No more color in the world

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Shelleigh3@reddit

I recently found out they redid the food court at the mall where I used to live. It feels criminal. I used to get my lunch there when I worked at the mall and it was a fun little break from the boring day.

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adolfojp@reddit

Plaza del Sol in Puerto Rico had a planetarium in the food court to go with the name of the mall and because it was built next to a science park. They later changed it to a sports themed food court so they could replace the planetarium with jumbotrons to blast ads to a captive audience.

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WhiskeyGirl223@reddit

Lakeline is pretty bland now. There aren’t any popular chains in the food court either.

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Formal_Ground6513@reddit

Omgggg!!! I used to work in that mall and was there for the BS renovation! Literally was like watching all the life just drain out of it. They carpeted over the tile eventually too. It wasn't as busy after the reno and everyone felt like the changes are why. I often wonder if it's still even open?! Buhhh

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Bajovane@reddit

I don’t even remember the last time I went to the mall. We hung out there when we were young.

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Bajovane@reddit

That’s just sad!

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ConceitedWombat@reddit

Oof that hurts. That painted sky and hot air balloons were so cool!

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elkniodaphs@reddit

Cool. They just redid our food court too.

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Shelleigh3@reddit

The 2 story capitol building was the elevator by the way. Also gone…

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Formal_Ground6513@reddit

With the cute little armadillos in the cubbies... 🥹

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Juliet_1982@reddit

This is awful!!!! The original was so cute and unique. You would be able to tell exactly where the picture was taken. The second looks so horribly generic it could be any mall.

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Hatecookie@reddit

Our mall also got the corporate white makeover years ago. When I was a kid, it had carpeted conversation pits (with built in ashtrays, lol). I still think those were a cool relic of the 70s, they could’ve just changed out the carpet for something else, but no, make everything flat and blank. The whole mall was much more colorful and interesting to look at back then.

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Fr4nzJosef@reddit

These spaces used to invite you to stay a bit and socialize. Now, with private equity infesting everything, everything is all about the money. They don't want you to stay, they want you to eat and leave as fast as possible so they can cycle more customers through. So the seats are hard and uncomfortable, the environment austere and drab.

Fuck private equity.

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Blando-Cartesian@reddit

Interesting. Long ago I heard that the 90s mcdonalds interior was designed to energize you to leave as soon as possible. I guess both work but the current one makes you miserable enough to consume more.

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Fr4nzJosef@reddit

Could be. I'll take energized to leave over the austere Brutalist architecture that makes you miserable till you leave.

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marlabee@reddit

I refuse to buy a white, black, or grey vehicle at this point.

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waywardflaneur@reddit

I guess you'll be getting beige!

In all seriousness though, at least as of a couple years ago, it was actually a very difficult thing to do, getting a car in color. Never more than 1 or 2 options and almost always had to be ordered from the manufacturer or another dealer miles away.

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marlabee@reddit

Last time I purchased a car was back in 2018, and I never buy new. I got a 2014 in red, or “wine” is the listed description. I do not look forward to my next purchase, and it’s coming up sooner rather than later.

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waywardflaneur@reddit

An exception was the vanity vehicles. If you feel like throwing some money away you could get one of those in life vest orange or hunter green.

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marlabee@reddit

Hunter green is the dream.

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_MistyDawn@reddit

Was about to post the same thing. I'll be in the market for a car later this year and if all I can find with the features I want is monochrome, I'm driving it straight to get painted or wrapped.

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ConceitedWombat@reddit

I am 100% with you. Next vehicle I buy, I’m budgeting extra to get it painted. I will have my purple car, or perhaps 90s teal.

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Accomplished_Book427@reddit

I was at the thrift store today and my god, the beige of it all. I feel kind of childish for still enjoying bright colors and the occasional floral but I just can't with all the grey and brown all the time.

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UnderstandingLazy998@reddit

But do you remember all the wood paneling? The 70s and 80s were incredibly brown.

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PuppyJakeKhakiCollar@reddit

I have been seeing more bright-colored cars lately so there is hope. Vibrant red and vibrant blue seem to be popular.

Everything is so drab. Home decor, clothes, even kids' clothes. It's depressing.

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frawgster@reddit

I assume you’re American. Go somewhere else. Really, visit another country.

