#cheugy 2000s

[mortemappetens]

I just made myself laugh, thinking about how the Bieber hairstyle was everything back in the late 2000s, and how Megumi probably wanted to grow his hair out to “rock” the do. But of course, Satoru shut that shit down hard. He was already Toji’s “mini-me”. There was no need to make it worse.

Kento was probably a scene kid too, with the swoopy Myspace hair and all that “rawr is dinosaur for I <3 you” printed Tees. That is, until his first non-sorcerer internship. He traded in his ratty old Vans for some sensible oxfords.

I know Satoru owned at least one pair of shutter shades and a few skinny jeans. Unfortunately, he was only able to wear them at most twice because, 1. he was back in uniform getting his teaching license and 2. Kiyotaka once ripped into him for his moose knuckle - the first (and only) time Satoru was ever, ever bullied by him. He swears he didn’t cry a little bit.

[satellitespinner]

TAP THRICE ! (m.list)

synopsis: messy friendship drama and overbearing neighbours. thats what your life has come to. you went from thriving as the lead singer of your carefully crafted band, to watching them succumb to a cheugy paramore cover band. how embarrassing. so, what better to do than run away move?

| set in 2000’s ,, reader is kinda pretentious.. ,, reader + ellie are early 20’s and grunge ,, dealer!ellie ,, unrealistic depiction of alot of stuff ,, pop culture refrences ,, miscommunication,, future smut ,, semi-toxic behaviour but we move ,, possible use of y/n ,, dissing (cause like- its the 2000s like cmon) ,, angst but its mostly fluff (from me? wow) ,, slow updates. | author speaks: imma try to keep this to like 4 chaps but we all know how i am. sigh. anyways enjoy and read the bottom notes plspls

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[despazito]

Back in my day we didn't say cheugy we said I'm so 3008 you so 2000 and late

[average-emo-enigma]

Kids in 500 years:

Google, what slang did they use in the 2000s? Hmmm, ok, I’m gonna use the words “hashtag, gyatt, bae, “it’s giving”, yeet, cheugy, bussin, gagged, snatched, gangnam style and skibidi!”

*writes a whole novel*

Oooo, this is so vintage!

[milalu7277]

the loss of a collective aesthetic

Every generation, or at least decade, is thought to have a distinct aesthetic. The 40s were utilitarian but still traditional until the New Look was introduced and dominated the 50s. The 60s saw the rise of skirt hemlines and British-mod inspired fashion, led by the new middle-class teen consumers. The 70s were earthy tones with 1940s inspired menswear inspiring womenswear. The 80s were vibrant and neon with over exaggerated hair, shoulder pads, and jewelry. The 90s, on the other hand, were led by minimalism, with some influences of grunge and goth. The 2000s were mainly gothic/preppy inspired. The 2010s were very 1950s inspired with their peplums and A-line skirts. But, by 2024, there is no distinct style we can assign this decade. Why is this?

Defying Categorization Under Increased Surveillance

As tech advanced in the 21st century and social media became prevalent among all demographics, surveillance increased too (Farah). There have been multiple cases where social media companies have stolen their users' information and categorized them to sell to third-party groups. One of the most recent cases is when millions of profiles were harvested from Facebook and given to a third-party party to benefit certain parties in the US 2016 presidential election and Brexit (Cadwalladr and Graham-Harrison). Facebook failed to alert these people even after learning of the data breach (Cadwalladr and Graham-Harrison). Most websites now require a subscription in which you are expected to happily hand over identifiable information like phone numbers, addresses, and credit cards. Some governments and police have begun using information from the internet to identify criminals, even though this may lead to serious racial profiling. 

Like every generation before it, Generation Z’s instinct will be to go against mainstream culture. Past trends often had a select number of sub-trends. For example, in the 90s, counterculture fashion trends had sub-trends like grunge, punk, and goth. These people were easily categorizable due to the distinct elements found in one sub-trend but not another. This generation, most likely to avoid this categorization by institutions whose values are openly questioned, has blurred these sub-trends and promoted mixing-and-matching instead. Accordingly, there will not be one singular trend the majority of people will follow and companies have to abandon their “one-size-fits-all” approach to the youth (Farrah).

Incentivized fast fashion via social media algorithm

Social media, especially short-form social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels, pays creators with affiliate links They also have their own online shopping tools like TikTok shop. Proportionately, more people want to be an influencer or content creator as a profession—57% of Gen Zers to be exact (Malinsky). For users, it has become incredibly easy to click and buy a whole new wardrobe without considering the impact of overconsumption ( Venkatraman). Also, since these platforms are largely short form, it means that creators are forced to compete for the users attention and engagement. As a result, they have to introduce new items on a rotary basis to keep their stats, resulting in multiple trends that rise and fall quickly. People feel the need to keep up due to the fear of being “cheugy,” which is the following of outdated 2010s trends (Venkatraman).

