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Post by y2kbaby on Apr 7, 2021 3:01:54 GMT 10
Unpopular Opinion, I honestly believe 2014 kicked off a new era and vibe from the years prior. Even 2013 felt different from 2014. Everything from geopolitical, technology, social life etc... There was even a article that talked about how 2014 changed everything. Do you agree or disagree with 2014 had a different overall feel from 2010-2013? IMO, there were two different eras, pre-2014 and post 2014. fivethirtyeight.com/features/from-where-i-sit-the-trump-era-began-in-2014/
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Post by slashpop on Apr 7, 2021 3:37:08 GMT 10
Unpopular Opinion, I honestly believe 2014 kicked off a new era and vibe from the years prior. Even 2013 felt different from 2014. Everything from geopolitical, technology, social life etc... There was even a article that talked about how 2014 changed everything. Do you agree or disagree with 2014 had a different overall feel from 2010-2013? IMO, there were two different eras, pre-2014 and post 2014. fivethirtyeight.com/features/from-where-i-sit-the-trump-era-began-in-2014/I feel the 2010s base identity was quickly setup in late 2009-2010 and super tight by mid 2010. Everything was mostly there by 2010-2011 to early 2013, with late 2011 to late 2012 already having most of the core identity of the decade. last month of 2012/early 2013 to early 2014 was the start of the mid 2010s which were just an upgraded and a bit more manufactured version of the early 2010s on steriods with a few tweaks. The first half of 2014 having a few early 2010s holdovers and the second half having a few incoming late 2010s elements. I think 2013-2014 was a better year for music, for mid 2010s standards, maybe even movies than 2014-2015 which felt a bit lacking overall but a bit better than later.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 3:52:54 GMT 10
Yeah, very strongly agree. It was in 2014 when social activism became the face of the times and when what would become cancel culture really began to take shape, albeit not yet by that name. Pop culturally, at least in the realm of children’s entertainment, this new period of social consciousness coincided with a bunch of Adventure Time alumni splitting off to produce their own shows, in which they often promulgated their own socially conscious and inclusive narratives (Steven Universe comes to mind especially).
To this latter point, I think the unexpected explosion of success for Disney’s Frozen in 2013 indicated to animation studios that that kind of storytelling could succeed with mainstream audiences.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 6:41:12 GMT 10
2013 was weird in that it was mid 2010s pop culturally, but early 2010s politically and economically. I think we were shaking off the Great Recession in 2013, but by 2014 it was behind us. Early 2010s influences lingered in those years. I think unemployment returned to 2006 levels in 2014.
2014 was also weird because the first half was early 2010s politically and economically and the second half was mid 2010s politically and economically. Gas prices in early 2014 was almost $4. Gas prices in late 2014 was close to $2. Trump’s election has its roots back to 2014. I remember Obama receiving backlash because of immigration policies and his handling of ISIS. The first half of 2014 was chill. The second half of 2014 was not chill. It’s as if a light switch flipped. By late 2014, it felt like a complete mid 2010s world, economically, culturally and politically. In November 2014, Republicans took over the House and Senate which kind of led to Trump’s election 2 years later.
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Post by rainbow on Apr 7, 2021 8:11:05 GMT 10
I think this title belongs to 2013 tbh. That was the same year the Black Lives Matter movement was found (although it didn’t actually take off until 2014, so you might have a point) it was the year smartphones officially surpassed regular phones, it was the release of Vine which was arguably the earliest signs of Gen Z culture, it was the beginning of Ariana Grande’s music career, and it was when we transitioned into the mid-2010’s culturally (especially during mid-late 2013). 2013 as a whole was very transitional IMO.
