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I gritted my teeth as I clicked for this Steampunk link.
I said to myself,
"This thing better run on some damned steam, or this is it."
BoingBoing at large, why are the artifacts of this "Steam punk" movement so frequently "steam Poseur"?
Some gold paint, some wacky old detailing, I get it. It's 'Neat-o' to the people to which these old things are exceedingly distant and unreal.. Have fun with it. Get where you need it to get you, but this "steam" stuff was running the Industrial Revoloution. We're living in the 21st Century, and we can do phenomonal things in our yards and kitchens.
Why the all-too-common gold paint and phony backstory?
Is it just a fantasy thing, and not truly technologically driven? A prop fetish?
Is there a FAQ?