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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 23:29:47 GMT 10
The 2020s are shaping up to be the most perilous decade, at least for the US, since the 1930s/40s at least if not the 1860s. Economic collapse, depression, a pandemic that is going to keep us all confined to our homes for at least the next 2-3 years, death, destruction, and rising authoritarianism and Christian nationalism everywhere mikes the 2010s seem like a blissful simple time in comparison. I think the 2010s are going to be viewed by Millennials and Gen Z much in the way the 1950s and 60s are viewed by boomers; those days before everything changed and turned rotten. The themed bars, breweries, coffee shops, etc that were heavily part of the 2010s zeitgeist will be viewed like the malt shops of the '50s. I can see entrepreneurs in the 2040s opening up hipster throwback businesses, which will be a cheesy knockoff of what we had in the 2010s.
I think the 2010s will be remembered fondly for music, especially the electropop in the early '10s and the indie-folk in the mid '10s.
People and society tends to look at history through rose-colored glasses and I think the 2010s will end up being a decade people look back fondly on, especially once this political moment is behind us and when compared with the 2020s.
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Post by daywatch on Sept 28, 2020 0:23:54 GMT 10
Wait until the 2030s for 2010s nostalgia to truly start, I guarantee in that decade there will be people dressing like hipsters, Kardashian/Jenner looks, thick framed glasses etc. There will also be TV shows set in the 2010s by the 2030s, the same way 90s shows were set in the 70s e.g. that 70's show, and 2000's shows set in the 80s e.g. everybody hates chris.
The 2010s wasn't that long ago (especially the late years), give it time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2020 19:29:50 GMT 10
I think you're right. Specifically, I think 2010 to 2015 or so will be the "good old days" my age group looks back on fondly.
Incidentally, I don't know what those Baby Boomers are complaining about. This may be the decade in which the American democratic experiment ends, much as it could have been in the 1930s. If improved rights for POCs and LGBT's in the '70s is what caused the country to "go to shit" and causes them to look fondly on the '50s and '60s, they are every bit as entitled, bigoted, and just generally terrible as younger generations make them out to be.
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Post by jaydawg89 on Oct 2, 2020 2:22:08 GMT 10
I think you're right. Specifically, I think 2010 to 2015 or so will be the "good old days" my age group looks back on fondly. Incidentally, I don't know what those Baby Boomers are complaining about. This may be the decade in which the American democratic experiment ends, much as it could have been in the 1930s. If improved rights for POCs and LGBT's in the '70s is what caused the country to "go to shit" and causes them to look fondly on the '50s and '60s, they are every bit as entitled, bigoted, and just generally terrible as younger generations make them out to be. I'm definitely appreciating 2010 - 2015 a lot more recently. 2016 - 2019 is also looking pretty damn good compared to 2020 but, they had a lot of issues that were not as intense in the early-mid 2010s. I swear 50s nostalgia is the longest time a decade has held on to mainstream nostalgia (with the 80s being a good 2nd). So many Boomers always romanticize the 50s and always forget the issues. Like, if the 50s were so great then why did the 60s happen? I will admit the 50s had positives such as the aesthetic, economy, movies, rise of television, improving car tech and so on.
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Post by mc98 on Oct 2, 2020 2:32:25 GMT 10
I think you're right. Specifically, I think 2010 to 2015 or so will be the "good old days" my age group looks back on fondly. Incidentally, I don't know what those Baby Boomers are complaining about. This may be the decade in which the American democratic experiment ends, much as it could have been in the 1930s. If improved rights for POCs and LGBT's in the '70s is what caused the country to "go to shit" and causes them to look fondly on the '50s and '60s, they are every bit as entitled, bigoted, and just generally terrible as younger generations make them out to be. I'm definitely appreciating 2010 - 2015 a lot more recently. 2016 - 2019 is also looking pretty damn good compared to 2020 but, they had a lot of issues that were not as intense in the early-mid 2010s. I swear 50s nostalgia is the longest time a decade has held on to mainstream nostalgia (with the 80s being a good 2nd). So many Boomers always romanticize the 50s and always forget the issues. Like, if the 50s were so great then why did the 60s happen? I will admit the 50s had positives such as the aesthetic, economy, movies, rise of television, improving car tech and so on. It's really sad that 60s nostalgia is not bigger than it really is. That decade is much better when it comes to music, clothing, and television. It wasn't perfect socially but many people were fed up with racism, sexism, and war. I do like aesthetic of the 50s but I think the 60s was way superior.
