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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 11:13:06 GMT 10
Like the 2000 shift, I have a feeling that the 2012 shift is also overlooked.
2012, in my opinion, was the first year that felt more 2010's than 2000's.
Political Shifts
*The Trayvon Martin incident on February 27, 2012 increases racial tensions in America (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/trayvon-martin-sanford-florida_n_1345868.html).
*This was the year where the problem regarding mass shootings grow even worse - The Chardon High School shooting, the Batman theater shooting, the Wisconsin Sikh Temple shooting, and Sandy Hook all took place in 2012 (https://www.thenation.com/article/sixteen-us-mass-shootings-happened-2012-leaving-least-88-dead/).
*Colorado and Washington become the first states to legalize recreational Marijuana (http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/07/two-u-s-states-become-first-to-legalize-marijuana/). However, this will not be in effect until January 1, 2014 in Colorado (https://www.denverpost.com/2014/01/01/worlds-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-begin-in-colorado/). For Washington, it will not be in effect until July of 2014 (https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/legal-pot/washington-states-first-legal-marijuana-shops-set-open-amid-chaos-n147626).
Technological Shifts
*In March 2012, about 46% of Americans owned a smartphone (http://business.time.com/2012/03/01/nearly-50-of-americans-own-smartphones-android-iphone-dominate/).
*Also, 2012 was the first year where more than 100 million people in the United States used a smartphone (https://www.statista.com/statistics/201182/forecast-of-smartphone-users-in-the-us/).
*By July of 2012, more than half of Americans (55.5% to be exact) owned a smartphone (http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2012/young-adults-and-teens-lead-growth-among-smartphone-owners.html).
*The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey becomes the first film to use 48 frames per second (https://www.cnet.com/news/the-hobbit-3d-tech-divides-our-cnet-reviewers/).
Cultural Shifts
*The Hunger Games ushers in a new era of movies (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/hunger-games-set-pop-culture-phenomenon-article-1.1031301).
*Late 2012 brought Les Miserables, which basically solidifies the identity of this decade when it comes to films (https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2012/12/23/les-miserables-review/1765201/).
*2012 seems to be when the hipster trend became even more popular (http://college.usatoday.com/2012/06/04/hipster-culture-the-paradox-of-popularity/). Not to mention, The Lumineers' "Ho Hey" was released in June of 2012 (https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/album-review-the-lumineers-cleopatra/).
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Post by rainbow on Jul 31, 2018 12:01:03 GMT 10
I'll be completely honest. I didn't really feel any shift in 2012.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 13:49:24 GMT 10
Well you can find some kind of cultural change or shift any year if you look hard enough. I agree with you on 2012 though. For me, 2012 was the year that late 2000s culture died completely. In fact I consider the release of Thrift Shop by Macklemore at the tail end of 2012 to be the end of the early '10s. Thrift Shop was the first song that fits firmly in mid '10s culture in my opinion. Also at the end of 2012 was this song, which I feel was the last late '00s/early '10s style electrohop song.
Beyond music, I think the Hunger Games in 2012 was a definite turning point. It was the beginning of mid '10s cinema and the dystopian fiction craze.
