Why Did the 2000s Look Like That?

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  • čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
  • Y2K is a term associated with a broad range of different aesthetics and subcategories from the 2000s. Looking at examples like Chromcore, Gen-X Soft Club, McBling, and various other design trends, we attempt to chronicle some of the most memorable, and the most weird...
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    CONTENT
    0:00 Intro
    0:53 Why is Everything Chrome?
    2:38 The Clear Craze
    3:56 Gaming Aesthetics
    5:37 Metalheart?
    6:17 Gen X Soft Club
    7:02 Fashion
    7:55 My Thoughts
    8:42 Conclusion

Komentáře • 849

  • @ExtraMintyy
    @ExtraMintyy  Před měsícem +232

    Correction: 2:56 should just be Gameboy, not the advance (GBA). The original Gameboy model was made translucent as part of the "Play it Loud" product line after its initial release. A better (and more factually correct) example of clear tech in the 80s is the Unisonic 6900 corded telephone from 1987.

    • @m00rtin4
      @m00rtin4 Před měsícem +9

      yeah, u got me head scratching real hard there. gj clearing the error. tho i miss those days youtube had in video text annotations where u could have text bubbles post-upload to make like "video comments" from the uploader.

    • @ExtraMintyy
      @ExtraMintyy  Před měsícem +8

      @m00rtin4 Yeah I really wish they still had features like that, would seriously come in handy

    • @bsanchez3563
      @bsanchez3563 Před měsícem

      ​@@m00rtin4woah coo, nj fr imho :D tifo

    • @sagewitts917
      @sagewitts917 Před 14 dny +1

      I prefer when everything was white You know with the xbox 360 from the 1930'sOr like when everything was gloss black with the xbox one from you know the 1840's

    • @sagewitts917
      @sagewitts917 Před 14 dny +2

      Or when everything was matte black with the xbox series s/x you know from the 1950's

  • @BrandonWhatTheF
    @BrandonWhatTheF Před měsícem +2508

    Marketing. Companies wanted to look futuristic and "ahead of the curve". The dawn of the a new century was the perfect time to do that.

    • @jayhezexel
      @jayhezexel Před měsícem +115

      Which really was a dawn of a new millennium

    • @BrandonWhatTheF
      @BrandonWhatTheF Před měsícem +28

      @@jayhezexel ah yes, I should have said that.

    • @ishguy524
      @ishguy524 Před měsícem +19

      I remember looking at all this stuff when I discovered the internet back then for the first time like late 2000s

    • @ishguy524
      @ishguy524 Před měsícem +41

      I found this whole aesthetic change a little off like how companies went from y2k to more Minimalism sort of stuff which made me miss that era

    • @notme11198
      @notme11198 Před měsícem +7

      Sometimes this design got abandoned sometimes it returns with a similar feel like the rog ally.

  • @tomdalton498
    @tomdalton498 Před měsícem +1545

    the whole Y2K era was just the perfect time to be a young child... just take me back

    • @bagingospringo4396
      @bagingospringo4396 Před 22 dny +27

      I agree. I missed so much tho cuz I was a poor kid, like that playsation store like wtf I didn't know that was a thing haha. But like, walking around with my Sony Walkman (lucky Xmas gift lol) also chrome, hanging out with friends...sigh

    • @vidmasterK1
      @vidmasterK1 Před 22 dny

      What a bizarre statement!

    • @jimmybuffet4970
      @jimmybuffet4970 Před 21 dnem +12

      Lol it was more fun as a teenager

    • @conahscreations
      @conahscreations Před 20 dny +28

      ​@@vidmasterK1 its not that bizarre, I enjoyed it as a kid. As you can see in the video, everything was just more colourful, customizable, and unique. Choosing all your widgets and themes on Windows xp and Windows Vista / 7 alone was way more fun than what we have in Windows 10

    • @stepbrochungus7722
      @stepbrochungus7722 Před 18 dny +3

      Having these future images and living near a tech hub was like living in an eerie chunk of the future without knowing it.

  • @onetonpun
    @onetonpun Před měsícem +1896

    I feel like the minimal aesthetics today come from companies just being cheap.

    • @cremedelamemesupreme1649
      @cremedelamemesupreme1649 Před 29 dny

      I think it comes more from the dumbing down of society. People don't have the attention span to look at anything with flair. Just look up the evolution of company logos. Everything has to look like an app icon now. Remove words. Look up "globohomo art" and tell me that's not the manifestation of adult child brain.

    • @Ambrosiaaa
      @Ambrosiaaa Před 28 dny +68

      yep, to keep more money to themselves

    • @nlpnt
      @nlpnt Před 27 dny +115

      That's definitely the case with cars. It's easier to put all the secondary controls through a touchscreen instead of cutting molds for a dashboard's worth of physical knobs, buttons and switches.

    • @Ambrosiaaa
      @Ambrosiaaa Před 27 dny +36

      @@nlpnt Exactly! Right on the mark! They don't bother to make their products reliable anymore.

    • @Vascularityisgood70
      @Vascularityisgood70 Před 27 dny +33

      ​​​@@Ambrosiaaa is it right to be born in 2008 mainly having 2010s nostalgia and i found the 2000s MUCH more a appealing ? .
      Hope gods glory will make the internet decentralized again , and social medias returning to be primitive not distractfull , companys to cool down their evil greed , Y2k ftuitiger aero to comeback evolved to look less dated .

