Cassette Futurism - lemm.ee
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### Welcome to Cassette Futurism Lemmy and Mbin Community. A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s. Whether it’s bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies. See this blog [https://martin-fieber.de/blog/cassette-futurism/] to know more. ___ ### Rules - 1. Post must be related to Cassette Futurism. - 2. If you want to repost atleast wait 3 months. - 3. No AI or permabanned.
  • Metz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    5 hours ago

    I thought the idea of cassette futurism is to show fictitious retrofuturistic tech. Specifically how 70s and 80s tech would look like in the (far-) future. and not how the actual tech looked in that time period, no matter how futuristic it looked back then.

    What i expected to see was Alien and Blade Runner aesthetics and not GameBoy and Commodore. As it is now, it is simply “pictures of old tech”.

    • sag@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Well both are considered Cassette Futurism. It can be just plain old tech.

      • sag@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Even some wiki I found about Cassette Futurism shows NES and Gameboy.

  • sag@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    22·
    15 hours ago

    Not a new community but I resurrected it from graveyard xD.

    • ElJefe@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      14 hours ago

      I dig it. Great work on all your posts! So much cool shit. Makes me feel like back in the 70s and 80s we had big dreams of where the human race was heading. Many people who didn’t make it past those decades would probably be severely disappointed.

      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        14 hours ago

        back in the 70s and 80s we had big dreams of where the human race was heading

        Eh, we might not have flying cars and moon bases, but we’ve still done pretty well. We have the internet, smartphones, electric cars, and 3D printers. Medicine continues chugging along nicely, infant mortality is down, and literacy is up.

    • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      5·
      14 hours ago

      Seems a bit odd to have so much standard, correct-era tech. Having anachronism seems like the point, the futurism bit. Like Quadrilateral Cowboy, or often Cowboy Bebop.

      The one exception may be the stuff like that Nissan 300ZX (1985) digital dashboard, that feels anachronistic in an entirely different way. I could imagine a 3hr video essay on how expensive the design was, or perhaps a Technology Connections breakdown of the functionality/workings/issues etc.

      • BougieBirdieEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        You’ve found a way to sum up how I feel. I haven’t been able to put it in words, but the place definitely has a different vibe post-ressurection

        That’s not to say I’m not happy to see more activity. I just miss the “fantasy retro” computers