2005: A Reflection
Oct 20, 2018 22:41:27 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 20, 2018 22:41:27 GMT 10
As promised, i'm going to start making a series of threads based on us recounting and reminiscing about certain years. The main motive behind me doing this is so that one day, in another 10-20 years time, I can personally reflect back on what my life was like during certain years and I will be able to better recall what my memories of those years are.
You hear of so many middle-aged and elderly people who say that their memories of their childhood years isn't as good as compared to when they were younger. Well, by creating these threads and discussing my memories of those years while I can still remember them well, i'm hoping to do myself a favour in the long-term and hopefully other people do the same thing too.
What was the year 2005 like for you? What are your memories of it and what did you think of the pop culture at the time?
I was 6 years old in 2005. It was the year I started Kindergarten and although 2005 is not a year that I look back on with a lot of fondness, my personal life at the time was quite good. If i'm being honest, 2005 was an incredibly bland and uninteresting year for someone to experience their childhood in. I would never actually want to go back and re-experience the Mid 2000s, even though I have a lot of great memories from that era. 2005 feels like a completely different world to 2018, not just in the sense that pop culture is different, but also due to the fact that there is a significant contrast in social values and customs.
I'm not sure what everyone else thinks of this, but in retrospect, I actually think there was an underlying mindset of '50s conservatism in 2005 (and the Mid 2000s in general). A lot of kids clothing at the time was very conformist and based on stereotypical gender characteristics. I've already shared that photo of me from 2005 wearing that "street dude" T-shirt. There's no way a company would get away with producing a shirt like that now, especially in the age of social media and SJWs.
There was also still a lot of homophobia. The word "gay" was quite often used an insult and kids in the back playground would often say stuff like, "eww, that's so gay" to describe things that they didn't like. It's hard to believe kids were ever allowed to say that, when you think about it. Then of course, here in Australia, there was also the 2005 Cronulla Riots, which were a series of race riots and mob violence between white Australians and Arab Australians.
Anyway, enough of all that. Here are some of my memories of 2005:
* I can still remember my first day of primary school so vividly. My parents and paternal grandparents were there with me and as I was walking with my Mum to the front school gate, my Dad and Nan started to cry, which only made me upset.
My Kindergarten teacher was incredibly strict. She had been teaching at my school for almost 40 years and she would threaten to literally wash our mouths out with soap if we swore.
* I went for a holiday with my Mum to Canberra that year. We went to Questacon, Telstra Tower, the Australian War Memorial, National Museum of Australia and the Cockington Green Gardens. I remember I stayed up until midnight on the nights that we were there, which felt like such a big deal to me at the time. One morning while we were there, I convinced my Mum for us to walk down the street and get McDonalds for breakfast, so that we would be back in the motel in time for me to watch Kim Possible.
* Back in 2005, for a limited time, McDonalds included a Crazy Frog "musical belt clip" as part of their Happy Meals. I can still remember the moment when I got one from the Macca's at South Nowra and me and my cousins played the Crazy Frog song in our Grandparent's car all the way home.
* I remember when the North Kiama Bypass and Sea Cliff Bridge were opened.
* For Christmas, I received a small skateboard ramp as a present. I was never much of a skater, but my Mum bought it for me as she thought it was something I might enjoy using. To be honest, I only used it a few times and that was it. Skating was just something I was never quite able to get into. A few days later, my older cousin had a sleepover at my house and the next morning, the two of us, my next-door neighbours son (who would have been about 14-15 at the time) and about 7-8 of his friends all borrowed my skateboard ramp and took turns on skating on it.
* This was the year I started to get into System of a Down. I can remember my Dad telling me that he was going to go down to the shops and pick-up Mezmerize (which had only just been released). I went with him and we listened to the CD in my Dad's stereo once we got back to his place. I really liked the songs off the album. My Dad eventually burnt me a copy of the CD, which meant that I was able to listen to it when I was in my bedroom or in the car with my Mum. "Radio/Video" and "Old School Hollywood" were my favourite songs.