  • @brandonchavez3481
    @brandonchavez3481 Před měsícem +1034

    I felt like i was living more in the future in 2000 then now in 2024

    • @Cuhhrayzwuhermz
      @Cuhhrayzwuhermz Před 22 dny +20

      Exactly lol

    • @bryanna_renaee
      @bryanna_renaee Před 22 dny +126

      Exactly. 2024 just feels like a post futuristic dystopia

    • @prajwaljayaraj5887
      @prajwaljayaraj5887 Před 19 dny +63

      ​@@bryanna_renaee I think we're all collectively starting to realise that it absolutely is

    • @sarina2834
      @sarina2834 Před 17 dny +22

      @@bryanna_renaeebhaha with the ai taking jobs and stuff, definitely.

    • @thebrettyouneed178
      @thebrettyouneed178 Před 17 dny +5

      Exactly my thought.

  • @thedonzhorzh
    @thedonzhorzh Před měsícem +685

    Honestly, I would be very happy if the world just got stuck in the late 90s and early 2000s. Sure, I will miss the smartphones that combine 10 gadgets of that era into your pocket but there was just that charm of having to go to different places to get what you wanted: library, movie rental stores, photostudios, arcades, Internet clubs and so on. People actually socialized more because of that.

    • @Spungebobonicerocks
      @Spungebobonicerocks Před měsícem +111

      Smartphones are worst thing that hapenned to society. I would get rid of them in a second.

    • @bentonrp
      @bentonrp Před měsícem +30

      Aye. I agree. The pinnacle balance of the "human merged with technology" lifestyle, imo. 😃

    • @petertarentaal983
      @petertarentaal983 Před měsícem +25

      ​@@Spungebobonicerocks Something I've said back in 2016 it made the whole world worse yet easily accessible, it ruined marriages and relationships more.

    • @mypersonaldata846
      @mypersonaldata846 Před 29 dny +10

      well smart phones allowed us to communicate from country to country without even knowing each other like im commenting here. and to be very honest that era and this era isnt that different the only difference is back then people have very less knowledge so have very low expectations and when new things launch they make them excited but now we have high expectations cause we have knowledge more thn we need bcz of internet in our hand that have ruined the part of excitement

    • @manlethamlet
      @manlethamlet Před 29 dny +18

      "if the world just got stuck in the late 90s and early 2000s" Damn, it's almost as if they made a movie like that where 1999 was called the pinnacle of human civilization.

  • @ES031
    @ES031 Před 23 dny +200

    The futurism of the late 90s-early 2000s was so creative and interesting. The designs, music (particularly electronic) and other media coming out of that era was really incredible. You could tell that people were optimistic and hopeful about the future with those sorts of visions. What a shame that we let em down, man.

    • @zonaaaa
      @zonaaaa Před 17 dny

      Aphex Twin, Sweet Trip and various other artists made some great futuristic and unique albums in the 90s-2000s. Can't forget a very underrated futuristic hip-hop album "3030" by Deltron 3030. You should check it out.

    • @gabrielantos4144
      @gabrielantos4144 Před 9 dny +1

      What electronic music do you like the most from this time? I personally really like aphex twin and kid a by radiohead but am always looking for more stuff to listen to

    • @thewaywardgrape3838
      @thewaywardgrape3838 Před 8 dny +2

      Agree. When the ipod was released, everyone company threw their own MP3 player on the market - everyone was listening to music. The amount of bands and musicians in their prime or coming in was fantastic too. I'd say the period allowed many to fall in love with music.

    • @zonaaaa
      @zonaaaa Před 8 dny

      @@gabrielantos4144 yeah, aphex is pretty cool. I liked vordhosbn and selected ambient works as the album, I would recommend you M83's "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts".

    • @MyUncleWorksForNintendo
      @MyUncleWorksForNintendo Před 7 dny

      @@gabrielantos4144 oh man, there's so much... try The Prodigy, The Crystal Method, ATB, Cosmic Gate, The Chemical Brothers, Gigi D'Agostino, Mauro Picotto... and here's a deep cut for ya: the Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) soundtrack-and actually just watch the movie if you can! It's on Prime Video and I also just found out they're showing it in theaters remastered in 4K next month! It's a 1999 German indie film that won several awards at Sundance that year. The soundtrack is amazing and it has really stunning Y2K visual aesthetics!

  • @riverblack123
    @riverblack123 Před měsícem +1004

    We had no idea how happy were, how good things were..

    • @aeroblu2002
      @aeroblu2002 Před měsícem +70

      Back during the war on terror

    • @-Astro--
      @-Astro-- Před měsícem +42

      ​​@@aeroblu2002 and your attitude is why we still have problems

    • @aeroblu2002
      @aeroblu2002 Před měsícem +46

      @@-Astro-- the dark side of nostalgia buddy

    • @-Astro--
      @-Astro-- Před měsícem +19

      Now we all face terror... great, happy days 👍

    • @Krilium
      @Krilium Před měsícem +8

      @@aeroblu2002 Meh, that was more just an American problem

  • @104ist
    @104ist Před měsícem +197

    i miss it. i miss the internet still feeling a little bit lawless and being able to find little corners of the web untouched by algorithms and advertising. i miss buying something and owning it for life without having to pay monthly subscriptions. i miss not having instant answers to everything a click away, and actually having to take the time to discover things myself. i miss the aesthetics. i miss the pixels. i miss the slower pace.

