The Windows XP Wallpapers That Live Rent-Free in Our Heads
There are very few images in history that billions of people have looked at without even trying. The Mona Lisa? Sure. But what about one that doesn’t hang in the most famous museum in the world?
Well if you grew up in the late 90’s and early 2000s, chances are these wallpapers are burned into your memory and trigger some sort of sense-memory when you see them.
Long before streaming, in fact Netflix was just starting to ship discs around the continent at this time. Long before smartphones, before social media consumed every waking hour of our existence. These quiet desktop backgrounds were the backdrop to your childhood.
MSN Messenger chats, LimeWire downloads, RollerCoaster Tycoon marathons, and the panic of hearing your parents ask, What happened to the computer? after you’ve Googled boobs for the hundredth time.
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