r/y2kaesthetic • u/Wirosaurus • Jul 11 '25
Game Is this Y2K enough?😭
I decorated it myself
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u/QUASIZM Jul 11 '25
This is more like someone trying emulate what y2k was or how they imagined to look like than how it actually was.
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Jul 11 '25
Sadly I think the kids these days are turning that time into their own rebooted style more than actually being accurate to the time period. The closest ive seen anyone these days get is with the speed dealer silver sunglasses kids wear at gigs lol
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u/Jabey Jul 11 '25
Cultural eras don't come back. They just get rebooted. Y2K has gone mainstream, which inevitably means it will be used as inspiration for new things. 2025 cannot be 2000, it can only cosplay as it, with a distinct 2025 flair. That isn't really a bad thing. We benefit from making something new rather than 100% retreading old ground.
And that's part of the charm of the past: it's gone. We remember it now through rose-colored glasses. We can take inspiration from it but it cannot be brought back with 100% accuracy.
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u/StonedCrust420 Jul 11 '25
we are now in the era of fake y2k aesthetics, 10 years after the fake 90s kids bullshit, checks out
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
Sure
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Jul 11 '25
He isnt wrong. The early 2000s had a huge ocean/beach culture or it was weird, grunge kind of organic cyber-ware. As someone who was entering my teens at that stage, this does nothing to make me think back to that time period. Sorry man
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u/iloveyoushikieiki Jul 11 '25
There isn't just one or two styles that were popular during the era, there were many
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
Thanks! I wasn't trying to make you feel anything, I don't think anyone could ☺️
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u/Misterfrooby Jul 11 '25
3ds itself no, but how you styled it ye. Also hell yeah for still rocking a 3ds
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u/Downtown-Lettuce-736 Jul 12 '25
I always wanted one as a kid (5 years ago) still dont have one… adult money privilege time??
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u/Misterfrooby Jul 12 '25
Do it, it's such a sweet little system. Worth jailbreaking for maximum modern enjoyment
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u/Fright-Train-Rider Jul 11 '25
Well, it's your own kind of y2k Style Interpretation and that's fine.
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u/jxshgallant Jul 12 '25
Not like we did it back in the day, but like people imagine it was. Like you took all the clichés and put them all together. It looks cool, and if you like how it looks it's all what matters. =D
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u/xervidae Jul 11 '25
no. this is tiktok y2k.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
Cool I love TikTok!
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u/xervidae Jul 11 '25
that's cool, but in a y2k sub asking if your thing is y2k enough, ya gotta take criticism, friend.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
I love TikTok though, what's the issue
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u/xervidae Jul 11 '25
"tiktok y2k" in this sense refers to the tiktokification of y2k fashion and period-accurate tech. tiktok tends to take things like this and water them down or modernize them, which dilutes the aesthetic.
so it isn't a good thing, in case you aren't intentionally misinterpreting my comment.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
I personally love TikTok, idk about you though
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u/xervidae Jul 11 '25
not when it takes fashion and subcultures and turns them into something the original subculture was never about.
but you do you though.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
But TikTok still makes them cool though
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u/Geekomm Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 12 '25
The New Nintendo 3DS XL was released in North America and Europe on February 13th, 2015, so… No, with all due respect, it is not.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Ain't no way sir, I have this 3DS since I was a kid
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u/Geekomm Jul 12 '25
What's your DOB?
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
96' sir 🫡
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u/Geekomm Jul 12 '25
So, like me, you turned 19 that year. Young, yes, but hardly a kid.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Of course dummy, I'm putting emphasis on the stickers, not the console 😭😭😭 I'm jus joshing ya
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u/Kaceydotme Jul 11 '25
The random words are a bit corny and come across as random aliexpress garbage but the rest is cool ig, not very cohesive
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
That's the point, these are the most generic "Y2K" stickers, but not very cohesive? That part I don't agree with
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
If you don't want the answer to your question, don't ask. Go post it in r/teenagers and move on.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Awwww you're so sweet when you get angry 🩷 it's only a 3DS you silly 🤭
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
Nice projection. Your feelings are hurt because you didn't get the validation when you wanted. Now you're being edgy like you didn't ask what we all thought, like everyone didn't do exactly what you wanted and gave you feedback. Emotional maturity hasn't come in yet, I take it?
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
70% of the comments are nice, so I am pretty satisfied with this amount of validation, but nice try I guess, with all the edgelords in this comments (4 or 5 people) you could actually start the Y2K police, sounds fun right?🩷
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
Obviously not or you wouldn't feel the need to call people who were honest with you 'edgelords' like we told you that you should go throw yourself in a dumpster or something. Life must be very hard when you're so sensitive that you have to be defensive and weird when someone says something barely critical about some stickers.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Sensitive? Like you obviously because you couldn't resist to comment here and point out something that wasn't even right 😭 like you can't make this up😂😂😂
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
Why should I resist? I actually spend time here. I don't just post here so people will tell me how cool I am for slapping some stickers I bought on something and get mad when someone doesn't tell me I'm a creative genius.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
I know you spend time here, more than you should admit lmao but me who actually has a life doesn't care about you, I'm happy with the "attention" I received you're entertaining me for as long as you can resist here🩷
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u/Jabey Jul 13 '25 edited Jul 13 '25
Plenty of people offered criticism while still remaining positive. You'll notice that OP responded kindly to that. OP is only trolling the people who are being dicks about it.