    • @Parkittaja
      @Parkittaja Před 22 dny +11

      You worded it perfectly

    • @SharksSJ408
      @SharksSJ408 Před 22 dny

      Early internet had some crazy stuff. Now the feds have shut down most of those sites. There’s things I remember seeing that have been completely scrubbed from the face of the internet. Pages of history wiped clean never to be seen by future generations.

    • @acex222
      @acex222 Před 21 dnem +7

      You can still do that. I do. You choose not to.

    • @SharksSJ408
      @SharksSJ408 Před 21 dnem +16

      I tried to reply to your comment with some sensitive info regarding the “lawless” era of the internet and it got auto-deleted. Shows how pathetic the modern internet has become.

    • @JashanSingh-hc4qx
      @JashanSingh-hc4qx Před 14 dny

      True man

  • @BadBoyBird
    @BadBoyBird Před měsícem +566

    Y2K is my favorite aesethetic I still remember my uncle showing me the matrix when I was 6 and somthing about the aesethetic really clicked in for me.

    • @ipaddleYOass
      @ipaddleYOass Před měsícem +16

      Same, i also LOVE the silver aesthetics in music videos, makes me wanna live in it.

    • @PikeTheFalcon
      @PikeTheFalcon Před měsícem +2

      Did your parents or legal guardians approve of him showing the movie to you at that age? I mean, I’m in the same boat, my dad showed me that movie when I was 3 or 4 years old

    • @BadBoyBird
      @BadBoyBird Před měsícem +5

      @@PikeTheFalcon tbh I'm not sure lmao my parents are strict as hell it's just strange that it became one of my early memorys watching it

    • @skrollreaper
      @skrollreaper Před 22 dny

      @@PikeTheFalcon lol

    • @xxxanonxxx
      @xxxanonxxx Před 16 dny

      Frutiger aero

  • @cobenhumphrey6972
    @cobenhumphrey6972 Před měsícem +117

    Those Y2K and early 2000s aesthetics look way much cooler than the aesthetics of today. Also, as a guy who wants to create his own independent comic books I would definitely bring back the Y2K aesthetic and put it into my own art really give it a major edge.

  • @DaisyBlonde
    @DaisyBlonde Před 19 dny +53

    Everything was so colorful and felt more alive back in the early 2000's, shame that now everything is so minimalistic and void of any colors

    • @MysteryFlavorRS
      @MysteryFlavorRS Před 5 dny

      I can’t put my finger on why I hate that modern fashion you mentioned and why I’m more into “futuristic” shit
      There’s a whole epidemic of social influencers showing us how to dress like complete noobs
      Like “here are the top 10 shoes that basically make it look like you haven’t bought shoes in a year”

  • @JoshuaVonNoctis
    @JoshuaVonNoctis Před měsícem +300

    Love Metalheart. Y2K was cool. Now all we have is flat modern boring stuff.

    • @shiytp
      @shiytp Před měsícem +20

      that's what we get for wanting a screen small enough to shove in our pocket, and sacrificing all graphic detail in the process.

    • @Heitzsche
      @Heitzsche Před měsícem +10

      I remember y2k and i honestly like modern design more in general lol.

    • @NaraSherko
      @NaraSherko Před měsícem +2

      @@shiytp Why you use it

    • @Web720
      @Web720 Před 24 dny +7

      Y2K and Frutiger Aero. Modern minimalist corporate art alegra looks awful, unappealing, and bland.

    • @bagingospringo4396
      @bagingospringo4396 Před 22 dny

      Is it weird that when I saw stuff like that, incubus started playing in my head, the faint taste of OG drinks that they ruined today...smells too those come into my head, like Adidas move haha

  • @mickmickymick6927
    @mickmickymick6927 Před měsícem +107

    Often design is influenced by the latest technology
    2000s. Chrome influenced by more advanced 3D rendering
    1980s: Neon influenced by the colors computers could display at that time
    Now: Minimalism influenced by needing wires less thanks to stronger Wi-FI, Bluetooth

    • @hansshekelstein9450
      @hansshekelstein9450 Před měsícem +14

      Honestly if it were possible I’d love to use entirely 2000s era stuff, or at least more rugged wired stuff. Something about physical wires running to and fro just clicks with my brain better, and if I didn’t have to worry about ease of use or fire risk I’d love to have a 2000s era setup. It just feels oddly comfy to me, like settling down at a relatives house as a kid kind of comfy and safe.
      I was born in 2004 too, so I don’t really have any connection to the era. Just like the aesthetic I guess.

    • @bentonrp
      @bentonrp Před měsícem +6

      Some excellent points. I remember in the late 90's, there was this brief, albeit more colorful, cosmic revival in vogue.
      When talking with my sister as to why, we realized it happened around the same time the first Martian rover had successfully landed on Mars, for instance.

  • @weston407
    @weston407 Před měsícem +113

    I was a young teenager in 2000 and remember it all well, especially the tech/gaming stuff - it was a FUN time to be a kid/teen

  • @monkeyswift100
    @monkeyswift100 Před měsícem +60

    Can't believe that was 24 years ago...

