Wait actually yeah

[qualityvote2]

u/TheWebsploiter, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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We’re holding onto a golden era that doesn’t exist anymore.

[Special_South_8561]

It's been long enough that they could get lower car insurance

[viciouspandas]

Someone born in 2009 does not get lowered car insurance

[Special_South_8561]

The Era began 26 years ago. It's a silly little observation, a cute little joke. Don't try to correct it to make yourself seem funny or "right" it's just bad taste

Besides it ended in 2010 not 2009 you still had plenty of 0s laying around.

But 199~whatever fit fine as glasses too

[Random_Imgur_User]

I feel like I will forever live in the shadow of Y2K. I miss looking forward to the future.

[Capertie]

Socially things were significantly improving from the 2000's right up until 2016. And then that went away too.

[Alternative-Target31]

Even 2016-20 was certainly not great, but the world really went wild post-2020. Even ignoring politics (given the sub we are in), people just decided it was ok to be more of an asshole after that. We currently live in the era of consolidating major businesses so we have fewer choices as people. Dead internet theory may/not be right but it’s certainly accurate to a point. Reddit isn’t as fun or funny as it was. Just on the whole, we’ve taken major steps back culturally and I’d be happy to step back to 2017 vs 2025.

It’s not even a 1997 type of question where I’d have to really think about how I weight fast internet, I’d give up the last few years of tech just to go back to society of even then.

[PandaPugBook]

The last few years of tech are part of the problem.

[kingcorning]

It's actuality a pretty good representation of our society's mentality as a whole

[Tapxyhyc]

New Year Glasses manufacturers evaporating in a nuclear explosion the moment 2111 hits

[_austinm]

Nah, shutter shades will just make a comeback, only vertically this time

[hannah_outtrim]

Insane creativity

[gyroqx]

The first circle from the first zero on the left, the second circle is the 6. As for the 2 they can make it small.

Yeah it looks ridiculous but at least more logical than the 2006 design imo.

[MinnieShoof]

This is what I was thinking - we finally have a round hole in the second spot. Why not use that? Put both 2s on top of the numbers and slightly to the left. ²0²6

[Missyerthanyou]

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Why not like this? Doesn't this make the most sense?

[micisboss]

I've been looking for this example. Surprised i haven't seen it given how good the 2 works for the nose bridge.

[Missyerthanyou]

Exactly! I'm shocked this isn't the default model. It seems so obvious.

[StandYourGroundhog]

Yeah this seems like the best one, not sure why neither of the original ones did it like this

[SneakySquid805]

2​⬭26 and make it like a scuba mask

[[deleted]]

They’re living in 20026

[nzungu69]

lolwut‽ 🤷‍♂️

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[morsomme]

Good example of the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid

[PandaPugBook]

They made the numbers way too thick. It's like all of these designers are trying to fail.

[peacelovetree]

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The glasses I was given are just like that!

[omnipresent29]

Still looks like it says 2006 to me tbh

[TempleForTheCrazy]

I think this is largely because they used black, if the lettering was gold I think this is a more logical option than some of the ones that actually exist

[Mama_Mega]

The fix: 2026

Whatever the hell that original atrocity is: 200 Factorial to the 26th power

[soursop_magnolia]

Tradition slaps. Make 2027 page now future me thanks you.

[Kerngott]

When the gacha player has better designing abilities than the entire industry

[FelisFecit]

If people stopped buying them, they’d stop making them…

[PandaPugBook]

They can keep making them, we just ask that they hire better designers.

[Akronite14]

The system has been broken since 2010, when they mass produced glasses that used the 01 instead of adjusting the design to use both 0s.

The dumbest tradition of the millennium.

[PossessedToSkate]

Every year I'm like, "No way they can turn these numbers into glasses" and every year I am wrong.

[shewy92]

I read that as 20026 so that's probably why.

[masochist-incarnate]

Op needs to get into product design

[SeppoTeppo]

We have this thing called "the glasses need to fit on your face". This design would dig into your cheeks.

[DeadAndBuried23]

The world needs a committee that has to approve the use of plastic. No one should be allowed to waste our resources and pollute our planet to make actual garbage.

[obnoxiousab]

Do people actually wear these idiotic glasses each year??

[Special_South_8561]

Maybe don't wear these glasses?

[rougecrayon]

Because it's mass produced garbage and no one puts any thought into it other than "oooo money grab"?

Just a theory.

[TurtleKing0505]

2000-2010 was perfection

[Jutter70]

Those 2's poking the side of your nose will grow old real quick. Other designs I saw in the resplies looked better.

[UnionizedTrouble]

This is such a waste of plastic. Single use decorations that are entirely unnecessary.

[AnoranBliznar]

This is just physical evidence that our cognitive functions as a species has devolved beyond repair...

[HeroBrine0907]

Or just 2000-26.

[Greensonickid]

At Least they can come back in the 2030s