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How will people look back on the '00's?
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lunarworks
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If it were up to me we'd create a new calendar, then. 1 BCE becomes 0 CE, 2 BCE becomes 1 BCE, etc. Why? Just to say "fuck you" to all the pedants.Dude Abides said:
Do people here seriously think that the PS3 is going to be some forgotten console in the future? You think it's gonna be remembered like the Neo Geo Pocket Colour, or the Atari Lynx? Wow, you guys are letting your console wars blinkers get in front of the facts: the PS3 is a massive console. Even grandmas and granddads know about it now after Little Big Planet and all.
DeaconKnowledge
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T Dawg said:
It is pretty big. I broke my toe when I dropped a PS3 on it one time.
T Dawg said:
Are you drunk as you type this?
Do you have any idea how well the PS3 has sold - or how well games like LittleBigPlanet have done?
No one is critcising the console, we're all laughing at you pretending that it's one of the most memorable things of the decade.
Even if you are odd enough to count a console as one of the decade's key features the PS2, Xbox 360 (specifically Xbox Live), Nintendo DS and Wii have had far more impact.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Teddman said:
ITT we discover most of GAF were born in the 90s.
Red Scarlet
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No one remembers Katrina?
To Far Away Times
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9/11/01
Bush
Social Networking (hey guiz I'm making a sandwich nao)
Reality TV
Shitty music
Basically, nothing good.
Bush
Social Networking (hey guiz I'm making a sandwich nao)
Reality TV
Shitty music
Basically, nothing good.
DOBERMAN INC
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BocoDragon
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In the future they will look back on the 2000s as the decade of the Snuggie. They will think highly of the people of this era rising up from their ignorance to craft what would later become the standard dress for a new society of enlightened beings.
Its too soon to tell how this decade will be judged, because it depends on how the trends that began in this decade effect the decades to come.
Just as an example: If 20 years from now, Iraq has rebuilt, has a health democracy, and is a stabilizing influence in the Middle East, what will people think of George Bush then? On the other hand, if it collapses into genocidal civil war, and becomes a new home for terrorists, how will the Iraqi war be judged? The final results are what will determine histories judgment, and it will probably be decades before we know them.
Just as an example: If 20 years from now, Iraq has rebuilt, has a health democracy, and is a stabilizing influence in the Middle East, what will people think of George Bush then? On the other hand, if it collapses into genocidal civil war, and becomes a new home for terrorists, how will the Iraqi war be judged? The final results are what will determine histories judgment, and it will probably be decades before we know them.
Kitschkraft
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I'm not going to pretend like I know what is going on in every single part of the world. My perspective is coming from an American that is guessing what people in his country are going to look back on.
Bush - Terrible president., in nearly every aspect. So many blunders. So much negativity under his watch. Never forget.
Internet - Golden Age. The way things are heading right now I truly believe people are going to look back and wonder what it was like to have so much freedom on the net. From here on out I expect a lot more nickle and diming for any type of content on the net.
TV - Bunch of reality shit. "I'm fat, save me before I have a heart attack", "I can't dance or sing, watch me try", "I know useless trivia, watch me not win one million dollars", etc etc etc. Cop/Hospital dramas. Some good sci-fi. Change in direction for comedy from pure sitcoms based on stupid characters getting into wacky situations to neurotic characters getting into normal situations and making an issue of it.
Movies - Complete nerd takeover. There is no blockbuster because every other movie is trying to be a blockbuster. Comic book adaptations galore. CGI galore. Pixar domination. Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. People have lost faith that Hollywood can make an adult movie that isn't pretentious or some sort of boring character study. Horror practically dead as a genre. Hollywood maintains it's hold over both the foreign and domestic markets, with no sign that Americans as a whole care about foreign movies at all.
Music - Aside from the ipod and the whole industry being turned on its ass stuff, I think this will be seen as the decade when electronic music has truly been placed on an equal with all other forms of music. I know that it really kicked off decades ago, and that you could also argue heavily for the 90's or even the 80's being the decade when this happened. But, I personally feel that this has been the first time when music elitist/rockist have very few arguments, and the ones that they do have seem pretentious and outdated to the majority of people. DJ's have risen to the point where they are simply artist and need not to quantify what they do. Voice manipulation is popular and accepted (Or at least, tolerated) by critics.
Bush - Terrible president., in nearly every aspect. So many blunders. So much negativity under his watch. Never forget.
Internet - Golden Age. The way things are heading right now I truly believe people are going to look back and wonder what it was like to have so much freedom on the net. From here on out I expect a lot more nickle and diming for any type of content on the net.
TV - Bunch of reality shit. "I'm fat, save me before I have a heart attack", "I can't dance or sing, watch me try", "I know useless trivia, watch me not win one million dollars", etc etc etc. Cop/Hospital dramas. Some good sci-fi. Change in direction for comedy from pure sitcoms based on stupid characters getting into wacky situations to neurotic characters getting into normal situations and making an issue of it.
