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Post by dudewitdausername on Jan 21, 2022 11:16:48 GMT 10
Time for the BIG question 😈, all are worlds apart...
2022: hip hop, internet, computers, video games
1978: rock, pre-PC culture, pre-social media or smartphones, network TV, pre-9/11 or COVID
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Post by jaydawg89 on Jan 21, 2022 12:27:58 GMT 10
If I had to pick, I would say 2022. If there was no covid, then definitely 2022.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jan 21, 2022 12:45:35 GMT 10
2022. People overlook how big of a shift the internet is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 13:12:11 GMT 10
2022. People overlook how big of a shift the internet is. 1995 was the year everything changed.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jan 21, 2022 13:15:49 GMT 10
2022. People overlook how big of a shift the internet is. 1995 was the year everything changed. The internet is the second fire. Or the third fire if electricity is the second.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 13:22:29 GMT 10
1995 was the year everything changed. The internet is the second fire. Or the third fire if electricity is the second. I would say electricity. I would say the internal combustion engine is up there pretty close with that as well. Going from horse and buggy to the automobile recreated society in ways that couldn't have been imagined by their inventors. Despite how much I love history, I don't think I would want to live in the age before the automobile.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jan 21, 2022 13:24:45 GMT 10
The internet is the second fire. Or the third fire if electricity is the second. I would say electricity. I would say the internal combustion engine is up there pretty close with that as well. Going from horse and buggy to the automobile recreated society in ways that couldn't have been imagined by their inventors. True. The internet is up there with those inventions though. We forget how insane it is that we are able to communicate in seconds with anyone across the world on magical rectangles.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 13:26:49 GMT 10
I would say electricity. I would say the internal combustion engine is up there pretty close with that as well. Going from horse and buggy to the automobile recreated society in ways that couldn't have been imagined by their inventors. True. The internet is up there with those inventions though. We forget how insane it is that we are able to communicate in seconds with anyone across the world on magical rectangles. I remember using dial-up for the first time. Summer 1996. I kind of miss the early Internet. Now everything is so consolidated and cookie cutter. Back then, you really could go down some rabbit holes.
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Post by mc98 on Jan 21, 2022 13:27:16 GMT 10
2022. Even with Covid, 2000 is still be closer to the latter.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 13:30:18 GMT 10
If we're talking huge eras, I'd say for the past century it would be something like this.
1890-1945 (Post-industrial, pre-war)
1945-1994 (Cold War/Pre-Internet era)
1995-Present (Information Age)
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jan 21, 2022 13:35:31 GMT 10
True. The internet is up there with those inventions though. We forget how insane it is that we are able to communicate in seconds with anyone across the world on magical rectangles. I remember using dial-up for the first time. Summer 1996. I kind of miss the early Internet. Now everything is so consolidated and cookie cutter. Back then, you really could go down some rabbit holes. Unfortunately the internet started going down the shitter around the time my first vivid memories were forming.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 13:45:29 GMT 10
I remember using dial-up for the first time. Summer 1996. I kind of miss the early Internet. Now everything is so consolidated and cookie cutter. Back then, you really could go down some rabbit holes. Unfortunately the internet started going down the shitter around the time my first vivid memories were forming. It was a slow process. To me what made me realize the old Internet was gone was the death of forums. There aren't many like this one around anymore. Everything has been replaced by social media or is on reddit. I would say the late '00s Internet kind of had the best of both worlds.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jan 21, 2022 13:52:34 GMT 10
Unfortunately the internet started going down the shitter around the time my first vivid memories were forming. It was a slow process. To me what made me realize the old Internet was gone was the death of forums. There aren't many like this one around anymore. Everything has been replaced by social media or is on reddit. I would say the late '00s Internet kind of had the best of both worlds. Yeah, late 00s internet culture still had redeemable traits i guess. I did feel a noticeable decline in internet culture in the early 10s and since like 2013 it's just been completely soulless.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 14:01:18 GMT 10
It was a slow process. To me what made me realize the old Internet was gone was the death of forums. There aren't many like this one around anymore. Everything has been replaced by social media or is on reddit. I would say the late '00s Internet kind of had the best of both worlds. Yeah, late 00s internet culture still had redeemable traits i guess. I did feel a noticeable decline in internet culture in the early 10s and since like 2013 it's just been completely soulless. For me, it was when everything started being designed for use on a phone or a tablet rather than a PC. That was probably around 2013-14. The shift from the Internet as something you do on your PC vs something you have 24/7 in the palm of your hand really changed it.
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