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[–] 0 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

In solarpunk just like steampunk and cyberpunk I don't think the punk park hold much meaning.

It is similar to porn in unixporn or foodporn. It just signals that whatever you are talking about is alao an aesthetic.

Categorizing the hippies as a kind of punk ruined my day tho.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I think you are right about steampunk, but cyberpunk does have an element of an anti-authoritarian counter culture (hackers going up against tech oligarchs). And solar punk evolved from there and is more explicitly political, although more utopian and I agree there is a bit of distance in the meaning.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah I was thinking about that, but it is not consistent across all punks so it can't be the meaning of punk right?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    That's.. Not how words work. Like, a silverfish is not a type of fish, bench dog is not a type of dog, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Silverfish is called so because it looks like a silvery fish. Bench dog in woodworking is something that holds things.

    But what is my point they are not fish and a dog(animal) so the words don't always hold exact meaning.

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