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[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 86 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 29 points 4 weeks ago

Come to New York, where there was an obvious cohesive art deco style that was completely trashed by developers because they’re fucking soulless pieces of human ganarte yeah even your developer dad or mom are trash

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago

I fell in love with it watching Batman: The Animated Series.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago
[–] Brodysseus@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

The Charleston song kinda slaps too

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Way better than art nouveau, any day.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Mucha Stares Intensify

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 78 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

My comrade, we are nearly half way in. The Charleston is not coming back.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 39 points 4 weeks ago

There's still time.

DANCE HARDER, DAMMIT!

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Some Fortnite animator is going to hear you

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Wasn't the Charleston one of the first dances in Fortnite? I've never played it, but I could have sworn I saw stuff about it being in the game a long time ago.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

You're think of the Carlton, but at this point it's probably in there too.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Dem flappers tho.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 41 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Crushing poverty and the threat of starvation

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

And the resulting fascism, of course. 😮‍💨

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 39 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Literally none of those things are coming back, where does the person who made this live?

Like the only thing coming back from the 20’s is the rise of fascism and the Great Depression.

[–] finderscult@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If you're not dressing as a flapper what are you even doing with your life. Get with the times, it's never been more acceptable to be a cute little flapper regardless of gender. I will die on this hill, or by a novel strain of influenza that gets blamed on an unrelated country, either way we're going full rip-roaring 20s doll.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

People should give Kansas a LOT more shit than they do.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 weeks ago

Why would you die on that hill? You're alone up there lol

Dress how you want, but the point was that virtually nobody else is doing it

[–] loonsun@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 weeks ago

The original comics has the great depression there instead of Anarco Syndicalism

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 4 weeks ago

https://www.gocomics.com/shen-comix/2019/11/15

It was originally posted in 2019. Joke of course being that things associated with the 1920s would be relevant again in the 2020s.

Comic then shared as a meme with the 3rd panel being replaced with other panels. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/things-were-bringing-back-in-the-2020s

[–] menas@lemmy.wtf 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Unionize fellllloooooooows

[–] goatbeard@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

SWE union when?

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Charleston never went anywhere. You'll still see the step all over in other dances from breakdancing to pop singers. It's a foundational dance step like the t step. Which makes sense since it goes with many things. https://youtu.be/90TzDXjWTdo

[–] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 weeks ago
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

That flapper is way too curvy.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm a stickler for historical accuracy.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Historically, girls will pad that booty to trick the boys.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago

Who says that a flapper can't be curvy?

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Make her curvier!

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 4 weeks ago

c/penultimatepanel

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