These stupid dystopian times are not the cool cyberpunk dystopia we were promised! - ThreadSky

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dethveggie.bsky.social • 11 days ago

These stupid dystopian times are not the cool cyberpunk dystopia we were promised!

How do you write the day after tomorrow when today is bidding fair to be the stupidest day ever until the next one? And why would you? Who wants to be told that we'll be dumber on Friday?

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evil-grayson.bsky.social•10 days ago

Amen to that!

sharktopussy.bsky.social•11 days ago

The future appears to be dumb.

irc-was-better.bsky.social•10 days ago

The stupid is here, it’s just not evenly distributed

irc-was-better.bsky.social•10 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(comics)

jim5et.bsky.social•11 days ago

Counterpoint - read these three back to back and you’re 80% to 2025.

dethveggie.bsky.social•11 days ago

Listen, man, until I get swappable bionic bits and waaaaaay more neon in our streets, I'm demanding a refund for this cut-rate cyberpunk dystopia.

jim5et.bsky.social•11 days ago

I mean, we’ve got truckloads of drones destroying bombers on the ground, VR headsets so common they’re boring, a reality TV host sending the troops into LA and corporations replacing nation states, all that’s missing is the routine wearing of mirrorshades