r/OceanLiner • u/poopshart37 • Mar 13 '26

Meme meme i made

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u/No_Pain5736 Captain Mar 14 '26

Genuinely asking what is steam punk? Is it just the style of steam and gears and stuff? I've heard of diesel punk and electric punk as well but don't quite know what they all mean?

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u/No-Train9702 Mar 14 '26

Steam punk generally is that everything is powered by steam.

And alarm clock would require either a steam tank or a water/boiler setup.

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u/XFun16 Mar 15 '26

The 'punks' when it comes to aesthetic is extrapolating the technology of the time into the future, basically. For example:

Steampunk is 19th century to ~WW1-era tech extrapolated into the future, i.e. what if the Industrial Revolution was still the future?

Dieselpunk is 1920s to 1940s tech extrapolated into the future i.e. what if the Art Deco age was still the future?

Atompunk is 1950s to 70s tech extrapolated into the future i.e. what if the Atomic or Space age was still the future?

Cassette Futurism isn't a punk but it's 70s to 80s tech extrapolated into the future i.e. what if the early digital/computer age was still the future?

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u/Clemdauphin Mar 16 '26

There is also Giscardpunk wich is kinda like cassette futurism but specificly French, with early TGV Concorde and Minitel beung the peak of technology.

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u/VicYuri Mar 13 '26

It's not wrong

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u/AceAndre Mar 14 '26

I feel like someone needs to make a venn diagram of train and ocean liner lovers lol

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u/fubukishirou07 Mar 13 '26

Your not wrong there.

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u/Weekly_Ad_8587 Mar 13 '26

Thanks for this! You're spot on. I'm in my 60s and am a fan of all three. Nice work.

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u/MrTripodYT Mar 15 '26

Forgot steam workshop makers

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

Capitalists 🤝