We were in Mexico two months ago. So…much…color. 2024, we were in Honduras. Color everywhere. Having travelled around the country a fair bit over the last 5 years, I can say I love America. But I can also say things are just increasingly…clinical. ☹️

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Grumpy_Cheesehead@reddit

There's really not. Everything is sterile and utilitarian.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

I think about this whenever I watch a movie or show from the 80s or 90s. Everything was so much colorful, creative, unique and optimistic. Not that there aren't great shows or movies today but it's just not the same.

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Plus-Pomegranate8045@reddit

I remember watching reruns of The Facts of Life, when they opened a gift shop in later seasons. It looked like a colorful 80s paradise lol. Over the years everything has been ruined by unrestrained corporate greed or private equity.

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elkniodaphs@reddit

But the internet told me the '80s were brown. /s

It frustrates me when I see this meme pop up because it's an over-correction as people in this thread can attest. The '80s was a mix of both.

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tommytraddles@reddit

Left is rich, right is poor. If you had a mix, you're middle class.

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Matrinka@reddit

I always viewed it as public spaces vs. Home. One was built to be flashy and the other comforting.

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Ineedavodka2019@reddit

Exactly

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dragon34@reddit

Oh Christ I think I had those sheets.

And I swear my mom bought dishes with that mint green and black squiggle on the rim

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Burlington-bloke@reddit

We had leftover furniture from the 70s, but my mother had wallpaper borders in every room. The kitchen and dining room had geese, then she switched to cows in the '90s. The dining room had the border 1/2 way up the wall. Let's not forget that ugly textured carpet in every room except the kitchen and bath. The livingroom carpet had at least 6" of that powder carpet freshener embedded in it.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

I would have said the right is what your living room might have looked like and left would have been your bedroom. Maybe not to that level but it would have been something to aspire to.

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BarrelFullOfWeasels@reddit

So '80s kids were into bright colors and their boomer parents were into brown

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Dare2BeU420@reddit

I always think the same about the bedroom vs. Living room when I see this meme

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False-Cookie3379@reddit

Agree. The right it was what my grandmas living room looked like.

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Bakelite51@reddit

The 90s were definitely more colorful than the 80s imho

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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

The early 80s were brown, the later 80s were colorful.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

Also makes me think of The Max from Saved By The Bell. Now that I think about it, every hangout and business opened by the characters in shows back then just seemed so vibrant.

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IkidIgoat@reddit

I just watched the whole series of Righteous Gemstones and almost turned around and watched it again and I think half the reason is how may sequins they wear. Plus there are some incredible flashback scenes with perfect late 80s/early 90s decor. And Joseph Gordon-Levitt! Danny McBride is a Xennial so it all checks out.

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jeng52@reddit

Joseph Gordon-Levitt wasn’t in Righteous Gemstones

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IkidIgoat@reddit

Oh, you’re completely correct, I am very bad at famous people. There are still some good cameos and I mean John Goodman.

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Avocado-Pretty@reddit

The flashbacks are ones I can relate to. We were super into church growing up and I know I had some of the same dresses the sister had. One of the funniest shows!

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FormidableMistress@reddit

I read an article somewhere about how Miami Vice clothing and set designers made a point to make everything pastel to help give the show its own vibe.

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Bajovane@reddit

Yep. I’ve read that as well. They really had an influence.

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Rahawk02@reddit

I said that to my daughter the other day about car colors and we spent a whole trip looking for cool colored cars. We found quite a few with crazy colors but they are few and far between. I was close to getting my first green car but ended up with a black one because it had more miles but came with the luxury package.

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Tzunamitom@reddit

I have two machine grey silver cars. The first by choice, the second as it was a good price for a decent used car in the spec I wanted. About 3 months ago I looked at them both in the middle of winter and 12 year old me looked back disapprovingly. I have now vowed that my next car will be very bright and very colourful!

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LACna@reddit

I started noticing about 10+ yrs ago that every fast food place, office bldg, etc were all painted prison grey or prison brown. Just drab fucking colors. And in parking lots all I see are white or silver cars.

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sattyspritz@reddit

Recently stopped in at this Burger King in the Portland area. Nothing’s been updated since the ‘90s.

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ChiaOtter@reddit

It must be protected!

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crazycatlady331@reddit

IT's been getting to me for awhile. The Sad Beige influencers have won.

