Despite early 2010s being fun they were still Sterile

Wasn't really hollow, more like "mindless" which is fine considering the world's situation at that point.

I feel that the early 2010s (specifically 2010-Mid 2011), to be a self aware free era. The Very Early 2010s was very animated, similar to the 1989-1991 era, very cartoonish aesthetic and atmosphere wise. Late 2011 was when the culture were more realism and gritty (but in a forced kind of way).

The early 2010s strike me as putting on a facade of being happy when the Iraq War was still being fought until December 2011 and the Great Recession aftermath. They were my cringe middle school years, which I’m not fond of. 

The early 2010s were the best time i've lived in and i'll never get em' back.

While they were different, they really are barely that different from the mid 2010s ( it’s not good or bad) and to a lesser extent the rest of the 2010s minus politics, some micro degree of music differences, and tech upgrades. The sterile vibe was set at point in 2011, maybe even a bit earlier in 2010. It was really only late 09-early 11 that felt slightly distinct and not so uniform but those years were the building blocks of the core 2010s identity at the same time, not a different era imo . I don’t feel a year like 2011-2012 despite being different  from 2013-2014, had any strong, massive or radical changes atmosphere wise despite some clear shifts/changes in 13-14.

It's not to say the 2010s are all the same, not there aren't distinctions and differences to be fair but if you objectively look early 2010s and today you will see there wasn't this radical transformation, its not good or bad, not every time time passes does it mean there needs to be big distinctions.  

70-95 percent of the same clothes I would wear in 2011 maybe even 2010 I can see at the front on most stores despite some solid 2020s changes in fashion that stick out this year compared to 18-20. Stereotypical 2010s fashion still overpowers. Flannels, striped 90s shirts, vintage Christmas home knitted vintage sweaters with video game characters on them, skin tight shirts, khaki stretch pants, 80s movie or iconic character on a shirt, all still common fashion staples you would see even in late 2009 are still in most store fronts in malls during this christmas season. 

I still feel the early 2010s share most of the the same basic culture, just slightly distinct and slightly less developed and with 00s holdovers, and with a different social and poltical climate. I can't say that about the mid to late 2000s.