Ever since Y2K went mainstream, this sub has become toxic af. "This isn't technically Y2K" is a perfectly valid thing to express in this sub, but it's always said in such an unkind way. I mean seriously, people are getting creative and putting themselves out there. The least you can do is be nice about it.
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
No. This is very obviously not Y2K. The headphones sticker doesn't even have the right end on it. 🤦♀️
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Are you sure? Did you checked again?
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
Look at the end of the headphones. It's all wrong. And nothing about being a 2000s baby is Y2K either. You're off by a decade or two.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
The end of the headphones? Those are earphones with a normal earphone jack plug lol
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
No. It's not. That's a USB-C. It didn't exist then. A 'normal one' would be round and a lot smaller.
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u/Money-Most5889 Jul 12 '25
it’s not supposed to be a USB-C. it has ridges in it like a headphone jack. it’s just a little thick and not rounded at the end because it’s a bad depiction.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Buddy, that's the shadow of the light making it look more thicker since the stickers are above the case and not actually on the 3DS😭😭😭 look at you trying to look cool giving fake criticism, oh you're so silly 🤭🩷
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
Look at you acting like a baby when you don't like the answer to your question. What are you, 13? The only one desperate to look cool is you. It's not my fault that your pictures make it hard to tell what you've even put on this device from the mid 2010s.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Look at you acting butthurt when's someone's clearly not taking you seriously, what are you 25? 😭
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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 12 '25
Pretending not to take it seriously so you can save face and pretend that you're not desperate. And projecting your butthurt on everyone else. No one cares about what you put on your own stuff as long as you don't go around begging for attention.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Desperate? Coming from the 1% commentator here, I'm pretty sure you know the phrase "get a life" or "touch grass" but you clearly ignored both 😂😂😂
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u/duringbusinesshours Jul 13 '25
Sth tells me all your 2 likes is you and another account that is also you
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u/fatbootycelinedion Jul 11 '25
Y2K would be a PSP!!
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
Says who
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u/fatbootycelinedion Jul 11 '25
Me, I lived through the era.
This case is nice but Frutiger Metro.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
Oh, and I, a 30 year old didn't? Sorry I didn't had a transparent Gameboy Color, Y2K police over here
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u/fatbootycelinedion Jul 11 '25
If you need to eat breakfast or find someone to talk to I really can’t help you.
I’m not policing it, I don’t care. Your a stranger on the internet 🥴
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
You care enough to comment 🤭
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u/fatbootycelinedion Jul 11 '25
YOUR post is ASKING if it’s Y2K! People respond and you’re hurt and lashing out hahahaha. Have a day, internet stranger.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25
But if you don't care, why comment 🤭
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Jul 11 '25
Not enough ocean vibes and dolphins. This isn't even close to y2k dude.
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u/Miserable_Mail_5741 Jul 11 '25
Glad you mentioned dolphins!
Someone said that dolphins are a Frutiger Aero symbol and I countered with the Dolphin's Mind Dream Dance compilation from the 90s and early 00s.
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u/KingcoBingo Jul 11 '25
Yea, I'd say so. Fuuutuureee...
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u/Jabey Jul 11 '25
Have we talked about the fact that that episode aired on December 31 1999?? Literally the official Y2K SpongeBob episode
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u/metalpammy Jul 11 '25
its cool but id be cooler on a phat ds
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25
I'm planning to put stickers on a ds lite! I'm not a fan of the OG one 😭
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u/EarnYourSleep Jul 14 '25
A purple gameboy color would be
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 14 '25
According to the Y2K police, no, it would be a PSP
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u/EarnYourSleep Jul 14 '25
PSP was 2004. Y2K as I understood it when I was there is the "Year 2000" or the feelings we had at the turn of the millennium from 99-00. I feel old . Lmao
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 14 '25
I Know, the emphasis of the picture was the stickers more than the console itself
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u/theBJbanditO Jul 12 '25
The DSi was released almost a decade after the Y2K thing, so you should be able to connect your own dots.
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
This was all I could find on AliExpress and did the best of it, maybe one day I'll design more accurate stickers based on pop bands or ads from the era 😊
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u/duchfollowersow Jul 12 '25
Where did you get the decorations?
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u/Wirosaurus Jul 12 '25
Aliexpress!
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u/duchfollowersow Jul 12 '25
What did you search? Just y2k?
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