  • @kickroxanne
    @kickroxanne Před 26 dny +46

    The fact that I’ll never be able to relive this time

    • @yetanotheruser1989
      @yetanotheruser1989 Před 16 dny +3

      😢

    • @tfwnoyandere
      @tfwnoyandere Před 8 dny +3

      sucks to suck. i live in a fantasy world completely disconnected from reality, as far as im concerned its been 2006 for the last 18 years

    • @kickroxanne
      @kickroxanne Před 7 dny +1

      @@tfwnoyandere that’s borderline schizophrenia but go girly 🥰😜😍

    • @tfwnoyandere
      @tfwnoyandere Před 7 dny

      @@kickroxanne my case its more like never taking your sunglasses off

    • @kickroxanne
      @kickroxanne Před 7 dny

      @@tfwnoyandere no like I’m about to jump on the wave fr

  • @Skamux
    @Skamux Před měsícem +90

    I really wish companies made translucent plastic versions of electronics again. I’ll never forget being young and going to a cousins house who had a green translucent nintendo 64 and having my mind blown as I’d never even knew they existed. Such a beautiful aesthetic that would be awesome to see on newer consoles and phones even.

    • @divinodayacap3313
      @divinodayacap3313 Před 17 dny +2

      So much for the environtment bro

    • @Skamux
      @Skamux Před 17 dny +6

      @@divinodayacap3313 is tinted plastic worse than regular plastic that they already use?

    • @LagrangePoint0
      @LagrangePoint0 Před 12 dny +3

      I was walking with my mom once and I saw a store that had every N64 translucent edition on display, I was absolutely flabbergasted, we were walking fast so I only saw them for like one second, I remember it like if I had just seen them even though it was over 20 years ago, I'll never forget it.

    • @LagrangePoint0
      @LagrangePoint0 Před 12 dny +1

      @@divinodayacap3313 Not worse than all the stuff you own, including the device you used to watch (and comment on) this video.

    • @KookoCraft
      @KookoCraft Před 9 dny

      @@divinodayacap3313the environment is fine

  • @SharksSJ408
    @SharksSJ408 Před 22 dny +31

    I just miss the sense of discovery and feeling like we were in the midst of a revolution. Now society and technology seems to have plateaued in recent years.

    • @gibsyking2
      @gibsyking2 Před 5 dny

      I think you are feeling this way because lack of information/knowledge maybe, as an engineer I can tell you that we never lived such technological, medical, etc. evolutions, maybe as this isn't promoted heavily in the entertainement industry as it may was beginning of this century people like you aren't aware no more

  • @SlapStyleAnims
    @SlapStyleAnims Před měsícem +282

    I want to go back

    • @whoever79
      @whoever79 Před měsícem +21

      We all do brother, one day you’ll say the same about today!

    • @SlapStyleAnims
      @SlapStyleAnims Před měsícem +38

      @@whoever79I doubt it. There’s nothing about today I enjoy at all. I’ll only miss being younger

    • @kingcoveryepic
      @kingcoveryepic Před měsícem +3

      Why?

    • @Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ
      @Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ Před měsícem +1

      ​@@SlapStyleAnimsI feel you

    • @BrandonWhatTheF
      @BrandonWhatTheF Před měsícem +6

      @@SlapStyleAnims were you as fond of the 2000's back then as much as you are fond of the 2000's now?

  •  Před měsícem +151

    "Been around since the 80's in things like the game boy advance " My guy the GBA is from 2001

    • @Woodywoodah
      @Woodywoodah Před měsícem +49

      Yeah hearing that made me a little skeptical of everything else I heard in the video. That one was waaaaaay off.

    • @lionelrichardson2454
      @lionelrichardson2454 Před měsícem +8

      And the Nintendo DS 2004

    • @TruthInc
      @TruthInc Před měsícem +18

      Tell me you wasn't born yet without telling me you wasn't born yet 😂

    • @edgardls95
      @edgardls95 Před měsícem +4

      Take it easy on bro, he was born in '05

    •  Před měsícem

      @@edgardls95 fair enough I guess

  • @qualitypass658
    @qualitypass658 Před měsícem +29

    Early 2000s, a time when technology was rapidly evolving and urban landscapes were dominated by towering skyscrapers and bustling corporate environments. This era represents a unique blend of classic and modern elements, with the emergence of new technologies like PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) , the widespread use of music CDs, and the game console s
    My feelings towards this period may stem from a sense of excitement and possibility, as the world was on the cusp of major technological advancements that would shape the way we live and interact with each other. The sleek, futuristic aesthetics of tall buildings and the fast-paced corporate world might evoke a sense of nostalgia for a time when the future seemed full of promise and potential.
    At the same time, there's likely a hint of sentimentality for the simplicity and tangibility of technology like PDAs and CDs, which offered a more tactile and personal experience compared to today's digital devices. This combination of nostalgia for both the modern and the classic aspects of the early 2000s can create a unique and deeply nostalgic feeling, transporting you back to a time when the world was both familiar and full of endless possibilities.

  • @12DAMDO
    @12DAMDO Před měsícem +43

    chromecore and frutiger aero were such great aesthetics

  • @GugureSux
    @GugureSux Před 25 dny +52

    The golden era of EVERYTHING.

    • @snoot6629
      @snoot6629 Před 15 dny +3

      the amount of times i heard this from 70s, 80s and 90s babies

    • @kahlin.
      @kahlin. Před 15 dny +6

      The silver/chrome era of EVERYTHING

    • @zetsubou-sensei1078
      @zetsubou-sensei1078 Před 8 dny

      @@snoot6629 One day, you wont be too young to understand anymore. You're smug now, but it happens to everyone kiddo.

