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Can I say I hate both? Memphis even without capitalism would probably still piss me off.
I think it looks good for like apps, but using it on everything is cringe
Just about every app pushed on my phone or pressured to be on my phone goes already so I get allergic reactions to seeing it.
Memphis CAN be fun but like anything, too much applied too vapidly will make anything bad
Memphis CAN be fun
I consider that to be... unnatural.
Hahaha unfortunately I grew up in the 90s and have been infected by nostalgia for the style.
Terrible, I know
I think there's a world of difference between Memphis Group aesthetics of the late 80s/early 90s and the Corporate Memphis style of the late 10s/early 20s. The former was fresh and exciting and original, the latter is a sad soulless imitation of the former.
I read that it started out as a rebellious style, which makes me like it more
I read that it started out as a rebellious style
Liberalism started as a rebellious ideology, way back in the day. Class struggle is cyclical and liberalism is trying its best to gum up the turning this time around, but long ago it was the cool hip rebellion... and seems to still believe it is, judging by the lanyard warriors that still stan for it.
Fair point
absolutely. Memphis Group slaps, I love how fearlessly tacky and whimsical it is. I respect anything that flies in the face of what is generally considered "good taste". it's like, "fuck you, let's get silly with it"
I looked up Memphis Group, and... I like it actually. It does seem colorful and fun.
Fuck corporate Memphis though, usually paired with glass and steel everything-must-be-Steve-Jobs-doctrine-forevermore pretentious crap.
agreed, it's trash. art movements that seek to emulate successful movements of the past are creatively bankrupt and will only ever be a pale imitation
How did I grow up in the 90s after and absolutely hated the 90s for the most part?
Are we destined to encounter each other like polar opposite rivals of 90s nostalgia and anti-nostalgia? 
I simultaneously like and hate the 90s'
Like the aesthetic, art and some of the slop
Hate the homophobia, racism and sexism and general chuddery of the era
Hate the homophobia, racism and sexism and general chuddery of the era
I'm still baffled how much fake-gay performance, put-on lisps and popped pink collars and such, was done by dudebros to get laid while also tormenting actual LGBTQIA+ people.
It's nostalgia. 90s music and clothing were both pretty bad. People think Nirvana, the Beastie Boys, and NWA were blaring from every street corner when it was actually some Mouseketeer or Will Smith singles for his latest movie.
Yeah, that was how it was.
I can't even tell you with precision what was popular moment by moment in the 90s as much as I could say the vibes, and the vibes were largely early Silicon Valley proto-bazinga end-of-history hubris and a whole lot of Gen-X "I'm bored, nothing matters" petite bourgeoisie pop-nihilism.
death to america
death to capitalism
may the billionaires be repaid all the suffering they have imposed