There's more reasons to feel old than just old memes (feddit.de)

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[-] G59@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Behold! The blogging aesthetics of 2006:

hi every1 im new!!!!!!! holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me ^^… im 13 years old (im mature 4 my age tho!!) i like 2 watch invader zim w/ my girlfreind (im bi if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite tv show!!! bcuz its SOOOO random!!!! shes random 2 of course but i want 2 meet more random ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol…neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!! DOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein random again ^^ hehe…toodles!!!!!

love and waffles,

t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m

[-] nx2@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I recently came across a blogpost explaining something I was researching, and the comments beneath were exactly like this. Then I looked up from when it was: May 2006.

The internet is a time machine.

[-] Sinnz@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Holy shit what a throwback to the past

[-] Xiaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Is it bad that I can still read these shitposts in the correct tone?

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

The sacred texts, they're so bright I almost need to avert my eyes.

[-] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

'the sacred texts'

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[-] CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

My ROFLCopter goes SOISOISOISOISOISOI

[-] Nepenthe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh god, I forgot about the spork thing. The sporks seemed a natural part of the foundation. Where did the sporks go? This would have been perfectly at home on the very first forum my child ass ever joined, and I can feel everything I ever loved evaporating.

[-] Aim413@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

This made my eyes water

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

You truely were random as dice. ;)

[-] trash@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I miss MySpace.

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu -1 points 1 year ago

Did she ever made friends this day, or is it just a full on copypasta?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Gen X: Haha, those millenials sure looked stupid as kids!

Also Gen X:

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Boomers: Haha, Gen X sure looked stupid as kids!

Also Boomers:

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

The boomer's had everything better. That fashion works for me.

But everyone was so much thinner back then. The average person was so much hotter.

The only thing that's really improved is people's teeth.

[-] DudePluto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But everyone was so much thinner back then. The average person was so much hotter.

Because they inherited an economy with actual food and replaced it with "food" filled with industrial inventions like corn syrup

[-] DudePluto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Give them a break, they had no other accepted way to explore their sexuality

/s but also not /s

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's just facts. This Bowie type shit is ANYTHING BUT straight, that's what makes it iconic.
The straights have always copied/been inspired by queer fashion, just like white america with black american music genres (jazz, rock, blues, r&b, rap).

[-] DudePluto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Absolutely, there's a long history of the "in-group" co-opting culture from the "out-group" because it's seen as exotic and transgressive. Was it hypocritical for such a homophobic generation to idolize queer icons, only so long as they were cool and made good music? On a cultural level, yeah. On an individual level, depends on the individual and their specific beliefs and actions

Edit: Also my favorite Bowie album will always be Ziggy Stardust. Maybe a little basic but it just hits all the right campy, flamboyant, and always-incredible notes

[-] SnowFoxx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's sad they got so much hate back the days. Their style was so awesome and different. I always admired that, but didn't have the courage to go full emo and draw everybodys hate on me.

[-] BraBraBra@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Millennial fashion was pretty bad imho. From the emo look all the way down to the lumberjack look. All quite contrived and corny, but that's just my opinion.

[-] dm_me_your_feet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Emo/Skater outfit makes everyone over 9000% more attractive.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

This was like, 5% of millennials. Trust me, I was one of them. We got our asses kicked for dressing this way. Most everyone else either did "gangsta" style with low-hanging pants and Timberland boots/Jordans, or "preppy" style with a boring-ass polo shirt and khakis.

[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Emocore stuff was also later on and seen generally as a pop-poser spinoff of punk and metal culture. It got uniquely hated on by both mainstream and alternative cliques because of this.

I personally went through a pretty extended punk phase and never really got picked on. I actually made plenty of friends with jocks and stoners in high school, while wearing a pretty cringe getup with operation Ivy patches and shit.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I gravitated toward nu-metal/industrial with wide leg JNCO pants and ball-chain necklaces.

I haven't even heard of "emo" being an actual style until now. I thought it was just goth. Maybe because it's a couple years after my time. I'm an older millennial, graduated high school in 2000.

[-] Rinox@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'd say Emo really got going after 2000, at least in my experience

[-] InputZero@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Don't forget about thrift store style! Which wasn't a style back then. Advantage though, us thrift store kids could switch styles daily. 'Gangsta' Monday, 'emo' Wednesday, poser Friday.