Movies - Complete nerd takeover. There is no blockbuster because every other movie is trying to be a blockbuster. Comic book adaptations galore. CGI galore. Pixar domination. Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. People have lost faith that Hollywood can make an adult movie that isn't pretentious or some sort of boring character study. Horror practically dead as a genre. Hollywood maintains it's hold over both the foreign and domestic markets, with no sign that Americans as a whole care about foreign movies at all.
Music - Aside from the ipod and the whole industry being turned on its ass stuff, I think this will be seen as the decade when electronic music has truly been placed on an equal with all other forms of music. I know that it really kicked off decades ago, and that you could also argue heavily for the 90's or even the 80's being the decade when this happened. But, I personally feel that this has been the first time when music elitist/rockist have very few arguments, and the ones that they do have seem pretentious and outdated to the majority of people. DJ's have risen to the point where they are simply artist and need not to quantify what they do. Voice manipulation is popular and accepted (Or at least, tolerated) by critics.
Kitschkraft
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Zeliard said:
I constantly keep forgetting to mention the cable services when I make these post.
You are right, I was a little harsh on television there, I actually agree with you that even with all the reality stuff, that it has truly been a great decade.
My problem is that aside from cable, I really only watch a few shows on regular channels. In my mind, I guess that things like The Wire and Curb Your Enthusiasm don't register as "TV" because I think of them a little differently.
viciouskillersquirrel
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The turn of the century.Locke562 said:
NekoFever
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Seriously :lolgdt5016 said:
Thinking about it, this decade has been pretty shitty. The defining event has to be 9/11, whichever country you're from, which has made this into a decade of war. Entertainment hasn't been anything to write home about, although I'll give it a few years until the benefit of retrospect and nostalgia kicks in before I write it off there. I'm also particularly cognisant of the ceaseless dumbing down of everything, which is a real hate of mine.
It's been good for technology, though. The Internet and mobile phones were obviously around in the 90s, but in the last ten years they've become indispensable and staggeringly advanced compared to what we used to have. Throw in the countless advancements and innovations in what we can do with the web and I can't wait to see what we have by 2020.
Look at how the way music is consumed has changed beyond recognition, from the old status quo to Napster, the iPod, the iTunes Store, to ubiquitous and consumer-friendly digital distribution.
And, just because it was that funny, I can't believe that there is someone in the world for whom the PS3 is one of the defining elements of the decade :lol
beefspring
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Finally someone says something about cell phones. Music players? Please, people have had cassette players and CD players for a long time. Changing the medium is not revolutionary. Hardly anyone had personal cell phones in the 90s, and now almost everyone has one. Could you go a week without your mp3 player? Probably. A cell phone? Most people I know would go berserk and not know how to function.
TheDoppelganger
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BAD:
9/11
endless war
economic collapse
Katrina
Tsunami
GOOD:
mp3's
google
IPOD
Nintendo wii
GPS
youtube
Lord of the Rings
Playstation 2
Plasma / LCD TV's
the next decade is gonna suuuuuckkkk.
9/11
endless war
economic collapse
Katrina
Tsunami
GOOD:
mp3's
IPOD
Nintendo wii
GPS
youtube
Lord of the Rings
Playstation 2
Plasma / LCD TV's
the next decade is gonna suuuuuckkkk.
ShinobiFist
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This.darkwings said:
Woffls
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In the 00's we had war, poverty, economic instability, terrorism and disease. But we also had that in the 90's so who cares right?. Here's what I'll remember:
- Broadband and Web 2.0 - Including Xbox Live, because it is effectively a social network, just more specifically appropriated.
- Nintendo - Clawed their way back from death in the console space. Gaming is now more acceptable and financially attractive because of Nintendo. Super Mario Galaxy.
- Concorde - The Man hates it when we do cool stuff.
- LHC - Didn't kill everyone this decade
- TV Being Awesome - 24, Lost, West Wing (mostly 00's), House, The Sopranos and The O.C.
- Music - The metal will live on! \m/
- Life on Mars - We find that there's probably life on Mars. Bowie can stop worrying.
afternoon delight
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People still finding ways to fuck each other over. And spend lots of others' money doing it.
But at least we're starting on initiatives to save remaining resources, in order keep fucking each other over. Until someone wins.
But at least we're starting on initiatives to save remaining resources, in order keep fucking each other over. Until someone wins.
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wtfT Dawg said:And probably this:
Love it or hate it, it's had a massive effect on the technology world due to blu-ray etc.
PS1 and PS2 are embarrassed of PS3.
It was a shitty decade for America I guess. It was pretty damn great for me personally though!
Also, internet.
Sato Koiji
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DeaconKnowledge said:
Excellent answer and I fully agree.
afternoon delight
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Really?
Expendable.
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T Dawg said:And probably this:
Love it or hate it, it's had a massive effect on the technology world due to blu-ray etc.
:lol No one really gives a shit about the PS3.
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