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How will people look back on the '00's?
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This will forever be etched in my memory
I will never, ever for the rest of my life forget watching that second plane. The entire decade was singularly defined by this event, and it will continue to impact American politics and the world for decades to come.
I still choke up watching video from that day.
I will never, ever for the rest of my life forget watching that second plane. The entire decade was singularly defined by this event, and it will continue to impact American politics and the world for decades to come.
I still choke up watching video from that day.
Totally disagree with that. There is a lot of popular crap, yes, but we've never had access to more unique, indie music thanks to the internet. I've discovered so much obscure, awesome music this decade. It's pretty awesome and a lot of it was created this decade as well.DieNgamers said:Worst and most boring decade in music, by far. That's what I'll remember.
Edit: meaning new music. It's also the decade of people discovering all the awesome older stuff thanks to the internet!
POWERSPHERE
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Internet, USA & the time commercial music turned into shitter shit than ever before.
Wrath2X said:
What?
Muse are pretty much the biggest live rock band of the decade.
I've seen my share of live music and Muse are like no-one else out there. In 20 years time, people are gonna be talking about the great gigs of their lives and Muse will come up in every one of those conversations.
lunarworks
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Why is everyone saying that this decade will be remembered for the death of Michael Jackson? 2009 will be remembered for it, yes, but the decade? Not really.
Yesterday was the 29th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Do people regularly say "The '80s, that's when John Lennon died..."?
Yesterday was the 29th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Do people regularly say "The '80s, that's when John Lennon died..."?
yankeeforever2
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You are going to love the 10's!Antakken said:
The naught'ies will be remembered for the popularization of reality TV and auto-tuning. Those and of course, Rick Astley's hit.
God, we're all gonna seem so stupid with fucking reality tv and autotuning.
Edit: Stop saying fucking terrorism. There were two world wars in the previous century. By comparison everything that happened in the 00's will look like minor squabbles.
God, we're all gonna seem so stupid with fucking reality tv and autotuning.
Edit: Stop saying fucking terrorism. There were two world wars in the previous century. By comparison everything that happened in the 00's will look like minor squabbles.
ElectricBlue187
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Thank godAntakken said:
lunarworks
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- Bush, 9/11, The War on Terror, and all that ensued: Deep scars have been left all around the world that aren't going to heal anytime soon.
- Economic Shittiness: Started out with the dot com bubble bursting, ended with the mother of all recessions.
- The Digital Music Revolution: As with many things, it started long before it made a mark, but the mark was made this decade. We can basically listen to whatever we want whenever we want. Carry thousands of songs in your pocket. Got a song in mind? Go online and get it within minutes, free or paid. iPod and iTunes will be the best remembered, along with various ways to pirate music.
- For that matter, Digital Everything: DVDs finally replaced VHS this decade, cassettes of all types are pretty-much gone, the digital TV transition happened, flat-panel digital HDTVs became the norm.
- The Internet: It had been building for a very, very long time, but it finally pervaded daily life. Yes, many of us were rocking the net back through the '90s, but now it's reached the point where it's our primary source of communication, information, and entertainment. Stuff like Facebook and Twitter fall in here.
- Cellphones: Someone raised a good point with this. We tend to forget, since cellphones have been in our collective consciousness since the '80s. But instead of belonging to business people and rich kids, everyone has them. They've also become our cameras, music players, organizers, e-mail, and internet browsers. But since this one will probably be forgotten, I'll go more specific...
- Texting: I hate it, you hate it, but millions and millions of people live by it. It's a cultural phenomenon. Kids text each other instead of calling. You can text into contests and TV shows. Not to mention, the serious damage it's done to our language.
DeadFalling
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Eminem whoo!
Auto-tune Boo!
9/11
Obama
War on Terror
Worldwide Recession
iPod and mp3's
Auto-tune Boo!
9/11
Obama
War on Terror
Worldwide Recession
iPod and mp3's
Xdrive05
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As far as music as culture goes, the '00's will be remembered for the rise of the "Emo/Scene/Tween" trend, itself an extension of the "alternative" music of the 90's, which hopefully will go out as quickly as the other trends of previous decades.
Things seem to be getting progressively worse though, so I don't have much faith in whatever will replace it.
Things seem to be getting progressively worse though, so I don't have much faith in whatever will replace it.
Doesn't mean there any good. You can do whatever stunts, pyro, act's, lights, laser shows, etc. live but in the end it all comes down to the music, and the music sucks.T Dawg said:What?
Muse are pretty much the biggest live rock band of the decade.
I've seen my share of live music and Muse are like no-one else out there. In 20 years time, people are gonna be talking about the great gigs of their lives and Muse will come up in every one of those conversations.
DeaconKnowledge
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afternoon delight said:
Really.
All 4 of those things were monumental worldwide, not just to North America.
