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[–] 9 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Maybe you could help a new generation learn the value of intentional steampunk :) bring some of the passion back to the hobby, as it sounds like many just accept it as presented. Share it as a "when I got into this, we made this shit" and how you did it. I might be wrong, but I'm weirdly confident you'll eventually find a cross section of steampunks that would be interested in the creative element

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    It's not quite the same as you describe, but I do carry the tenets of that old steampunk to my modern crafts. Right now I'm making an electric hurdy gurdy cello out of a broken guitar, a kitchen mixer, and 3d printed models of my own construction. If steampunk taught me anything it's that anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I love that you didn't give up the complex creations. Unlike the other commenter I have no idea what a hurdy gurdy is, but I can appreciate the value of overmaking stuff. Glad to hear that you didn't let the capitalisation of steampunk kill your passion 😊

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