[rodiger]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aesthetic

Definition 1-c:

> pleasing in appearance : attractive

[amake]

https://nassauweekly.com/the-problem-with-calling-something-...

[skulk]

The author needs to get over themselves, it just means "cool" perhaps with an air of ironic intellectualism.

[zokier]

notably in modern use the phrase "aesthetic" also has associations with vaporwave movement. and late-90s design fits very well with that.