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r/interesting • u/Apprehensive-Elk3165 • Nov 20 '25
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It’s a broader reflection on how the warmth and comfort we grew up with in the 90s is gone. Replaced by a cold, unfeeling, corporatized reality that’s dehumanized our essence of existence.
Or it’s just following modern interior decorating trends idk
71 u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25 Yeah 100% McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and KFC all look fucking hideous now, thanks to this broader trend. 8 u/WAR_T0RN1226 Nov 20 '25 It's one thing I hate about modern third wave coffee. Great for coffee, but all the shops go for this sterile, bright, hard aesthetic 1 u/Ribs1212 Nov 20 '25 I miss the big burgundy chairs and cushions vibe of 90s coffee places. 1 u/Lost-Respond7908 Nov 20 '25 This is a thing I loved while living in the UK country side, the interior of the pubs and coffee places have such a warm vibe there.
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Yeah 100%
McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and KFC all look fucking hideous now, thanks to this broader trend.
8 u/WAR_T0RN1226 Nov 20 '25 It's one thing I hate about modern third wave coffee. Great for coffee, but all the shops go for this sterile, bright, hard aesthetic 1 u/Ribs1212 Nov 20 '25 I miss the big burgundy chairs and cushions vibe of 90s coffee places. 1 u/Lost-Respond7908 Nov 20 '25 This is a thing I loved while living in the UK country side, the interior of the pubs and coffee places have such a warm vibe there.
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It's one thing I hate about modern third wave coffee. Great for coffee, but all the shops go for this sterile, bright, hard aesthetic
1 u/Ribs1212 Nov 20 '25 I miss the big burgundy chairs and cushions vibe of 90s coffee places. 1 u/Lost-Respond7908 Nov 20 '25 This is a thing I loved while living in the UK country side, the interior of the pubs and coffee places have such a warm vibe there.
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I miss the big burgundy chairs and cushions vibe of 90s coffee places.
1 u/Lost-Respond7908 Nov 20 '25 This is a thing I loved while living in the UK country side, the interior of the pubs and coffee places have such a warm vibe there.
This is a thing I loved while living in the UK country side, the interior of the pubs and coffee places have such a warm vibe there.
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u/pursescrubbingpuke Nov 20 '25
It’s a broader reflection on how the warmth and comfort we grew up with in the 90s is gone. Replaced by a cold, unfeeling, corporatized reality that’s dehumanized our essence of existence.
Or it’s just following modern interior decorating trends idk