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Going to keep it short in my own words. I enjoy vaporwave, i enjoy the aesthetic to it, but i'm mostly here for the conversation. Not going to lie, i spent a while lurking, reading threads, etc. I see a lot of like-minded people here. Or at least, on the subject of a wishful thinking of the old days of the internet and discussing matters that are on my mind a lot as well. Im glad i found this place.
 
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Whats up everyone.

What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?

Red Dwarf cuz its cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, and I'm all alone more or less.

What does Vaporwave mean to you?


Not much, just here to chat it up with the bros.

What subgenres are you most into?


I like folk music.

How did you find out about this place?


Mysteriously had it bookmarked, but have no recollection of being here before.

What do you do for fun?

Play guitar, go on walks. Plan on making some youtube vidz soon.
 
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catchy

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sup folks

what cancelled sitcom best describes your life?

bojack horseman

what does vaporwave mean to you?

a chance to laugh at this tragedy called existence

what subgenres are you most into?

late night lo fi, broken transmission and vapornoise. outside of vapor, darkwave and coldwave

how did you find out about this place?

reading about vaporwave, stumbled upon the link

what do you do for fun?

read, listen to music, simulwatch, cycle, basic stuff
 
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What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?

I barely watch sitcoms, so I don't have a good answer for this one

What does Vaporwave mean to you?

Something about vaporwave just speaks to my soul. When I listen to it, I feel like I'm in my own world where everything is beautiful and futuristic (in a utopian way). I can daydream while listening to vaporwave for hours. It can be relaxing, thought provoking, nostalgic, melancholy or any combination of these. For a lot of people I think the main appeal is the 80s/90s nostalgia, but since I was born in 2003, I don't really have firsthand nostalgia of that era. But still, something about it really draws me to it, so I can't help but feel like it's a lot deeper than just nostalgia.

What subgenres are you most into?

I enjoy all the subgenres, but since telepath is my favorite artist, I guess I would say slushwave is my favorite subgenre. I like how the sound is really washed out if that makes sense. I also like mallsoft a lot, and I like artists like ESPRIT and Windows96 that don't really fit into a particular subgenre

How did you find out about this place?


I found out about it from the vaporwave subreddit where someone linked a discussion from here

What do you do for fun?


Listening to music of course! I also love going on walks/hikes, browsing the internet, playing piano, learning Japanese, and I just like to learn things in general.
 
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inverse_square_matrix

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What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?
I don't really watch sitcoms, so I don't know.

What does Vaporwave mean to you?

A musical refuge from the overwhelming scale of the Internet space.

What subgenres are you most into?

I really like broken transmission/vapornoise. Brings me a mixed feeling of nostalgia and dread. I'm a big fan of anything that is even midly horror-like.

How did you find out about this place?

Google, searching for vaporwave-like music genres. I was writing things like "vaporwave tv music" and ended up writing "vaporwave cafe", so I found a link to this forum.

What do you do for fun?

I program weird stuff, create glitchart, play obscure videogames and enjoy the company of people from random niches of the Internet.
 
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What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?: Daria. I have a similar voice, similar levels of deadpan sarcasm, have an identical jacket, had identical glasses (until my eyes got too bad for glasses to help), have an identical (in every conceivable regard) family... it's more than a bit uncanny.

What does Vaporwave mean to you?: It's an umbrella term for a variety of music genres based on 80s and 90s tech-related audio and musical styles (with a lowered tempo), as well as a set of visual aesthetics that draw from various distinctively late-80s and 90s trends. It's also awesome. It's a throwback to the internet and world of my childhood.

What subgenres are you most into?: Retro synthwave, synthwave, late-night lo-fi.

How did you find out about this place?: I am omniscient. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.

What do you do for fun?: Drive, drive faster, drive without traction at the back tires, 3D-print things, write, visual art, mod games. A tiny bit of music composition. Moderate world-domination.
 
