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Living in a minimalistic house would be considered cyberpunk?
| I don't think minimalism quite fits into the cyberpunk setting, because in cyberpunk housing is always filled with assorted junk and rusted crap.
However the aspect of downsizing to a very tiny living space is cyberpunk af.
| ...minipunk?
| >>383070 wouldn't the old tech be considered junk? Also having old tech around sound cyberpunk as fuck
| OP here
Yeah I live around old phones and computers that I fix during my free time to earn some extra cash. And I like collecting books and magazine so I have a shelf for them. It is a bit of a mess, but more kind of "organized" mess.
| it can be. as much as it seems cyberpunk isn't limited to one specific aesthetic
| >>383192
Yup. On the aesthetic level, my condition can't even reach the style like in the movies or games
| a minimalist aesthetic can be very cyberpunk actually. think mirror's edge or ex machina (even though they're not cyberpunk). things looks clean, but there's some nasty shit going on in society. it all depends on how it's handled
| >>383312
Walking on the market streets it feels more like an rpg scenario because of all the old houses and the absurd amount of plants and trees, but you always see people walking around with iphone and browsing around stores with cheap tech
| Mirrors Edge or any other clean minimalist future isn't cyberpunk. Cyberpunk is grimmy dark future.
| >>383789 Cyberpunk is a literary genre, not a specific set of aesthetics. I agree ME isn't cyber but you can have an overtly-clean setting and still have it be cyberpunk.
This dumbass arbitrary shit people limit cyberpunk to is why the genre is dying
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| I was thinking about - living in a minimalistic style (since lack of money dictates my life but I still have my old tech) could be considered cyburberpunk-ish. I do struggle with a low salary job and I also have to take of my dog and plants. I live in a really poor avenue far away from the center of the city and I travel 8km with a bike to get to work. One thing for sure is that, where I live, technology advancements aren't as visible as it is in USA or Europe...