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Post by nightmarefarm on Jun 6, 2022 8:30:37 GMT 10
Trump, Brexit, Alt Right and conservatives bashing SJWSs. "Wokeism" started seeping into pop culture like ghostbusters and iron man. Political division. Memes starting to permeate into every aspect of internet culture. Memes becoming ironic and edgy. 7th gen gaming fully dead. Streaming being mainstream(no pun intended). Windows 10. Superhero movies started dominating. Also the music is the first year that feels a bit similar to music nowadays. Something about the music felt more modernized in comparison to the previous year, hard to pinpoint what it is. That might have also been when I started hearing lots of trap music. Either 2016 or 2017 was the start of trap domination.
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Post by astropoug on Jun 6, 2022 8:38:43 GMT 10
Agreed. Whilst 2014 was the start of many of the things we’re still dealing with today, 2016 is still as early as you could go and still feel like it’s similar to today.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jun 6, 2022 8:43:01 GMT 10
Agreed. Whilst 2014 was the start of many of the things we’re still dealing with today, 2016 is still as early as you could go and still feel like it’s similar to today. Anything from the first half of 2015 and before has started to look oldschool to me. When normies didn't post memes on social media and trump was that rich guy on the apprentice.
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Post by crystalmetheny0428 on Jun 6, 2022 8:46:47 GMT 10
especially mid/late 2016
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jun 6, 2022 8:50:05 GMT 10
Yeah. But I noticed a shift from like winter 2015 onwards. The entire period of winter 2015 - spring 2017 was very transitional.
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Post by 10slover on Jun 6, 2022 9:45:59 GMT 10
Agreed. Whilst 2014 was the start of many of the things we’re still dealing with today, 2016 is still as early as you could go and still feel like it’s similar to today. Anything from the first half of 2015 and before has started to look oldschool to me. When normies didn't post memes on social media and trump was that rich guy on the apprentice. Normies already posted memes on social media back then, no 🧐
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Post by rainbow on Jun 6, 2022 22:22:18 GMT 10
I mean, while 2016 does still have connections to today, I wouldn’t say “strongly.” The first year that feels strongly connected to today IMO is 2019.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jun 6, 2022 23:02:32 GMT 10
I mean, while 2016 does still have connections to today, I wouldn’t say “strongly.” The first year that feels strongly connected to today IMO is 2019. 2016 is slightly dated but from a broad perspective, it does feel that way to me. To me, anything before like late 2015/2016 feels oldschool because it was before politics started dominating everything, trump, modern meme culture(hotline bling meme format, image with captions representing things, top text twitter format), windows 10, tn, etc. But mainly for political reasons. I remember the vibe was innocent in most of 2015 which completely changed going into the new year. In terms of regular small eras the current era started around 2020 however.
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Jun 6, 2022 23:25:45 GMT 10
Just like rainbow said, I wouldn't say 2016 is "strongly" connected considering how different pop culture is nowadays. The earliest I would consider "strongly connected" would be 2018-2019
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Post by nightmarefarm on Jun 6, 2022 23:56:45 GMT 10
Just like rainbow said, I wouldn't say 2016 is "strongly" connected considering how different pop culture is nowadays. The earliest I would consider "strongly connected" would be 2018-2019 The 2016-2022 stretch for pop culture doesn't feel that different pop culturally compared to 2010-2016 and 2004-2010. Trap is still popular for rap music. 8th gen gaming is still the norm oddly enough since the PS5 came out Nov 2020. At best, we're in a transitory stage between 8th gen and 9th gen that leans 8th gen. Memes are different but still feels rooted in 2015-2016. That was the beginning of dank and weird memes. And edit memes. Nowadays I still see those type of memes. Windows 10 became mainstream in 2016 and is still the norm today. Streaming also became popular around 2015-2016. Music nowadays is different but not as drastic as the difference from 2010-2016 and previous 6 year stretches. Same production levels and it has the same mellow vibe. This was also when superhero movies started completely dominating. Before they were popular but not dominating everything. If you go on google and type in superhero movies 2015, it comes up with ant-man, fantastic four(which wasn't really even mainstream) and age of ultron. Type in 2016, it comes up with like half a dozen mainstream superhero movies. Ever since we've been bombarded with them.
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Post by John Titor on Jun 7, 2022 0:46:37 GMT 10
Just like rainbow said, I wouldn't say 2016 is "strongly" connected considering how different pop culture is nowadays. The earliest I would consider "strongly connected" would be 2018-2019 The 2016-2022 stretch for pop culture doesn't feel that different pop culturally compared to 2010-2016 and 2004-2010. Trap is still popular for rap music. 8th gen gaming is still the norm oddly enough since the PS5 came out Nov 2020. At best, we're in a transitory stage between 8th gen and 9th gen that leans 8th gen. Memes are different but still feels rooted in 2015-2016. That was the beginning of dank and weird memes. And edit memes. Nowadays I still see those type of memes. Windows 10 became mainstream in 2016 and is still the norm today. Streaming also became popular around 2015-2016. Music nowadays is different but not as drastic as the difference from 2010-2016 and previous 6 year stretches. Same production levels and it has the same mellow vibe. This was also when superhero movies started completely dominating. Before they were popular but not dominating everything. If you go on google and type in superhero movies 2015, it comes up with ant-man, fantastic four(which wasn't really even mainstream) and age of ultron. Type in 2016, it comes up with like half a dozen mainstream superhero movies. Ever since we've been bombarded with them. But you said in another thread you don't even remember being alive in 2004 and barely have memories of 2005, how could it not feel that different if you have no memories of it ?
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Post by John Titor on Jun 7, 2022 0:49:02 GMT 10
Just like rainbow said, I wouldn't say 2016 is "strongly" connected considering how different pop culture is nowadays. The earliest I would consider "strongly connected" would be 2018-2019 yeah I agree lets just set it at 2018-2019 school year, 2016 while having some connection does feel super long in the tooth
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Post by 10slover on Jun 8, 2022 4:57:51 GMT 10
Unpopular opinion: 2018 is not really a part of the current pop cultural era
It started in 2019
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Post by dudewitdausername on Jun 8, 2022 5:00:39 GMT 10
Unpopular opinion: 2018 is not really a part of the current pop cultural era It started in 2019 2018 is kind of weird in the middle. Can't say if it feels more connected to 2016 or 2020 (ignoring the pandemic ofc). 2019 is def more like now then 2016 even with the pandemic.
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Post by astropoug on Jun 8, 2022 5:05:19 GMT 10
Unpopular opinion: 2018 is not really a part of the current pop cultural era It started in 2019 2018 is kind of weird in the middle. Can't say if it feels more connected to 2016 or 2020 (ignoring the pandemic ofc). 2019 is def more like now then 2016 even with the pandemic. It depends on what you're talking about. For gaming, music, and politics, I'd say 2020. For everything else, 2016.
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