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Post by y2kbaby on Mar 23, 2022 8:01:47 GMT 10
I chose 2006, especially since it was the year after Hurricane Katrina. Not a lot of crazy events during that year alone. Was the year boring? To a extent. Was it awful? Absolutely not. 2006 was a healing year.
I consider 2010, 2011, 2019 to be healing years too.
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 8:21:55 GMT 10
I chose 2006, especially since it was the year after Hurricane Katrina. Not a lot of crazy events during that year alone. Was the year boring? To a extent. Was it awful? Absolutely not. 2006 was a healing year. I consider 2010, 2011, 2019 to be healing years too. 2006 is underrated AF. One of my favorite years honestly, especially with the rise of YouTube and 7th Gen consoles. It just had a chill and fun vibe.
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 8:24:51 GMT 10
I didn’t like 2021 either but it was still better than 2020, and so far has been better than 2022.
The sad part is that it may end up as the best year of the early 2020s.
I’d say healing years of the 21st century (I.e. the opposite of calm before the storm years) would be 2002, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2019, and 2021.
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 8:26:28 GMT 10
I would say 2003 for September 11 - First half of 2002 it was a fresh wound, a sensitive subject and there was a lot of anger and to some extent bigotry. Second half a bit better. Recession healing is hard to actually measure it was more gradual. Maybe 2011 2003 had the Iraq War though. I’d say 2002 is the calmest year of the early 2000s actually, but TBH that’s not saying much. The entire era was rather tumultuous.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 23, 2022 9:54:34 GMT 10
I would say 2003 for September 11 - First half of 2002 it was a fresh wound, a sensitive subject and there was a lot of anger and to some extent bigotry. Second half a bit better. Recession healing is hard to actually measure it was more gradual. Maybe 2011 2003 had the Iraq War though. I’d say 2002 is the calmest year of the early 2000s actually, but TBH that’s not saying much. The entire era was rather tumultuous. in reality from being there I can say 2002 and 2006 felt pretty calm, even when the "shift" happened it still felt calm because things didn't get too crazy until early 2007.
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 9:57:03 GMT 10
2003 had the Iraq War though. I’d say 2002 is the calmest year of the early 2000s actually, but TBH that’s not saying much. The entire era was rather tumultuous. in reality from being there I can say 2002 and 2006 felt pretty calm, even when the "shift" happened it still felt calm because things didn't get too crazy until early 2007. Honestly 2006 and 2007 collectively I would say were generally quite calm. You did have Virginia Tech and the Britney Spears meltdown in 2007, but that was about it. 2008 is when things hit the shitter, and we wouldn't recover from that until 2010 at the earliest, if not 2011.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 23, 2022 10:02:02 GMT 10
in reality from being there I can say 2002 and 2006 felt pretty calm, even when the "shift" happened it still felt calm because things didn't get too crazy until early 2007. Honestly 2006 and 2007 collectively I would say were generally quite calm. You did have Virginia Tech and the Britney Spears meltdown in 2007, but that was about it. 2008 is when things hit the shitter, and we wouldn't recover from that until 2010 at the earliest, if not 2011. in 2007 there were more things, growing frustration of Windows Vista, the hysteria of Chris Beniot murders, the recession starting that December, the death of Anna Nicole Smith, The hype and eventual letdown of Spider-Man 3
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 10:04:17 GMT 10
Honestly 2006 and 2007 collectively I would say were generally quite calm. You did have Virginia Tech and the Britney Spears meltdown in 2007, but that was about it. 2008 is when things hit the shitter, and we wouldn't recover from that until 2010 at the earliest, if not 2011. in 2007 there were more things, growing frustration of Windows Vista, the hysteria of Chris Beniot murders, the recession starting that December, the death of Anna Nicole Smith, The hype and eventual letdown of Spider-Man 3 Yeah, I would say 2007 was not as calm as 2006, but still calmer than 2008.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 27, 2022 3:53:22 GMT 10
in 2007 there were more things, growing frustration of Windows Vista, the hysteria of Chris Beniot murders, the recession starting that December, the death of Anna Nicole Smith, The hype and eventual letdown of Spider-Man 3 Yeah, I would say 2007 was not as calm as 2006, but still calmer than 2008. it's hard to say, personally I thin 2008 was little more bubbly and carefree than 2007, but then again you had the recession headlining the news until the apex that Fall where the stock market crashed
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Post by astropoug on Mar 27, 2022 6:02:21 GMT 10
Yeah, I would say 2007 was not as calm as 2006, but still calmer than 2008. it's hard to say, personally I thin 2008 was little more bubbly and carefree than 2007, but then again you had the recession headlining the news until the apex that Fall where the stock market crashed Well if we're talking pop culture I'd agree, but then again, I feel the entire recession era had unusually lighthearted pop culture, mostly Black Eyed Peas electropop stuff. Contrast this with the early or mid 2000s when you had nu metal and emo respectively as major movements. Maybe that would explain it because in 2007, you had emo everywhere, and it was impacting pop culture, in contrast to 2008, when scene kids, who were more lighthearted and colorful, became the dominant subculture.
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