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Post by astropoug on May 13, 2022 16:16:27 GMT 10
Eh I wouldn't go as far as to call core 2000s phones "bricks", as that implies they hadn't changed much since the 80s/90s, and we all know that's not true. Core 2000s phones are, on one hand, way more featured and advanced than what we had in previous decades, yet also completely outdated by 2010s-present standards. The T-Mobile Sidekick was the most advanced cellphone in the core 2000s, AKA the cellphone Paris Hilton had and that came with AIM. But yeah, smartphones did exist, but NOT touchscreen smartphones, and nobody was going around using words like "app" to describe shit. People played games on the go on the PSP, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance, not on cellphones. That's what really defined the 2000s, the fact it was a time before smartphones impacted every single fucking aspect of our lives. Twitter did come into existence in 2006, but NOBODY was using it then. Same goes for Facebook. 2006 was all about MySpace. So was 2007. 2008 is really where the transition to 2010s internet occurs, with platforms like Facebook exploding in popularity. I still think it's more 2000s though. 2009 is where things really begin to shift, especially with Facebook becoming the most popular social media platform, YouTube stars like Fred receiving mainstream attention, and YouTube itself gradually becoming more professional rather than the EXTREMELY amateurish videos that defined 2005-2008, not to mention the introduction of HD. Yeah TV in 2005 was VERY 2000s. Streaming was not a thing yet and Netflix didn't have their own shows. This was cable TV's golden age. Since I was young back then, I recall networks like Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network all being huge. 2005 was the ONLY year that Malcolm In the Middle, LOST, AND The Office all coexisted. You had plenty of reality shows like Pimp My Ride and The Simple Life that defined culture. 90s remnants in animation were also gone. Instead, it was all about SpongeBob, Fairly OddParents, and anime-style cartoons like Teen Titans and Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Simpsons was irrelevant, it was all about Family Guy, which was revived for a fourth season, South Park, and American Dad, which was new at this time. 2006 was extremely similar, whilst 2007 saw a brief Simpsons interest revival (due to the movie), and shows like SpongeBob and FOP were going downhill, not to mention the Boston bomb scare. My mistake when I said brick phone I meant those hard sidekick phones at the time with keyboards. That was they’re nickname at the time where I lived Yeah I was around at the time since I was a kid but I don’t remember the exact details of everything going on around the time except for somethings that caught my interest unlike some people here. Me and several other users that remember the 2000s around here can fill you in. But as someone who was there, 2005 and 2006 have the strongest 2000s vibe. 2007 is close behind even IN SPITE of all the pop cultural and technological shifts, since it was ultimately a DVD/iPod/Windows XP/flip phone/emo/MySpace centric world like 2005-2006 was. 2004 still had some lingering 90s aspects, particularly in the first half of the year such as dial-up internet, Friends, Frasier, 2D animated Disney movies, and Klasky-Csupo cartoons that prevent it from feeling as 2000s as 2005-2007, but by the second half of the year, it was definitely peak 2000s. What's also interesting about the 2000s is how, at least from a cultural perspective, it ended so goddamn abruptly. What I mean is that 2007 felt very 2000s with everything I mentioned, but 2010 did not at all. Instead, it was all about Windows 7 and smartphones and electropop and Facebook and Blu-Ray.
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Post by mc98 on May 13, 2022 16:17:36 GMT 10
2000 ? That year had plenty of things in common with 1997-1999 in terms of aesthetic and vibe. I don’t think you understood they’re position. Honestly, 2000 had WAY more in common with 1996 than 2004, especially in terms of politics, technology, and gaming. I'm gonna be blunt and say that though transitional, 2000 is more 90s than 00s (even if not in every aspect). If you disagree, that's fine, but I can tell you a whole host of reasons why I think the way I do. One of the aspects that make 2000 closer to 2004 or the 00s in general is the fashion.
