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Post by mc98 on Jan 15, 2020 10:59:37 GMT 10
Like the 2013 thread, do you guys think 2016 was more culturally mid 2010s or late 2010s? Personally, I see 2016 lean more mid 2010s but with a slight hint of late 2010s.
What makes 2016 more mid 2010s:
-Vine was still popular.
-Pop and EDM were bigger than rap.
-Hipsters were kinda relevant.
-Obama was still president
What makes 2016 more late 2010s:
-Trap starts to top the charts.
-Instagram changed it's look and introduced Stories.
-Rappers like Migos, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Yachty shaped the rap scene.
-Donald Trump elected president and Brexit.
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Post by rainbow on Jan 15, 2020 11:05:52 GMT 10
More like the mid-2010's IMO, especially early-mid 2016. Vine was still a thing, Obama was president. The transition I feel like started in late 2016.
Also, Trap was on the billboards in 2015 as well. Just look at "Trap Queen".
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Jan 15, 2020 16:55:41 GMT 10
More like the mid-2010's IMO, especially early-mid 2016. Vine was still a thing, Obama was president. The transition I feel like started in late 2016. Also, Trap was on the billboards in 2015 as well. Just look at "Trap Queen". I agree with everything you said. January/February 2016 had a much brighter vibe to it, EDM and Pop were still dominant despite Trap being popular since Late 2014, Vine was still alive, shows like Steven Universe and Rick & Morty were still in their prime, hipsters were somewhat still around, Trap still had pop/EDM elements to it, and GTA 5 still being dominant. Late 2016 was when pop culture changed for darkness. Music went dark, Mumble rap took over the charts, Vine announced their shut down, and of course, Trump.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 2:41:32 GMT 10
2016 was a year of its own and best forgotten. It does not belong in the 2010s, it is an early 1940s year.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 3:49:00 GMT 10
Mid 2010s. The hipster era was still in full swing, political momentum was still on the progressive side (though the right-wing backlash was gaining steam), and music was still dominated by EDM and teen pop. I was pretty heavily into vinyl collection that year.
The entire stretch from Obama's re-election in November 2012 to the end of 2016 was all pretty similar in my opinion.
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Post by Cassie on Jan 16, 2020 4:16:10 GMT 10
Mid-2010s definitely. Vine was still popular, Obama was president, but beyond that, the Nintendo Switch had yet to be released as the Wii U was Nintendo's latest console, 4K was still not as widespread as the Xbox One X was nonexistent (as was the PS4 Pro, for most of the year), and the hipster trend was still big. TikTok wasn't huge either.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 4:57:19 GMT 10
The entire stretch from Obama's re-election in November 2012 to the end of 2016 was all pretty similar in my opinion. I feel icky grouping 2016 with 2012-2014. The mood was very different. It happened before Trump. In late 2014/early 2015 there was BLM riots, those ISIS attacks and the Syrian Refugee Crisis. At the time I hoped it was just an unfortunate string of events but it ended up defining the rest of the 2010s. This was a reply I wrote to you back in 2015. Sadly it ended up being true. I don't think I could have written it in December 2014, but in December 2015 the fear was all too real. www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=50714.msg3324822#msg3324822"I see some roots of the late 2010s taking place with the extreme rise in xenophobia this year, especially with the Syrian refugee crisis. It might be a late 2010s thing but it might be too early to say, it might be just a blip."
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Post by rainbow on Jan 16, 2020 5:00:12 GMT 10
The entire stretch from Obama's re-election in November 2012 to the end of 2016 was all pretty similar in my opinion. I feel icky grouping 2016 with 2012-2014. The mood was very different. It happened before Trump. In late 2014/early 2015 there was BLM riots, those ISIS attacks and the Syrian Refugee Crisis. At the time I hoped it was just an unfortunate string of events but it ended up defining the rest of the 2010s. This was a reply I wrote to you back in 2015. Sadly it ended up being true. I don't think I could have written it in December 2014, but in December 2015 the fear was all too real. www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=50714.msg3324822#msg3324822"I see some roots of the late 2010s taking place with the extreme rise in xenophobia this year, especially with the Syrian refugee crisis. It might be a late 2010s thing but it might be too early to say, it might be just a blip." 2016 is a weird ass year culturally. I feel like overall it was culturally more mid-2010’s because Vine was still somewhat relevant and Obama was still president, but at the same time it felt different from 2014, especially when it comes to music and politics.
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Post by mc98 on Jan 16, 2020 5:09:18 GMT 10
There is no way 2012 and 2013 can be grouped with 2016. The mood was very different in 2016. The earliest year that can be grouped with 2016 is 2014, but even then that year has some notable differences from 2016.
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Post by rainbow on Jan 16, 2020 5:12:44 GMT 10
There is no way 2012 and 2013 can be grouped with 2016. The mood was very different in 2016. The earliest year that can be grouped with 2016 is 2014, but even then that year has some notable differences from 2016. Exactly. I feel like 2016 and 2017 were both transitional years, with 2016 leaning more mid-2010’s and 2017 leaning more late 2010’s.
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Post by Cassie on Jan 16, 2020 6:00:00 GMT 10
There is no way 2012 and 2013 can be grouped with 2016. The mood was very different in 2016. The earliest year that can be grouped with 2016 is 2014, but even then that year has some notable differences from 2016. I wouldn't say 2013 is completely different from 2016. That year had some similarities. Both years had Vine and it was pretty popular in 2013, both years had the newer YouTube design, plus Google+ was implemented in YouTube in 2013. I could even name a few songs from 2013 that don't sound out of place in 2016. That's probably the earliest year I could see being placed with 2016.
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Post by John Titor on Jan 16, 2020 6:11:27 GMT 10
2016 is more mids then late
more mid 2010s because only 4 months felt late 2010s
Hybrid year
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Jan 16, 2020 6:14:55 GMT 10
2016 is more mids then late more mid 2010s because only 4 months felt late 2010s Hybrid year Pretty much just like 1996, eh?
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Jan 16, 2020 6:17:23 GMT 10
There is no way 2012 and 2013 can be grouped with 2016. The mood was very different in 2016. The earliest year that can be grouped with 2016 is 2014, but even then that year has some notable differences from 2016. Well, late 2013 can be grouped with 2016 though. Trap pop and Trap EDM, Vine, the iOS 7 Flat look, Steven Universe, Hipsters, Rick & Morty, Xbox One and PS4's release, and Lorde-inspired minimalism pop.
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Post by John Titor on Jan 16, 2020 6:17:23 GMT 10
2016 is more mids then late more mid 2010s because only 4 months felt late 2010s Hybrid year Pretty much just like 1996, eh? pretty much the vibe I got, along with 2006 Majority of the year feeling like the classic atmosphere for the decade and the last half feeling like a slightly new and more advanced era, but not too much change but just enough where it has a different feel. If we are talking about 2016 I started feeling like we were in a different atmosphere as soon as the Fall hit, esp when Pokemon go died out and esp when Donald Trump became the President.
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