The Early '20s are nowhere close to ending

I can’t speak on 1993 or years ending on 3 before that because I wasn’t alive then.

2003 was transitional, yet still culturally early 2000s. 2003 was not a huge departure from 2001 or 2002 unlike late 2004 or 2005. I still think 2004 was the turning point in which the early 2000s transitioned to mid 2000s.

2013 was transitional, but already culturally mid 2010s. However 2013 wasn’t a huge departure from 2011 or 2012, maybe 2009 and 2010. It’s hard to say for 2013 because the early to mid 2010s transition was so gradual. Late 2014 felt more mid 2010s because the fashion, politics, gaming and music were more established by then.

I don’t really think there’s a set formula. Just because years end in 3 or 8 doesn’t mean they will be transitional. 2023 could very well be a 2021 part 3 or 2022 part 2. There’s no way to know. People said 2018 would be transitional into early 2020s culture. 2018 was basically a part 2 of 2017 and peaked the late 2010s. 2018 wasn’t transitional.

I’ll predict say that 2022 and 2023 will not be transitional and a continuation of 2021. I still hold that 2024 will be transitional and the year 2020s really establishes their identity with 2010s culture and influences fully dead.