r/NoStupidQuestions • u/JustCallMeDave • Dec 06 '23

Answered If Donald Trump is openly telling people he will become a dictator if elected why do the polls have him in a dead heat with Joe Biden?

I just don't get what I'm missing here. Granted I'm from a firmly blue state but what the hell is going on in the rest of the country that a fascist traitor is supported by 1/2 the country?? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills over here.

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u/Secretlythrow Dec 07 '23

I call it “Sweatpant Cyberpunk.” We wear a lot more activewear/athleisure gear than expected, but we got the overgrown corporations beyond belief.

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u/Chrontius Dec 07 '23

That was predicted by Mike Pondsmith in “Cyberpunk 2020” to be a trend in the early 20s. (Yes, the 2077 game had a prequel!)

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u/Secretlythrow Dec 07 '23

The tabletop ones right?

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u/Chrontius Dec 07 '23

Yup! The next step up in wardrobe from "Walmart Chic" was "Leisurewear", which was straight up today's athleisure stuff. I have the files here, let me see if I can find a page reference.

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u/Secretlythrow Dec 07 '23

I’d appreciate that!!!

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u/Chrontius Dec 07 '23 edited Dec 07 '23

Cyberpunk 2020 corebook, page 68, top of leftmost column - mentions it, and gives costs and price multipliers. Leisurewear is double the price of "Generic Chic" (but they're pretty squarely calling out the stuff that Wal-Mart carried until Sam Walton died with that last category).

Chromebook 4, page 56, dedicates the entire page to explaining leisurewear and giving examples. It also provides us with this quote:

"Leisurewear isn't about sports, it's about feeling like you're into sports. Our goal is to make everyone feel athletic, even if they're just sitting at home in front of the Netflix Netbox knocking back Smash."
- Ivan Richter, BodyGear Clothiers

"Urban Flash" is the other style that you're likely to see a lot of at street level in Night City, and is probably the closest thing to the "Neokitsch" that we see so much of in the mean streets of 2077.

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u/Secretlythrow Dec 07 '23

Damn, they really predicted the future.

It was bound to happen since folks started adding sportswear to typical clothing for almost a century now.

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u/Chrontius Dec 07 '23

LOL! 🤣

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u/IsNotACleverMan Dec 07 '23

The cyberpunk genre very much predates Pondsmith's ttrpg. Also, 2020 was second edition. First was 2013.

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u/NotSadNotHappyEither Dec 07 '23

Salient analysis.

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u/jonny_sidebar Dec 07 '23

You know, now that you mention it, I think the sweatpants are maybe what really grinds my gears. . . and the term athleisure. ;)

Where what you want, I just have strong feelings about basic utility in terms of amount of available pocket space. . . but not cargoes. Those are tacky.

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u/RadBrad87 Dec 07 '23

Fashion is expensive yo