I Thought That Hopepunk Was Just Part Of The Broader What I'mma Call Xpunk - Where X Is A Thing, And

I thought that Hopepunk was just part of the broader what I'mma call Xpunk - where X is a thing, and punk actually just means future for some reason.

If grimdark isn't a genre, does that mean hopepunk isn't, either?

(With reference to this post here.)

"Hopepunk" is basically the culmination of nerd culture's mistaken propensity to treat genre as a prescriptive checklist of tropes. The term's proponents invented a definition of a genre of media they believed ought to exist, then went about looking for examples of media that fit that definition. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way – genres in media are something that can only be identified after the fact, as a description of emergent trends in the dialogue between creators. If you try to declare a genre into existence by fiat and work backwards to figure out which media belong to it by going down a checklist of tropes, you just end up with a random grab-bag of works which aren't meaningfully in dialogue with each other.

(Some definitions of "hopepunk" do admittedly somewhat resemble romantic fantasy, particularly the late 1980s to early 1990s strand, but as far as I can tell this is coincidental – it's abundantly clear that most of the term's proponents have never read a Mercedes Lackey novel!)

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1 year ago

Having of mostly grown up in western Washington state with regular trips back to Australia due to family being from here, I entirely get the point about all of the other creatures, but while I occasionally hear rumour of them being territorial, which is concerning, my understanding of rattlesnakes is "their like regular snakes, but their harder to step on and get bit, because loud."

Im Posting This Too Actually Because Im Right And You All Gotta Fucking Understand This

im posting this too actually because im right and you all gotta fucking understand this

1 year ago

If he also stands close to the door while opening it, he should be able to jump back, if he is fast enough, which would avoid the fire ant spike pit too, since that's not an unreasonable jump distance.

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7 months ago

The leak in question, according to the Wikipedia page, was September 12th, 2023, the day after the cited article's cited article released. The latest was in July 2024.

your honour i understand that it is treason to release classified documents about military equipment but you saw what that guy on the forum said i couldn't just let someone be that wrong

1 year ago

Figured I may as well discuss this matter since I see it come up a lot - high support needs autistics often say that the talk of lower support needs is framed in such a way as to invalidate them.

Firstly, before I get into this, I think what I've heard is reasonably true, and a conversation around it is needed. I feel that I need to declare this, because I feel these groups aren't communicating (much at all), and while I'm trying my best, its likely that how I'll say things is still bad, and everyone's constantly up in arms about the due and proper virtue signalling.

To be clear, we're considered "Mid support needs". It seems to be the category of folk who are actually clashing with high support needs autistics the most, although we are wondering if the diagnosis may be in error, likely with the original diagnosis that was 'upgraded' to autism and then mid support needs autism being correct instead.

The primary purpose of this post is to bring clarity to what others are trying to go on about, as communication errors are entirely too easy, especially as so many people are using slogans rather than more words, and for many of those cases forgetting and not forgetting is distinguished by at most three words in a larger sentence.

The most commonly upsetting topic, about support levels in the autism diagnosis, has two reasons behind it, which combining frustrates understanding.

The one I suspect will be more relevant to most high-support needs folk is that by placing support needs in the autism diagnosis, one sometimes avoids labeling the overall person's support needs, and sometimes rolls other conditions, deserving of their own labels to target treatment, into the autism diagnosis.

As a consequence of these two factors, many folk at all official autism levels fail to receive the supports that they need.

The other one is - the official boundaries of "Mid support needs" Just Sucks. Its being visibly autistic and sufficiently accommodated.

As a consequence, firstly, it ranges from 'stims with chair texture and otherwise just quirky' all the way to 'significant support needs being handled by family'.

And secondly, its possible to fall below it onto low support needs through a wide variety of measures that have nothing to do with support needs at all, such as having of been traumatized out of displaying overt symptoms, or, if the doctor isn't paying enough attention, or isn't asking the right questions and you stim less than displaying other symptoms, having of developed social skills due to an applicable special interest, such as psychology, or a major aspect of society.

This is getting a little long (and I don't recall how to do read mores), so I'll end it here for now, although I expect to come back to these matters.


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11 months ago

I'm pretty sure the Elder Scrolls one is the reason sunlight harms vampires... But that's also just normal.

>fantasy universes where celestial bodies look normal but the lore says they're actually just illusions / magic / otherwise not real

>fantasy Universes Where Celestial Bodies Look Normal But The Lore Says They're Actually Just Illusions
2 years ago

We’ve heard that the first two episodes of Chainsaw Man are summarized as “Man asks to touch Power’s boobs, gets a task, completes task, and realizes he doesn’t like touching boobs as much as he thought he did”. Honestly, mostly impressed that Power had a task on hand for him worthy of an episode. None of us have any better idea of what to ask for in that situation than a sandwich.

1 year ago
What About The Safety Laws Created By Incompetents To Fix Problems That Don’t Exist?
What About The Safety Laws Created By Incompetents To Fix Problems That Don’t Exist?
What About The Safety Laws Created By Incompetents To Fix Problems That Don’t Exist?
What About The Safety Laws Created By Incompetents To Fix Problems That Don’t Exist?
What About The Safety Laws Created By Incompetents To Fix Problems That Don’t Exist?
What About The Safety Laws Created By Incompetents To Fix Problems That Don’t Exist?

What about the safety laws created by incompetents to fix problems that don’t exist?

What if they’re created by corrupt officials to destroy competition? Or to get kickbacks to the officials?

In fact, RSC is just assuming regulations would’ve saved the sub, because regulations good™. 


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9 months ago

https://www.idrlabs.com/jock-nerd-prep-goth/1/100/1/69.1/result.php

Can't honestly claim to be surprised, really.

everyone please do this quiz

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11 months ago

It's probably not actually a good thing, just like my whole "that's a muscle? I thought it was a bone" thing isn't good, though probably to a lesser degree.

She's So Cool

She's so cool

6 months ago

Well, *do* you just look towards the ends of internet arguments, or is your sample more like ongoing ones? Difference between checking planes that got shot down and concluding the gun works and checking fights and concluding the gun works.

'cause the image is definitely more like a gun than a plane.

This diagram of a WW2 plane instantly won so many internet arguments

This Diagram Of A WW2 Plane Instantly Won So Many Internet Arguments

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