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I concur with that opinion. I still work out to selections by the New Kids on the Block, MC Hammer, Damian Dame, Marky Mark, and Vanilla Ice. Those days were very different from now. Electronic devices, like the first ever Gameboy and Walkman, were big and chunky. We couldn't even imagine iPods in those times. They were pretty carefree in comparison to the 1980's.
Plaid, Double Layered shirts, Wii, Playstations 2 and 3, Post-Grunge, Bubblegum pop, the internet, skinny jeans, Spyro the Dragon, Lady Gaga, Spongebob Squarepants, Bionicle, Harry Potter, Silly Bandz, Spiked hair, emo, "Support our Troops" stickers on cars, and reality TV.
There are honestly a few good reality shows from the 2000s such as Pawn Stars (2009-present) and American Idol (2002-present).The quintessential 2000s IMO was 2002-2008. 1997-2000 and 2010-2013 had 2000s influences. 2001 and 2009 were mostly 2000s but had '90s (2001) and '10s (2009) influences on them. The 2000s overall, were okay in my opinion. People only like to focus on the decade's bad side probably due to the nostalgia craze over the '90s. The 2000s culture went from 2001 to early 2011. In my opinion, the 2000s started in 9/11 and ended as soon as Osama Bin Laden was killed (mid-2011).
'40s: 1941 to 1947
'50s: 1948 to 1963
'60s: 1964 to 1973
'70s: 1974 to 1981
'80s: 1982 to 1991
'90s: 1992 to 2000
'00s: 2001 to 2010
'10s: 2011 to present
The '90's began in mid/late '92. We were still watching MacGuyver, Growing Pains, The Cosby Show, and Night Court in the spring of 1992.
Note that people are ID'ing the 2000's by technology. The transistor, and for that matter the television came of age during the 1960's, but nobody defines the 60's by either. Instead it is defined by cultural trends--rock music, the hippies, the beginnings of desegregation, etc.
There has been a marked decrease in the rate of cultural change as baby boomers get older. To some extent, US culture is baby boomer culture, and boomers are getting old. Bell bottom pants lasted about 2-3 years in the 60's, whereas the 'saggy' pants have been around for over 20 years. Cultural change has decelerated.
Saggy pants went out of style by 2006 or so. Other than the black community, I don't know anyone who wears saggy pants anymore. Jeans have tightened up significantly since the early 2000's. Fitted clothing is the current trend. Everything is shrunken down to fit a skinny person. That can be good or bad depending on whether you are skinny or not.
Note that people are ID'ing the 2000's by technology. The transistor, and for that matter the television came of age during the 1960's, but nobody defines the 60's by either. Instead it is defined by cultural trends--rock music, the hippies, the beginnings of desegregation, etc.
There has been a marked decrease in the rate of cultural change as baby boomers get older. To some extent, US culture is baby boomer culture, and boomers are getting old. Bell bottom pants lasted about 2-3 years in the 60's, whereas the 'saggy' pants have been around for over 20 years. Cultural change has decelerated.
I've even noticed some people define the 90s by the Internet and cell phones, even though those things didn't even begin to take off in a major way until after 1995. I think it's because many people view the mid 90s through today as being equivalent to the "greater now". Probably because the 2000s and 2010s don't have any agreed upon name in speech.
I've even noticed some people define the 90s by the Internet and cell phones, even though those things didn't even begin to take off in a major way until after 1995. I think it's because many people view the mid 90s through today as being equivalent to the "greater now". Probably because the 2000s and 2010s don't have any agreed upon name in speech.
Actually, I will say that the 2010s had a much stronger identity than the 2000s. I personally thought that the 2000s had a pretty weak identity in terms of culture.
The explosion of personal electronics, and the rise of "virtual me."
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Originally Posted by wutitiz
Note that people are ID'ing the 2000's by technology. The transistor, and for that matter the television came of age during the 1960's, but nobody defines the 60's by either. Instead it is defined by cultural trends--rock music, the hippies, the beginnings of desegregation, etc.
I think perhaps some of you were too young to remember the very real sense of fear that permeated this country after September 11th. After the terrible events of that day, we Americans retreated into ourselves, but human beings have a very real need for socialization. When we no longer felt safe gathering in public, we turned to technology and virtual social networking to feed our desire for connection and got hooked.
Unlike the mostly one-way communication of the '60s (also a very scary time, btw), social networking allowed us to form virtual communities, which in turn allowed us to live in social, cultural, and political echo chambers if we so chose. So that's how I see the aughts: not as a collection of clothing & music styles, but as a retreat from often messy real community life, created by fear and nurtured by technology.
Today, personal electronics are an important extension, if not the foundation, of personal style, especially among youth. I look at the teens in my life, and they are just as, if not more interested in how they present in the virtual world as they present in real life. They don't just use technology, they inhabit technology, and that really started to take off in the first decade of this century.
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I think we collectively decide the "feel" of a decade well after the fact and through the rosy tinted lenses of nostalgia.
In other words, the 2000s decade's "identity" is still being formed... but by 2020 everyone will "know" what 2000-2009 was all about just like the prior decades... and we'll all be stereotyping the decade just like the decades of the 20th century.
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