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Post by nightmarefarm on May 4, 2022 20:08:34 GMT 10
Yes, we collectively as a society decide(to an extent at least) how each decade is going to go by following trends, electing presidents, adopting new technologies, etc. But if you could name ONE person who contributed the most into setting the feel for a new decade, who would it be?
Example:
00s - Osama Bin Laden
10s - Barack Obama
20s - Unclear yet but I would say either Trump or potentially Elon Musk or Putin.
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Post by 10slover on May 4, 2022 20:41:30 GMT 10
For the 2020s it's definitely Trump, but perhaps only for the first half of the decade
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Post by nightmarefarm on May 4, 2022 20:56:25 GMT 10
For the 2020s it's definitely Trump, but perhaps only for the first half of the decade I agree about the first half of the decade. I think either elon musk(AI robots, solar energy, etc) or putin/zelenzky(if WW3 happens) will contribute mostly to the second half.
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Post by 10slover on May 4, 2022 23:43:54 GMT 10
For the 2020s it's definitely Trump, but perhaps only for the first half of the decade I agree about the first half of the decade. I think either elon musk(AI robots, solar energy, etc) or putin/zelenzky(if WW3 happens) will contribute mostly to the second half. Rant incoming: Elon didn't event shit, he shouldn't take credit for the technological revolution we're about to see. I understand why people want to compare him to Steve Jobs (both of them steal other people's ideas and are bad people) but Steve Jobs actually had a vision of how he wanted things to be
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Post by nightmarefarm on May 4, 2022 23:57:22 GMT 10
I agree about the first half of the decade. I think either elon musk(AI robots, solar energy, etc) or putin/zelenzky(if WW3 happens) will contribute mostly to the second half. Rant incoming: Elon didn't event shit, he shouldn't take credit for the technological revolution we're about to see. I understand why people want to compare him to Steve Jobs (both of them steal other people's ideas and are bad people) but Steve Jobs actually had a vision of how he wanted things to be It isn't just about inventing shit. It's also about making it accessible and mainstream. I feel like he is going to be responsible for lots of tech shifts this decade by doing just that.
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Post by 10slover on May 5, 2022 2:42:42 GMT 10
Rant incoming: Elon didn't event shit, he shouldn't take credit for the technological revolution we're about to see. I understand why people want to compare him to Steve Jobs (both of them steal other people's ideas and are bad people) but Steve Jobs actually had a vision of how he wanted things to be It isn't just about inventing shit. It's also about making it accessible and mainstream. I feel like he is going to be responsible for lots of tech shifts this decade by doing just that. What exactly is he making mainstream?
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Post by astropoug on May 5, 2022 4:10:21 GMT 10
It isn't just about inventing shit. It's also about making it accessible and mainstream. I feel like he is going to be responsible for lots of tech shifts this decade by doing just that. What exactly is he making mainstream? EVs and renewable energy. For the record, I don't like Musk that much either, but come on, he's clearly a prominent figure in today's society. I mean, he was literally picked as Person of the Year for 2021 by Time Magazine.
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Post by astropoug on May 5, 2022 4:58:50 GMT 10
Anyways I would say this really needs to be split into three categories: political figures, pop culture icons, and technology/business figures. I'm only gonna do the 90s, 00s, and 10s, since we're not even halfway through this decade, and I don't know much about decades pre-90s.
1990s
Politics: Bill Clinton
Pop Culture: Kurt Cobain
Technology/Business: Bill Gates
2000s
Politics: George W. Bush
Pop Culture: Britney Spears
Technology/Business: Steve Jobs
2010s
Politics: Barack Obama
Pop Culture: PewDiePie
Technology/Business: Mark Zuckerberg
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Post by 10slover on May 5, 2022 7:45:53 GMT 10
What exactly is he making mainstream? EVs and renewable energy. For the record, I don't like Musk that much either, but come on, he's clearly a prominent figure in today's society. EVs maybe but idk about RE
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Post by 10slover on May 5, 2022 7:47:02 GMT 10
Anyways I would say this really needs to be split into three categories: political figures, pop culture icons, and technology/business figures. I'm only gonna do the 90s, 00s, and 10s, since we're not even halfway through this decade, and I don't know much about decades pre-90s. 1990sPolitics: Bill Clinton Pop Culture: Kurt Cobain Technology/Business: Bill Gates 2000sPolitics: George W. Bush Pop Culture: Britney Spears Technology/Business: Steve Jobs 2010sPolitics: Donald Trump Pop Culture: PewDiePie Technology/Business: Mark Zuckerberg Even though Obama was definitely a prominent figure of the 2010s, I unfortunately think the decade will be remembered more for Trump than Obama. He's just a way more prominent figure. and I think he perfectly represents the political turmoil of the 2010s. Just thinking about it, PewDiePie was the first YouTube "popstar" and now MrBeast is looking like he's going to be the second one, he is already more popular than PewDiePie actually
