I mean I get that it’s used that way, but that doesn’t address what I want to know - are these “more than aesthetic”, or is it watering down what punk means by being applied too broadly?
I’m tend to think it’s the latter, because while the three I called out specifically are an aesthetic, they are also “alternative present/future” in a rebellious and/or politicized sort of way. They are sort of “what if?” Or “this would be good/bad/interesting”.
I don’t think the others really have that quality, but I’m not deeply involved with anything that would really help sort it out. So here I am :)
BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
I mean I get that it’s used that way, but that doesn’t address what I want to know - are these “more than aesthetic”, or is it watering down what punk means by being applied too broadly?
I’m tend to think it’s the latter, because while the three I called out specifically are an aesthetic, they are also “alternative present/future” in a rebellious and/or politicized sort of way. They are sort of “what if?” Or “this would be good/bad/interesting”.
I don’t think the others really have that quality, but I’m not deeply involved with anything that would really help sort it out. So here I am :)
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Only cyberpunk and SolarPunk are punk.
The others follow the suffix, like a watergategate.
warm@kbin.earth 2 months ago
Ugh and then CDPR used a genre as a name for their game, tarnishing it.
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Nah Cyberpunk the TTRPG is from 88, it came out 6 years after the word was first coined. Hardly tarnishing it.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yup, poplar use makes them just a naming convention now.