These micro-trends have also been amplified by fast fashion. Whether or not microtrends have caused fast fashion or fast fashion has caused microtrends can be debated. But, its impact on how easily people can buy into new trends monthly, or even daily, is undeniable. Fast fashion brands like Zara and Shien copy popular designs often seen on celebrities within a short time frame, sometimes as soon as 24 hours, and sell them for affordable prices. The promotion of overconsumption and its accessibility has allowed people to look widely different from each other. There is no longer one distinct trend that reins supreme.

Tech ruins attention spans and everything is blurred

Have you noticed how the major trends since the turn of the 21th century have not changed? By major trends, I mean the everyday clothes people wear. In schools, for instance, the common uniform for students, at least public school students, are pajama pants and hoodies. They lack the soul, as I would describe it, other generations had with their every-day clothes. 

The environmental conditions for this generation are widely different from past generations. The 20th century oversaw chaotic events (Balugo). However, if you were trying to remember the events of the 20th century, you’d probably be able to name these events in order. With tech, though, time has sort of blurred. Algorithms and personalization of how and what news people get and ruined attention spans make this harder for the 21st century. This contributes to the lack of collectiveness we feel. Even old counterculture movements led to mainstream trends eventually (Balugo). But this took time—time you don’t have with microtrends!

In the 20th century, trends were more collective with older people engaging in trends like 80s neon (Balugo). It was not exclusive to teens, 30 year olds, or 60 year olds. Everyone had a similar aesthetic going on. Now, perhaps due to the increased amount of choice people have, older people do not join in on trends as they used to. This causes a divide between the looks of older and younger generations. Also, thrift stores, places where you can get one-of-a-kind items have become more popular and mainstream now. They are a way to access old trends and pull inspiration. This leads to individualistic choices that harm mass culture. 

In conclusion, the loss of a collective aesthetic is a symptom of a much larger issue: the loss of true shared experiences. It’s not only sad that life has become so much more chaotic due to tech, fast fashion, and consequential digital surveillance, but it’s even sadder that society has in some ways deteriorated in ways that make it harder and harder to return it to the way it once was. There isn’t much more to say other than the days of buying quality clothing items for an affordable price in a local store are slowly being phased out, and with that comes the connection we have to an aesthetic. Share what you think below!

[godsfavoriteangel222]

You know your chopped when you show your mom something you like or clothes you bought and she makes a face.

She doesn’t know I’m an esoteric, lizzy grant, philosophy babe, 1960’s femme fatale, Alana champion, Patrick Bateman, aspiring tumblr micro celebrity, Mary Lisbon, 2000’s cheugy, off duty model, Marilyn Monroe makeup tutorial, messy girl, aspiring poet, buffalo 66’, the secret history, girl rotting, fig tree, 1980’s old Hollywood, Jim Morrison enthusiast, ultraviolence, my year of rest and relaxation, transcended doll.

[atlanticcanada]

Zillennials: The newest micro-generation has a name

There was a time when Juliana Olarte, a 26-year-old travel publicist living in New York City, couldn’t figure out where she fit in from a generational standpoint.

Her Generation Z sister, who is 16, sometimes calls Olarte “cheugy,” she said. Gen Z uses the term to refer to “millennial things that are kind of uncool or cringey,” according to Olarte.

“My sister sees me as a young millennial, and millennials see me as Gen Z,” she said.

The term millennial (also known as Generation Y) refers to anyone born between 1981 and 1996, and Gen Z refers to anyone born from 1997 through 2012, according to the Pew Research Center.

Along the blurry edge at the cusp of the two generations, between Gen Y and Z, is where zillennials live.

“When I first heard the term zillennial, in college, I was like, ‘That’s me,’” Olarte said.

Unfamiliar with the term? It’s a tiny group.

“Zillennials refer to a small cohort born between the early 1990s and the early 2000s,” said Deborah Carr, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. “They’re on the cusp of Gen Z and millennial, thus the mash-up label of zillennial.”

Members of this micro-generation, loosely defined as being in their early to mid-20s, have faced and overcome much adversity in their relatively short lives, Carr said via email.

“They were babies and children when 9/11 struck and don’t know life before airport security screenings, rampant domestic terrorism and other frightening threats,” she said. “They attended college during the pandemic, and missed out on important social markers.”

Zillennials were born roughly between 1992 and 2002, but there isn’t one consistent cutoff point that experts agree on, Carr said.

Ask a zillennial, though, and they might tell you who they are.

Olarte’s sister and other members of “Gen Z grew up with a phone in their hand and with social media — they didn’t miss a beat,” Olarte said. A decade earlier, “we had the iPod Touch to download music online and did YouTube-to-MP3 converters.”

