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[-] StrayCatFrump@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago

LOL. That was hilarious. Poor idiotic propertarians accidentally invited a real anarchist, when they probably thought they'd invited one of their fake ones who thinks he's going to abolish the state by creating a private one.

[-] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

"Shreds Crypto" as in somehow pushing a narrative or as in the way you could shred actual money?

[-] AEMarling@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago

As in deconstructing false narratives used to greenwash crypto.

Solarpunk? Lol. Why is every new genre -punk?

I don't understand the attack on a genre that's about creating a sustainable future

the history of punk is about rebellion and fighting back, while not always good it sometimes has its merits such as self-defense or fighting back against an unfair world

My issue isn't with the genre itself, just this trend in naming genres. It feels very overused.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The term 'punk' has a specific meaning, but for some genres is used inappropriately. There's not really any 'punk' in steampunk or dieselpunk, but the term is appropriate for cyber and solarpunk, which are both ideas of how an individual can rebel against the control of a state or authoritative machine by using its own technology against them.

Cyberpunk assumes the world continues down the road of consolidation and hypercapitalism, where as Solarpunk is hopeful that we can rebel against the cyberpunk future, and that individual change can bring about a future worth living in.

Solarpunk could almost be described as Techno-Anarchism, embracing technology (especially green tech) to liberate the individual and the world.

[-] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

This summed it up really well! "-punk" is definitely overused but it legitimately fits cyberpunk and solarpunk.

[-] ecoelectrify@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I can get behind techno-anarchism...

[-] citrusface@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Solarpunk was coined 15 years ago at this point - its just a subgenre of a greater genre. Nothing over used about it at all.

[-] Franzia 7 points 1 year ago

We need words for the things we want and the communities around those ideas.

[-] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know that cyberpunk is often overused

can't say I've personally heard of anything else having the "punk" postfix conjunction besides steampunk and solarpunk

I know that steampunk is kinda common but once you get to solarpunk is there anything else?

  • after writing this out I realized there's probably more as all of these (if I remembered correctly) originated out of science-fiction (or just fiction) literature

also sidetangent: I could be wrong but doesn't the Final Fantasy series have ties to solarpunk or is this wrong? (kinda feels close but not quite)

going back to your main point I still don't think the punk conjuntion is an overused trend, cyberpunk I could agree on based on the plethora of book, tv shows, movies, and games but for the rest I'm still unconvinced

[-] Rozauhtuno 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

can’t say I’ve personally heard of anything else having the “punk” postfix conjunction besides steampunk and solarpunk

Atompunk, cyberpunk, dieselpunk, tidalpunk, lunarpunk, biopunk... All they in common is they are visions of a possible future packaged in a coherent astetic.

also sidetangent: I could be wrong but doesn’t the Final Fantasy series have ties to solarpunk or is this wrong? (kinda feels close but not quite)

Depends on the game, 10 is kinda post-apocalyptic tidalpunk, 7 and 8 are definitely dieselpunk and 9 is basically steampunk with magic.

[-] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What they all have in common is that they're visions of a possible future packaged in a coherent aesthetic.

huh I didn't think of it that way till now but that's a pretty succinct definition of the genre!

Depends on the game, 10 is kinda post-apocalyptic tidalpunk, 7 and 8 are definitely dieselpunk and 9 is basically steampunk with magic.

totally fair and I'll have to revisit this comment in between my breaks
thanks!🤗

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