◆ [Date updated: 2022/11/13(Sun) 20:41:13]
　■Considering the ~25 year gap till a decade reenters the zeitgeist and
　│proceeds to be devoured by vultures, maybe it will only take a few years
　│of patience for the ethos of the  2000's to be rid of the vexatious crowd
　│that has gathered around it in recent years. But the more pressing issue
　│is whether there'll be anything left of it? There's already been plenty
　│of shitting on it already ＿ﾉ乙(､ﾝ､)_ 
　│A thought I just had.
　│
　└■The problem with the 2000s is that a lot of things either sucked at 
　　│the time, or were very mediocre/contrived compared to what came 
　　│before. I spent most of that decade wishing I was in a previous 
　　│decade, and I was far from alone in that
　　│
　　│Even at the time, I was thinking and discussing with my friends about 
　　│how "no one is going to look back fondly on the 2000s like they do 
　　│previous decades, because everything is either not very good or just 
　　│copying/calling back to the 70s and 80s but worse". Most people I 
　　│spoke to about it at the time seemed to agree
　　│
　　│Obviously I wasn't fully correct in my prediction, as I do now see a 
　　│lot of posts/comments online talking about the 2000s as if it was some 
　　│totally amazing time, "back when music was REAL music", etc. (which is 
　　│very funny to me in an "oh god that's ironic/depressing, if only they 
　　│knew" kinda way), but the decade still doesn't seem to have anywhere 
　　│near the prevalence or influence on present-day pop culture in the 
　　│same way that previous decades had during the 2000s and earlier
　　│
　　│At this point I can look back on some aspects of the 2000s fondly, but 
　　│that's mainly because I was young, had friends, and many things since 
　　│seemed to somehow get so much worse that it's made a period as "meh" 
　　│as the 2000s look good by comparison (´～`)
　　│
　　│Ultimately, I just find the whole thing kinda funny cuz I remember 
　　│when everyone (including myself) was dumping on the 2000s and calling 
　　│everything shitty while wishing we could take a time machine back to 
　　│the 70s & 80s "when music was REAL music" (´∇`)
　　│
　　├■  I would rather live in the 2000s than live in the 2010s or now.
　　││
　　││ At least in the 2000s there was still IRL social interaction and there was no social media and not a single influencer to be seen. 
　　││
　　││IMO the world started going downhill around 2008 and by 2011/2012 everything went to complete shit and is just getting worse.
　　││
　　│├■Not to be rude or anything but you sound just like one those vultures
　　│││I was talking about... (・∀・)
　　│││
　　││└■one of those*** FUGG I CANT WRITE 4 SHIT :-DDDDDDdd
　　││　│
　　││　└■LOL
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　　│└■I agree, at least for the first half of the decade. However, even if 
　　│　│we're just talking about the interwebs, there was plenty of social 
　　│　│media/social networking, lame popularity contests, retarded celebrity 
　　│　│bloggers, and "LOOK AT ME I AM IMPORTANT" crap by 2006-2008
　　│　│
　　│　│Remember the likes of that shiteater Perez Hilton? Plus you already had 
　　│　│youtube "celebrities" being featured on TV (and vice versa) at that 
　　│　│point too, and mainstream radio DJs getting involved, etc. Blegh (;´Д`)
　　│　│
　　│　│If I had the choice today I would probably choose to live in a perma-
　　│　│nent loop of 1997-2006 forevar, but I'll never forget that the opinion 
　　│　│I had during the 2000s was "shit sux, I want to live in the 80s or even 
　　│　│the 90s when things were actually good (;´Д`)"
　　│　│
　　│　│It's not my fault things got so much worse after I'd already decided 
　　│　│things sucked!! ヽ(;´Д`)ノ
　　│　│
　　│　└■ By no social media i meant no social media in the way we have it today. 
　　│　　│
　　│　　│Social media in the 2000s was very different compared to now and in the 2000s the internet on phones sucked and was expensive so the internet was still mostly a pc only place during 06-08 and in that era most people still had flip phones so there was nothing to do on your phone and there was still IRL social interaction. 
　　│　　│
　　│　　│2000s Hollywood celebrity culture with famous actors having a Myspace and modern influencer/content creator culture were and are two very different things.  
　　│　　│
　　│　　│As far as YouTube there is a huge difference between a YouTuber and a content creator.
　　│　　│
　　│　　│A YouTuber makes videos for fun because they enjoy it while modern content creators only have profit and views in mind.
　　│　　│
　　│　　└■"IRL social interaction" still exists to the same extent that it did 
　　│　　　　back then - most of us went straight home after school most days and 
　　│　　　　spoke to each other via msn or texting until we went to bed ヽ(´ー｀)ノ
　　│　　　　
　　│　　　　I also went full hikikomori in 2008, so there's that (;^Д^)
　　│　　　　
　　│　　　　Anyway, my point is that I don't personally see it as "things were good 
　　│　　　　in the 2000s and sucked in the 2010s", but rather "things sucked in the 
　　│　　　　2000s and then the 2010s sucked so hard it made the 2000s seem awesome"
　　│　　　　
　　│　　　　I imagine that those who are younger than me (but old enough to recog-
　　│　　　　nize that the 2010s sucked) are experiencing the same thing with the 
　　│　　　　2010s vs 2020s - before you know it, they'll be debating with even 
　　│　　　　younger kiddies who are saying "WTF, the 2010s were amazing! i should 
　　│　　　　know cuz i was born in 2009" if they aren't already (´∇`)
　　│　　　　
　　└■While that is certainly unanimously agreed upon in the west, for some
　　　│of us, particularly from the soviet bloc, the general consensus isn't
　　　│as universal. For most of us the 90's sucked more than the 2000's did,
　　　│so there is more fondness to that time. One interesting thing is if you
　　　│were one that was more aware of western culture at the time than the
　　　│average fellow, you'd have noticed that there is a rougly 5 to 10 year
　　　│lag till western culture's influence spread to these parts. In some
　　　│ways, the 90's of here shared many aspects of the 80's of far away
　　　│lands of your's and so on. Ofcourse once the internet became more of a
　　　│mainstay, the effect lessened until eventually smartphones came around
　　　│and it completely dissappeared (;ﾟ∀ﾟ)
　　　│
　　　└■I definitely noticed that at the time from a Western Europe perspective 
　　　　　- Eastern Europe seemed very "stuck in the 90s" in the 2000s, and in 
　　　　　the 90s it seemed similar to the poorer and/or poverty-stricken areas 
　　　　　of Western Europe during the 60s-80s (but with the addition of WW2-like 
　　　　　ruin and destruction) (;^Д^)