HOW DOES TECH DEFINE THE CUTOFF FOR GEN Z?

The different ways generations grow up with and use technology is a strong delineator in defining generations.

Zillennials straddle the generations of millennials, who are considered digital pioneers, and Gen Z, who are considered digital natives who never knew life before screens.

“We’ve been growing up with technology our whole lives, but we’re not TikTok dancers like Gen Z but also weren’t on MySpace like millennials,” said Sabrina Grimaldi, 23. She launched Zillennial Zine, a mostly online site for her micro-generation, in 2021.

Grimaldi has a younger sibling who is Gen Z and an older one who’s a millennial. “My entire life, I’ve been told I’m a millennial or a new Gen Zer. I really do relate to both, but I also don’t at all,” she said.

Her website’s most popular articles have covered such topics as what to wear to Harry Styles and Taylor Swift concerts, “the best cozy Nintendo Switch games,” and recipes inspired by the Utah dirty soda trend on TikTok, which involves pouring creamer into soda, Grimaldi said.

Among the celebrities she considers part of her zillennial cohort are Zendaya and American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter.

“We are kind of this weird, in-between ground nobody talks about that’s also young and figuring things out, at the beginning of our careers and discovering the world as an adult,” she said. “The most misunderstood thing about us is probably our existence.”

WHY LABEL GENERATIONS ANYWAY?

In addition to a shared relationship with technology, members of a generation or birth cohort often share critical life experiences, Carr said.

For the so-called greatest generation, that includes being called to serve during the Second World War, she said. For some baby boomers, having grown up together in the tumultuous 1960s is a commonality. Generation X came after the boomers, from the mid-1960s to 1980.

Gen Z attended high school during the pandemic and missed out on major youth milestones. For Americans, these might be prom and traditional graduations.

“Some generations reject the labels given to them by others, and some generations embrace the name if they feel it fits them and their values or differences,” said Jason Dorsey, a generations researcher and president of the Center for Generational Kinetics, a generational research firm.

“We find that zillennials often push away from the negative millennial headlines that they are trying to avoid or not replicate, such as the clickbait stories on acting entitled as adults or having overly high expectations,” he said via email, noting that zillennials also push away from teenagers and teen trends that feel too young.

Some millennials, too, shun the label they’ve been given because they believe it has a negative connotation and sells them short, Dorsey said.

“In fact, contrary to many popular memes of millennials not working, they are often the largest generation in a company’s workforce and frequently the largest generations of managers,” he said.

CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

While zillennials often feel they don’t fit in with either Gen Z or millennials, Dorsey said the middle zone they occupy has its own advantages.

“At our research centre, we’ve seen cuspers like zillennials often end up having an advantage because it tends to make them more aware of both generations before and after their own,” he said.

His firm’s research has shown Gen Z to be more connected to social causes than millennials, with zillennials similarly more interested than millennials when it comes to social issues.

People in Gen Z “care a lot about environmentalism, trying to reduce their carbon footprints and reduce their plastic waste.” Grimaldi said.

From a young age, zillennials have learned the effects of climate change, Carr said. “They are very mindful of the threats to the planet — yet also know they can play an important role in reducing their carbon footprint (Think, Greta Thunberg),” she said.

But the stereotypes society creates for generations are just stereotypes, Carr said.

“We need to remember that every generation of young people has their own struggles,” she said, “and that they’re coping the best they can with the world that past generations have created for them.”

Philip Cohen, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, calls generational labels meaningless.

“Marketers and fadfluencers will want to be the first to name a ‘generation’ or ‘microgeneration’ for clicks and followers,” Cohen wrote via email. “But it is meaningless to do so before we know what it is we’re studying and why.”

He added, “Social science does not pay much attention to the discourse over ‘generations’ because it is mostly superficial hype.”

Try telling that to a zillennial, however.

Grimaldi thinks it’s up to every generation to band together to support the next group of people growing up in society after it — all the better to help ensure a brighter future for all. And her generation, she said, is already on it.

“Every time a new generation pops up there’s this argument about who sucks and why they suck, and I think as zillennials we are trying to stop that as much as we can,” Grimaldi said. “We don’t have to hate on every new upcoming generation.

“We’re all collectively raising these new generations. Let’s focus on building a better future together.”

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[soupinmyveins]

so isn't there a paradox here

fashion cycles are getting smaller than ever; we saw that the high waisted 90s trend quickly gave way to 2000s y2k low rise etc., so the logical sequence for the next cycle seems to be 2010s trends. 

BUT. 2010s trends were predominantly millenial-inspired and now, since gen-z considers most millenial-inspired things to be “cheugy” or whatever, ummm??? what’s next??? what fashion cycle are we going to follow??? 

