Thu Dec 04, 2025 5:20 pm Re: Apple Fires UI Design Head, Alan Dye Thu Dec 04, 2025 5:20 pm Re: Apple Fires UI Design Head, Alan Dye
Interested to see how the UI design will change, especially with a designer who has worked with aqua taking his place.

Mon Dec 08, 2025 11:18 pm Unreal Tournament 2004 Will be Free Mon Dec 08, 2025 11:18 pm Unreal Tournament 2004 Will be Free
Just in case anyone was hoping for it (I know I was), OldUnreal got the OK from Epic to release UT 2004 for free.

Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:08 pm Plushies / Fumos Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:08 pm Plushies / Fumos
Post your fumos or other plushies

Thu Nov 13, 2025 11:55 pm Re: They're announcing a new site based on Vine! Thu Nov 13, 2025 11:55 pm Re: They're announcing a new site based on Vine!
i’m conflicted. i can’t say i was ever big on vine, and short-form video content has become a big problem these days. the no AI rule is promising, but i know better than to trust tech companies no matter how good their intentions are. but maybe i’ll be wrong and it’ll be a success. we shall see

Sun Nov 09, 2025 10:01 pm W.I.P Dark Aero theme Sun Nov 09, 2025 10:01 pm W.I.P Dark Aero theme
It's half broken at the moment but if you want to test and suggest things, select "experimental (wip)" on the theme selector in the top navbar, and click the paintbrush icon to go to the dark theme (I will remove the other color options later for this theme).

Thu Dec 25, 2025 5:24 am Miiverse theme? Thu Dec 25, 2025 5:24 am Miiverse theme?
If at all possible, has the possibility of a Miiverse looking theme considered for the forum?

Fri Dec 19, 2025 6:22 pm Re: What do you think of retro styled tech? Fri Dec 19, 2025 6:22 pm Re: What do you think of retro styled tech?
I also discovered a company called Polyconcept that used to make a lot of cheap, gimmicky retro products from the below video. It seems like the modern-day advent of cheap "retro" audio equipment started in the 90s/2000s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bmcJ-_BbxQ

Polyconcept no longer makes retro products as far as I remember, but I do like to take a look at some of the cheap, poorly designed products (or tat as the British like to say). Lots of weird design choices and gimmicks.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040722130502/http://polyconceptusa.com/searchprods.asp?catcode=RCA&
https://files.catbox.moe/3iifkm.jpg

https://web.archive.org/web/20030402210719/http://polyconceptusa.com/searchprods.asp?catcode=PHILCO
https://files.catbox.moe/lsrpct.jpg

Sun Nov 23, 2025 5:30 am Re: Minecraft Server Sun Nov 23, 2025 5:30 am Re: Minecraft Server
Joined and the first thing I saw over the treeline was the ominous looming spamton reaching out from the horizon, over the trees, beyond the sky

Sun Nov 09, 2025 10:14 am New video about this forum! Sun Nov 09, 2025 10:14 am New video about this forum!
Hoping this brings in a few new users.

Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:21 pm Re: How was your wrapped / replay? Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:21 pm Re: How was your wrapped / replay?

it's that time of year again lol. spotify wrapped is out! what'd you get? :yellow_look: :yellow_look:


Spotify wrapped? Hell naw! Most of the time they give wrong song infos cause the way they collect data is uncool brah :yellow_nono:
Respectfully i think its better to not care about what the company says like is spotify wrapped actually that important? I mean damn cant even listen to music no more without these damn ads and algorithm tracking bs! I think itd be cool if you wrote your own wrapped music year or month in a notebook trust me a human knows more things than the machine itself ! ( i hope this doesnt sound rude or anything like that ) :yellow_look:

Sat Oct 11, 2025 8:36 pm Re: what’s something from the 2000s that you want to see again? Sat Oct 11, 2025 8:36 pm Re: what’s something from the 2000s that you want to see again?