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Post by astropoug on May 5, 2022 8:10:48 GMT 10
Anyways I would say this really needs to be split into three categories: political figures, pop culture icons, and technology/business figures. I'm only gonna do the 90s, 00s, and 10s, since we're not even halfway through this decade, and I don't know much about decades pre-90s. 1990sPolitics: Bill Clinton Pop Culture: Kurt Cobain Technology/Business: Bill Gates 2000sPolitics: George W. Bush Pop Culture: Britney Spears Technology/Business: Steve Jobs 2010sPolitics: Donald Trump Pop Culture: PewDiePie Technology/Business: Mark Zuckerberg Even though Obama was definitely a prominent figure of the 2010s, I unfortunately think the decade will be remembered more for Trump than Obama. He's just a way more prominent figure. and I think he perfectly represents the political turmoil of the 2010s. Just thinking about it, PewDiePie was the first YouTube "popstar" and now MrBeast is looking like he's going to be the second one, he is already more popular than PewDiePie actually Main reason why I picked PewDiePie for the 2010s is that, whilst there were a lot of other prominent pop culture figures of the 2010s like Justin Bieber, they're also the sort of people who could've emerged in previous decades. Musicians, actors, that sort of thing. PewDiePie on the other hand is SQUARELY a product of the 2010s. Not only has the 2010s seen social media influencers and YouTubers becoming pop culture icons, but it's also a decade defined by trends like lets plays, ironic edgy humor, meme culture, and a prominent fanbase, all things PewDiePie represents.
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Post by 10slover on May 5, 2022 8:57:19 GMT 10
Just thinking about it, PewDiePie was the first YouTube "popstar" and now MrBeast is looking like he's going to be the second one, he is already more popular than PewDiePie actually Main reason why I picked PewDiePie for the 2010s is that, whilst there were a lot of other prominent pop culture figures of the 2010s like Justin Bieber, they're also the sort of people who could've emerged in previous decades. Musicians, actors, that sort of thing. PewDiePie on the other hand is SQUARELY a product of the 2010s. Not only has the 2010s seen social media influencers and YouTubers becoming pop culture icons, but it's also a decade defined by trends like lets plays, ironic edgy humor, meme culture, and a prominent fanbase, all things PewDiePie represents. He also stayed consistently popular all throughout the decade, albeit with a small fall in 2015 (when people got really tired of anything related to the early 10s) Screw it... PewDiePie was the 2010s Britney Spears :^)
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Post by astropoug on May 5, 2022 9:13:32 GMT 10
Main reason why I picked PewDiePie for the 2010s is that, whilst there were a lot of other prominent pop culture figures of the 2010s like Justin Bieber, they're also the sort of people who could've emerged in previous decades. Musicians, actors, that sort of thing. PewDiePie on the other hand is SQUARELY a product of the 2010s. Not only has the 2010s seen social media influencers and YouTubers becoming pop culture icons, but it's also a decade defined by trends like lets plays, ironic edgy humor, meme culture, and a prominent fanbase, all things PewDiePie represents. He also stayed consistently popular all throughout the decade, albeit with a small fall in 2015 (when people got really tired of anything related to the early 10s) Screw it... PewDiePie was the 2010s Britney Spears :^) I didn't remember him losing popularity in 2015. If anything, 2015 was peak lets plays, with YouTubers like Markiplier, VanossGaming and JackSepticEye becoming really popular that year. I think if anything, that was the main thing that led to PewDiePie's small decline, since there was so much competition that year, that he had to reinvent himself into an edgy ironic YouTuber to regain popularity.
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Post by 10slover on May 5, 2022 9:19:16 GMT 10
He also stayed consistently popular all throughout the decade, albeit with a small fall in 2015 (when people got really tired of anything related to the early 10s) Screw it... PewDiePie was the 2010s Britney Spears :^) I didn't remember him losing popularity in 2015. If anything, 2015 was peak lets plays, with YouTubers like Markiplier, VanossGaming and JackSepticEye becoming really popular that year. I think if anything, that was the main thing that led to PewDiePie's small decline, since there was so much competition that year, that he had to reinvent himself into an edgy ironic YouTuber to regain popularity. He was washed up back in 2015, people barely talked about him anymore
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Post by astropoug on May 5, 2022 9:21:28 GMT 10
I didn't remember him losing popularity in 2015. If anything, 2015 was peak lets plays, with YouTubers like Markiplier, VanossGaming and JackSepticEye becoming really popular that year. I think if anything, that was the main thing that led to PewDiePie's small decline, since there was so much competition that year, that he had to reinvent himself into an edgy ironic YouTuber to regain popularity. He was washed up back in 2015, people barely talked about him anymore Like I said, that probably has to do with people being interested in newer lets players like Markiplier and JackSepticEye, who had a different personality and style compared to PewDiePie. They also played trendier games like Five Nights at Freddys and Undertale.
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