If you want a shining example-- McDonald's of our childhood vs McDonald's. now.

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nrek00@reddit

I read a bit ago that it's because these fast food places are all basically real estate investment companies first, and it's easier to sell a can of plain than a branded building.

I loathsome.

That and the shades of white everywhere can get fucked.

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Berserkshires-@reddit

It’s also preparing us for austerity and is very reminiscent of Soviet construction for a reason.

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nrek00@reddit

you mean like all the new "housing" that spaced out like soviet ghettos encrusted with boring color palettes and shitty trim to dress it up a little?

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civilSurvivorMum@reddit

same for cars. it’s all about what will sell/re-sell. we aren’t individual humans we are just a walking collection of data points and each point can be manipulated in various was to get us or to, or make us, buy something. it’s why they want to privatize public services. we need certain things to live and as long as we’re alive they’ll take all they can from us. The colors of our world are as bleak as the people in charge made our lives.

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Octavya360@reddit

I had a German car in the early 2000s that was a lovely shade of deep blue. And the interior was a sweet mix of cream and blue. I don’t know what German car interiors look like today, but I know GM offers black or brown on all the cars I’ve seen. In the late 90s I had a Chevy Cavalier that had a purple interior. Gone are the days…

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Fr4nzJosef@reddit

For a brief time I had a car in what they called Cobalt Blue with a cream interior. It wasn't actually blue, rather it read as a deep purple in daylight and sleek jet black at night. I dearly miss that car as I have only a handful of times seen that color again. 😭

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Sensitive_Pianist777@reddit

That also because HGTV in the 2000s convinced everyone that sleep white grey light wood look was the best thing ever. They don't want to go to a place with heavy looking designs.

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VectorJones@reddit

My mental image when I think of fun and/or abundant colors is still the McDonald's where I had my 9th birthday party. It was like a hamburger forest. The McDonald's of today look like a low budget demo house staging.

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absentlyric@reddit

Take a look at the road and see how many people have grayscale cars. It's depressing.

Seriously, who sees a Gray vehicles and says "THATS the one I love and want!"

My Bronco is Eruption Green, and I get a lot of compliments, I'll never buy a boring ass gray car again.

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AshDogBucket@reddit

Yep... I wanted to get a bright colored Subaru crosstrek a couple years ago and they no longer make them in bright colors. So I changed my plans and got a new bright blue jeep instead because jeep will still make cars in non boring colors.

In parking lots that are all shades of grey, mine is often the only pretty car!

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absentlyric@reddit

I've read (From Redditors) that the bland colors are cheaper, and that you should'nt waste extra money on a utilitarian vehicle.

I thought that was so stupid, then you might as well only eat lentils and rice since that's a cheap utilitarian way to sustain your nutrition, don't add any spice.

Who wants to live a life of pure grey utilitarian?

For the record, my Bronco is Eruption Green, and I get so many compliments, I will never buy a black/white/gray car again, I love to see color in vehicles.

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ConceitedWombat@reddit

Bright blue Jeeps unite!

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AshDogBucket@reddit

💙💙💙

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5WattBulb@reddit

Same! I recently was in the market for a car and the best deal I found for what I was looking for was that nissan orange color. I was back and forth on it but finally decided what the hell. Why not. Im so glad I did and get so many compliments on it, and its easy to find in a crowded parking lot! Its up to all of us to bring some color back into this world!

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GonnaGoFat@reddit

We need rainbow brite to bring color back into our drab world

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Sunshine33_@reddit

I teach preschoolers and have a Rainbow Brite coloring sheet for them:) I always wonder if it brings back memories for some of the parents when they take them home.

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GonnaGoFat@reddit

I’m 45 and hardly remember anything about the show. I did see the movie when I was a kid and could only remember one scene from the movie.

I actually rewatched the movie last month because the creator had passed away. I also found out that that one scene I remembered wasn’t actually a scene in the movie it’s just a false memory I’ve been carrying around for 4 decades.

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AshDogBucket@reddit

I wear bright colors often - almost everyday my earrings and shoes are bright, and sometimes rainbows, and I for bright colored shirts often as well. Kid me is really happy about it.

