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Post by mc98 on Jul 27, 2020 2:42:49 GMT 10
Which year does 2014 feel closer to?
Politics: This was the first year where the public gets a taste of political division. The Gamergate thing sparked the alt-right movement of the internet. Black Lives Matter had media coverage as well in 2014. Those things only formed in the second half of 2014. Donald Trump never made any public appearance 2014 except that Ice Bucket Challenge, no one thought he would run for president. The first half of 2014 was probably the last time there was a moderate atmosphere so it can go both ways.
Technology: The widespread public integration of smartphones puts 2014 much closer to 2017. Social media such as Instagram and Snapchat also was used a lot in both years. Other social media platforms such as Facebook, Tumblr, Skype, Vine were still being used in 2014 while platforms like Musically and Discord were popular in 2017 and didn’t exist in 2014. Streaming services like Netflix and Hulu were in full swing in 2014 and was way bigger in 2017. I would put this category closer to 2017.
Music: This category is kinda mixed. While there are aspects of 2014 music that is closer to 2017 such as the mumble rap blowing up in that year but the rest was overshadowed by cheesy and immature pop music. A lot of the pop music of 2014 wouldn’t be popular with the moody and minimal pop of 2017. The pop music of 2014 was more upbeat and fun which 2011 music also had so I would put 2014 in a slight edge towards 2011.
Fashion: 2017 was when the hipster movement declined and 2011 kinda started the movement. 2014 was the peak of the hipster so I would put it closer to 2011. Hats like the snap backs were popular in both 2011 and 2014 while dad hats were more relevant in 2017.
2014 was kinda mixed. It has certain qualities of both years.
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Post by rainbow on Jul 27, 2020 3:16:40 GMT 10
Definitely more like 2011. Minecraft peaked in both 2011 and 2014, and not to mention both of those years were still predominately millennial-oriented, whereas by 2017 Gen Z culture was mainly taking over. Also, both 2011 and 2014 were part of the Obama era.
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Post by Cassie on Jul 27, 2020 3:21:41 GMT 10
I have no idea...
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Post by Fantastic Maize on Jul 27, 2020 3:24:37 GMT 10
Definitely more like 2011. Minecraft peaked in both 2011 and 2014, and not to mention both of those years were still predominately millennial-oriented, whereas by 2017 Gen Z culture was mainly taking over. Also, both 2011 and 2014 were part of the Obama era. I would disagree with you. Minecraft peaked between 2012-2014, as the game didn’t come out until the very end of 2011. Gen Z culture was starting to take over in 2015 with Hotline Bling, but wasn’t in full swing until 2018. But I would agree with you that 2017 was leaning more Z than Millennial. 2011 and 2014 were apart of the Obama era, but 2014 had some events that lead us into the Trump era such as Gamergate. You also got to remember CDs, feature phones, and PCs were more prominent in 2011 than they were in 2014. As smartphones surpassed feature phones in sales by the end of 11, digital music sales surpassed CD sales in 2012, and tablets surpassed PCs in sales in 2013.
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Post by mc98 on Jul 27, 2020 3:28:47 GMT 10
Definitely more like 2011. Minecraft peaked in both 2011 and 2014, and not to mention both of those years were still predominately millennial-oriented, whereas by 2017 Gen Z culture was mainly taking over. Also, both 2011 and 2014 were part of the Obama era. I would disagree with you. Minecraft peaked between 2012-2014, as the game didn’t come out until the very end of 2011. Gen Z culture was starting to take over in 2015 with Hotline Bling, but wasn’t in full swing until 2018. But I would agree with you that 2017 was leaning more Z than Millennial. 2011 and 2014 were apart of the Obama era, but 2014 had some events that lead us into the Trump era such as Gamergate. You also got to remember CDs, feature phones, and PCs were more prominent in 2011 than they were in 2014. As smartphones surpassed feature phones in sales by the end of 11, digital music sales surpassed CD sales in 2012, and tablets surpassed PCs in sales in 2013. I don't remember CD's being a thing in 2011. All of my friends then uploaded songs from iTunes. PC's were still prominent in 2014 too. Minecraft came out in 2009 as a beta version and was a hit throughout the entire 2011. This was uploaded in May 2011
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Post by Fantastic Maize on Jul 27, 2020 3:31:51 GMT 10
I would disagree with you. Minecraft peaked between 2012-2014, as the game didn’t come out until the very end of 2011. Gen Z culture was starting to take over in 2015 with Hotline Bling, but wasn’t in full swing until 2018. But I would agree with you that 2017 was leaning more Z than Millennial. 2011 and 2014 were apart of the Obama era, but 2014 had some events that lead us into the Trump era such as Gamergate. You also got to remember CDs, feature phones, and PCs were more prominent in 2011 than they were in 2014. As smartphones surpassed feature phones in sales by the end of 11, digital music sales surpassed CD sales in 2012, and tablets surpassed PCs in sales in 2013. Minecraft came out in 2009 as a beta version and was a hit throughout the entire 2011. This was uploaded in May 2011 According to Google Trends, the game’s popularity peaked between 2012-2014. trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=Minecraft
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Post by mc98 on Jul 27, 2020 3:37:36 GMT 10
The game for sure peaked in 2012-2014. If you take a look at the graph, Minecraft became popular in winter 2010/11, the full game came out in Nov. 2011 but it became popular before that.