Wed Nov 12, 2025 8:56 pm Re: What is the story behind your username? Wed Nov 12, 2025 8:56 pm Re: What is the story behind your username?
had a fruitcup in 5th grade that i kept in my desk and got attached to plus really liked Carlos from the Magic Schoolbus

Carlos The Fruitcup was too long for some sites, so carlosfruitcup it is

Mon Nov 17, 2025 8:09 pm do you like 2000s tech because… Mon Nov 17, 2025 8:09 pm do you like 2000s tech because…
…nostalgia? or because it was an era where tech products actually worked properly and didn’t try to inconvenience your life with subscriptions, ads, tie-in smartphone apps, nonexistent customer service, necessary wi-fi connection, and chatbots?

discuss

Sat Nov 29, 2025 10:05 pm Re: Opinions on new internet ? And new tech ? Sat Nov 29, 2025 10:05 pm Re: Opinions on new internet ? And new tech ?

what lakes and patachoo said, but i want to add something else

mainstream internet services like youtube, facebook, google and amazon have been ruined for me. people’s over-reliance on these services have not only made internet browsing less fun, but talking to people less fun, too. i remember a time when my family was fun to talk to, play games with, etc. now all my cousins seem to want to do when they’re not working is scroll through discord and twitter, and i’m afraid my aunts and uncles have forgotten how to function without their smartphones and smartwatches. the urge to snap “put your phone down and talk with us!” is too hard to resist. gift-shopping for christmas and birthdays has also become less special due to amazon, because now we all know what we’re getting. what people have sacrificed in the name of “convenience”…

BUT, the non-mainstream websites are still pretty fun. dedicated niche forums, wikipedia, TV tropes, homestar runner, personal blogs, newgrounds, the SCP foundation, and coolmath games are still here and still the same sites we’ve known and loved, but even better now. i think it’s great that younger generations are realizing that the big tech corporations’ services are getting worse, and reject them to “go retro” so to speak. whether it’s through joining niche forums or returning to dumbphones, as long as more and more people learn to take back their autonomy and be their own person, not all hope is lost

idk how replying works cuz im kinda a dumbass but honestly i heavy agree with u vro ,ive got a boomer take but like even people are on their phone a lil too much nowadays dont get me wrong this might seem like a boomer take but i dont think the majority of people who use "modern internet" are actually enjoying the internet,i mean shittt its literally like if everyone was always connected , in seriousness tho i feel technology are controlling us from what it started being a tool to the point it became like this,i mean anything for money nowadays sighhh,anyways its still gud that non mainstream websites are alive may they live loooooooooooong !!!!!

Fri Dec 05, 2025 4:37 pm Re: weird things you did when you were a kid? Fri Dec 05, 2025 4:37 pm Re: weird things you did when you were a kid?

what’s something weird you did when you were a kid? i assume many of us are still young, but think back and share your goofiest childhood moments

for instance: i used to hate music class and would sing like a robot (or not even “sing” per se) during the christmas musicals my elementary school did every year. idk why, i just did. which is a far cry from now, when music is the lifeforce of my existence

now it’s your turn :yellow_bouncey:

The weirdest shit i done as a kid was usually opening an optical disk drive (it was built in on my toshiba laptop) and play with it many times
like closing it and opening it.... theres this weird thing that my father told me is that i used to scratch cds but i dont think i did that lmao

Sun Dec 07, 2025 7:07 pm Re: How did everyone come here for the first time? Sun Dec 07, 2025 7:07 pm Re: How did everyone come here for the first time?
im in the frutiger aero discord mainly for the aero server tag, i saw this announcement and went "huh, cool. i'll join for fun" and now im here :p

Tue Dec 16, 2025 1:20 pm Re: do you think that "aquatic ambience" from scizzie has turned into the "so retro" of aero videos? Tue Dec 16, 2025 1:20 pm Re: do you think that "aquatic ambience" from scizzie has turned into the "so retro" of aero videos?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP3rDP02lE0

in short i hate this song since it's used on every video that is just OMG SO RETRO 2000S Y2K NOSTALGIA MP3 NEW 3DS XL PSP INCELCORE OLDER BROTHER RETRO (and that always throw shit to minimalism like its the worst thing humans created)