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Awkwardpanda75@reddit

Look at you, making your own sunshine ❤️

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FoofaFighters@reddit

I looked at my sock drawer one day a few months ago and it was nothing but black and gray, same for my underwear. I can't exactly go showing them off to people of course but it makes me a little happier in the morning putting on purple boxer briefs and blue socks, or even mismatching my socks.

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crazycatlady331@reddit

And Lisa Frank.

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2gecko1983@reddit

That is one of the reasons I have become so fixated on geckos in the past 10 years or so. Lively, colorful geckos. They remind me that there is still joy & color in the world and that we don’t always have to take ourselves too seriously ❤️ Hence, my tattoo!

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Tall-Introduction414@reddit

https://i.redd.it/pkblqfe5koug1.gif

Jem and the Holograms, anyone?

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kevinraisinbran@reddit

Truly, truly, truly outrageous

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Shanntuckymuffin@reddit

Flair checking in

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Primary-Strawberry-5@reddit

This one’s better

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sixfourtykilo@reddit

I think people that say cars no longer have good color options are not paying attention. There are so many cars out now with newer and better colors than ever before.

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PhoneJazz@reddit

Women’s clothing now is all black, white, gray, and beige now and I hate it. At least I’m saving money by wearing my older, more colorful clothes.

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LizzyCF@reddit

I needed a new pair of running shoes a couple of months ago and every single one I saw in the malls was either black, white, beige, or dark olive. It was depressing. Even the kids selections weren't colorful.

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Bajovane@reddit

Seriously? Every time I go to find a pair of running shoes, they are all these crazy colors! I wanted a pair that could go with just about anything, so I wanted white. The selection was very small, but it was mostly crazy colors.

I gave up and went online.

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PhoneJazz@reddit

Look at Hoka and On Clouds! I just got a pretty purple pair of On Clouds.

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cat_at_the_keyboard@reddit

I proudly sport bright purple hoka shoes 😂

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Morriganx3@reddit

Where are you shopping? My clothing is definitely not mostly these colors!

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AshDogBucket@reddit

I love my inkka shoes! I have 5 pairs in different bright designs!

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MushLampMaker@reddit

Murky Dismal . We need a real life Rainbow Brite to restore color to the world.

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Malicious_Tacos@reddit

Your wish is my command. I just got my hair redone two days ago!

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MushLampMaker@reddit

That's so pretty! Very Rainbow Brite

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Bajovane@reddit

I have noticed it too. I don’t like it either, but we can do our part and add color to our own world.

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FethB@reddit

Just yesterday, a painting crew finished painting my house and I love it. For years it was very light grey and white and I’ve wanted to repaint it since we bought it. Now it’s sage green with a darker green trim and while it’s not a loud color, it’s a huge improvement. To hell with sad beige and grey!

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Architorture_66@reddit

Be the color you want to see in the world. In my own home, where I have control, I have a purple and a green bathroom, a blue living room, a dark blue bedroom, etc.

You can't control everything, but at least take control of what you can.

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Moist-Golf-8339@reddit

At this point it’s GenX, Xennials, and millennials making these decisions. More people of our generation need to bring humanity back.

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ConceitedWombat@reddit

Man, I could write a Ted talk about this. I miss colour! It’s particularly noticeable in cars, and in interior decor (both homes and public spaces). My dad used to love buying green vehicles. Nowadays I think you’d have to get a custom wrap or paint job to get a green vehicle.

We bought a house built in 2014. It’s decked out in builder grey, with grey walls, grey laminate floors, and for a dash of excitement, beige carpets. I’m planning to get weird with paint soon.

I miss vibrant public spaces. We used to embrace being extra… think of the aesthetic of a typical 90s arcade with its wild zigzaggy carpet, or themed restaurants. My local movie theatre has a dragon that breathed fire on the hour. We need to bring that back 😁

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ThermionicMho@reddit

bring back the global village coffeehouse

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ConceitedWombat@reddit

Yes! Pinterest is a treasure trove of this aesthetic 😂❤️

https://pin.it/6Cq9zn8kH

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PercentageKey2581@reddit

Just traded by grey Cherokee in for a nice red Mach E. Looking for my car in a huge parking lot is a much better experience.

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aliceinadreamyland@reddit

I don’t know. I’m consistently seeing colored cars more and more and I’ve been in a few different malls that are working hard to revitalize and doing it successfully. Color is coming back, in baby steps.

