It's hard to describe in words. From the [url=http://img.usmagazine.com/480-width/von-dutch-f330d980-c8c0-4853-a8d5-fbe093c208c9.jpg]Von Dutch[/url] trucker hats to the popularity of [url=http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/rapper-xzibit-and-mtv-vj-quddus-make-an-appearance-on-mtvs-total-on-picture-id51501019]TRL and Pimp My Ride[/url], the [url=http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01016/bush-expression_1016531i.jpg]political upsets[/url], and the emergence of social media through AIM and MySpace, I find it hard to articulate, but it's definitely thriving in the Subaru Outback. It's really nothing pretty, but it has a utility to it that is vaguely useful and interesting, despite not really important for its use, it's color and trim is distinctive but not really aesthetically pleasing, and it's definitely pungent and noticeable, while still feeling like a normal every day thing. It's a self-contradiction which expresses itself happily and contagiously invites others to join. The 2000's was a weird decade, and I think that weirdness is adequately described by the design and success of the Subaru Outback.