[homemade-potato]

i live my life knowing that everything i enjoy is has been or will be seen as 'cringe' at least once in my lifetime, and i'm okay with that.

[cluethegirl]

this is so: . Like blank. It's pulling up a blank, for me, for me, it's a blank. This is such a useless take, like this is the thing you're supposed to open the argument with, but only if you're writting an infomercial about why using the transit over your own car is a good thing! This, to me, taste the same as those stupid ass covers that play in coffee shops where you can feel the spit of the singer through the speakers, this is the hgtv version of a home that hasn't been nice since the early 2000s. This is equally a bungalo and a mcmansion, this is a house that is bigger on the inside than the outside, but you're not gonna know that, because this house is made of fucking cheugy little beige carpets. There is something in this that just draws me in but I don't want it to. It reminds me of something my father once said.

American moment

[dreamgrlarchive]

you know what’s a fashion discussion I’ve always been interested in? the timelessness of 90s style. It always fascinated me how even after all these years, people still draw inspiration from 90s style and revere it at such a grand level. other decades don’t have the same hold as the 90s. styles from other decades didn’t age as well. the 50s/60s are seen as “too grandma/grandpa”, the 70s/80s are seen as too tacky and loud, the 2000s are seen as too blingy and gaudy, and even the 2010s are seen as too plain, drab & cheugy. some of these decades are celebrated by niche audiences. But the 90s is the only one that fascinates the masses

I cant seem to pinpoint why but there’s just something about the way major fashion houses at the time crafted garments with specific color schemes, patterns, silhouettes, fabrics, accessories, and much more. it teetered the line between minimalist sensibility (contributing to the wearability of said garment) and playfulness (making the garment have personality and deviate away from “boring”). I just wanted to know what your thoughts are on this?

no i completely agree! (esp with the cheugy ‘10s) think the 90s focused SO MUCH on essentials. it was extremely simplistic yet still look worthy.

[mull3ts]

Your moots as brands?

sure :D

@nakamotocore - louis vuitton; you remind me of that specific monogrammed tote bag looking thing that my own mother finds cheugy and so it brings me joy bcs now everytime I see one, especially at like some goodwill, I laugh a little. But ofc you're ie my beloved so I shall say you're the monogrammed bag but instead of the LV being white it's like rainbow

@jaesspresso - louboutin; you're giving me the red bottom high heel kinda beat rn and I think I'm gonna vibe w it you fucking pussy god camellia you're forever a pussy god in my head I'm sorry

@bbyyangiex2 - chanel; elie, you remind me of thoss chanel suits. Surprisingly I've worn one before iT WAS MY MOMS, and the way I felt in that suit I feel as though it matches your vibe, elegant, high quality, all over the place and excellent. I simply cannot expect anything good from you because you yourself are, in fact, great instead

@kjmsupremacist - kate spade; ah yes, kate spade. This is my dear auntie's favourite brand and whAT DO PEOPLE CALL MY AUNTIE? a milf. aND WHAT ARE YOU DEAREST XIAMI? a milf. but like it's not like coach level milf bcs that's so bLeH like I like coach don't get me wrong but kATE SPADE MILF IS LIKE COOL ASS COLORS OF PURSES AND I LIKE MILFS WITH HOT PINK KATE SPADE PURSES

@fullsuhnny - burberry; when I think burberry I think yOUTH. and what did I say you reminded me of: beaches. see, I'm using my brain muscles and making a connection somehow- 👁️👁️

@tastyykpop - tom ford; I- ik this brand is directed towards males but whO cARES TOM FORD PERFUME SMELLS NICE AND IDK I FEEL LIKE U WOULD TOO??? just like very,,,c l e a n

@deobis-moon - ysl; YVES SAINT LAURENT LETS GO. IT JUST SCREAMS LIKE THOSE BLAZERS WITH A BELT TO ACCENTUATE THE WAISY YK?

@joh--pping - coach; ah yes, coach. another one of my milf auntie's favourite brands. Coach is very 💅 I like it. They have these now like early 2000's looking purses and theRE WAS A BLUE ONE AND IT REMINDS ME OF YOU :D

@najatheangel - gucci; gucci,,,is somehow a classic in my book. nAJA SHAWTY YOURE DEF NOT A GUCCI FLIP FLOP OR LOAFER PLS NOT A LOAFER ISTG- you're like one of those really pretty blouses :D

@04023s - prada; jo,,,,,,,you're like a classic it girl who's down to earth somehow. and that's the kinda vibe I get from prada, esp tHAT PRADA NYLON BAG- I- mhm yes, it screams you shawty.

@dieharddoyoungsquish - stussy; idk why I thought of stussy, but I did