For those wondering what typically defines the cyberpunk literary genre, its key elements include:
High-tech, low-life scenarios: Advanced technology, such as cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, is prevalent, but it exists alongside widespread societal breakdown and poverty.
Dystopian future:
The settings are typically bleak and oppressive, often dominated by powerful corporations or decentralized, corrupt power structures.
Impact of technology on humanity:
Cyberpunk explores how technology shapes society, culture, and individual identity .
Antiheroes and rebellion:
Characters are often morally ambiguous rebels fighting against oppressive systems.
I forgot what this conversation is about and I don’t feel like backtracking. All I know now is that end-stage ligma is a mouth-less person who’s craving ice cream.
I was making a reference to to Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream in which characters are kept alive and tortured perpetually. In the end one character takes one for the team, killing the others to end their suffering, and as punishment is reduced to a blob with no limbs or mouth so they can’t harm themselves.
The reappropriation of the Buc-ees beaver is similar to the reappropriation of Mickey Mouse by punks in the 70’s.
Nothing says 'Muricah more than Buc-ees (and maybe us flag bathing shorts). It is a mecca for meat, oversized sodas and snacks, petrol consumption, and nice toilets to shit all the garbage you’ve consumed.
An .ml account in the Fediverse sporting the ultimate symbol of American consumerism is exactly what I’m going for.
Men make money to survive this cyberpunk dystopian capitalist hellscape.
Women make money to survive this cyberpunk dystopian capitalist hellscape.
I’d hate to break this to you, but the cyberpunk dystopian capitalist hellscape is in its infancy. It’s barely learning to crawl yet.
Enjoy the next thousand years or so… if you can…
For those wondering what typically defines the cyberpunk literary genre, its key elements include:
High-tech, low-life scenarios: Advanced technology, such as cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, is prevalent, but it exists alongside widespread societal breakdown and poverty.
Dystopian future:
The settings are typically bleak and oppressive, often dominated by powerful corporations or decentralized, corrupt power structures.
Impact of technology on humanity:
Cyberpunk explores how technology shapes society, culture, and individual identity .
Antiheroes and rebellion:
Characters are often morally ambiguous rebels fighting against oppressive systems.
For high tech-low life, there are some homeless out there with cellphones and laptops, charging them with solar powered chargers.
A smartphone is one of the better investments for a homeless person, because the web allows finding help and resources.
Thanks chatgpt!
You can’t pay me to use that shit. Always confidently incorrect.
Anything with crisp formatting gets labeled as AI these days — and if you use the dash, forget it!
Enjoy the next thousand years? Are you immortal? Do you think everyone else is immortal too?
I can’t speak for everybody, but I remember when the first continents were formed from geothermal vaults at the bottom of the ocean.
Or maybe that was just a mushroom trip. Either way, the dystopia has only just begun. Stop being pedantic.
I have no mouth and I must eat icecream
I forgot what this conversation is about and I don’t feel like backtracking. All I know now is that end-stage ligma is a mouth-less person who’s craving ice cream.
I was making a reference to to Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream in which characters are kept alive and tortured perpetually. In the end one character takes one for the team, killing the others to end their suffering, and as punishment is reduced to a blob with no limbs or mouth so they can’t harm themselves.
but also I really wanted ice cream
I’m planning on living forever, and it’s working quite well so far.
By golly you’re right. You’ve been alive ever since you were born, with no death interruptions. You’ve cracked the code for immortality.
i… present you with…a choice…comrade…
I wish there was a choice…
theres always a choice, it just depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice for it.
Thanks, corporate mascot beever
The reappropriation of the Buc-ees beaver is similar to the reappropriation of Mickey Mouse by punks in the 70’s.
Nothing says 'Muricah more than Buc-ees (and maybe us flag bathing shorts). It is a mecca for meat, oversized sodas and snacks, petrol consumption, and nice toilets to shit all the garbage you’ve consumed.
An .ml account in the Fediverse sporting the ultimate symbol of American consumerism is exactly what I’m going for.
I want to go to there.