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waywardflaneur@reddit

I hope so, but that must be a very recent thing. A couple years ago I was helping my sister shop for cars and unless you were getting some high end vanity vehicle, there was rarely more the one color option amongst a sea of various hues of gray. And they were almost never in stock and had to be ordered.

Anyway, if true, I'm glad to hear it, and hopefully it's a sign aesthetics are changing more generally.

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myuserhasafirstname@reddit

I watched a YouTube video a while ago that dug into why and in a surprise to no one, it is just capitalism. Making a variety is great for the consumers, but bad for shareholders so we get drowned in beige. :(

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Moist-Cloud2412@reddit

Someone in a Barbie group repainted their beautiful pink kitchen into white backsplash boring

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cat_at_the_keyboard@reddit

Nooooo a pink kitchen is my dream!

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kabbage_with_hair@reddit

In my area, alot of property owners have taken to painting beautiful natural red or beige bricks a depression grey or soul sucking black.

Even the damn Pizza Pizza's started painting the outside of their stores black, from bright orange. It's hideous and sad.

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cat_at_the_keyboard@reddit

I'm so sick of the white brick and black trim farmhouse look 🤮

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Tall-Introduction414@reddit

Mexican restaurants used to be cooler, too. Dimly lit, mariachi bands. Big moustaches everywhere.

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cat_at_the_keyboard@reddit

A new local place opened near me and it's awesome. Bright colors everywhere, day of the dead themed, giant painted skulls all over, flowers, etc. I love it

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Infamous_Tie5605@reddit

Some white woman probably found that racist

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FormidableMistress@reddit

This is why I wanted a Day of the Dead themed kitchen. It's gothic and colorful. All of my dishes are mismatched and colorful, no muted colors. I have plants and sugar skulls everywhere. I want my home to be this vibrant living thing. Not look like it should be full of cubicles.

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MeatPopsicle10@reddit

Your kitchen sounds awesome! I went a different direction but same mentality. My husband & I decided to embrace the colors we enjoy so we painted 4 rooms various shades of purple and the rest in soft green; feels like a spring forest inside our home

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Rojo37x@reddit

I could be wrong but i think it's just a trend, part of a cycle. Eventually places will start adding more creative and colorful designs to stand out and draw attention and then others will follow suit.

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m4dm4cs@reddit

I grew up in a pretty small town but we had a Red Robin which was always a favorite. It was full of colorful art, neon lights, and whimsical decorations. It was such a joyful place, especially in the long winters we had.

I recently took my son to one and was shocked at how “griege,” dark, and depressing it was. It made me really sad, not just that a staple of my childhood was gone, but also what the future has become.

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nineminutetimelimit@reddit

It’s funny that the beige and gray thing is supposedly modernist and minimalist but the Museum of Modern Art Store is selling rainbows by the truckload.

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TryTwiceAsHard@reddit

I agree about cars. The past 3 cars I've purchased, 2 last year and one afew years back, they've told me they basically only stock black, white and gray. I told them each time I want a color like green, red or blue. Each time they had to order it.

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Ineedavodka2019@reddit

Even the blue or red cars are the same shade as the white black grey cars. They all blend in and are shaped the same.

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LineImpossible3958@reddit

This seems a bit dramatic. I love color, I think it’s just cyclical. It’s the style of this time unfortunately and eventually we will get colorful things back.

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Accurate-Long-259@reddit (OP)

Like I said in the post, I was having a day and just feeling cynical.

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LineImpossible3958@reddit

I get it, hope you’re feeling more colorful today!

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2gecko1983@reddit

That is one of the reasons I have become so fixated on geckos in the past 10 years or so. Lively, colorful geckos. They remind me that there is still joy & color in the world and that we don’t always have to take ourselves too seriously ❤️ Hence, my tattoo!

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Accurate-Long-259@reddit (OP)

Love that

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freedraw@reddit

At some point in the 21st century, almost all non-sports cars all became black, white, or gray. Sometimes dark blue. It's so drab.

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bugorama_original@reddit

I truly don't mean this to be snarky, but the phrase "no more color in the world" doesn't apply to the non-human world right now. It is spring where I live, and the grass is green and the lilacs are blooming!

That being said, I will join you in being annoyed by the love of gray right now. I swear, every house on Zillow has gray interiors. WHY?!?!?

