What defines the Early 20s?
Jul 16, 2022 9:50:21 GMT 10
Post by nightmarefarm on Jul 16, 2022 9:50:21 GMT 10
We are almost nearing the end of this era.
What are the major things that defined the Early 2020s?
My list:
- Absolute shitshow politics. Boris Johnson just resigned as PM after constant scandals being revealed by him or someone in his administration like every month or so. This is the mad lad that put everyone in lockdown whilst attending over a dozen parties in one year. And then getting busted for it and saying he "didn't know he was at a party". Biden has also proven to be very incompetent and makes gaffes constantly and most likely has dementia. Also there is even more political division than the late 10s, we had those huge BLM riots 2 years ago and the whole masker vs anti masker, vaxxer vs anti vaxxer situation. In general this has been a very chaotic, messy and turbulent era for politics.
- COVID. At least for 2020 and 2021.
- Nostalgia. I've mentioned before this is the era of nostalgia. We are all nostalgic for yesteryear and it shows when pop culture is completely dominated by nostalgia. Most of the music I hear in public are songs from the 00s or 10s.
- Empty pop culture. This links with the previous point but it feels empty because of a lack of strong monoculture and that everyone is consuming culture of previous decades more. It feels like ever since 2020 pop culture shifted to the side rather than being all in your face like it was during the 10s and previous decades. And this links with the previous point but also even the actual pop culture just feels completely unoriginal and rehashes previous decades which contributes to the emptiness feeling.
- TikTok
- An overall sense of bleakness and pessimism
What are the major things that defined the Early 2020s?
My list:
- Absolute shitshow politics. Boris Johnson just resigned as PM after constant scandals being revealed by him or someone in his administration like every month or so. This is the mad lad that put everyone in lockdown whilst attending over a dozen parties in one year. And then getting busted for it and saying he "didn't know he was at a party". Biden has also proven to be very incompetent and makes gaffes constantly and most likely has dementia. Also there is even more political division than the late 10s, we had those huge BLM riots 2 years ago and the whole masker vs anti masker, vaxxer vs anti vaxxer situation. In general this has been a very chaotic, messy and turbulent era for politics.
- COVID. At least for 2020 and 2021.
- Nostalgia. I've mentioned before this is the era of nostalgia. We are all nostalgic for yesteryear and it shows when pop culture is completely dominated by nostalgia. Most of the music I hear in public are songs from the 00s or 10s.
- Empty pop culture. This links with the previous point but it feels empty because of a lack of strong monoculture and that everyone is consuming culture of previous decades more. It feels like ever since 2020 pop culture shifted to the side rather than being all in your face like it was during the 10s and previous decades. And this links with the previous point but also even the actual pop culture just feels completely unoriginal and rehashes previous decades which contributes to the emptiness feeling.
- TikTok
- An overall sense of bleakness and pessimism
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