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    Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/04/08

    In reply to Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
    Other than being from the same period of time, I have a hard time seeing how Sputnik is supposed to relate to googies.
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    12/04/08

    In reply to Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
    fallout before everything turned brown and radioactive?


    A fallout prequel.. before the bomb would be this, and wouldn't be the worst idea in the world.

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    12/04/08

    In reply to Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
    Obsolete futurism FTW!


    Look, it's a future where you could still get into fistfights and smoke, what's not to like?

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    Image of Ibelieveinsandwitches Ibelieveinsandwitches
    12/04/08

    @strider_mt2k: yeah, I wish the present was as cool as our past-future.
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    12/04/08

    @Ibelieveinsandwitches: It's still better than the past or the future.
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    12/04/08

    In reply to Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
    I don't want to spoil anything, but we, in Belgium, have that organisation we all *love* called SABAM (like ARS in the USA). They're part of "the copyright-boys". They ask money for posting a picture of the atomium on a website. It's absurd, I know, but they ask about €100 to € 150 a picture. So you might have to place some copyright-logos over the balls ;-).


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    12/04/08

    @korneel:


    True that, but because it's the 50th anniversary of Expo '58, the rights-holders allow this year *only* for pictures to be taken.


    So, Gizmodo's in the clear :)

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    12/04/08

    @Frexy Q.: Your avatar intrigues me.
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    12/04/08

    In reply to Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
    Steampunk and cyber punk make sense as terms because both are sort of dirty and makeshift worlds where a safety pin might just come in handy to hold things together. But atompunk, no way. 50's scifi is clean and sparkly. It shines like a donna reed episode. Its not dirty and oily like the other two. I always used "Atomic Age" to refer to this time period. I will never say Atom Punk.
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    12/04/08

    @Mark 2000: Hmmm...interesting point. I'd have to agree with you on this. There's nothing particularly 'punk' about it other than it's sub-culture.


    I always understood my fandom of that period to be Retro-futurism. :P

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    12/04/08

    @DigitalSciGuy: Or now it can be Retro-futurism punk.
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    12/04/08

    @Mark 2000:


    ah but you have to admit, if gritty oiliness is the missing factor, that the Fallout series of video games is, in fact, Atompunk.

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    12/04/08

    In reply to Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
    can any one explain to my why the "punk" gets added on to stuff like steampunk, cyberpunk, and now atompunk
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    12/04/08

    @spider2544: Here is Webster's definition, I hope it helps.

    1-archaic : prostitute

    2-[probably partly from punk] : nonsense , foolishness

    3-a: a young inexperienced person : beginner , novice ; especially : a young man b: a usually petty gangster, hoodlum, or ruffian cslang : a young man used as a homosexual partner especially in a prison

    4-a: punk rock b: a punk rock musician c: one who affects punk styles
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    12/04/08

    @reddingofish: So basically Steampunk means "nonsensical faux-steam stuff made by young, inexperienced homosexuals"?


    Good, I won't have to change my understanding of that word at all, then.

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    12/04/08

    @spider2544: Cuz it sounds better than Steamcrap, Cybercrap and Atomcrap...
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/04/08

    @closhedbb:


    zing!

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    Image of solOptimus solOptimus
    12/04/08

    In reply to Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
    So, what happens in 5 years when actual punk-music becomes a new cultural trend for people to write/paint/dress/design things about? Would people with said fetish be punkpunks?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/04/08

    @DisposableInterloper:
    No, the instant it becomes a mainstream fad, it's _NOT_ punk anymore. It becomes poser-punk.
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