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It is literally impossible to create meaningful cyberpunk anymore, no matter who writes it or what their intentions, because the *real world* is very very very literally now a cyberpunk dystopia.
We require new science fictions. Ones that AREN'T 35+ years old.
It is literally impossible to create meaningful cyberpunk anymore, no matter who writes it or what their intentions, because the *real world* is very very very literally now a cyberpunk dystopia.
We require new science fictions. Ones that AREN'T 35+ years old.
90% of the time, contemporary cyberpunk is just a LESS nightmarish and sinister version of the world we're already living in, just with more neon and clunkier tech.
Vancouver even has the Asian cultural influence thing!
Vancouver even has the Asian cultural influence thing!
Also, honestly, if you're thinking in terms of "what's the new cyberpunk", you're STILL letting yourself be far far too constrained by an outmoded genre.
Just ask yourself: "what do I want to use science fiction to say NOW, about TODAY, and where OUR future is heading?".
Just ask yourself: "what do I want to use science fiction to say NOW, about TODAY, and where OUR future is heading?".
Pro-tip: You don't need a specific visual "aesthetic"! And you don't even need to attach the suffic "-punk" to it! Amazing, but true! 
Man, a lot of y'all are way too hung up on wanting aesthetics and types of settings, and not thinking enough about *what kinds of stories we want to tell*, and what would *serve* those stories.
Muting the FUCK out of this now because holy fuck, if we could extract energy from dumb replies and QTs, I could use this tweet as green energy to power Canada all the way into 2077 itself.