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Post by astropoug on May 13, 2022 16:32:30 GMT 10
Honestly, 2000 had WAY more in common with 1996 than 2004, especially in terms of politics, technology, and gaming. I'm gonna be blunt and say that though transitional, 2000 is more 90s than 00s (even if not in every aspect). If you disagree, that's fine, but I can tell you a whole host of reasons why I think the way I do. One of the aspects that make 2000 closer to 2004 or the 00s in general is the fashion. This is true. It's definitely a case-by-case basis looking at distinct aspects of the year. Music is another. But as a whole, I'd still say 2000 is more similar to 1996 than 2004, even if not entirely.
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Post by astropoug on May 13, 2022 16:33:50 GMT 10
Honestly, 2000 had WAY more in common with 1996 than 2004, especially in terms of politics, technology, and gaming. I'm gonna be blunt and say that though transitional, 2000 is more 90s than 00s (even if not in every aspect). If you disagree, that's fine, but I can tell you a whole host of reasons why I think the way I do. Also the President was Bill Clinton at the time and 9/11 wasn’t even a thing yet If we're going purely off politics, than 2000 has more in common with 1993 than it does 2007. In 2007 everyone was about George Bush and the Iraq War, whilst 1993 was all "Clinton-era prosperity".
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Post by carcar on May 13, 2022 17:43:20 GMT 10
Honestly, 2000 had WAY more in common with 1996 than 2004, especially in terms of politics, technology, and gaming. I'm gonna be blunt and say that though transitional, 2000 is more 90s than 00s (even if not in every aspect). If you disagree, that's fine, but I can tell you a whole host of reasons why I think the way I do. One of the aspects that make 2000 closer to 2004 or the 00s in general is the fashion. Well that’s one aspect
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Post by carcar on May 13, 2022 17:47:11 GMT 10
My mistake when I said brick phone I meant those hard sidekick phones at the time with keyboards. That was they’re nickname at the time where I lived Yeah I was around at the time since I was a kid but I don’t remember the exact details of everything going on around the time except for somethings that caught my interest unlike some people here. Me and several other users that remember the 2000s around here can fill you in. But as someone who was there, 2005 and 2006 have the strongest 2000s vibe. 2007 is close behind even IN SPITE of all the pop cultural and technological shifts, since it was ultimately a DVD/iPod/Windows XP/flip phone/emo/MySpace centric world like 2005-2006 was. 2004 still had some lingering 90s aspects, particularly in the first half of the year such as dial-up internet, Friends, Frasier, 2D animated Disney movies, and Klasky-Csupo cartoons that prevent it from feeling as 2000s as 2005-2007, but by the second half of the year, it was definitely peak 2000s. What's also interesting about the 2000s is how, at least from a cultural perspective, it ended so goddamn abruptly. What I mean is that 2007 felt very 2000s with everything I mentioned, but 2010 did not at all. Instead, it was all about Windows 7 and smartphones and electropop and Facebook and Blu-Ray. I mean I remember the 2000s, mostly the middle to late part of the decade and especially 2009. Did 2010 not have any 2000s aspects ? I mean I don’t think that year was really the purest of the 2010s despite the technological difference between the years prior to it. For the record I turned 8 in 2006
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Post by astropoug on May 13, 2022 18:16:14 GMT 10
Me and several other users that remember the 2000s around here can fill you in. But as someone who was there, 2005 and 2006 have the strongest 2000s vibe. 2007 is close behind even IN SPITE of all the pop cultural and technological shifts, since it was ultimately a DVD/iPod/Windows XP/flip phone/emo/MySpace centric world like 2005-2006 was. 2004 still had some lingering 90s aspects, particularly in the first half of the year such as dial-up internet, Friends, Frasier, 2D animated Disney movies, and Klasky-Csupo cartoons that prevent it from feeling as 2000s as 2005-2007, but by the second half of the year, it was definitely peak 2000s. What's also interesting about the 2000s is how, at least from a cultural perspective, it ended so goddamn abruptly. What I mean is that 2007 felt very 2000s with everything I mentioned, but 2010 did not at all. Instead, it was all about Windows 7 and smartphones and electropop and Facebook and Blu-Ray. I mean I remember the 2000s, mostly the middle to late part of the decade and especially 2009. Did 2010 not have any 2000s aspects ? I mean I don’t think that year was really the purest of the 2010s despite the technological difference between the years prior to it. For the record I turned 8 in 2006 2010 is not a core 2010s year and certainly not well-representative of the decade’s spirit, but it has more in common with the 2010s than the 2000s. The big thing that really makes it more 2000s if anything was the fact that physical media was still popular, and that downloading music from iTunes rather than streaming services was the most popular way to listen to music. That is one thing about 2010 that is closer to 2005 than 2015. It is otherwise more similar to 2015.
