Good observation. The very early 90s very much felt like the 80s, etc. What characterises a decade of culture rarely ends neatly on the right numerals, although I'd say the 2000s died some time around 08-09 when the internet started failing/twitter started rising. GG in 2014 was a pushback against a progressive infiltration that was already well established, & one which didn't characterise the 2000s.
The 2000s never felt much like they had an identity to me at the time and they had plenty of rancid shit going on - govts capitalising on 9/11, etc. But on reflection there was a lot of great games, consoles, music and movies and it was the golden age of piracy. Prior to smartphones and the mass normie adoption of the net, there was a lot of idealism for the power of the internet too.
The 2010s were very much a void, one that I'd characterise as a battleground created by feminist technocrats. It doesn't feel like they're fully over yet, but something in the air feels like change. I just don't know into what. Just because it's 2023 already, doesn't mean the 2020s aren't about to land.
The 80s ran until Smells Like Teen Spirit, the 90s were until 9/11, the 2000s ran until Trump won, and the 2010s are still going today.
Good observation. The very early 90s very much felt like the 80s, etc. What characterises a decade of culture rarely ends neatly on the right numerals, although I'd say the 2000s died some time around 08-09 when the internet started failing/twitter started rising. GG in 2014 was a pushback against a progressive infiltration that was already well established, & one which didn't characterise the 2000s.
The 2000s never felt much like they had an identity to me at the time and they had plenty of rancid shit going on - govts capitalising on 9/11, etc. But on reflection there was a lot of great games, consoles, music and movies and it was the golden age of piracy. Prior to smartphones and the mass normie adoption of the net, there was a lot of idealism for the power of the internet too.
The 2010s were very much a void, one that I'd characterise as a battleground created by feminist technocrats. It doesn't feel like they're fully over yet, but something in the air feels like change. I just don't know into what. Just because it's 2023 already, doesn't mean the 2020s aren't about to land.
I think of the 2000's as the Homestar Runner era