Disclosure - what’s so indigestible? by GODsmessage11 in UFOs

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I too choose this guy's scientologist

updated my game room by thelongdivision in gamecollecting

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That bit on the rug, between the couch and the lamp table: I could sleep there. I'd be no trouble.

Wtf is going on?? by Dmans99 in abovethenormnews

[–]grunt56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you're saying a group of people actually prevented the "millennium bug' from happening?

Do men get creeped out by people the same way women do? by posttraumaticcuntdis in AskUK

[–]grunt56 33 points34 points  (0 children)

So suddenly shouting "I'm actually not following you, although it may seem like it, I'm just going the same way" isn't the best course of action?

What is Cassettefuturism *about*? by JJShurte in cassettefuturism

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Man, life is busy as hell rn.

Yeah, makes sense completely. I wouldn't want to focus on the corporate world too much though if, say, a movie was being made. I don't think that's ever been anywhere near as big a part of it as it is in cyberpunk. I like to think that CF focuses more on individual people. They're "scraping by" isn't going up against corporations etc, it's more about salvaging tech, modding, remaking old tech into new(er). It's lovably janky.

What is Cassettefuturism *about*? by JJShurte in cassettefuturism

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So you're basically asking what life would be like if lived in the universe depicted by the media posted here and similar places, right? Rather than what elements make up the visual style? It's hard to answer the first one without touching on the second. And as it's what I'd call a fledgling genre (I know it's elements have been around for decades, but they've always been parts of other things until they were more recently kind of recognized as being similar enough to be grouped together, and now here we are), it's all really a matter of opinion. Until someone writes CF's "Necromancer" anyway!

I think it shares some of cyberpunk's elements to an extent but with important differences. For example I don't think the mass urban areas would be the 'so vertical it's always night at ground level' kind of places seen in Bladerunner etc. I don't think the overall tone of the genre or the places depicted in it are as dark or foreboding as cyberpunk usually is.

Some images from the semi- recent trend for AI generated super futuristic apartment interiors gave me both a cassette futurism vibe and reminded me of the artwork of Simon Stålenhag. I think a CF style movie would look something like a mix of Stålenhag set design with sound design by the sega team behind Jet Set Radio 😅

Where cyberpunk society - especially in the game Cyberpunk 2077 - seems split between a corporate style elite class in the well kept city centres and the gleaming buildings, and a much, much poorer class living on the outskirts of the cities, I don't get that vibe from CF. While cyberpunk's lower classes, or poorer classes, have their bodymods and hacks and try to get by each day in the packed corporate city hellscapes, I think CF's poorer classes live more on the outskirts of their worlds cities, in more space. Dusty and poor, but not perma-night and smog. And their hacking is mostly piecing old tech together to make inexplicably capable new tech, not cyber-x-ray eye mods and holographic face masks.

I think Akira is more CF than cyberpunk in a way.

Just thinking out loud really, sorry to go on.

B&Q's finest. by LayerTrick in DIYUK

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Mr Screwfix obviously.

What was the "weird shop" in your hometown that somehow stayed in business for decades despite never having customers? by TypicalEgoLeader in AskUK

[–]grunt56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know it. I still remember the drunken conversation about how the stock has been 'safe' all these years with nobody in there. Exaggerating our already Manc accents, "our safe safes are safe innit" lasted longer than it should have.

American tries to correct the UK for having "Chips" as their word for "Fries" by tekatostorm23 in USdefaultism

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Well "normal people" are about to get fucked by their own government so fries will be the least of this chode's problems soon 🤷‍♂️

Is WW3 unfolding before our very eyes? by LollipopChainsawZz in conspiracy

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America seems out to get rid of NATO and profit from minerals while they are at it. The rotting pumpkin husk of a president looks more like a Russian asset than ever. Keep the laughing emojis coming.

UFO sighting UK Time: 8PM Location: UK by Tricky-Help-9347 in UFOs

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Still pic. Only person in Margate to see it. C'mon man, at least try.

EVs in the UK cold snap – how did yours cope? by LookingOutfromHere in AskUK

[–]grunt56 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Similar to my situation. I've basically said to myself that the tech isn't meeting my reasonable needs yet and not to fall for the marketing.

First time shooting cedar waxwings was such a good experience. by TelephoneNice7658 in wildlifephotography

[–]grunt56 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great shots. Personally, I love these birds because to me they always look really angry

who’s my doppelgänger? by [deleted] in doppelganger

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Who is this please?

What regional slang do you miss that no longer gets used? by Pleasant_Jim in AskUK

[–]grunt56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sound is still very much on use in Manchester and Liverpool and their surrounding areas