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Post by astropoug on May 13, 2022 18:24:52 GMT 10
Also, for the record, the proper term for phones likes the T-Mobile Sidekick, BlackBerry, Motorola Droid, and other phones of that ilk is slider phones  .
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Post by carcar on May 13, 2022 19:38:45 GMT 10
I mean I remember the 2000s, mostly the middle to late part of the decade and especially 2009. Did 2010 not have any 2000s aspects ? I mean I don’t think that year was really the purest of the 2010s despite the technological difference between the years prior to it. For the record I turned 8 in 2006 2010 is not a core 2010s year and certainly not well-representative of the decade’s spirit, but it has more in common with the 2010s than the 2000s. The big thing that really makes it more 2000s if anything was the fact that physical media was still popular, and that downloading music from iTunes rather than streaming services was the most popular way to listen to music. That is one thing about 2010 that is closer to 2005 than 2015. It is otherwise more similar to 2015. What would you say is the purest cocaine year of the 2010s, stuck between 2015 and 2016, because the decade is so split
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Post by John Titor on May 14, 2022 0:22:02 GMT 10
I will chime in here summer 2005 is the most 2000s purest cocaine sniff of all time, everything about that summer screams 2000s. I remember walking around Jersey going in and out of various malls, chilling @ the skate park while MCR blaring out of peoples cars, talking about drama on myspace bulletins, and EVERYONE had those big Hot Topic trip pants lol and EVERYONE had either Invader zim in their AOL AIM profile pic or they were wearing the shirt 
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Post by y2kbaby on May 14, 2022 1:26:48 GMT 10
2005 is the most 2000s year ever. 2006 (especially the first half of the year) was not that entirely different from late 2004 and 2005. Towards the end of 2006, all throughout 2007 you see a slight decline on the pure 2000sness.
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Post by John Titor on May 14, 2022 5:23:57 GMT 10
2005 is the most 2000s year ever. 2006 (especially the first half of the year) was not that entirely different from late 2004 and 2005. Towards the end of 2006, all throughout 2007 you see a slight decline on the pure 2000sness. I agree, the threshold is August 2006
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2022 2:31:49 GMT 10
2000 - 2005 was the pure 2000s. 2000 ? That year had plenty of things in common with 1997-1999 in terms of aesthetic and vibe. I don’t think you understood they’re position. 1998 and 1999 are 2000s years. It had NOTHING in common with 1997, is that a joke? The '90s ended in 1998. And 2000 is as purely 2000s as you can get. It is absolutely 100% a 2000s year... The entire Y2K era was 2000s NOT '90s. Maybe you're too young to remember.
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Post by mc98 on May 15, 2022 4:07:42 GMT 10
2000 ? That year had plenty of things in common with 1997-1999 in terms of aesthetic and vibe. I don’t think you understood they’re position. 1998 and 1999 are 2000s years. It had NOTHING in common with 1997, is that a joke? The '90s ended in 1998. And 2000 is as purely 2000s as you can get. It is absolutely 100% a 2000s year... The entire Y2K era was 2000s NOT '90s. Maybe you're too young to remember. I have seen bad takes in Popedia but damn this takes the cake.
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Post by astropoug on May 15, 2022 4:12:44 GMT 10
1998 was not substantially different from 1997 with the exception of Britney Spears starting her career, nu metal becoming popular, and the iMac launching, and even the latter two events can be traced to stuff that happened in 1997.
Sure 1998-2000 is quite a ways different from 1994-1995. It is very different from the core 90s…but it is even more different from the core 00s.
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