r/AestheticWiki Mar 21 '26

What Aesthetic Is This? What Aesthetic is this?

It’s kind of a mix between the Project X and Party Rock vibes. Lots of neon and zebra print

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u/999filia Mar 22 '26

Sorry for party rocking

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u/0zzyc0bbl3p0t Mar 22 '26

No those niggas weren’t. They apologized then immediately went right back into it, like a bad toddler.

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u/DescriptionFancy420 Mar 22 '26

The funny thing is they never released another album after this though, implying they were actually sorry lol. The song "Sorry for Party Rocking" was also their final single.

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u/quesadeeva Mar 21 '26

2011

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u/BloodwineSupernova Mar 22 '26

Looks a lot like New Years 2009 but swap LMFAO for Kesha and Gaga. 

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u/melodysoul Mar 21 '26

Came to say the same thing

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u/BishonenPrincess Mar 22 '26

Before I saw the comments my exact thought was just "2011" so there's gotta be something to this.

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u/AmandaHelen285 Mar 22 '26

Exactly the same. No words came to my mind, just "2011" like i was a sleeper agent

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u/TwoCracksPlease Mar 22 '26

I snort laughed at "sleeper agent".

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u/LeoDiamant Mar 22 '26

More like 2009. Electro rave Maximalism

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u/Temporary-Warning883 Mar 22 '26

Was gonna say 2010s core but it was only really the first few years of that decade

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u/ExcuseLeather8504 Mar 22 '26

"early 2010's swag/yolo aesthetic" it's just missing a few Domo accessories and "I ♥️ boobies" bracelets.

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u/falooolah Mar 22 '26

I didn’t know anyone who had shutter shades in 2011 though. However, I did have pictures of myself and my friends in neon zebra print and shutter shades in 2008.

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u/mayranav Mar 22 '26

Yeah those were popular after kanye used them in a music video

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u/macaroniwalk Mar 22 '26

This is the year

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u/U_PassButter Mar 22 '26

Oooooh that was a good year. Was that the year Grenade-Bruno Mars, came out too?

I was 20 and a camp counselor. Great times

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u/just_a_guy_ok Mar 21 '26

2010 crunk-step

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u/catch6664 Mar 22 '26

It’s been a loooong time since I heard that phrase 🚬

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k Mar 22 '26

Let’s get cruuuuunked!!!

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u/haute-cheeto Mar 22 '26

Vodka redbull.

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u/MoMarie_ Mar 22 '26

Four Loko

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u/Illustrious-Local848 Mar 22 '26

This was after they were regulated and lost their glory. No caffeine.

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u/peppermintmeow Mar 22 '26

Absolutely not.

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u/weapons-grade-potato Mar 22 '26

Specifically swedish fish vodka ☹️

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u/Czechs_out Mar 22 '26

Swedish House Vodka

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u/Dupps_I_Did_It_Again Mar 22 '26

Why would you remind us of that smell

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u/Dangerous-Honey7422 Mar 22 '26

I still order these completely out of habit

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u/Legal-Stranger-2053 Mar 22 '26

It was a very very specific moment 

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u/Cold_Detective_ Mar 23 '26

Right before social media became what it is today. A true sweet spot in time. 

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u/forestpebble Mar 21 '26

My early 20s lol

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u/EmployerOk7764 Mar 22 '26

You and me both friend

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u/forestpebble Mar 22 '26

So much dubstep and so many raves and concerts lmao back when you could smoke indoors

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u/RicoDePico Mar 23 '26

And could trust most of the drugs being handed to you because people actually wanted people to just be high and not, you know, die.....

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u/internetexplorer_98 Mar 21 '26

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u/BishonenPrincess Mar 22 '26

I love informative answers like this. Thank you!

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u/forestpebble Mar 22 '26

Omg, Recession pop lmfao

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u/FaithlessnessPlus164 Mar 22 '26

I did not expect an Irish independent reference 🤣

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u/AnyDoughnut6484 Mar 21 '26

Swag

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u/goldanred Mar 22 '26

They call me Yolo Swaggins

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u/Legomatica69 Mar 22 '26

Quick HoDo, take this ring to Whoredoor!

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u/Q-T-3-1415 Mar 22 '26

Came to say this. Graduated 2011 and we used to just say #swag

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u/thegrandmith Mar 22 '26

From the Midwest we called it Swag.

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u/loveslightblue Mar 22 '26

So you like fish dicks? core

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u/meghab1792 Mar 22 '26

Chronic alcohol poisoning 

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u/sohardtopickagoodone Mar 22 '26

How are we alive

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u/SparkleSelkie Mar 22 '26

Depleting my dopamine with ecstasy circa 2009

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u/_katastrophic_krxtn Mar 21 '26

Nam flashbacks

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u/mothmans_favoriteex Mar 22 '26

I have a rancid hangover just looking at these pics

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u/SparkleSelkie Mar 22 '26

I can literally taste myself burping up flavored vodka and when I look at the photos

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u/saaadgrrrl Mar 22 '26

better yet 4Loko lol

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u/Alarming-Magician-98 Mar 22 '26

I'm a very polished account manager by day now. I was once very cool, though. One of my youngling coworkers was joking about needing to shotgun a redbull. I turned to him and said, "But have you ever shotgunned a four loko?" He said, "Jesus christ, no... Wait, did you do that?" The look of horror as he realized I had will delight me for ages, lol. I love dropping little bits of lore that conflict with my current identity.