Yk what also pisssed me off,when motherfuckers thought that lotus waters (A YUME 2KKI OST,banger yume nikki fangame btw) was a fucking frutiger aero song (okay maybe it does have that vibe but jesus thats not the exact vibe ive had when i first played yume 2kki before the ost got popular) and the sped up versions were godawful maybe this is my boomer take i may sound too judgemental but like ive mentioned before i hate when aesthetics get overused by boring ass people

the normal version sounds better. like. a Lot a lot better

Thu Dec 25, 2025 6:30 pm Re: *emerges from the ceiling* *takes your 1000th topic spot* Thu Dec 25, 2025 6:30 pm Re: *emerges from the ceiling* *takes your 1000th topic spot*
average day in texas

Fri Dec 05, 2025 8:31 pm Re: Liquid Glass? Not a fan. Fri Dec 05, 2025 8:31 pm Re: Liquid Glass? Not a fan.


Me personally, I feel like that Liquid Glass is just Newmorphism with some glassy-like reflections. I'm really not a fan of it, mostly because it's too transparent.


liquid glass is just skeumorphism wannabe


i mean, that could probably be explained by the fact that alan dye (head of apple ui design at the time of liquid glass) has only worked on flat design before this project. i think someone here called this by saying that it "looks like an attempt at skeuomorphism but someone's only done flat design" or smth

Fri Oct 24, 2025 4:15 pm YouTube Extensions Fri Oct 24, 2025 4:15 pm YouTube Extensions

Fri Nov 28, 2025 4:11 pm Re: People Who Use Modded Discord/3rd Party Discord Apps, What Themes or Apps Do You Use? Fri Nov 28, 2025 4:11 pm Re: People Who Use Modded Discord/3rd Party Discord Apps, What Themes or Apps Do You Use?
I'm using aerochat, it's pretty bare now, but nothing that open source code contributions can't resolve.

Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:41 pm Re: New Smilies! Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:41 pm Re: New Smilies!

Patachoo wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:53 pm

It's missing a simple thumb up smiley imo (without the sign), maybe this one ? >

I added more yellows

I'm not gonna add many more because it could get bloated

Thu Nov 20, 2025 4:54 pm HALLO!! ◝ ⩊ ◜ Thu Nov 20, 2025 4:54 pm HALLO!! ◝ ⩊ ◜
Hiya! :sign_hello: My name is Rhom, or Victor if you want! I LOOOVE talking to people and I'm excited to be in this community!!! (..◜ᴗ◝..)
Some of my interests are: Os tan, Ukagaka, Contra, PHIGHTING!, KEY visual novels (Little Busters, Angel Beats, etc...) AND MANYY MORE! :yellow_bouncey:
My favorite bands are Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Infectious Grooves and Matchbox 20! PLEASE interact if you like any of these ILY YOU ARE RADICAL!!! Live laugh love Windows 7 :windows:
I LOVE WEBCORE!!!!!!
https://64.media.tumblr.com/d38ebeaa0e19df05abc155800f8826d5/dd079da01bb1d5d9-70/s640x960/c297ca7927bb6325f35b5fe6e81b710617c8b627.jpg

Sun Nov 09, 2025 2:44 am Re: What are you asking for for Chrismtas Sun Nov 09, 2025 2:44 am Re: What are you asking for for Chrismtas
a hatsune miku plushie
especifically this one
>XP
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1405005379007676436/1436909144127967262/2025c3d55032b62d060f832f76a8322c.webp?ex=6911516c&is=690fffec&hm=f9e010868cb8c2631bbfa75593d7c45a64a14c46a40581cd3fefe6f582592ca4&=&format=webp
cuz it looks super fucked and silly lol

Thu Nov 13, 2025 2:11 pm Re: Favorite Animes? Thu Nov 13, 2025 2:11 pm Re: Favorite Animes?
Card Captor Sakura gotta be my favorite.
Followed by:
Serial Experiments Lain
Death Note
Initial D
Lucky Star
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt
Ashita no Joe
Hajime no Ippo
Magic Knight Rayearth
GUNDAM SEED
Sword Art Online
DragonBall (original)
That one Final Fantasy 7 anime where Zack was still alive and Cloud chops Sephiroth in half in nibleheim.