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Post by jaydawg89 on Oct 2, 2020 2:35:37 GMT 10
I'm definitely appreciating 2010 - 2015 a lot more recently. 2016 - 2019 is also looking pretty damn good compared to 2020 but, they had a lot of issues that were not as intense in the early-mid 2010s. I swear 50s nostalgia is the longest time a decade has held on to mainstream nostalgia (with the 80s being a good 2nd). So many Boomers always romanticize the 50s and always forget the issues. Like, if the 50s were so great then why did the 60s happen? I will admit the 50s had positives such as the aesthetic, economy, movies, rise of television, improving car tech and so on. It's really sad that 60s nostalgia is not bigger than it really is. That decade is much better when it comes to music, clothing, and television. It wasn't perfect socially but many people were fed up with racism, sexism, and war. I do like aesthetic of the 50s but I think the 60s was way superior. Especially the music, I personally think the 60s had the best music of the 20th century (specifically from 1963 - 1969). The 50s on the otherhand, was an extremely boring time for music and most of it sounded the same, especially the Rock n Roll.
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Post by mc98 on Oct 2, 2020 2:46:29 GMT 10
It's really sad that 60s nostalgia is not bigger than it really is. That decade is much better when it comes to music, clothing, and television. It wasn't perfect socially but many people were fed up with racism, sexism, and war. I do like aesthetic of the 50s but I think the 60s was way superior. Especially the music, I personally think the 60s had the best music of the 20th century (specifically from 1963 - 1969). The 50s on the otherhand, was an extremely boring time for music and most of it sounded the same, especially the Rock n Roll. Exactly. The 60s was a time of innovation and creativity. The music of the 60s was way better than 50s.
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Oct 2, 2020 4:53:08 GMT 10
Especially the music, I personally think the 60s had the best music of the 20th century (specifically from 1963 - 1969). The 50s on the otherhand, was an extremely boring time for music and most of it sounded the same, especially the Rock n Roll. Exactly. The 60s was a time of innovation and creativity. The music of the 60s was way better than 50s. There was still plenty of racism and segregation in the 1960s though, its not perfect, though every decade is not perfect
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Post by Telso on Oct 2, 2020 5:03:47 GMT 10
It's really sad that 60s nostalgia is not bigger than it really is. That decade is much better when it comes to music, clothing, and television. It wasn't perfect socially but many people were fed up with racism, sexism, and war. I do like aesthetic of the 50s but I think the 60s was way superior. The 60s had plenty of nostalgia for in subsequent decades though, and its important music exports are still revered to this day. I guess the 50s had a stronger following due to being perceiving as a peaceful and prosperous time where everything was orderly and clean, in stark contrast to the war-torn 40s and socially unstable 60s. In the 70s and 80s, the 50s were already sold as a dreamlike, long-lost utopia when the decade was only 20-30 years old. And all those qualities seemed very appealing to reminiscent when the world was seemingly falling apart due to poor economy, criminality and disease.
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Post by fusefan on Oct 2, 2020 7:20:07 GMT 10
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Post by Telso on Oct 2, 2020 11:51:58 GMT 10
I think I repeatedly posted on Inthe00s.com that we all should be glad to live in the 2010s which at least weren't war-torn, hit by catastrophic epidemics, famines, natural disasters or any other staple of end of the world fiction.
Never in a million years would have I guessed that 3 freaking months out of the decade there would already be something to make up for the lack of apocalypse-level events in the '10s.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 2, 2020 12:01:49 GMT 10
Have we really stooped down to the point where we're considering the decade of lone-wolf terrorist attacks, political instability, extreme weather events and excessive reboots to have been 'good'?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2020 21:57:37 GMT 10
Have we really stooped down to the point where we're considering the decade of lone-wolf terrorist attacks, political instability, extreme weather events and excessive reboots to have been 'good'? I’m not saying it’s a good thing or anything; I’m just calling it like I see it. And I see that my age group, the late Millennials, are going to hold the first half of the 2010s on the same pedestal our parents put the ‘50s on. They were the Obama years, when hope and change seemed like they were going to be a real, achievable thing.
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Post by mwalker96 on Oct 10, 2020 8:08:37 GMT 10
I have been missing the first half of the 2010s for a while just seeing how fast my life has changed since high school. The mid 10s were kinda meh for me though I did enjoy late 2015. The late 10s specifically 2017 was definitely my favorite time of the decade because I was finishing college, playing fortnite, finally made meaningful friendships, and met you guys on popedia. Despite how most people feel about 2020 I really enjoying the latter half of the year. I finally got my own place, being able to enjoy Jacksonville Flordia on a regular basis, and now finally being able to do poetry full-time makes 2020 a lot better than 2019 for me. In 2019 I was in a small town with a dying mother and nothing to do. I felt stuck and really needed a change in my life. 2020 defently didn't go as planned for me espically the from March-May with me having conflict with my Uncle and moving back to NC right when the pandemic was just hitting the US was pretty depressing but glad I live in the South where things re-opened earlier.
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Post by kev2000sfan on Oct 11, 2020 10:57:26 GMT 10
Its hard to wonder what all this sh!t going on Hahahaha The 2010s are absolutely the greatest of all time compared to now.
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