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Post by mc98 on Apr 7, 2021 8:18:11 GMT 10
In terms of pop culture, it wasn't that different from 2013. If we are talking politics-wise then yes, 2014 did have many changes in the political sphere. The first half of 2014 was sort of chill and laid-back until around August 2014 when the BLM movement started and the Gamergate fiasco bloomed the whole Tumblr/Buzzfeed politics into the mainstream.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 10:48:02 GMT 10
I think this title belongs to 2013 tbh. That was the same year the Black Lives Matter movement was found (although it didn’t actually take off until 2014, so you might have a point) it was the year smartphones officially surpassed regular phones, it was the release of Vine which was arguably the earliest signs of Gen Z culture, it was the beginning of Ariana Grande’s music career, and it was when we transitioned into the mid-2010’s culturally (especially during mid-late 2013). 2013 as a whole was very transitional IMO. Is Vine really considered a Gen Z thing? I always thought it was the most definitive artifact of Millennial comedy.
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Post by rainbow on Apr 7, 2021 13:01:28 GMT 10
I think this title belongs to 2013 tbh. That was the same year the Black Lives Matter movement was found (although it didn’t actually take off until 2014, so you might have a point) it was the year smartphones officially surpassed regular phones, it was the release of Vine which was arguably the earliest signs of Gen Z culture, it was the beginning of Ariana Grande’s music career, and it was when we transitioned into the mid-2010’s culturally (especially during mid-late 2013). 2013 as a whole was very transitional IMO. Is Vine really considered a Gen Z thing? I always thought it was the most definitive artifact of Millennial comedy. It’s Zillennial at best, but the prime audience was arguably mid-late 90’s babies, and early 2000’s babies used it as well, so it’s on the cusp but more of a Gen Z thing IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 20:16:30 GMT 10
Is Vine really considered a Gen Z thing? I always thought it was the most definitive artifact of Millennial comedy. It’s Zillennial at best, but the prime audience was arguably mid-late 90’s babies, and early 2000’s babies used it as well, so it’s on the cusp but more of a Gen Z thing IMO. Sure, I was referring more to Vine creators rather than their audiences.
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Post by sman12 on Apr 14, 2021 12:40:20 GMT 10
The article actually made me realize how mid-late 2014 (politically anyways) was a lot more significant than I once thought. I also think that the period jumpstarted the current era of highly volatile American politics. 2013 was a lot more subtle with the creation of #BlackLivesMatter and the reaction to the Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin trial verdict. So I do agree that events like ISIS beheadings, major BLM protests of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, Republicans taking both the House and Senate, and declining trust of public U.S. institutions all account for the era that we're currently in.
But pop culturally, I would say that mid-late 2013 culturally started the 2010s in full.
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Post by John Titor on Apr 14, 2021 12:48:21 GMT 10
The article actually made me realize how mid-late 2014 (politically anyways) was a lot more significant than I once thought. I also think that the period jumpstarted the current era of highly volatile American politics. 2013 was a lot more subtle with the creation of #BlackLivesMatter and the reaction to the Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin trial verdict. So I do agree that events like ISIS beheadings, major BLM protests of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, Republicans taking both the House and Senate, and declining trust of public U.S. institutions all account for the era that we're currently in. But pop culturally, I would say that mid-late 2013 culturally started the 2010s in full.this
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Post by astropoug on Jul 10, 2021 10:49:59 GMT 10
I think this starter pack is a pretty good representation of why 2014 was so impactful. I remember internet culture shifting massively in 2014. 
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Post by astropoug on Jul 10, 2021 10:51:43 GMT 10
I think this title belongs to 2013 tbh. That was the same year the Black Lives Matter movement was found (although it didn’t actually take off until 2014, so you might have a point) it was the year smartphones officially surpassed regular phones, it was the release of Vine which was arguably the earliest signs of Gen Z culture, it was the beginning of Ariana Grande’s music career, and it was when we transitioned into the mid-2010’s culturally (especially during mid-late 2013). 2013 as a whole was very transitional IMO. Is Vine really considered a Gen Z thing? I always thought it was the most definitive artifact of Millennial comedy. If you really want millennial comedy, I'd recommend looking at YouTube from the late 00s and early 2010s. Smosh and Nigahiga to me are millennial humor in its purest essence.
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