The early 1990s were a vibrant & fun time, as reflected in these zippy neon car colours/graphics.

Today, cars are predominantly grey, black or white. Boring.

They reflect the mood of the time, & in the 90s we were generally in a neon mood.

(Plz don’t @ me with your “yeah but”) pic.twitter.com/x6OYf7mtVm

— Andrew King (@twitandrewking) February 1, 2020

The early 90s was the last vestige and expression of non-prudish culture and practice. This sort of thing was its last real flowering before the beige era began and the liberals all transitioned to tiresome two-bit goody-goodies.

Literally and metaphorically, we were more into letting it all hang out then. And you know, don’t argue with me on that. I was fucking there. I remember. The whole culture is vastly different now, and it shifted drastically between 1993-2000 or so.

I’m not sure exactly what brought about this massive change. Some is just drift. But a lot of I believe has to do with how much harder it has become to get ahead and stay at least middle class in our society. People feel they can take fewer risks and scold those who do almost reflexively now. When all is precarious, even the tiniest self-expression feels like a grave threat — in yourself or from others.

This has made a worse and more limited world. In some ways, I don’t blame the prudes. But we always have a choice to make the world worse, and it’s one they make every day.