• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Aside from aesthetics, I don’t want any cyberpunk. I’m not sure I can handle even a dash of “I slot this chip in my head to behave like this dead celebrity so other people can fuck my body, but on the plus side I’m not aware of it while it’s happening”.

    Sign me up for solarpunk tho.

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      9 months ago

      I mean, it’s supposed to be a dystopian world. You’re not supposed to want the world they’re giving you, hence the “punk” part. Too many people ignore that punk movements are meant to fight against an established system. That’s what punk is. When you say something is solarpunk or steampunk you are implying a downside to the established order. If nobody is rebelling it’s not punk.

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      9 months ago

      Personally I see appeal in virtual worlds and a bit of the asthetic. But putting screens on everything isn’t sustainable at all. I guess cyberpunk is a sufficiently abstract concept for everyone to have their own qualifiers for what counts.

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        9 months ago

        Virtual worlds are fine. Less so the armed gangs stealing cybernetics out of living people. And corporations doing the usual corporation thing.