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Post by nightmarefarm on Mar 12, 2022 23:06:03 GMT 10
COVID is a thing and so are lockdowns and everything. This is the strongest distinction between the 20s and 10s but where I live and some other countries these have been pretty much dead since early 2021. Ever since like mid 2021, people still go about their lives pretty much like how they did before COVID hit. I'm aware other countries such as Canada may be in a completely different world when it comes to COVID but that doesn't apply to my situation with COVID and lockdowns in the UK.
Besides that, there are distinctions between the two decades but overall it still has the same core DNA. Smartphones, Social Media, Memes, Turbulent Politics are still at the forfront of society. Politics just feels like the late 10s on steroid with more political divisions now because of COVID and other things like the Floyd incident and the voter fraud debate about Trump's election in the US. Tech has hardly advanced at all. Production levels are still the same. Compare 2012 with the late 2000s. Completely different world, even 2009 and 2012 was night and day. 2019 and 2022? There is a noticeable difference but still lots of strong ties between the two years.
There are some superficial pop culture changes but even there it has ties to the 10s. The most popular movie this decade was Spiderman. TikTok is just another social media site which is similar to Vine(not the same but similar), Music has changed but most popular musicians were big in the 10s and there isn't a distinct new style of music which feels alien to the 10s, throwback pop feels like it's a fusion between late 10s and 20th century or early 00s music. Fashion hasn't changed much either, I still see people wearing blue skinny jeans all the time. 9th gen gaming so far just feels like 8th gen but with slight improvements across the board. Nothing dramatically game changing like developers made it out to be.
Whether that's a good or bad thing, i'll let you decide. Personally the early 20s is much better. It feels like an improved version of the late 10s pop culture and my personal situation is a lot better.
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Post by 10slover on Mar 12, 2022 23:55:26 GMT 10
I missed your bad takes
But not this again, ples
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Post by nightmarefarm on Mar 13, 2022 1:12:55 GMT 10
I missed your bad takes But not this again, ples They aren't for everyone, I did say it was a hot take. Keep in mind COVID's impact differs from area to area. Over here it has been on the backburner since early-mid 2021.
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Post by astropoug on Mar 13, 2022 8:32:04 GMT 10
From a technological perspective, I actually agree. IMO, COVID-19 has resulted in a slowdown in technological progress. It also played a role in stopping any real change in pop culture, at least for a bit. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed to 2021, for example. Concerts, movies, were all effectively halted in 2020, so that sort of delayed the onset of real 2020s culture.
IMO, I think we’re just now starting to see the birth of 2020s culture, and IMO, technology will really start advancing by the second half of the decade.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Mar 13, 2022 10:16:53 GMT 10
From a technological perspective, I actually agree. IMO, COVID-19 has resulted in a slowdown in technological progress. It also played a role in stopping any real change in pop culture, at least for a bit. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed to 2021, for example. Concerts, movies, were all effectively halted in 2020, so that sort of delayed the onset of real 2020s culture. IMO, I think we’re just now starting to see the birth of 2020s culture, and IMO, technology will really start advancing by the second half of the decade. Yeah, hopefully the core 20s culture comes in soon and really seperates it from the 2010s. New tech as well. 20s culture in and of itself as we know it just feels too similar to 10s culture. COVID is the only strong divider between the two decades and even that isn't really relevant nowadays.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2022 10:31:17 GMT 10
Anyone who says the early 20s are the same as the late 2010s is delusional. This is the biggest worldwide event since the recession of '09, and this is a way bigger deal and a bigger change than that.. People are so clouded by their interests in celebrities and music that they don't see reality and the actual things that's happening around them in the world. So they think the actual events that change the world are "no big deal" so they say there was no shift in 2020. It's just insane in my opinion. We are so far removed from the 2010s it's not even funny.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Mar 14, 2022 11:01:23 GMT 10
Anyone who says the early 20s are the same as the late 2010s is delusional. This is the biggest worldwide event since the recession of '09, and this is a way bigger deal and a bigger change than that.. People are so clouded by their interests in celebrities and music that they don't see reality and the actual things that's happening around them in the world. So they think the actual events that change the world are "no big deal" so they say there was no shift in 2020. It's just insane in my opinion. We are so far removed from the 2010s it's not even funny. Like i've stated many times before, COVIDs effects differ depending by region. In the UK it hasn't been that relevant since mid 2021 besides a month of mask mandates in december. Besides that, I don't think i've ever seen anyone social distance or wear a mask in public since like June. I don't hear anyone talk about it either. You live in Canada where trudeau is pushing vacc mandates. Ofc we're going to have different experiences with it. The core tenets of the 2010s are still in full effect: Smartphones, fragmented social media and turbulent/divisive politics. It still feels like the skeleton of the 10s is still going from my experience. And lets look at this from a broader perspective, in a few years COVID wont even be talked about and if nothing else changes it's going to feel practically identical to the 10s.
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Post by al on Mar 14, 2022 11:05:05 GMT 10
I thought this was a lot of people's take.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Mar 14, 2022 11:12:02 GMT 10
I thought this was a lot of people's take. Most people think the 20s are extremely different because of the pandemic. And depending on region, it kind of makes sense. In some areas there is very strict lockdown rules and the attitudes are more paranoid and cautious. In more lax areas it still feels a lot like the late 10s.
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Post by Telso on Mar 14, 2022 11:37:10 GMT 10
I thought this was a lot of people's take. I don't think so, I always see zoomers mocking the "cheugy" Millenial styles of the 2010s and posting memes like this on my timelines: 
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Post by nightmarefarm on Mar 14, 2022 11:41:16 GMT 10
I thought this was a lot of people's take. I don't think so, I always see zoomers mocking the "cheugy" Millenial styles of the 2010s and posting memes like this on my timelines: This comparison just goes to show 2022 still feels like the 10s.
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Post by Telso on Mar 14, 2022 16:44:27 GMT 10
I don't think so, I always see zoomers mocking the "cheugy" Millenial styles of the 2010s and posting memes like this on my timelines: This comparison just goes to show 2022 still feels like the 10s. Or not considering I just said people keep looking back at it in disgust for how passé it is?
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Post by nightmarefarm on Mar 14, 2022 23:28:48 GMT 10
This comparison just goes to show 2022 still feels like the 10s. Or not considering I just said people keep looking back at it in disgust for how passé it is? Looks similar enough to me. Now compare both to someone from 2002.
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Post by mc98 on Mar 20, 2022 10:56:10 GMT 10
More like the expansion of the LATE 2010s. Fashion today is really not the same as the core 2010s.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Mar 20, 2022 11:01:11 GMT 10
More like the expansion of the LATE 2010s. Fashion today is really not the same as the core 2010s. Mostly the late 10s but there are various core 10s things like touchscreen smartphones and memes that are still fully relevant today.
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