Nobody's gonna care in 30 years about The Sopranos, or The Playstation 2 or Wii, or even The World Trade center bombing (as a singular event anyway; It instead will be remembered as the catalyst for the War on Terror, which you could add to that list.)
lunarworks
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Just wait a few years until they're all out of college and permeating the workforce. Then we'll see.Xdrive05 said:
"u call dat a busness report? ROFL!"
lunarworks
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Are you sure about that? You can bring-up a whole list of TV shows from 30, 40, even 50 years ago that people still care about. As for PS2 and Wii, we don't really have examples going back that far, but people still wax nostalgic about their NES and Ataris from 20+ years ago.DeaconKnowledge said:
As for the World Trade Center, I'd put it on the same level as JFK's assassination or Pearl Harbour. It's not something that will be forgotten like you say.
lunarworks
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The music charts this decade sucked.
The music this decade was amazing.
Charts mean less than ever, because they only count for sales, and exist in a unprecedentedly fragmented market.
The music this decade was amazing.
Charts mean less than ever, because they only count for sales, and exist in a unprecedentedly fragmented market.
fallengorn
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The decade of ipods, web 2.0, Bush fucking things up, and the recession.
CurlySaysX
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With a sigh of shame.
Wasted decade IMO.
Next decade will be a decade of innovation and technological breakthroughs. believe me what I say.
Wasted decade IMO.
Next decade will be a decade of innovation and technological breakthroughs. believe me what I say.
red shoe paul
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People will look back in the '00's for mainly all the bad things that happened in my opinion. 9/11, alllll the celebrity deaths, etc. etc.
lunarworks
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Celebrities die all the time.red shoe paul said:
A buncha celebrities you don't care about died in the '80s. Why don't you care about them? Because they've been dead since the '80s and they mean nothing to you.
The only difference now is that we have 24 hour "news".
The Internet itself was a 90's thing, as that's when it exploded and became popularized and part of our every day lives. Certain "aspects"' of the internet will be remembered for this decade. Facebook, Youtube, etc.
911, Bush, the war on terror, and the election of Obama will be the big things remembered this decade.
Musically, this decade has been pretty soulless.
Pop Culture Wise, terms like Ipod, Reality TV, MP3, DVD, will be also be remembered from this decade.
911, Bush, the war on terror, and the election of Obama will be the big things remembered this decade.
Musically, this decade has been pretty soulless.
Pop Culture Wise, terms like Ipod, Reality TV, MP3, DVD, will be also be remembered from this decade.
You're comparing the Bali Bombings with 9/11 in terms of repurcussions? 9/11 changed the US for decades to come and started two wars, not to mention more people died. Not really the best example for your case.Syth_Blade22 said:
The internet was still a "tech/geek thing" in the 90s. Not everyone had it, and it certainly wasn't central to our society like it became in the 00s. Internet reached ubiquity in the 00s, not the 90s.
lunarworks
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Like TV in the '50s. When people think of that decade, TV is one of the first things that comes to mind.demon said:
TV had been around for a couple of decades prior to that, but it hadn't reached the cultural tipping point until then.
Houston3000
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This decade will be remembered as the digital boom, when everything went digital and online.
Napster launched right around the year 2000 and the iPod a year later. MP3s took over the entire music industry.
DVD was out at the end of the 90's but it wasn't until well into the decade that it became the standard for movies. VHS was still king until 2003 when stores stopped selling movies on them. 2000/2001 brought about the PS2 which also helped DVD sales tremendously. We're just now transitioning to BluRay and we might not even make a full transition before digital distribution becomes standard. Television technology has completely changed more than it has in 25 years. We've pretty much made a full transition to LCD/Plasma high definition - where TVs are now wide, flat, and thin.
Speaking of digital video, this decade brought about the advent of online video. Youtube was only launched in 2004 or so and now-a-days every network television station shows their TV shows online and sites like Hulu even congregate them for you. Netflix also became extraordinarily popular and streaming movies to your home from the internet - even straight to your TV - is now a fully realized concept.
Obviously the decade will also be remembered for war, terrorism, and economic instability but that's not as fun to talk about.
Napster launched right around the year 2000 and the iPod a year later. MP3s took over the entire music industry.
DVD was out at the end of the 90's but it wasn't until well into the decade that it became the standard for movies. VHS was still king until 2003 when stores stopped selling movies on them. 2000/2001 brought about the PS2 which also helped DVD sales tremendously. We're just now transitioning to BluRay and we might not even make a full transition before digital distribution becomes standard. Television technology has completely changed more than it has in 25 years. We've pretty much made a full transition to LCD/Plasma high definition - where TVs are now wide, flat, and thin.
Speaking of digital video, this decade brought about the advent of online video. Youtube was only launched in 2004 or so and now-a-days every network television station shows their TV shows online and sites like Hulu even congregate them for you. Netflix also became extraordinarily popular and streaming movies to your home from the internet - even straight to your TV - is now a fully realized concept.
Obviously the decade will also be remembered for war, terrorism, and economic instability but that's not as fun to talk about.
Shalashaska
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1. 9/11 and the resulting wars
2. Internet Explosion
3. HD becoming prevelant
4. Harry Potter
5. Probably Obama depending on what happens with the rest of his Presidency
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