There's more reasons to feel old than just old memes

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

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

Also Gen X:

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

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.

That was peak aesthetics.

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!

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.

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

Alt Teenagers dress weird regardless of when they were born.

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

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

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.

I see an Invader Zim T-shirt!

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

This is every generation with the generation before them.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Rawr xD

Gotta express my uniqueness by dressing like everyone else

I would still happily rock an Invader Zim shirt in 2023

I'm old and crotchety. Can someone supply an example of the gen z aesthetics referenced in this post? All I can think of is big ass eyebrows, ultra bold multi colored eyeshadow, and crop tops.

The use of the word aesthetic as a verb in the last several years blows my mind.

Anyhow, yeah, we dress different when we're kids. I don't think too many people are shocked by this.

It looks like neo-80s.

We stumbled so that you could also stumble but down some stairs.

xD

Why couldn't i have been born a year earlier?!?

*dank memes

Are there any movies that capture this period in time?

Aw, it's Ambrehhhh! I still follow her on YouTube (I think, if she still has a channel) and Instagram, lol.

Good times 😂

That girl is actually really ugly.

They would do this to cover that up.