    • @E3T7
      @E3T7 Před 4 dny

      @@snoot6629because the 70s, 80s, and 90s is the golden era! I’m not from then btw

  • @StuartSweet
    @StuartSweet Před měsícem +29

    Another reason that Chromecore became popular is that computer-controlled printing presses got a lot better at reproducing neutral grey (chrome) and full color in the same pass. Before that, chrome tended to have a blue or green cast.

  • @connors3356
    @connors3356 Před měsícem +158

    homies call everything a core like dang if im poopin in the bathroom call that toiletcore? i sware

    • @Vvewa
      @Vvewa Před měsícem +19

      I miss y2k toiletcore

    • @ccricers
      @ccricers Před měsícem +20

      Core is just the replacement for chic. Toilet chic, cottage chic, it still makes sense.

    • @xfogscapex
      @xfogscapex Před měsícem +4

      @@Vvewajust not the same anymore 😞

    • @glennross85
      @glennross85 Před měsícem +4

      ​@@ccricerslol i always thought it was a play on the word 'decor'

    • @jakestewart7079
      @jakestewart7079 Před 28 dny +2

      Sounds like a comedy genre for toilet humor

  • @Pilps
    @Pilps Před 19 dny +6

    The good old days. Early 90s early 2000s we’re such a great time to grow up in as a kid, I’m so grateful I got to experience it.

  • @brendenwardle6585
    @brendenwardle6585 Před měsícem +16

    its true its weird how back then transparent colored things were cool and the best and now when we see them its more like there worse and a knock of because they are transparent

  • @DerHalbeEuro
    @DerHalbeEuro Před měsícem +29

    I love album covers and advertisment with that Gen X Soft Club aesthetics. It looks so effortless and stylish but has this indistinguishable late 90s early 00s vibe
    Media design at that time also felt a lot more creative and original than today. Today everybody trys so hard to look clean and minimalistic and that's boring.

  • @Tiberiumfreek
    @Tiberiumfreek Před měsícem +19

    To put all my thoughts into a few words....
    I miss this aesthetic.

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 Před měsícem +32

    Seeing how things are now, I realize how grateful I should be to have been born in 1989. It was such a great time to grow up. To get to be a kid. The world seemed to have so many creative outlets & forms of expression. Ways for kids, teens and adults could interact with our surroundings. We had a foundational environment. One that had places to go, things to do, area's with unique style & very creative design. I really miss the Vibe & Approach of that Era. Looking back with hindsight it really did feel like things treated us all like it respected our intelligence, our time & what kind of experience we were going to have. While also providing outlets in our society that helped us feel like a kid inside no matter what age we were. It felt like things acknowledged you. You are a customer, a fan, a person. In a hyper capitalistic society, the least they can do is use basic decency to try and make us feel like they care if we have a good time because without us they can't succeed. The creativity that came from that era really put effort into it's ingenuity. It's almost like every everything took pride in who could find the most creative and unique ways to do things, design things, come up with ways people could enjoy engaging with their company.
    For things to go from that 90's-Y2K era, to then shift to this bland, soulless, minimalistic approach feels very Dystopian. I really hope we find a way to reconnect with these core things that we clearly saw positive benefits having it apart of our society. The world really needs this right now. Look how soulless so much has become nowadays? Look at the horrible aesthetics, poor quality & poor creative design in modern cities. Even our shows, movies, & video games need a revolution. Things have become so bland, bleek, and minimalistic to the point that it doesn't even make since. Most Old house's/building's/únique shop's are gone. Interesting oddities like drive in movie theaters, indoor fun zones, arcade's, magazines that included a demo disc so you can try out game's. You could go to blockbuster/Hollywood video, McDonald's had N64's & crazy fun zones & covered in wacky art all over. We could preview music before buying it, they had an amazing selection of well made kid's toy's, Roller Rink's, Garbage pale kid's card's. You get the point. Bring back Retro-Futurism. Bring back Y2K Vibes. ANYTHING compared to this current Dystopian toxic positivity. Our society feels more lost now then it ever has. Basic living has never been so unaffordable. Society is solely focused on unhealthy capitalistic agendas. Where anything that isn't constantly increasing profits or gaining investors, is a failure and has no value to society..
    Our Quality of Life should be better than this. Basic living shouldn't be this unaffordable. People should be able to have fun, dork around, have things that engage them. The list goes on. Bring me back to the 90's.

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 Před měsícem +1

      It's a shame we didn't know how good we had it growing up, I used to complain about my small city and say it was boring. There was so much more to do here when I was a kid, now all of my old places are gone to never return. I'm from 89 as well, what a drastic decline we've watched in our short 35 years.

    • @ElitedFish
      @ElitedFish Před měsícem +4

      Spot on with everything you said. Why is everything _so_ soulless and overly digital and clinically sterile today? Modern mainstream movies and music are the absolute worst offenders of this; it's like there is no human touch behind anything, it's all just so over-processed. I also miss the slow spread of information which meant that there was more uncertainty and mystique in the air, urban myths and legends surrounding your hometown or happenings near you which you only became aware of by word of mouth, no internet to instantly fact-check or debunk anything. Now every question or uncertainty can be solved in under 1 minute by simply checking your phone, nothing is left to the imagination.

    • @Artersa
      @Artersa Před 25 dny

      It’s been hyper capitalist for a long time, you just didn’t realize it growing up. Older people said the same thing about the 2000s.