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selfKaiHarness

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What canceled sitcom best described your life? Drake & Josh, they're like uhh.. similar to myself apparently. I don't even watch sitcoms anymore. Well, except the older ones from the late 90s early 2000s. Those are good.

What does Vaporwave mean to you? Well it's a hard one to say. Long and story short, they take me back to the past that I never knew about in my life. Mainly the late 80s/early 90s to late 90s/early 2000s when the internet wasn't as readily available at the time and a lot of people went out with their daily lives without worry of anything. Vaporwave is a throwback to the forgotten past of the now-dead trends of the late 90s. I'm glad I experienced the last bits of the good internet back when Web 1.0 was phasing out.

What subgenres are you most into? Mainly video game music. I'd say orchestral, 00s electronic music, drum n' bass, ambient, synthwave, and fish vapor.

How did you find out about this place? Where do I even start... Well, I came across these forums this year at mid-summer when I was bored of the same old garbage twitter from a while ago. I thought, well what could I find? It turns out, I found a gold mine of old content. I had a blast exploring the entirety of the forums before I entered here. There were a lot of great things about this, and it brought back a lot of memories back when I was 4 years old. I really enjoyed this forum, since it brought back the late 90s charm that most other websites don't have anymore.

What do you do for fun? Mostly play video games mainly modded, listen to Y2K music, roleplay, binge on nostalgia, etc. You know the type.
 
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I'm just here to introduce myself, normally I wouldn't bother but this forum seems really cool so I wanted to. I'm 19 and from Canada. I'm excited to check out the forum :)

What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?
Definitely Seinfeld, its shaped my humor. All three of the guys have their own comedic style I find hilarious

What does Vaporwave mean to you?
I guess it's a style of content, music, art, games etc. that try to return to the classic style of the internet/90s technology, while implementing this dream-like style into the work.

What subgenres are you most into?
In music, progressive rock. Games, probably indie rpgs.

How did you find out about this place?
Saw the Dead Internet thread referenced as a source in a video, checked it out and was hooked.

What do you do for fun?
I love to program and make games.

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What canceled sitcom best describes your life?

I don't really watch sitcoms :(

What does Vaporwave mean to you?

Cool music, cool genre, cool aesthetics, and most importantly, usually fun communities

What subgenres are you most into?

Steam and cyperpunk

How did you find out about this place?

Youtube video about that "The internet is fake" theory
Eventually got tired of the video and came here to read from the source

What do you do for fun?

I love playing video games, programming stuff and spending quality time with friends and family
I'd consider myself a pretty happy person, if not for the wagecucking

God, I hate having to work
 
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hello

What canceled sitcom best describes your life?

The UK Office.

What does Vaporwave mean to you?

Vaporwave reminds me of a time when life was simpler. The music and visual aesthetics take me back to a place which no longer exists, but I wish I could experience again.

What subgenres are you most into?

I like alt rock, shoegaze, synthwave. My favourite games are probably rpgs. I also like fantasy novels and paranormal stuff.

How did you find out about this place?

Somebody linked it on Twitter.

What do you do for fun?

Playing videogames, reading, drawing and going on walks.
 
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Jackiethehottie

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What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?
I didn't watch many but That 70's show was my jam

What does Vaporwave mean to you?
Vaporwave springs many emotions into me.. A futuristic but also old world, it makes me nostalgic, happy, sorrowful...

What subgenres are you most into?
I can listen to anything but I like some funk and Italo disco

How did you find out about this place?
With >redditcostanzayeahrightsmirk

What do you do for fun?
I like to learn languages, improve my general culture, and to go on Pinterest for hours
 
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Healing

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What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?
Unfortunately, I don't have much of a good answer for this one.

What does Vaporware mean to you?
For whatever reason, it evokes way more emotion than many other music genres I've listened to. Just the calming experience is enough to really make me think. not like I don't do so already lol.

What subgenres are you most into?
I'm one of those "I'll listen to anything" type people, but I'm most fond of electronic music genres for sound design alone.

How did you find out about this place?
Honestly, mostly through pure luck. I like finding forums because they are my favorite way to communicate with online communities.