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Post by slashpop on Aug 13, 2020 18:40:06 GMT 10
The way I see the first half of 2014, was mostly mid 2010s but a lot of early 2010s culture, fashion, influence and vibe hadn't become dated yet and a lot of things were still hanging from 2009-2012. There was this weird overlap in late 2013 to mid 2014 of the two eras even though it was already the mid 2010s and that was leading the way.
By late 2014/early 2015 a lot of the stuff still hanging from 2009 to 2012 was gone or starting to feel dated.
One can argue 2013-2014 this was the purest phase of the hipster culture. Hipster was slowly dying and becoming subdued and morphing into things like yuccie and normcore from late 2014 to 2016, and starting to be pronounced dead, here and there, as early as late 2014/early 2015.
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Post by mc98 on Aug 14, 2020 0:45:03 GMT 10
The way I see the first half of 2014, was mostly mid 2010s but a lot of early 2010s culture, fashion, influence and vibe hadn't become dated yet and a lot of things were still hanging from 2009-2012. There was this weird overlap in late 2013 to mid 2014 of the two eras even though it was already the mid 2010s and that was leading the way. By late 2014/early 2015 a lot of the stuff still hanging from 2009 to 2012 was gone or starting to feel dated. One can argue 2013-2014 this was the purest phase of the hipster culture. Hipster was slowly dying and becoming subdued and morphing into things like yuccie and normcore from late 2014 to 2016, and starting to be pronounced dead, here and there, as early as late 2014/early 2015. The first half of 2014 was weird. Like you said, it was more mid 2010s but the 2009-2012 vibe didn’t feel dated yet because some of the things hung around and the late 2010s(2017-19) trends have yet to be seen. Yes, there was trap in late 2013/early 2014 but the production styles were enormously different from the late 2010s. Late 2014/early 2015 was the time when the mid 2010s were fully fleshed out and in its purest form. It didn’t feel early 2010s but certainly not late 2010s too.
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Post by broadstreet223 on Aug 14, 2020 0:46:10 GMT 10
Definitely more like 2011
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jun 10, 2022 6:34:37 GMT 10
Very different from both years. If I had to pick I would have to say 2011 just barely.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2022 14:17:19 GMT 10
It's a close one, but I'd still say 2017. 2013 was just that much of a shift that made 2011 feel pretty distant in 2014. Can't say the same about 2016, which was a smaller shift than 2013.
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Post by dudewitdausername on Jun 12, 2022 3:19:24 GMT 10
Hard to say, I wanna say slightly 2011 tho just because they were both more cheesy and light while 2017 was the most dark and edgy year of the decade.
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Post by John Titor on Jun 12, 2022 3:46:26 GMT 10
early 2017
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2022 4:44:13 GMT 10
I remember in 2017 people were saying we were still in the mid 2010s. We weren't, they were just confused by the fact that the mid 2010s and late 2010s are very similar (especially pop culture-wise). But I know in 2014, very few people said we were still in the early 2010s and that it felt similar to 2011.. 2011 felt quite removed by then. 2013 was the big separator .
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