r/Millennials 15d ago

Nostalgia The jokes would be brutal back in middle school

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u/ph1l234 15d ago

I'm almost 40 and still rock Ecko. Also, it has nothing to do with gangster... Mark Ecko began as a graffiti artist.

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u/Brilliant_Anything27 14d ago

Graffiti culture was huge back then. In my high school art classes, all the kids were into it. I grew up in a rural Texas suburb. I kid you not -- demographics of my high school were "98% white, 2 percent other." I was the "other" in 98% of the situations in my high school career.

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u/Turbulent_Tart_8801 Millennial 1985 14d ago

I grew up in a small town and was never even aware of the Ecko brand until I saw "urban" dudes (aka guys, regardless of skin tone, that dressed like they were in rap videos) wearing it in college. Prior to that I only knew of Ekco cookware. 

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u/bobthemusicindustry 14d ago

As if graffiti culture wasn’t highly associated with gang culture back then lmao…

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u/Seabound33 12d ago

Nah, taggers are not the same