gen x soft club
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youtube.comThen-present-tense cyberpunk, Demonlover is forever frozen upon the cusp of a lost futurism already lapsing into a decadent kitsch. The flows and tentacles of capital, all periphery and no center, shells within shells, without flags or loyalties. A Venn Diagram of exploitation with too many circles, relationships impossible to plot. 9/11 rendered... See more
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"There was exciting things happening, the year 2000 was looming, the turn of a century, and yet, it was comfortingly not-too-stimulating...We had fantastic TV, great music, enough technology to be making progress and feel quite chuffed with our internet savvy selves, yet we were not overwhelmed by tech."
Melissa Fleur Afshar • Gen Z Are Romanticizing One Old Gen X Trend
“For me it’s a way of capturing the boundless optimism of the Y2K era (or any other era of recent economic history). It’s also darkly funny because to wear the merch of a defunct company deliberately means you recognize that what once seemed great can collapse,” says Colette Shade, author of Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything .
Daisy Alioto • Software as a Style
Early cyberpunk was awash with neon lights and futuristic electronics, with Japanese signs adorning the front of every shop window. This is largely to do with the fact that in the 80s, Japan was seen as the world’s fastest rising power. The Japanese car industry was surpassing America’s, they were dominating the global electronics industry, and... See more
Matt Bluemink • From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of the Future | Blue Labyrinths
love how 2000s tech magazines marketed massive societal changes as simple consumer upgrades
'gadgets are hot!' really meant 'the entire internet is about to be in your pocket' https://t.co/BfZsD0PmPT