    • @piotr78
      @piotr78 Před 11 dny

      ​@@ArtersaHe didn't imply otherwise

  • @velocity1852
    @velocity1852 Před 21 dnem +6

    Half Life 2 and Portal 1 have a very Gen X soft club aesthetic. Half Life 2 especially city 17 has always reminded me of the OK Computer cover.

  • @Y2Kaynen87
    @Y2Kaynen87 Před 29 dny +4

    I'm a huge enthusiast on Y2K fashion, and that whole fashion trend from that period was supposed to represent that future since the 90s were coming to an end and we were now getting ready to go into the new millennium with this futuristic mindset. Sega Dreamcast vibe, design, the iMacs, the edgy tribal designs on clothing, and everything felt so connected to that era for me. Unfortunately, Y2K was the last "total" aesthetic, and we'll never see anything like that again because of the internet.

  • @5percenthealth
    @5percenthealth Před měsícem +12

    What a time to be alive

  • @blustarinc
    @blustarinc Před 10 dny +3

    hey! im the artist that made that cover at 1:39 - im not sure how relevant this is in the context of your vid but i made that in like 2020/2021 i think but it was definitely meant to be emulating that chrome aesthetic, as well as some frutiger aero inspo. great vid! :p

    • @ExtraMintyy
      @ExtraMintyy  Před 10 dny +1

      It looks awesome, and is a great example of the style!

  • @theo5675
    @theo5675 Před měsícem +10

    I love the 90s/ 00s

  • @SeriouslyMikey
    @SeriouslyMikey Před měsícem +10

    Petition to bring back translucent electronics

    • @piotr78
      @piotr78 Před 11 dny

      I have a nothing phone and moondrop quark earbuds.
      Not exactly the same but close!

  • @rcsims313
    @rcsims313 Před měsícem +5

    long live chromecore! haha man everything that came out from 99-04 just looked so cool and futuristic. It was just a bit later and the colors didn't match the aesthetics mentioned but I remember when the GameCube came out and how it looked felt super futuristic!

  • @The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.

    The 2000s was trying to look new, sleek and futuristic. The idea of the new millennia probably just pushed people to create aesthetics that felt like what they thought was the future

  • @ENNEN420
    @ENNEN420 Před měsícem +7

    Honestly I was never too TOO much of a fan of the 90's XTREME aesthetic... but this? This stood the test of time by surviving through 3 decades. Gimme more of this, please, my tech CEO godkings who decide our fate.

  • @brendenwardle6585
    @brendenwardle6585 Před měsícem +6

    2000 tech area was so cool im glad i got a lil taste of it being born in 2001

  • @IceKoldKilla
    @IceKoldKilla Před 26 dny +4

    That Busta and Janet Jackson song is so dope. I was just listening to it the other day. Even rewatched the music video. Nostalgic 😁

  • @sourlimone3004
    @sourlimone3004 Před měsícem +7

    I wonder if the young people who were born after like this aesthetic? I'm curious because being a kid back then felt like I was living the future with chrome/translucent tech and everything from menus, posters and ads looked more stylish compared to now where everything looks so minimalist like style has taken a back seat for idk mass production maybe or accessibility? Am I just nostalgic because if not why aren't we seeing any of these return? I'd have thought that with all the stylish scifi franchises we've grown up with things would look more futuristic

  • @LoadedGunsMusic
    @LoadedGunsMusic Před 12 dny

    This is one of the best vids I've seen on the subject yet! Make a part 2! Or perhaps make a video on each style going a bit deeper with examples.

  • @Rebel-ek3dx
    @Rebel-ek3dx Před 27 dny +4

    I remember also that in 1998-99 there was kinda like a green cyberpunk aesthetic in movies like matrix or swordfish

    • @Jackson-jk9ff
      @Jackson-jk9ff Před 15 dny

      Yes i remeber that to, happy to see someone finally find word for it! 🤝

  • @jordysrevenge
    @jordysrevenge Před 21 dnem +3

    i love the early 2000’s chrome! it’s what i grew up with, my mp3 player is chrome, my gamecube, OG ds and GBA SP are all the platinum shells as well as my ps2 super slim. i have so much nostalgia for the 90’s clear tech/chrome 2000’s tech

  • @stevenjsummerville9743
    @stevenjsummerville9743 Před 18 dny +3

    Great take - I’ve kind of had this on my mind for a while

  • @Synfulz.
    @Synfulz. Před 19 dny +1

    Thanks for covering this’ I loved this era I have some JBL airpod things that have a purple transparent case! Reminds me of those times < 3

  • @DomenicVermillion
    @DomenicVermillion Před měsícem +6

    such a nice trip down memory lane. Well done.

  • @jimlord
    @jimlord Před měsícem +4

    Very well pace and eddited vid! It looks profetional! The improvement is low key mental!

    • @ExtraMintyy
      @ExtraMintyy  Před měsícem +1

      Thanks Jim, have been focusing on the editing a lot!