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Accurate-Long-259@reddit (OP)

I love my lilacs and my hyacinths 🌼🌼🪻🪻🪻

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Tall-Introduction414@reddit

Those dead looking grey "wood" floors. Soul sucking.

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LaRoseDuRoi@reddit

Honestly, I've always liked grey carpet/flooring. I grew up surrounded by beige, which is awful. Beige carpet shows every footprint. Having had a pack of kids, I liked having grey carpeting in the upstairs, and grey "wood" floors downstairs because it just didn't show the grime the way that the old beige and white flooring did!

I do think that grey floors calls for more colourful walls, curtains, rugs, etc., and I think that's where a lot of these houses and businesses could improve things. Something like grey flooring, yellow walls, white trim, pink curtains, blue rug...

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Morriganx3@reddit

Yeah, I was like what? Flowers, trees, birds…tyrrrs color all over the place. Even here, where spring has not sprung, there are red stems and tall russet and gold grasses, plus the grass is looking very green.

Too much gray gives me a headache, literally. Too much white or beige makes me nauseated. I truly don’t understand why people make their houses so sterile

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laziestmarxist@reddit

Y'all remember when cartoons and tv shows would show everyone wearing gray and all the buildings being gray and everyone being expressionless all the time as an example of the bad future where the bad guys win

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Infamous_Tie5605@reddit

Like the movie "they live" when the sunglasses go on

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ConundrumMachine@reddit

Rich people (private equity) ruin everything.

https://www.delish.com/food/a68854138/why-are-all-fast-food-restaurants-gray/

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

The modern aesthetic looks like it's on anti-depressants

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Tullamore1108@reddit

No the modern aesthetic looks like it NEEDS anti-depressants

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HicJacetMelilla@reddit

And the malls that are around, they don’t decorate like they used to. Christmas was spectacular at malls when we were kids, and they’d even zhuzh up everything for other holidays like Valentine’s Day too.

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RunAwayBeerTruk@reddit

Once a week driving around with my 79 year old dad he brings this exact topic up. Where did the color go?

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affectionateanarchy8@reddit

I should learn how to wrap a car

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MyNameIsCaulfield@reddit

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greggerypeccary@reddit

I recently saw this new drab aesthetic described as “Memphis corporate”

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Andi_Lou_Who@reddit

All of my friends over 40, hell even the younger ones all have these grey/silver themed homes. Grey wallpaper and carpet, crushed velvet sofas and beds. No colour in sight!

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wiserTyou@reddit

I'm over 40 and grew up with brightly colored plastic everything. These days I enjoy quality materials instead. Real stone, leather, wood, etc. I don't know if it helps explain a trend but back in the day brightly colored = plastic = cheap.

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Im_all_booked@reddit

Just purchased my son his first car and picked this one! Love the color and it easy to find in a parking lot.

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PerfSynthetic@reddit

100% noticed this today. There is an arcade near me. The building is over 30 years old. It used to be crazy colors, neon signs, and a large color billboard you could see from the freeway.

Went there today and the whole thing is white and black. Sign removed, front display and name badge on the building all black letters with white and concrete building. The inside was all black and white too, even the arcade area. It was weird seeing the arcade machines with a lot of color lights but the area was still mostly black and white decorations.

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Tall-Introduction414@reddit

In the 80s and 90s I remember thinking that the Soviet Union looked so bland compared to America, with its bland gray buildings and shitty dictatorships.

We're there.

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crazycatlady331@reddit

Look at the people who have had power (not just politically) in the last 20 years. Guys like Steve Jobs (RIP) and Mark Zuckerberg are/were known for minimalist wardrobes.

Zuckerberg himself was proud of making social media bland (before Facebook's enshitification). Prior to the plain Facebook pages, we had MySpace.

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aravarth@reddit

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey

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djdiphenhydramine@reddit

I hate the flat corporate grey of businesses and restaurants and stores. It's so lifeless and makes me feel awful inside.

I don't, however, hate the minimalism and simpleness of the whole millennial grey aesthetic when it comes to houses. I feel like I kinda get it now. The world is fucking insane. Everything is ugly and complicated and awful out there, so I don't blame people my age for wanting to sort of...oversimplify and make things are uncomplicated as possible. I, myself, prefer a mix of both, a little of that, a little of my own mess. But I think that's why a lot of stuff is that way from a non-corporate standpoint.