You hear of so many middle-aged and elderly people who say that their memories of their childhood years isn't as good as compared to when they were younger. Well, by creating these threads and discussing my memories of those years while I can still remember them well, i'm hoping to do myself a favour in the long-term and hopefully other people do the same thing too.
What was the year 2005 like for you? What are your memories of it and what did you think of the pop culture at the time?
I was 6 years old in 2005. It was the year I started Kindergarten and although 2005 is not a year that I look back on with a lot of fondness, my personal life at the time was quite good. If i'm being honest, 2005 was an incredibly bland and uninteresting year for someone to experience their childhood in. I would never actually want to go back and re-experience the Mid 2000s, even though I have a lot of great memories from that era. 2005 feels like a completely different world to 2018, not just in the sense that pop culture is different, but also due to the fact that there is a significant contrast in social values and customs.
I'm not sure what everyone else thinks of this, but in retrospect, I actually think there was an underlying mindset of '50s conservatism in 2005 (and the Mid 2000s in general). A lot of kids clothing at the time was very conformist and based on stereotypical gender characteristics. I've already shared that photo of me from 2005 wearing that "street dude" T-shirt. There's no way a company would get away with producing a shirt like that now, especially in the age of social media and SJWs.
There was also still a lot of homophobia. The word "gay" was quite often used an insult and kids in the back playground would often say stuff like, "eww, that's so gay" to describe things that they didn't like. It's hard to believe kids were ever allowed to say that, when you think about it. Then of course, here in Australia, there was also the 2005 Cronulla Riots, which were a series of race riots and mob violence between white Australians and Arab Australians.
Anyway, enough of all that. Here are some of my memories of 2005:
* I can still remember my first day of primary school so vividly. My parents and paternal grandparents were there with me and as I was walking with my Mum to the front school gate, my Dad and Nan started to cry, which only made me upset.
My Kindergarten teacher was incredibly strict. She had been teaching at my school for almost 40 years and she would threaten to literally wash our mouths out with soap if we swore. * I went for a holiday with my Mum to Canberra that year. We went to Questacon, Telstra Tower, the Australian War Memorial, National Museum of Australia and the Cockington Green Gardens. I remember I stayed up until midnight on the nights that we were there, which felt like such a big deal to me at the time. One morning while we were there, I convinced my Mum for us to walk down the street and get McDonalds for breakfast, so that we would be back in the motel in time for me to watch Kim Possible.
* Back in 2005, for a limited time, McDonalds included a Crazy Frog "musical belt clip" as part of their Happy Meals. I can still remember the moment when I got one from the Macca's at South Nowra and me and my cousins played the Crazy Frog song in our Grandparent's car all the way home.
* I remember when the North Kiama Bypass and Sea Cliff Bridge were opened.
* For Christmas, I received a small skateboard ramp as a present. I was never much of a skater, but my Mum bought it for me as she thought it was something I might enjoy using. To be honest, I only used it a few times and that was it. Skating was just something I was never quite able to get into. A few days later, my older cousin had a sleepover at my house and the next morning, the two of us, my next-door neighbours son (who would have been about 14-15 at the time) and about 7-8 of his friends all borrowed my skateboard ramp and took turns on skating on it.
* This was the year I started to get into System of a Down. I can remember my Dad telling me that he was going to go down to the shops and pick-up Mezmerize (which had only just been released). I went with him and we listened to the CD in my Dad's stereo once we got back to his place. I really liked the songs off the album. My Dad eventually burnt me a copy of the CD, which meant that I was able to listen to it when I was in my bedroom or in the car with my Mum. "Radio/Video" and "Old School Hollywood" were my favourite songs.
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) For some reason I can't remember my first day but I can remember the day I went to enrol for school 
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I agree that 2005 was a bit of a strange year for music. Not only were there songs such as "Axel F", Schnappi and "Popcorn", there was also "My Humps" and "Hollaback Girl", which were both pretty childish as well. 
