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Y2K likely started from "nowstalgia," a phenomenon where culture changes so quickly that newer generations miss things from the recent past. The fast change in the 2000s came from the
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and reflective clothing. As the term "Y2K" garnered mainstream attention over the course of the 2020s, this term has since expanded to refer to
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Brown, Maria Gemma; Carah, Nicholas; Tan, Xue Ying (Jane); Angus, Daniel; Burgess, Jean (August 1, 2024).
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Originally, Y2K as an internet aesthetic retrospectively referred to a
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in general; the former definition of Y2K is sometimes known as
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and the 2000s' quick advancements in technology, such as the
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based around products, styles, and fashion of the late
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Index

Y2K (internet aesthetic)
Cyber Core
internet aesthetic
1990s
2000s
2000
potential computer errors
dotcom era
McBling
retrofuturistic
blobjects
2000s fashion
September 11 attacks
war on terror
iPod
iPhone
Frutiger Aero


"The Y2K aesthetic: who knew the look of the year 2000 would endure?"
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0261-3077
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"The Year in Aesthetics, From Dark Academia to McBling"
Archived
"Y2K Fashion 101: How 2023 Got the Millennium Bug All Over Again"
"Cybercore Is The Next Y2K Fashion Aesthetic Trend"
"Nowstalgia is nostalgia hitting lightspeed"
Archived
"Y2K aesthetics are so hot right now – and so is the era's existential dread"

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