  • @DevilDogMuNky
    @DevilDogMuNky Před 15 dny +1

    You just unlocked a core memory from my childhood in 2000!
    I remember this shop in San Francisco! I played Resident Evil: Survivor and Dino Crysis 2 there!!
    The shot at 5:00 that's exactly how I remember the setup!
    I always thought it was a Sony headquarters or something, but It did make feel excited for the future of Playstation

  • @SuperGoomba6464
    @SuperGoomba6464 Před měsícem +2

    Love your channel! Keep up the amazing work

  • @diversions5693
    @diversions5693 Před měsícem +23

    'edgier version of cybercore' *'By the Way' by Red Hot Chili Peppers plays

  • @alface935
    @alface935 Před měsícem +9

    One can argue that technically the "Clear Craze" is still very popular to this day
    Inside of Prisons where They allow Guards to see if the Prisoners have hide something secretly inside Their devices or not

  • @RolandKoller90
    @RolandKoller90 Před měsícem +8

    We would celebrate new years at my dad’s side of the family every year. So for the last night of 1999, I was 10, my aunts house was packed. My dad and uncle had the bright idea to kill the power to the house once the ball dropped 😂 Y2K! 😱 it was hilarious.

  • @pauljakeman
    @pauljakeman Před 4 dny

    Take me back to those days again!
    Another thing about chrome things, everyone seemed to be getting silver coloured cars back then too!
    I really miss the clear technology phase. I wish there was a clear Nintendo switch!
    Really good video! Thanks for taking me back and also showing some stuff I hadn’t seen. That PlayStation store looked awesome!

  • @M_D93
    @M_D93 Před měsícem +5

    I totally remember a lot of these metallic aesthetics from the Y2K era. I remember thinking it looked very modern (not just futuristic), yet it was a quarter of a century ago.

  • @nurk_barry
    @nurk_barry Před 5 dny +1

    As someone who came of age during all of this, I’ve always recognized it as “early 2000’s futuristic aesthetic”, seen mainly In electronics, print ads and GUIs.
    I’ve never been able to describe it in words though. Nice job!

  • @applebee6455
    @applebee6455 Před měsícem +5

    Gen X Soft Club!? Never knew it had a name but it’s sooo 1994-2001 feel to it. Remember seeing it so much. Nostalgic over it, slightly.

  • @evanclark8932
    @evanclark8932 Před 27 dny +2

    Thank you for shouting out Hot Wheels Velocity X! My favorite game from my childhood and very fitting for the time!

  • @TerryBollea1
    @TerryBollea1 Před 13 dny +4

    Because it was like the 50s. This is what yall thought the future would look like.

  • @SuperCartoonist
    @SuperCartoonist Před měsícem +6

    7:55 When ever I mention Y2K someone got mad at me thinking I was talking about the Y2K Bug, when I was only using it as a abbreviation of the year two thousand.

  • @K3VOS
    @K3VOS Před měsícem +1

    Sad to see the series is over have been great!!

  • @radicalcentrist4990
    @radicalcentrist4990 Před měsícem +5

    It's pretty ironic that the aesthetics and designs for pretty much anything 20 years ago actually looked more sci-fi than they do now. Although the technology itself definitely is more sci-fi now, we're already in the age of AI and robots.

  • @ThyHarvesting
    @ThyHarvesting Před 18 dny +1

    The Metalheart aesthetic actually made a comeback back in like 2017 onwards with the rise Neo Y2K subcultures within music.
    Volant (aka Nuphory) and Virtual Self are two artists that helped bring it back along with many other Y2K inspired visuals 🙏

  • @NIN10DOXD
    @NIN10DOXD Před měsícem +5

    2000s were peak marketing design.

  • @SeanStrife
    @SeanStrife Před 19 dny +2

    Yeah, the Y2K aesthetic, I actually remember getting interviewed by Vice for a couple years ago on behalf of the Aesthetics Wiki... and I best described it and all of the splinter aesthetics that branched off from it as "the future that never was". Seeing this video, I 100% still stand by that.

  • @lapiswolf2780
    @lapiswolf2780 Před 24 dny

    For gaming, the G-Force game(I have the PSP version) has seemingly holographic glowing buttons, "futury" digital beeping and clicking when one is selected and hacking segments that resemble the screens of randoms ghostly digits falling from the top, but was more like a stream of faded random symbols where you had to match the glowing square, cross, circle and triangle symbols when they came down.

  • @williamthefloridano5290
    @williamthefloridano5290 Před 6 dny +1

    This video is the start of the sociological study and archaeological documentation of my childhood. I’ve become a relic while still breathing.

  • @jono680
    @jono680 Před 16 dny +2

    Photoshop’s layer effects, vector curved lettering and graphics, and auto-tween animation was the AI art of its day.

  • @mattmc5069
    @mattmc5069 Před 20 dny +1

    One thing no one talks about is the alien mania going on in the late 90s. You had blockbuster movies like "independence day", " men in black", "mars attacks" "galaxy quest" and many others. Shows like "x-files" where at the top in ratings.
    Even 90210 got into it in one episode Claire and David are looking for UFOS.
    Fox even did a "true" Alien autopsy that stirred up people very briefly and was revealed to be a stunt. Cartman got his famous probe. Even in video games: in crash bandicoot wrapped had you hit an alien sign to get a hidden level and Spyro 2 had a level where you go after UFOS. Then one day it all died as quickly as it began. No one talks about the madness anymore.

  • @defendska2158
    @defendska2158 Před měsícem +23

    They thought we were going to be futuristic and sophisticated; instead, we're arguing about whether or not high school students can live as cats.

  • @jeffrey1954
    @jeffrey1954 Před měsícem +4

    2:32 I checked out that Eyewitness Book of the future from my school library more times than I would ever be able to realistically count.

