say this looks pre; but it could be recently post and the electricity’s still running. so i won’t fault you for being confused
i mean there could be people in a wasteland (exempli gratia) even though it’s clearly post-apocalyptic, so i guess that was bad advice to give you
pre-apocalyptic vs post-apocalyptic is a better distinguisher?
Hehe, personally that seems more confusing. With “inhabited” at least there is something specific to look for (people). Judging if something is pre or post apocalyptic, while allowing abandoned stuff to be pre-apocalyptic, feels more difficult.
most likely if the buildings were built from scratch for their current function, it fits here, whereas if they’re scratch-built from old vehicle carcasses or whatever, they’d fit better in wastelands.
Judging if something is pre or post apocalyptic, while allowing abandoned stuff to be pre-apocalyptic, feels more difficult.
yeah that’s fair, that’s why i do accept it’s conjecture. i just go by the kind of “feeling” of the piece, but i know that isn’t exactly something you can use
i’ve also just noticed i used “built from scratch” and “scratch-built” as opposites in that comment, which i imagine also isn’t hugely helpful…
I think I’ve gotten a better feeling for the distinction, but the “yet inhabited and populated” part still tricks me.
You could argue that the garbage bags are very recent, so it must be inhabited, but when there are no people visible I default to this community.
fair enough, it is conjecture either way
perhaps pre-apocalyptic vs post-apocalyptic is a better distinguisher? and i’d say this looks pre; but it could be recently post and the electricity’s still running. so i won’t fault you for being confused
i mean there could be people in a wasteland (exempli gratia) even though it’s clearly post-apocalyptic, so i guess that was bad advice to give you
Hehe, personally that seems more confusing. With “inhabited” at least there is something specific to look for (people). Judging if something is pre or post apocalyptic, while allowing abandoned stuff to be pre-apocalyptic, feels more difficult.
I think I will try to focus on the other explanation you gave me:
It would have worked with this post.
sorry :(
yeah that’s fair, that’s why i do accept it’s conjecture. i just go by the kind of “feeling” of the piece, but i know that isn’t exactly something you can use
i’ve also just noticed i used “built from scratch” and “scratch-built” as opposites in that comment, which i imagine also isn’t hugely helpful…
Don’t worry at all. Understanding the difference between genres is part of the fun :).
Oh… I didn’t notice. Now I’m not sure I understood it correctly. What I though you meant is:
Did I got it correctly?
yeah you did, don’t worry
it was just a small semantic feature i happened to notice. i’m impressed you managed to get my meaning even though i apparently used the wrong phrase, though [edit: or possibly i didn’t, i guess]
I am not a native speaker, so I tend to interpret things… sometimes even correctly :D.
Thanks for the explanations!