I don't see anything wrong with how we used to be

mid 90s to mid 2000s style was the peak I won't hear otherwise

Not understanding and not approving of it are two different things. Millennials love our quirky/scary younger siblings, and I won’t hear otherwise.

I was so attracted to those type of girls when I was in high school.

Unfortunately, they were never into me :(

This shit is still cool! I'm not even going to act ashamed! Hell fucking yeah I dressed like that, and It was motherfucking "epic!"

Wear whatever you think is cool zoomers, and stop for NO ONE! The moment you start letting others dictate your coolness is when you stop being young.

We were copying bands to be edgy. Now explain broccoli.

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Side note: how in the ever loving fuck did the creators of Invader Zim convince the Nickelodeon execs that it was a “kids show” - and not just once, but for two seasons?

Invader Zim was the shit

That is an aesthetic I can get down with, though.

Give it 5-10 years and this will be fashionable again.

Rawr

I was that age in 2006 and that style was strange to me back then as well

If you'd told me I'd miss 2006 back in 2006 I'd have laughed.

Let the kids have their cringe phase

As an elder Millennial, I'm left wondering WTF I missed in 2006?!? All the girls in high school were wearing Doc Martins, turtle necks, and low-cut jeans while sporting streaky highlights in their hair, and all of the girls in college were wearing Uggs and puffy coats with faux-fur hoods. There was none of... Whatever this is.

I don't care what anyone says I still think this style is cool and I'm 27 years old. Maybe it's an Enby/Agender thing though, I don't know.

The kids these days look like they are basically just bringing the scene kid look back to me, maybe I'm just old

I have no idea why the millennial vs gen z debate is trending right now but I just love it

The only ones I don't get are the horrible high waisted mom jeans and the curly haircuts on dudes. Those pants look terrible unless you have an absolutely flat stomach and even then, yeesh. The haircuts, I have no idea haha

Well, what I do find hard to understand about youth's aesthetics for the last decade or so is that it's so samey. There is just no one really sticking out. All the subcultures (be it punks, metalheads, hip hop, emo, what have you) have all but vanished, giving way to... Well... Nothing really. It's not that "the youths are bad and weird" no. It's that the youth is not weirdenough for my liking.

Shut up, I don't have a gir shirt... You're making shit up

It was weird back in the 90s in the Midwest when metal heads got called "weirdos" for hanging out in record shops, wearing comfy baggy clothes, and rocking band tees. But then in the early 2000s, sappy, emotional pop rock became the new trend. The same people who used to make fun of metal heads started dressing like that teenager in the picture and hanging out at Hot Topic in the mall. It was ridiculous.

TO BE FAIR.. That was a minority demographic.

We are big enough for reposts now? Great!

To me these looks are cringe bc they look like the adults when I was a kid /teen (80s,90s) used to look.

I could never work up the nerve to talk to these girls, and I don't think I missed out on much.

Where I live the goth kids, baggy pants, wife beater looks are completely back, just how it was when I lived in California 20 years ago. I live in Central Europe now and it has given me some serious flashbacks. Hell, I feel 18 again. The only thing missing is Avril Lavigne blasting from the radio non-stop.

Don't know about the western countries. But this is definitely not correct for India

I don't know if Lemmy has the equivalent of r/blunderyears but I'm calling it right now... the next 10 to 15 years are going to be peak embarrassing photo time as zoomers start turning 35 or so and they post their photos when they were late teens or early 20s.

IT WAS ME! I WAS THE TURKEY ALL ALONG!

Alright, fair.

I wasn't like that, but got myself a scene gal back in the day (not the over the top hair kind tho), we had nothing in common lol

This shit was cringe back then and I still see it as cringe today, especially the ones that never grew out of it.

Gotta wonder what he looks like now

Those times were so much better, no Karens or women with blue hair and shaved heads.