Rules for being a 'proper' Steampunk

[Dr Fidelius]

And this is why I have stayed at Miskatonic. No other institute of higher learning has as well-endowed a department of Applied Paleontology.

[Athanor]

Ummm...

Since I only follow four or five, or possibly six, of the fourteen "rules" (depending on interpretation), I guess I must be an Improper Steampunk. Maybe I should start a Society of Improper Steampunks Meta-Club.......

Athanor.

[Jedediah Solomon]

Rule 1b.
The military you join does not have to be any military force recognised by the rest of the world. Joining the Queens Own Cake'n'bun Lancers is perfectly acceptable.


Rule 3b.
Or remain a monoglot and JUST    SPEAK    LOUDLY     AND    SLOWLY    TO   FOREIGNERS.


Rule 8b.
Lincoln, Wales and anything South of Bristol count as such.

As I have spent my adult life in "the Colonies" I suppose it must count for something, and yes, we are trying to gentrify the locals, even as we speak{so to speak}

[Kryss LaBryn]

I myself am doing my damnest, here in the wilds of Her Majesty's Dominion of Canada, to teach the ladies of the local serving houses how to brew a proper cup of tea.

I have made only slight progress so far.

The underground lair is coming along nicely, though!

[GarethG]

Don't forget to be mistaken for a god whilst vigorously empire building!

Gareth

[Kieranfoy]

So, who will have the gumption to start up "Rules for Being an Improper Steampunk"?

[Athanor]

I can't help but be reminded of "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche", a book by American Bruce Feirstein published in 1982. It was supposed to be a satire, a book of advice on how to be "masculine" in a world that was becoming increasingly conscious of feminism and the "Sensitive New Age Guy" - but there were those who took it seriously (satire is simply lost on some people).

I came up with my own aphorism as a response to all this, which I thought at the time deserved to be splashed on billboards all across North America; "REAL Men Don't  Need a Book to Tell Them How To Be Real Men." I guess the present (satirical, I hope?) thread deserves the same kind of response.

"PROPER Steampunks don't need a list of rules to tell them how to be Proper Steampunks."

Athanor.