That pic smells like SSTV to me, nice
It is only going to get worse kiddo, if you think 5 years is a long time ago.
Sincerely,
A millenial
The pandemic really made us skip 2 years of our lives.
The death of the monoculture in the 00s and not having an acceptable way to describe the decades since (And if you think the 20s is acceptable, tell me what actually comes to mind when you hear that? it’s the 1920s if you’re honest) has really spread time into one homogeneous lump, we didn’t skip 2 yeas as much as they continued the trend of being the same as everything before them and even the most extreme situation couldn’t break it.
Depending on the context if someone says 20’s it’s pretty obvious what they mean by it. I personally say 20’s for the current decade and 1920’s for the previous one, because it’s much less likely I’m going to be talking about the 1920’s
the 1920s had a distinct personality though.
2020s are halfway done and I couldn’t tell you a single unique thing about them.
A lot of death
I feel like people back in the 1920s would’ve talked the same way about the 1820s ; most of the culture was forgotten and only the general vibe and big events sticked around.
Working from home becoming a norm. Public disdain for the ultra wealthy supposedly making it’s way into the norm.
Those are two i can think of off the top of my head for social stuff.
For music it could be genre fusions becoming more of a standard thing rather than something niche. Post hardcore fusing with country has been a big mood these past few years. Probably started a little bit before but it’s everywhere now, to be honest country fusing with any genre is becoming the in thing.
everywhere
there is no longer an everywhere for it to be. that’s exactly what the death of the monoculture is.
Taylor Swift has had a longer career than the Beatles and there are people that have never heard a Taylor song.
I mean it was never true. The way we described those old decades are mostly in the viewpoint of the UK, US and other similar countries mostly.
Er TT
Sorry to be the one to break it to you but that is because you are old. My kids listen to distinct music, play distinct games and know a whole group of celebrities I never heard of and will look back at the 20s as their teenage years that were distinct from the time that they look back on it from.
even the olds knew what “it’s the 90s” meant in the 90s
sure there is always distinct trends and new things but the decade is no longer a cultural force. and it’s as much to do with not having a word for the first 2 decades as with the internet and social media fracturing mainstream culture.
Also those distinct games wouldn’t happen to be Minecraft, Roblox and Fortnight by any chance? because they where not even made this decade.
Well, my kids are in university so, no.
The point is they know what the 2020s is. I had this conversation with them and they were able to pick out distinct styles and talk about all sorts of local and international stuff they listen to and watch. They have friends and go to local shows. They have their own thing going on. They can look at pictures from the 2000s, 2010s and now and tell the difference where I can’t. Just because you’re out of touch and seemingly miserable doesn’t mean no one has a distinct identity today lol.
The pandemic had been a bane to my personal life. But on the one hand, it forced me to stay with my folks for a little while and it proved to be smart in hindsight because I made huge savings before finally moving out of home.
Half a decade.
Half a millenia if you also add 495 years
Hell of a half of a decade.