What do you do for fun?
Research on random topics that interest me, playing/making music, gaining tech knowledge, just to name a few.


To put any more details I might have forgotten, I've been lurking this place for maybe a few weeks to months and decided to make an account now. It seems chill and the aesthetic is right up my alley. I guess I don't have much more to list for now. Cheers.
 
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What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?
Freaks & Geeks, because I used to be around far later in the night than I should have been and I wasn't as big of a freak or geek as I thought I was.

What does Vaporwave mean to you?

Honestly, I'm still new to this world- to me It represents a much needed tone shift in terms of vibes and a new rabbit hole to fall into.

What subgenres are you most into?


See the previous answer.

How did you find out about this place?

Bit of a weird story with that one. I found a sticker that was an Teal haired anime girl with a phone on a restroom stall wall and I was curious as to what she was from. In my search I quickly ended up here, so even my discovery of this place is all pure chance and adventure. It's like leaping into a new world or something.

What do you do for fun?

I enjoy retro video games, Dungeons & Dragons (and other TTRPGs), and researching topics that interest me.

That's it for me, hope y'all have a lovely day!
 
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What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?
i'm sorry i don't know a lot of them.. is "the good place" a sitcom ? i really like the absurd humor in this one, i like serie that can make you laugh and cry at the same time. also the first three seasons of "misfits" but i'm not sure you can call it a sitcom either.
the one that best describes my childhood would me "malcom in the middle" even though i didn't grow up in the 90s, for low middle class families the 90s overflowed on the 2000s, at least that's how i felt it.

What does Vaporwave mean to you?
i love the excitment of the community and how it gathers people around a lot of different topics, like, i feel how it's not only about the music but also the aesthetic and even the history of those two because of how the samples and the imagery have such diverse origines. i discovered video games and series and artists while listening and talking about vaporwave. also the universality of its nostalgia. it's really conforting.

What subgenres are you most into?
i like all of them, but i discovered vaporwaves with futurfunk, late night lo-fi and vaportrap so i would say i have a weakness for those three.

How did you find out about this place?
it was linked under a playlist of a friend.

What do you do for fun?
i write and draw and edit videos and create ARGs.

also i'm sorry english isn't my first language sorry for the weird grammar.
 
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What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?
Uhh, damn. Not really a sitcom person so I have to nope out of this

What does Vaporwave mean to you?
Well, firstly it's like a "rundown" aesthethic primarly based on the idolized 80s. Like a plastic simulation of the 80s if it makes sense. Beyond that it's what I used to listen frequently in the evening before I went to sleep throughout my teenage years.
What subgenres are you most into?

Whatever Birth of a New Day was. Also Future Funk.
How did you find out about this place?

Heard about the dead internet theory, followed links till I ended up here. Lurked a bit and saw how chill this forum is, so I thought I might join
What do you do for fun?
Art, like I enjoy painting and drawing, sometimes animation both 2D and 3D. Not that I'm good at it, or at least not as good as I would like to be, but it's fun way to spend few hours. Beyond that I enjoy prorgramming, but every personal project I have pretty much ends up being half finished till I abandon it, even if it's something cool. Hope to change that soon tho.

Also, hi everyone!
 
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Hey, just got here. this seems like a nice place...


What cancelled sitcom best describes your life?
My life doesn't seem to follow those kinds of tropes, for better or worse.

What does Vaporwave mean to you?
It's a feeling, and an expression of a feeling. all art is subjective of course, but vaporwave is a great example of how that distinction can go both ways.

What subgenres are you most into?
Honestly, I haven't gone far enough into the culture to have formed this opinion. Maybe I'll be able to tell you after spending some time here.

How did you find out about this place?
A link to that thread about dead internet theory. This place seems chill, and has nice vibes. I'll stick around for a bit and see what happens.

What do you do for fun?
I drop acid a lot. other activities include philosophy, history, science, music, martial arts, shamanism and the occult
 
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