I'd go for the future is that's allowed.
contrary to the whole steamwilf thing I'd actually be more interested in spaceships and aliens and robots and such.

although if they ran on steam it'd be kinda cool
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:25, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

alright Philleas?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:26, Reply)

hey nakers

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:29, Reply)

Steampunk has been destroyed by hipster pricks.
It was socio-political commentary in sci-fi novels at one point, now its a fashion movement with little or no awareness of its origins.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:26, Reply)

It was always wank, now just more wankers are wanking.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:27, Reply)

Everything is wank to some degree or other
it's just wankness is increased or reduced by the number of absolute fucking pricks involved, so in that sense Winders is spot on.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:31, Reply)

Is this not just hipster posturing?
"I was into it before everyone else got into it"
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:35, Reply)

Sorry, no, I wasn't commenting on the general number of people involved
just specfically the number of absolute pricks involved.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:36, Reply)

I was a prick before it became fashionable.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:38, Reply)

OK.
I just think steam powered robot'd be cool, y'know?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:29, Reply)

I'm certainly no engineer, but wouldn't it just be really inefficient?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:36, Reply)

I've seen that giant spider in wild wild west and that worked alright

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:37, Reply)

I don't know what you're on about here, so I'm just going to nod, smile and back away slowly.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:41, Reply)

I kind of am one and yes they would
I think I just like the idea of technology I could actually fix or build, where as the higher realm of electrickry are beyond me. well, once you get up to robot-level, anyway.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:42, Reply)

From my limited understanding
steampunk is basically the Victorians' idea of what the future would be, based on their own technological knowledge.

We already think the 1950s sci-fi ideas are hideously outdated. Just imagine what our predictions of the future are going to look like in a hundred years.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:39, Reply)

Not really no.
It was, in its early days, a way of tackling current issues, by having an alternative timeline. The whole steam powered space ships and stuff, was because the early writers were well in to Jules Verne and his ilk.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 13 Dec 2012, 12:03, Reply)