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[–] G59@lemmy.world 172 points 2 years ago (17 children)

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 68 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

'the sacred texts'

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[–] Xiaz@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 years ago

I read them in Boxxy's voice, it's automatic

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago

You truely were random as dice. ;)

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 119 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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

Also Gen X:

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

Also Boomers:

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[–] vd1n@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

And these are the ones scared of gender/LGBTQ politics... We know why now...

[–] livus@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (16 children)

Is... is that the rep we have? I sort of thought that was boomers and just, well, bigots from every generation. Gen X was also sex positive feminism 3rd wave and the beginning of intersectionalism.

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[–] DudePluto@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

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

/s but also not /s

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[–] SnowFoxx@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (20 children)

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.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 78 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That was peak aesthetics.

[–] Mischala@lemmy.nz 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was?
You too stray far from the light.

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[–] dm_me_your_feet@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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[–] sparemethewearysigh@lemmy.world 69 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I’m a millennial, and I still dress all emo even in my 30’s. My 20 year old coworker even complimented my black skinny jeans with zippers in random places the other day. No reason to stop loving your late teen/early 20’s aesthetic! Don’t let the world crush your creativity, do you and to hell with everyone’s opinions!

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

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.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Psh, I saw this and immediately thought " I would have wanted to date that girl back in the day". Now I think.... "If I met a girl who was my age rocking that style.... I would want to talk to them for sure"

-born in 89'

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[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 58 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alt Teenagers dress weird regardless of when they were born.

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[–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Millenials laughing at Gen Z are the same Millenials who mocked emo/scene kids back then.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was a goth, mocked emos and scene kids. Learned my lesson, rock on you little weirdos, enjoy your time of experimentation

[–] Smallletter@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Goths mocking emos always made me laugh. Which is itself a third layer of comedy because I was supposedly an old school punk but really just another kid with a funny 'do (green mohawk...which I still hold as the most righteous hairstyle known to man, however)

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mocked all of you. Jokes on me you all turned out pretty cool and to have good taste in music. I was just uncomfortable experimenting and possibly coming off ridiculous. Somehow I managed to be cringe because of my efforts not to.

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[–] ezmack@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'll paraphrase a twitter comment: man I did not give a single fuck about gen x as a millenial, these posts are so weird. Maybe we're just more exposed to each other now because of social media

[–] livus@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago

Demographically there were way more millenials than genx.

The cohorts that are demographic bulges (boomers, millennials) get a lot of media attention (because advertising) and it plays out.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm convinced that news outlets and big tech intentionally push ageism / generational-warfare to substitute for class warfare, and divert criticism away from capitalists.

Like who decided to mark off these year ranges and put labels on them anyway, it's completely arbitrary and meaningless.

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[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Gonna be honest, I really like the aesthetic even to this day.

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[–] dktr@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I see an Invader Zim T-shirt!

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm gonna sing the doom song now! Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom...

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sometimes I think that since I still really love goth chicks I haven’t changed that much since the 00s

But then I remember that over that time frame goth chicks went from edgy rebellious teenagers in a ton of makeup to moms in their 30s with a wicked sense of humor that wear a lot of black. They still deal weed and hate authorities though.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

Watching my once fully goth and punk friends raise kids is odd but also wonderful, knowing that they're passing their zero tolerance for societies' bullshit on to their kids (as best they can, considering what we're up against) is heart warming.
Wouldn't want to do it myself though lol

[–] electric_soldier@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is every generation with the generation before them.

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[–] CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah, you got me. But i don't know what gen z is doing and don't feel like talking down about them for whatever reason. I miss my spiked punk hairstyle, the teased mohawk i rocked and the half covered face emo hair. all of the weird stuff was so much fun.

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[–] NotAPenguin@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

We're all still emo/scene kids at heart, it was never a phase mom

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[–] dreadedsemi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those complaining ones are boomer converts. I see more of them in retro game groups.

[–] interloper@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Yeah I don't get it. Do they not see the irony?

Just let the next generation be the next generation.

[–] DHYCIX@lemmy.fmhy.ml 21 points 2 years ago

God, I miss that time. Closest you get to that aesthetics nowadays still is some forms of visual kei (stuff like lynch.), but it’s a different vibe.

[–] TheBoarOrTheSpear@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Genz aesthetic I swear is just depression meets delirium, and honestly, I can’t blame them lol

[–] D-ISS-O-CIA-TED@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago

Depression Meets Delirium is a fantastic psych rock band name

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Im an emo kid

Nonconforming as can be

You'd be nonconforming too if you looked just like me

Edit: revisiting these lyrics, this song is an important time capsule

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[–] sickpusy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't if it's just me but a lot of weirdness was then part of various subcultures, especially music ones. Now it has been decoupled from those onto tiktok. Not saying good or bad.

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