  • @samchoate1719
    @samchoate1719 Před 13 dny

    4:02 just had a flashback to an EB Games in a mall in DFW with my brother. He would’ve been in college at that point, I would’ve been in grade school. He would’ve been looking for something on PS2 or Xbox at the time. The matrix, LOTR… all the good stuff. I know I romanticize it because I was young, but those really were the days.

  • @rickyeligio1674
    @rickyeligio1674 Před 23 dny +1

    I wish you could do a video about the 80’s and the space sounds they always used in commercials

  • @harshraj3719
    @harshraj3719 Před 7 dny +2

    Glad I was born In 2000s . Those colorful cases gave me somewhat alien 👾 tech vibes .

  • @ThaRiddler
    @ThaRiddler Před 13 dny +1

    Man, it literally feels like yesterday.

  • @bagingospringo4396
    @bagingospringo4396 Před 22 dny

    Omg, i had an Aiwa stereo and headphones that were chrome and shiny blue. It brings me back to my childhood and the smells, thoughts, and feelings with it. Idk why this vid made me have a time warp lol

  • @bandsivefilmedlive
    @bandsivefilmedlive Před 12 dny

    Great essay!

  • @no-vo1em
    @no-vo1em Před měsícem +1

    This is an awesome vid!

  • @leongliyang6946
    @leongliyang6946 Před 6 dny

    Sweet - sweet childhood memories.
    I born in 1997 , I may missed out the best of 90's lifestyle like my cousin or my friends or parents told me, yet i still able to feel it.
    Most of my childhood i spend on 2000's lifestyle , till 2010's my lifestyle is start swing in teenage, and 2020's is completely becomes old antique lifestyle to me.
    Seeing back 2000's is like my scar , a mark of history had what makes me becomes, every scar had story to tell.
    Feeling old now

  • @YusufAslan-mk2rx
    @YusufAslan-mk2rx Před měsícem

    I enjoy watching this video, simplicity of that time was beautiful we have to take lessons from the past and implement them in our lives.

  • @0SierraMaestra0
    @0SierraMaestra0 Před měsícem

    6:35 Big ups Tresor, awesome Techno label

  • @The1971Cuda1
    @The1971Cuda1 Před 19 dny

    You got a like from for just having hot wheels velocity X. That game was awesome! Especially the battle mode!

  • @helixxmusic
    @helixxmusic Před měsícem

    i’m glad you are talking about metalheart

  • @aziskgarion378
    @aziskgarion378 Před měsícem

    Oh man, 5:52 reminds me of my days learning photoshop making similar forum "signatures"

  • @Deetee125
    @Deetee125 Před měsícem +2

    The arrival of the internet sparked a huge interest in graphic design and I think designers got a little too eager to cram in as many features of their new toy (Photoshop) into their designs.

  • @kimthaelf
    @kimthaelf Před 8 dny

    i'm literally obsessed with that era, soooo many cool things existed

  • @Yappatronic
    @Yappatronic Před měsícem +1

    nice video. It was cool, great, kind, awesome, chill, good

  • @MrSilk13642
    @MrSilk13642 Před 16 dny +5

    You just had to be there.

  • @pulsarnova099
    @pulsarnova099 Před měsícem +9

    Lets go extramint uploaded

  • @ryanmccarthy2033
    @ryanmccarthy2033 Před 11 dny

    I'm quite certain the gameboy advance wasn't out in the 80s. I really enjoyed this video. I never even realized this was a look that disappeared

  • @almoeezali6326
    @almoeezali6326 Před 14 dny +1

    We should collectively bring this era back

  • @dshawnjackson7036
    @dshawnjackson7036 Před 16 dny

    Awesome i always wondered about this

  • @kh_sand4798
    @kh_sand4798 Před 2 dny

    What's the music that starts playing at the beginning of the my thoughts section? I love it so much

  • @mediabin1771
    @mediabin1771 Před měsícem

    I had (still have, actually) a silver phone in the early 2000's with an infoglobe attached to it which displayed text in blue as holographic-looking lights that would spin around and animate. You can find videos of these. It makes me of this style.

  • @gianski3306
    @gianski3306 Před 8 dny

    Istg looking at this video takes me back to when I was 3-5 yrs old, the “new gadgets” at the time were either this matte silver or colored transparent plastic 😂

  • @sonicslayton
    @sonicslayton Před měsícem +1

    As a person who lived through this era (I turned 10 in 2002) I can honestly say the REASON technology looked this was the change to organic shapes. See, tech from the 80s and 90s had been very angular, machine-like and almost aesthetically brutal. As time went on through the 90s the thought process generally was, as technology got better it would meld itself more to our human ways, lifestyles and aesthetic. Which is why you say the angular shapes of things like the SEGA Genesis and Super Nintendo gone in favor of more curvy and organic looking Dreamcasts and Xboxes. The UIs and GUIs of these technologies obviously followed.

  • @alexisvillanueva1916
    @alexisvillanueva1916 Před 17 dny

    Xbox came out with 20th anniversary controllers with the black and green accent color scheme. I loved it soo much I bought the Series S edition and the top shell is a see through grey. Its not fully see through but its still a clear shell and I love it. They also came out with an original Xbox controller but there is an LCD where the Xbox logo is at and it plays the animation from the original Xbox startup screen. I highly recommend checking it out because its quite a throwback.

  • @Drod13
    @Drod13 Před 17 dny +1

    I was 9-10 in 2000 I miss being a kid. And remember every single bit of it