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[–] mydoomlessaccount@infosec.pub 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm biased towards Y2K from the nostalgia, since those were the prime years of my childhood right before my teenage years kicked in.

But, I love the design of that time because of how obsessed with futurism everything was. It took the future chic look of the mid-late '60s and revamped it, taking that hype for the future- with the Space Race- bringing it back, and updating it for the Information Age.

It felt like we, as a society, had so much optimism for the world that was to come. So, if anything, I think that's what I'm mostly nostalgic for. I was so excited to grow up in that world. Damn.

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 6 points 5 months ago

It felt like we, as a society, had so much optimism for the world that was to come. So, if anything, I think that’s what I’m mostly nostalgic for. I was so excited to grow up in that world. Damn.

As with anything regarding the past, there's a lot of rose-tinted glasses going on. Be careful what you wish for

[–] livus@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Me too, on the design, what I like about it is it wasn't the ultra clean look futurism of the 1980s it was sort of collided with grunge.