Y2K aesthetic

>Though maybe you were looking for Frutiger Aero?

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Windows XP

Bliss, the default wallpaper for Windows XP.

Summary

The Y2K Aesthetic is an aesthetic that was popular from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, also known as the Y2K era ("Y" meaning year and "2K" meaning 2000). It made use of gradients, low polygon 3D graphics (actual low polygon count optional for nu-y2k forgeries), and computer generated imagery (CGI) and is often described as "retrofuturistic", which is just a nice word that means outdated and poorly aged. The Y2K Aesthetic preceded Frutiger Aero, which came around once the 3D graphics and CGI used actually began to look decent.

Like Frutiger Aero, the aesthetic is loved by troons and autists who were born after Windows 7 was released.

On the Sharty and in Sharty Culture

The Sharty is an anonymous (mostly) imageboard. Imageboards are a relic of pre-Web 2.0 Internet before mostly getting superseded by more modern forms of social media like MySpace and (((Facebook))), making the Sharty inherently Y2K.

Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning is a video game released in 2018 that quite obviously has a Y2K aesthetic; specifically, it emulates low-budget educational games from the Y2K era with sloppy development. Since Fundamental Paper Education uses a Baldi's Basics fan song, FPE is in turn Y2K^[meds].

Sneed's Feed and Seed (formerly Chuck's) is found in an episode of The Simpsons released in 1999, which is right in the middle of the Y2K era. However, the Sneed scene doesn't exactly have many Y2K elements.

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  So retro!
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  Screenshot from Baldi's Basics
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  Sneed

Usage by Troons

Although the Y2K aesthetic doesn't have the underlying themes of hope, prosperity, and a union between technology and nature that Frutiger Aero is often praised for, troons still love Y2K and use it from time to time. One usage of the Y2K aesthetic by troons comes in the form of replicating the low-poly graphics of video game systems like the original PlayStation and the Nintendo 64. However, like with 8-bit-inspired graphics, using the Y2K aesthetic is just an excuse for untalented "graphic designers" to make ugly and low-quality visuals.

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  Some mediocre YouTuber who gets millions of views with his Y2K-slop
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  Screenshot from Ultrakill
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  The Amazing Digital Circus, the most infamous example of Y2K-inspired indieslop.

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  Recycle Bin
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  My Computer
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  Paint
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  LimeWire