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Post by longaotian on Jul 31, 2018 18:05:44 GMT 10
Just like the supposed 2000 shift you mentioned, I really don't think there was a 2012 shift either. If you keep coming up with stuff like this, then every year is going to be some huge cultural shift to you. Obviously every year is going to have some small changes but that doesn't mean society was completely changed. For example, you could say there was a '2007 shift' simply because of the release of the iPhone, but it pales in comparison to the actual societal shift which would come the following year. IMO, the only three years since the 90s which I would really consider to be shifts would be 1995, 2001 and 2008.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jul 31, 2018 18:39:29 GMT 10
Please keep in mind that decadeology is prohibited on Popedia. I have refrained from locking the existing "2000 shift" and "2012 shift" threads, because the content within those threads has, for the most part, been about the years themselves (rather than the cultural shifts between two different eras).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 1:18:32 GMT 10
Just like the supposed 2000 shift you mentioned, I really don't think there was a 2012 shift either. If you keep coming up with stuff like this, then every year is going to be some huge cultural shift to you. Obviously every year is going to have some small changes but that doesn't mean society was completely changed. For example, you could say there was a '2007 shift' simply because of the release of the iPhone, but it pales in comparison to the actual societal shift which would come the following year. IMO, the only three years since the 90s which I would really consider to be shifts would be 1995, 2001 and 2008. I completely agree that you can find some kind of change every year and some change doesn't represent a cultural shift. However I do think 2012 is legitimate. I have always thought that and argued for it but it's not something most people see. Here's why I think there was a shift in 2012. Music: Teen pop becomes more popular. One Direction was big that year and of course you can't forget "Call Me Maybe," the song of the year. EDM begins to overtake electropop. Macklemore came onto the scene at the end of the year. Lady Gaga wasn't as popular in 2012. Movies: The Hunger Games was a huge turning point in cinema and kicked off the dystopian fiction fad that lasted until the 2016 election Tech: 2012 was the first year a majority of people owned smartphones. It was no longer a novelty at all but the standard. In 2009 and 2010 it was trendy Millennials buying smartphones. In 2012 it was your parents. Politics: Obama comes out in support of gay marriage and wins a second term. The Trayvon Martin incident also happened that year as did Sandy Hook. This is a big, big deal because it was the beginning of the escalating cultural tension and polarization that has lasted to this day. You could almost say that everything that gave us Donald Trump began in 2012 TV: Duck Dynasty debuted in 2012. That show was hugely instrumental in the mainstreaming of rural culture and social conservatism this decade. The Robertson family has been at the forefront of the anti-LGBT backlash all decade. Game of Thrones was huge that year as was the Big Bang Theory. I stopped watching the Office that season because it just wasn't good anymore. Glee was still a thing but it didn't seem like it was as popular. Lifestyle: I first heard the term "hipster" back in 2009 but I didn't even really know what it was back then. 2012 was the year that the hipster fad really started to become inescapable. I'm sure there is a lot more that I missed, but 2012 really seems to be the year that the '10s developed its identity and for that, I think a "2012 shift" is legit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 1:52:14 GMT 10
Just like the supposed 2000 shift you mentioned, I really don't think there was a 2012 shift either. If you keep coming up with stuff like this, then every year is going to be some huge cultural shift to you. Obviously every year is going to have some small changes but that doesn't mean society was completely changed. For example, you could say there was a '2007 shift' simply because of the release of the iPhone, but it pales in comparison to the actual societal shift which would come the following year. IMO, the only three years since the 90s which I would really consider to be shifts would be 1995, 2001 and 2008. I completely agree that you can find some kind of change every year and some change doesn't represent a cultural shift. However I do think 2012 is legitimate. I have always thought that and argued for it but it's not something most people see. Here's why I think there was a shift in 2012. Music: Teen pop becomes more popular. One Direction was big that year and of course you can't forget "Call Me Maybe," the song of the year. EDM begins to overtake electropop. Macklemore came onto the scene at the end of the year. Lady Gaga wasn't as popular in 2012. Movies: The Hunger Games was a huge turning point in cinema and kicked off the dystopian fiction fad that lasted until the 2016 election Tech: 2012 was the first year a majority of people owned smartphones. It was no longer a novelty at all but the standard. In 2009 and 2010 it was trendy Millennials buying smartphones. In 2012 it was your parents. Politics: Obama comes out in support of gay marriage and wins a second term. The Trayvon Martin incident also happened that year as did Sandy Hook. This is a big, big deal because it was the beginning of the escalating cultural tension and polarization that has lasted to this day. You could almost say that everything that gave us Donald Trump began in 2012 TV: Duck Dynasty debuted in 2012. That show was hugely instrumental in the mainstreaming of rural culture and social conservatism this decade. The Robertson family has been at the forefront of the anti-LGBT backlash all decade. Game of Thrones was huge that year as was the Big Bang Theory. I stopped watching the Office that season because it just wasn't good anymore. Glee was still a thing but it didn't seem like it was as popular. Lifestyle: I first heard the term "hipster" back in 2009 but I didn't even really know what it was back then. 2012 was the year that the hipster fad really started to become inescapable. I'm sure there is a lot more that I missed, but 2012 really seems to be the year that the '10s developed its identity and for that, I think a "2012 shift" is legit. Here are more cultural shifts that took place in 2012: * The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises usher in this decade's era of superhero movies (https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/why-the-avengers-worked-so-well/262805/, www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/07/christopher_nolan_s_the_dark_knight_rises_how_darkness_took_over_our_culture_.html). *On December 21, 2012, the whole "2012 doomsday/end of the Mayan calendar" thing did not happen after all (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html). *The vaporwave trend of this decade started in 2012 (https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2012-favorite-50-albums-of-2012?page=4).