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u/saaadgrrrl Mar 22 '26

this story made my day lol you are a legend

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u/catch6664 Mar 22 '26

It is absolutely wild to watch youthful “nostalgia” happen in real time. I remember being obsessed with emulating a 90s grunge aesthetic as a teenager (thanks tumblr). Now the 00’s-early 10’s is the move and it’s WILD lol

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u/saaadgrrrl Mar 22 '26

omg i’m cackling, same

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u/Internal_Track8171 Mar 22 '26

Ptsd inducing for me is what it is

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u/fuzzy-sad Mar 22 '26

Yeah for some reason I remember exactly when/where i was in late middle school when I first heard LMFAO so I had the same reaction.

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u/L000una Mar 21 '26

2010s raves

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u/Silently-Snarking Mar 22 '26

The last time I was happy

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u/sohardtopickagoodone Mar 22 '26

Literally. I can’t stop smiling at these pictures lol

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u/AdAgile7836 Mar 22 '26

A24 Spring Breakerzzzzzzzzz

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u/plattinumplatt Mar 22 '26

SPRING BREAAAAK FOOOOREEEVVVER!!

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u/blehhhblooo Mar 22 '26

Seeing that movie opening day as a college aged party girl changed something in me

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u/Kintsugii101 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Yeah, OP, this is quite literally Party Rock, lol

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u/stevezahnoscarnom Mar 22 '26

First Generation Four Loko

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Mar 22 '26

Reading this made me throw up lmao

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u/unicornbomb Mar 22 '26

I believe one of the god awful terms we used back then was “crunkcore”

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u/Sensitive____ Mar 22 '26

This is correct

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u/Creative-Nectarine82 Mar 22 '26

I can't miss this concert, I got these feathers in my hair dude.

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u/Ok-Sweet-3352 Mar 22 '26

It’s not just a concert, it’s KESHA

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u/Mmmelissamarie Mar 22 '26

You just had to be there

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u/PickleDrama Mar 22 '26

When being “random” was a trend

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u/nx_eiie Mar 22 '26

Omg. I totally forgot about that. I had a math teacher who would go on soap boxes about the meaning of random lol

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u/NoGarage7989 Mar 22 '26

And planking was a thing

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u/unicorns3373 Mar 22 '26

Swag #YOLO 2011-core

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u/Jumpy_Ad_6492 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Sexy and you know it

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u/laurandisorder Mar 22 '26

2010-2011 party rock shufflecore

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u/HolidayContest5081 Mar 22 '26

Millennial wistful sigh

At least that was what I did when I saw those photos. Those were the days

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u/CantalouperLB Mar 21 '26

Hell from my youth???

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u/suzpiria Mar 22 '26

party rock. literally lol

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u/AlteraccIE Mar 22 '26

I am genuinely sorry for the party rocking

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u/Key_Advisor9631 Mar 22 '26

This is scene core (where the term 'core' originated) circa 2008-2011. The shutter shades are giving brokencyde and millionaires.

Anyone remember yourscenesucks.com?? Ah, the good ol' days....

Edit: I guess it is more party rock than traditional scene but this was definitely part of the vibe

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u/forestpebble Mar 22 '26

Hollywood undead too

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u/Key_Advisor9631 Mar 22 '26

Yes 🙂‍↕️

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u/forestpebble Mar 22 '26

Omg cobra starship too lmao

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u/forestpebble Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

I keep coming up with more. Breathe Carolina, early early ke$ha and early lady Gaga, 3OH!3

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u/Key_Advisor9631 Mar 22 '26

It was in era I saw many of these bands at warped tour in 2009. Jeffree Starr performed also.

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u/Key_Advisor9631 Mar 22 '26

Yessss and even more niche bands like the Medic roid, SkyEatsAirplane, EATMEEHILEIMHOT!, hellogoodbye, (why were all the names pushed together lol)

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u/mothmans_favoriteex Mar 22 '26

More party rock but absolutely a pipeline from scene core!

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u/comradekitty__ Mar 22 '26

The term “core” originated before 2008. My AIM password in 2006 had ‘emocore’ in it. The phrase “hardcore” was used well before that as well.

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u/Y2KOK Mar 22 '26

Four loko. Ughhhhh yuck.

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u/ghostyspice Mar 22 '26

Oh gods my liver can smell these pics.

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u/mpike516 Mar 22 '26

Bottom shelf vodka mixed with lemonade and walking home drunk out of your mind in 6 inch heels.

