@mikusingularity

I like spaceflight, Hatsune Miku, and alternate history. Techno-progressive (he/him)

 California, USA
youtube.com/piplupsingularity
Joined June 2017
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The entire premise of Hatsunia is about being the futuristic country people expected Japan to be. iiwiki.us/wiki/Hatsunia
@levelsio
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Japan is not futuristic Japan is a fossil stuck in 1990 99% of Westerners still don't get this Futuristic Asia is China, Korea, Vietnam, etc No Asian rates Japan for modernity at all
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"Japan glazing" and "Japan demonizing" are both misguided.
Brandon Flowers Yaoi@pressurem4chineOct 24
The era of japan glazing on the internet is finally over.
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There's a reason why I prefer post-cyberpunk (cyberprep) to cyberpunk and solarpunk.
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(it doesn't involve an anarchist [i.e. -punk] philosophy that wants to tear down society and replace it with small-scale communes)
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The ideology of griefers
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Minecraft Steve says "Wings of Theve"
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mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityJun 21
Japan's economy in the 1980s was a bubble, but what if it kept growing, and Japan continued to be an economic and technological superpower engaged in a second Space Race? "The Country that Bought the World" by Senkosansan deviantart.com/senkosansan/a…
mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityJun 19
A cartogram of GDP in 1995, when Japan was at a peak.
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There's something about Y2K or neo-Y2K style electronic music that sounds more futuristic than today. Personally, I'd like Ace Combat 9's music to sound like this. I even made a playlist. youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
dante 3: electrosphere 🎶@StarBoundBirdOct 23
if you ask me, ace combat 9's (AC3²?) music would in its ideal form try not to step on the toes of AC3’s original vision and instead reinterpret the setting to be more era-appropriate; instead of acid techno and jungle i’d really love to see drumstep, psytrance, glitch, etc.
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Just give me that Y2K futurism aesthetic and soundtrack, please
Askasa 🏳️‍⚧️@Freakaster69Oct 23
When AC9 releases in whatever year in the 2030s I want this to play when I first boot it up
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The liberal theory of international relations would say cooperation and friendly competition is possible. The realist theory of IR would say conflict over geopolitical interests is inevitable.
mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityOct 23
The question is: if Japan did not lose its economic and technological competitiveness after the 1990s, would it be welcomed as a fellow competitor or viewed as a threat?
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Someone made a video claiming that even if China was democratic, the US would still try to sabotage it like Japan in the 1980s out of anti-Asian racism. She even used my meme. Then she praised Xi Jinping afterwards for “challenging US/Western hegemony.”
Ramblings of a Filipino Nerd - Version 2.0
@RamblingsNerd2Oct 23
On the one hand, the possibility of being seen as a threat is always there. On the other hand, Japan is fairly democratic and genuinely open to anyone willing to see the country for what it is, at least so long as they "do as the Romans do." Same can't be said for the PRC.
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Then in 2009, Friedman's "The Next 100 Years" predicted that China would decline and that there would be a war between the US and a Japan-Turkey alliance by the 2050s. youtube.com/watch?v=d1A62wLr… (McKnight's "Second Renaissance" worldbuilding project was inspired by this)
https://www.deviantart.com/ynot1989/art/2051%3A-The-Brink-of-War-(New)-655700625

ALT https://www.deviantart.com/ynot1989/art/2051%3A-The-Brink-of-War-(New)-655700625

https://www.deviantart.com/ynot1989/art/2051%3A-Luna-and-Orbit-667008997

ALT https://www.deviantart.com/ynot1989/art/2051%3A-Luna-and-Orbit-667008997

mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityOct 23
In 1991, George Friedman wrote "The Coming War with Japan," believing that the US and Japan would become the main economic and geopolitical rivals after the decline of the USSR. (Video by The Alternate Historian, map recreation by Sean McKnight) youtube.com/watch?v=jX7TH5Jf…
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The question is: if Japan did not lose its economic and technological competitiveness after the 1990s, would it be welcomed as a fellow competitor or viewed as a threat?
mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityOct 23
In 1991, George Friedman wrote "The Coming War with Japan," believing that the US and Japan would become the main economic and geopolitical rivals after the decline of the USSR. (Video by The Alternate Historian, map recreation by Sean McKnight) youtube.com/watch?v=jX7TH5Jf…
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In 1991, George Friedman wrote "The Coming War with Japan," believing that the US and Japan would become the main economic and geopolitical rivals after the decline of the USSR. (Video by The Alternate Historian, map recreation by Sean McKnight) youtube.com/watch?v=jX7TH5Jf…
mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityOct 21
October 21, 2015 in Back to the Future Part II (1989) was intended to be a subversion of dark and gritty cyberpunk media like Blade Runner. But it was still based on the 1980s idea that Japan would become an economic superpower (the fear of which being known as “Japan-bashing”).
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おはふわ／ﾟ(* ╹ ᗜ ╹ *)ﾟ＼☀️ やっと金曜日！今日頑張ったらおやすみだ！ 　　　　　　 \ おはぴょん♪ /
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On August 31, I started playing Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix (Mega 39s) The ISS, a Soyuz-like rocket, and the EVA pod from 2001: A Space Odyssey can be seen in the music video for Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! (the Nyan Cat song)
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mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityJul 14
Hatsunia represents an optimistic counterpart to the trope of “Japan as a dystopian Cyberpunk superpower” and tech doomerism in general. So it is inspired by aesthetics like Cyberprep and Frutiger Aero, which emphasize "the positives of technological advancement."
mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityJul 13
Hatsunia (初音国)
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Stonehenge at vector 350, 8 miles.
Sci-Fi Archives
@SciFiArchivesOct 21
Planetary Defenses by Edouard Groult
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October 21, 2015 in Back to the Future Part II (1989) was intended to be a subversion of dark and gritty cyberpunk media like Blade Runner. But it was still based on the 1980s idea that Japan would become an economic superpower (the fear of which being known as “Japan-bashing”).
mikusingularity 🚀🪐@mikusingularityOct 21
"Hell Valley" by RvBOMally A map inspired by Back to the Future Part II's dystopian alternate timeline and cyberpunk tropes. On October 21, 2015, President Biff Tannen leads the US in an alliance with Japan, both being corrupt corporatocracies. deviantart.com/rvbomally/art…
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"Hell Valley" by RvBOMally A map inspired by Back to the Future Part II's dystopian alternate timeline and cyberpunk tropes. On October 21, 2015, President Biff Tannen leads the US in an alliance with Japan, both being corrupt corporatocracies. deviantart.com/rvbomally/art…
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Small scale government space activity: “justified scientific research” Large-scale commercial space activity: “evil waste of money that should go to fixing Earth”
Truthful🛰️
@Truthful_astOct 21
The “spaceflight fan” crowd that praises astronauts and the Artemis moon missions but say we shouldn’t go to Mars because we have Earth are so funny Fake spaceflight fans everywhere
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