Designers Paid in Drugs

I'M SO OLD, I REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN DESIGNERS WERE PAID IN DRUGS C:\>_— Windows ME: Media Player C:\>_— Windows ME: Media Player C:\>_— Windows ME: Media Player C:\>_— Windows ME: Media Player C:\>_— Windows ME: Media Player C:\>_— Windows ME: Media Player

A collage shows six bizarre and colorful Windows Media Player skins from the Windows ME era. The joke nostalgically claims that designers must have been paid in drugs because the old interfaces were so surreal and impractical. People send it as a reaction to strange retro software design or exaggerated nostalgia for the early 2000s.

• @dev_meme / 8148 2026-06-20