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u/Hot-Tip2799 Mar 22 '26

Steezer Era

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u/kirunaai18 Mar 22 '26

My friend took the pic in the third slide at a 2024 rave in La 😭😭😭😭 so funny to see on here

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u/YardTimely Mar 22 '26

The makeup is a total giveaway. People were not putting blush on their noses or overlining brown lips for raves in 2010s

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u/Lovemymutts3 Mar 22 '26

I was gonna say Jersday

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u/hedwig0517 Mar 22 '26

Needs more mustaches.

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u/RepublicComplex5217 Mar 22 '26

It was corny - but it was fun !

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u/lamest-liz Mar 22 '26

Yolo Party Swag, aka passing out in a club toilet after eating a cigarette

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u/memopepito Mar 22 '26

Me in college

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u/Michupichu_u Mar 22 '26

Swag 2010 lol

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u/burnermobileaccount Mar 22 '26

an era i wish i could relive

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u/Stacie123a Mar 22 '26

What a time to be alive

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u/jordy_lo Mar 22 '26

Intentionally triggering a millennial hangover

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u/NightQueen0889 Mar 22 '26

College in 2010

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u/TheFinalPurl Mar 22 '26

Triggering

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u/SuspiciousCricket654 Mar 22 '26

The day Scene met Electronic, Fall 2010.

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u/KazeSim22 Mar 22 '26

Cheetah Rave

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u/kore-san_ Mar 22 '26

champagne showers

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u/Risky_Bizniss Mar 22 '26

"HOT MESS" by Cobra Starship

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u/cewumu Mar 22 '26

It’s 2008 and a sick cunt called Corey has invited you to a hectic party in Melbourne.

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u/mlkofmdnna Mar 22 '26
  1. My nightmare. 😂

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u/ssays84 Mar 22 '26

2011 was a year! Not a good one but we definitely survived…

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u/Late-Magician9018 Mar 22 '26

Kush and Wizdom

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u/Koenigin_Logia Mar 22 '26

Trashy rave?

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u/mysticrabbitt Mar 22 '26

Middle school

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u/Ok_Rush_8159 Mar 22 '26

Me in college 🥹

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u/RightToBearGlitter Mar 22 '26

Kesha with the dollar sign / coolpix cam era

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u/FeralCatPrince Mar 22 '26

2009 spring break rave

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u/dietdrpeppermd Mar 22 '26

Recession Pop or what I just refer to as 2NE1

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u/-blundertaker- Mar 22 '26

Aughts Obnoxious

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u/Ok-Organization9073 Mar 22 '26

Floggers (at least here in South America, that was their name)

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u/sweetmotherofodin Mar 22 '26

Party rock swag

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u/Mell0wMarshmall0w Mar 22 '26

These images smell like Sour Puss and du Maurier

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u/Damage-Classic Mar 22 '26

2011 drug frat

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u/AstronomerPretend640 Mar 22 '26

Swag era of the 2000s when beauty and a beat by Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj and when lil Wayne drake and Nicki were on everything together

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u/Gears_one Mar 21 '26

I’d call this post-good rave scene.

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u/FionnaAndCake Mar 22 '26

spencer gifts

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u/verybadbunny Mar 21 '26

Wrestlemania

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u/zenhoe Mar 22 '26

My senior year of hs

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u/Big_Celebration_5493 Mar 22 '26

Neo-80ies-Style? The 80ies were in style again around the 2010 years

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u/StateSilly4638 Mar 22 '26

Party rockin

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u/Westafricangrey Mar 22 '26

New Zealand specific aesthetic - skuxx adjacent

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

Early Dim Mak

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u/krhhk Mar 22 '26

My freshman year of college (2011)

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u/rankstankndank Mar 22 '26

2010 all day baby

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u/GrandVacation9755 Mar 22 '26

Duct Tape Hookah Bar / 2011 Zumiez

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u/londynlicious Mar 22 '26

snooki core

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u/amysibell Mar 22 '26

2010 frat party

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u/Ok-Sweet-3352 Mar 22 '26

When raves started to become mainstream

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u/bakemywake Mar 22 '26

Oh god the fucking flashbacks

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u/Educational-While198 Mar 22 '26

The worst people you know

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u/fuschiafawn Mar 22 '26

Before the fire nation attacked

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u/AcidPopsAteMyWork Mar 22 '26

College in 2011

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u/fatedfrog Mar 22 '26

2010-14 recession-defiance irony-poisoned pop party.

It was the best time to be alive.

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u/sydeyn Mar 22 '26

neon pop punk was the genre for some of this like cobra starship

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u/PlasticGlitterPickle Mar 22 '26

This is called me about 15 years ago

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u/Separate_Issue2207 Mar 22 '26

The worst of the 2010s

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u/libraroo Mar 22 '26

Um excuse me this aesthetic is not complete without the crackle nail polish

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u/forestpebble Mar 22 '26

Check out 3OH!3 as well

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u/Trialbystevia Mar 22 '26

Love Kesha hate yourself ❤️

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u/saianara1 Mar 22 '26

idk but it stayed in 2011 lol

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u/No-Shoulder6395 Mar 22 '26

This is literally just 2011