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Low_Face7384@reddit

I’m with you. I’ve always been minimalist, so I don’t hate the spirit. In practice though, a lot of these new “millennial grey” homes are anything but minimalist. They start at 2000 sq feet and go on up to 5000 sq feet. They just give the illusion of being minimalist

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djdiphenhydramine@reddit

That's a good point! I was mostly referring to smaller apartments or smaller homes, but yeah, that's a good point. Excess from another angle.

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AshDogBucket@reddit

The world being a dumpster fire is exactly why I personally use as much bright colors as I can. People often comment on how i brighten their day thanks to the bright colors!

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djdiphenhydramine@reddit

Oh, that's totally valid, and I love that too! Like I said, I like a mix of both. I wish things out there weren't such a clusterfuck, because I think if they weren't, we'd still be obsessed overall with color and character and vibrancy!

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shifting_drifting@reddit

Set an example and show it how it’s done!

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slehnhard@reddit

I've been looking at tech from the 90s/2000s, it was so fun and colorful! I miss things having personality as well, the world is slowly turning into an apple store and it sucks.

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dumbass_sempervirens@reddit

Don't blame me. Still driving a bright blue car that is really easy to find in parking lots.

"Now where did I par- oh, there it is."

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WeAreNotAmused2112@reddit

Hit up the US National Parks and other natural areas while you can. They are very refreshing.

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bokehtoast@reddit

It's only getting worse with AI killing off what little creative work still existed. It's never been so difficult to be an artist.

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Ashlynne42@reddit

A friend told me a while back that some study found a correlation between financial insecurity and driving vehicles with muted colors. If that's true, then it's not surprising to see so many white, grey, and black cars these days.

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UnderH20giraffe@reddit

It’s so awful. Even the colors, when they appear, are muted.

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BulimicMosquitos@reddit

Fun fact. The causation of this unfortunate phenomenon is due to that too dang many of us won’t accept that only one space follows a period. Probably?

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alliwantedwasajetski@reddit

Honestly, these days I’m just happy if young people use punctuation at all.

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alliwantedwasajetski@reddit

It truly is a boring dystopia. I cope by taking Nate Dogg’s advice and smoking weed every day.

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silentsinner-@reddit

Maybe color your own world with something other than fast food, malls, and vehicles?

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avoozl42@reddit

Right? I hate it

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Plastic-Vermicelli60@reddit

It's the beginnings of a 1981 society.

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KingCarnivore@reddit

No one even wants this except bullshit investors

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

Ahem.

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Juliet_1982@reddit

Remeber when we were all trying to wear the entire rainbow at once?!?! I feel like there was a lot more whimsy in the world when we were kids.

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literanch@reddit

Soulless brutalism

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Hatecookie@reddit

Unchecked capitalism has a homogenizing effect on society. I also find it drab. We’re due for a cultural revolution. People can only go on like this for so long.

Also, be the colorful thing you want to see in the world. Make tie-dye. Rebel.

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moving2mars@reddit

Do you even go anywhere beyond suburbia? It’s colorful everywhere? Is this a boomer sub now?

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BusinessYou1657@reddit

And we were the depressed ones because we listened to Nirvana or something?

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Ishvale@reddit

Even sit down joints ditched all their kitschy decorations. Remember old news print on the tables? That red wagon on the wall?

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Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit

I was sitting in traffic talking to a coworker about this. I was betting him the next car to come around the corner is either white or a cab. Double or nothing. Double or nothing again? I should have put real money on it 😆

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Technical-Weekend598@reddit

This is why I love my local corner taco guy. The color is in if I’ll have diarrhea or not

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MerryHeretic@reddit

I think the fast food restaurants all looking the same is a good thing. They should blend in the background and die.

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edasto42@reddit

I agree to a point. New cars are often pretty bland, but there’s a couple manufacturers that still make some colorful vehicles. And, this might be something to do with where I live, but my town and some of the neighboring ones are pretty vibrant. Lots of independent businesses and variety. But venture into some of the more suburban areas and its strip mall after strip mall, chain store after chain restaurant, with their present Starbucks every few miles.

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Comfortable-Pea-1312@reddit

It's gray. That influencer gray.

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Charming_Ad1688@reddit

Agreed! I can see a world in which this gets old. Fast.