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Post by jaydawg89 on Apr 22, 2020 16:14:13 GMT 10
Personal Life: 2017, definitely. 2018 and 2019 are pretty close, especially after a few friends and relatives passed. Late 2019 specifically was very bad and I spiralled into a pretty bad depression. 2020 hasn't been very nice either.
Pop Culture: Tie between 2016 and 2019, both were pretty lacking and forgettable years.
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Apr 23, 2020 3:27:52 GMT 10
2019. Just plain BS kept happening to me that year! 👎 Samee, I feel you. I hate 2019 with strong passion, but at least it helps me learn the mistakes I've made and how I got through them.
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Post by jaydawg89 on Apr 23, 2020 12:23:18 GMT 10
2019. Fuck that year, I had my worst depression, I had trouble thinking due to brain fog, I was used by a group of fake friends, and I was a fatass. Pop culture was so boring during the time as well, movies were all Disney remakes, music was garbage, game releases were garbage, 80% of pop culture during that year were garbage. This was literally me in 2017, like all of what you described, personal life and pop culture. 2019 was pretty garbage though (in every way) but, for me 2017 still takes the cake due to a lot of health issues I was dealing with.
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Post by #Infinity on Apr 28, 2020 17:26:20 GMT 10
Personal: 2015. My last semester of college was very rocky as I just wanted to come home and felt I had already learned enough about the world to take care of myself. Things did not get any better after graduation though, as I felt completely and utterly excluded from my generation and had a long string of online dating attempts that all ended horribly for me. This year made me feel like my life barely had a purpose.
Pop Culture: 2016. At this point, November 8, 2016 ranks up with December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 as a date that will live in infamy. I wasn't worried at the time because I expected the Trump presidency to be neutered by political disjunction, but I've since grown genuinely fearful in the past year as he's proven that our checks and balances system has completely and utterly failed. Oh, and most of the pop culture of 2016 was a bummer, despite Dua Lipa and Stranger Things.
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Post by sman12 on Apr 29, 2020 3:08:34 GMT 10
Personally, 2014 would be the worst year. I lost my mom to liver disease, and the experience of mourning that me and my family had to endure was very depressing. And I was 13.  But for pop culture, 2018 would be my pick. Bland mainstream music ("Girls Like You", "I'm Upset", "Never Be The Same", "I Like Me Better", and "FRIENDS" for example), Fortnite was everywhere, mumble rap hit its peak, and phones became less exciting after 2017. The whole atmosphere back then just felt dreary and forgettable to me.
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Post by John Titor on Apr 29, 2020 3:10:46 GMT 10
Personal: 2015. My last semester of college was very rocky as I just wanted to come home and felt I had already learned enough about the world to take care of myself. Things did not get any better after graduation though, as I felt completely and utterly excluded from my generation and had a long string of online dating attempts that all ended horribly for me. This year made me feel like my life barely had a purpose. Pop Culture: 2016. At this point, November 8, 2016 ranks up with December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 as a date that will live in infamy. I wasn't worried at the time because I expected the Trump presidency to be neutered by political disjunction, but I've since grown genuinely fearful in the past year as he's proven that our checks and balances system has completely and utterly failed. Oh, and most of the pop culture of 2016 was a bummer, despite Dua Lipa and Stranger Things. 2015 sucked so bad tbh Tinder and Okcupid peaked around 2015, I could see the dating world being full of just hookup people.
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Post by broadstreet223 on Apr 29, 2020 8:37:05 GMT 10
How was that year for you personally?
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Post by John Titor on Apr 29, 2020 9:20:02 GMT 10
How was that year for you personally? for me? or other poster
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Post by Telso on May 8, 2020 11:48:39 GMT 10
If I had to pick on a personal level, then that title easily goes to 2014. I was in the worst state of episodic depression and anxious self-isolation throughout the year, and it got so bad that it made me fail my year at school.
And this is what colors the whole year for me, which is why I'm unable to appreciate most of its pop culture. It didn't help that the year had a bland, faux-uplifting vibe, from the dumb ice bucket challenge "for a good cause" to ultra sugary animated movies like Frozen and the Lego Movie being appreciated by grownups to even the biggest song being called "Happy". And all of it got shoved into my face because I was in high school back then, and current pop culture is almost inescapable in high school.
It felt extremely refreshing when 2015 came and brushed this vibe under the carpet for something more muted and serious.
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Post by John Titor on May 8, 2020 17:09:03 GMT 10
If I had to pick on a personal level, then that title easily goes to 2014. I was in the worst state of episodic depression and anxious self-isolation throughout the year, and it got so bad that it made me fail my year at school. And this is what colors the whole year for me, which is why I'm unable to appreciate most of its pop culture. It didn't help that the year had a bland, faux-uplifting vibe, from the dumb ice bucket challenge "for a good cause" to ultra sugary animated movies like Frozen and the Lego Movie being appreciated by grownups to even the biggest song being called "Happy". And all of it got shoved into my face because I was in high school back then, and current pop culture is almost inescapable in high school. It felt extremely refreshing when 2015 came and brushed this vibe under the carpet for something more muted and serious. I felt like the whole early 2010s had that vibe, I for the most part liked 2014 but I def feel u. The 2010s in general had this off brand soda feeling.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2020 12:14:53 GMT 10
I cannot fathom how so many people are voting for 2019 considering everything that has happened this year.
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Post by broadstreet223 on May 15, 2020 12:39:24 GMT 10
I cannot fathom how so many people are voting for 2019 considering everything that has happened this year. Because 2019 was still a pretty bad year. It’s a lot better than 2020 but that’s not saying much lol
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2020 21:55:42 GMT 10
I cannot fathom how so many people are voting for 2019 considering everything that has happened this year. Because 2019 was still a pretty bad year. It’s a lot better than 2020 but that’s not saying much lol People weren't dying in the tens of thousands, but it was only marginally better! I mean, get real.
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Post by Early2010sGuy on May 16, 2020 4:54:01 GMT 10
Because 2019 was still a pretty bad year. It’s a lot better than 2020 but that’s not saying much lol People weren't dying in the tens of thousands, but it was only marginally better! I mean, get real. The pop culture that year was trash... Movies were all Disney remakes, especially with the trashy Lion King and Aladdin remake, music was all dark and gloomy, little to no motivation in pop culture, and so much more that makes that year garbage.
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Post by Telso on May 16, 2020 7:15:28 GMT 10
I actually liked 2019's pop culture for the most part. It had a nice "end-of-a-chapter" vibe with the appropriately named Endgame movie breaking records. Musically we had the Jonas Brothers getting back together, Lady Gaga being once again acclaimed with her academy award and nice surprises like Lizzo, the zany personality of Billie Eilish and a silly cowboy song capturing the internet. And politically we had the rise of the aspiring Greta Thunberg and Trump getting threatened with impeachment. Not to mention the economy was at an all-time high since a long time.
That year really felt like we were improving and heading in a good direction and the refreshing opposite of 2016-17 where it felt we were heading into a wall. It felt hopeful for the new decade, before of course it all crashed and burned horribly with the pandemic and 2020 in general.
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