The Rise of the Laser Eye Meme

Vapor wave is a kind of surrealist nostalgia lead in aesthetics focused on highlighting the comfort and unfulfilled promises of the Internet of the year. The glowing laser eyes on various fascistic political figures became a staple of Fashwave during the rise of the alt right around 2016 to 2018. And this was combining with a whole bunch of weird factors around 2018 2019 including the boogaloo boys which Robert has written about at length before.