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Post by rainbow on Aug 1, 2018 4:20:23 GMT 10
Just like the supposed 2000 shift you mentioned, I really don't think there was a 2012 shift either. If you keep coming up with stuff like this, then every year is going to be some huge cultural shift to you. Obviously every year is going to have some small changes but that doesn't mean society was completely changed. For example, you could say there was a '2007 shift' simply because of the release of the iPhone, but it pales in comparison to the actual societal shift which would come the following year. IMO, the only three years since the 90s which I would really consider to be shifts would be 1995, 2001 and 2008. Exactly. Also, the little shifts in 2012 IMO really weren't that noticeable either. Now, a year like 2013 where a new era of music started, and we got new artists like Lorde and Ariana Grande that would define the mid-2010's, and Vine came out and became popular, which would also define the mid-2010's, that's a legit shift. 46% of Americans owning a smartphone and the Hunger Games being in a new era of movies isn't going to be a noticeable shift.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 4:31:27 GMT 10
Just like the supposed 2000 shift you mentioned, I really don't think there was a 2012 shift either. If you keep coming up with stuff like this, then every year is going to be some huge cultural shift to you. Obviously every year is going to have some small changes but that doesn't mean society was completely changed. For example, you could say there was a '2007 shift' simply because of the release of the iPhone, but it pales in comparison to the actual societal shift which would come the following year. IMO, the only three years since the 90s which I would really consider to be shifts would be 1995, 2001 and 2008. Exactly. Also, the little shifts in 2012 IMO really weren't that noticeable either. Now, a year like 2013 where a new era of music started, and we got new artists like Lorde and Ariana Grande that would define the mid-2010's, and Vine came out and became popular, which would also define the mid-2010's, that's a legit shift. 46% of Americans owning a smartphone and the Hunger Games being in a new era of movies isn't going to be a noticeable shift. Don't forget the start of the whole "twerking" thing (Miley Cyrus changing her image). I also believe that selfies and hashtags started to become popular in 2013 (I could be wrong about this though). Didn't Snapchat start to become popular later on that year as well (I know you said it in some of your posts)?
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Post by longaotian on Aug 1, 2018 4:54:26 GMT 10
Exactly. Also, the little shifts in 2012 IMO really weren't that noticeable either. Now, a year like 2013 where a new era of music started, and we got new artists like Lorde and Ariana Grande that would define the mid-2010's, and Vine came out and became popular, which would also define the mid-2010's, that's a legit shift. 46% of Americans owning a smartphone and the Hunger Games being in a new era of movies isn't going to be a noticeable shift. Don't forget the start of the whole "twerking" thing (Miley Cyrus changing her image). I also believe that selfies and hashtags started to become popular in 2013 (I could be wrong about this though). Didn't Snapchat start to become popular later on that year as well (I know you said it in some of your posts)? 2013 was a big change. That was the year trends like twerking, selfies were taking off. Snapchat and Instagram became big, music went through a transition. It still feels like the earliest year connected to 2018 (for now).
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Post by rainbow on Aug 1, 2018 8:35:55 GMT 10
Exactly. Also, the little shifts in 2012 IMO really weren't that noticeable either. Now, a year like 2013 where a new era of music started, and we got new artists like Lorde and Ariana Grande that would define the mid-2010's, and Vine came out and became popular, which would also define the mid-2010's, that's a legit shift. 46% of Americans owning a smartphone and the Hunger Games being in a new era of movies isn't going to be a noticeable shift. Don't forget the start of the whole "twerking" thing (Miley Cyrus changing her image). I also believe that selfies and hashtags started to become popular in 2013 (I could be wrong about this though). Didn't Snapchat start to become popular later on that year as well (I know you said it in some of your posts)? Yeah, it did get popular in like the very tail end of 2013 (like December) from what I remember.
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Post by #Infinity on Aug 1, 2018 13:01:33 GMT 10
Stepping in to reinforce that pure decadeology like this thread is not encouraged on Popedia.
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