I feel like maybe around 2012 the whole concept of eras died.
Like I can clearly visualize items/people/media from the 60s/70s/80s/90s/00’s, but everything is homogenized now and there’s really no “style of the time” either. I think everything from 2013+ will just be remembered as a malaise era, if anything. Maybe the style of the 2050’s will be post cyberpunk apocalyptic? I have no idea.
I think eras are less obvious when you’re living through them
I dunno. The 80s had a very particular vibe. When the 90s came along, it just felt different, even as I lived through it.
I think the 2000’s didn’t feel that much different than that 2010’s.
But yeah maybe it’s recency bias.
The 2000s were very different to the 2010s which were different to the 2020s for me.
2000s, internet (mostly) without facebook. Myspace, bebo, internet forums, MSN messenger.
2010s - Facebook, widespread internet use among parents and grandparents.
2020s - huge work culture shift. Huge political culture shift.
pre-2020 and post-2020 definitely feels like a different era.
(The pandemic and the global shift towards being more authoritarian)
No, you’re just used to things that are going on now so you don’t see how it’ll look in 20 years. I remember seeing people saying similar things back in, like, 2009
In the late 1970’s bell bottoms went out of style.
In the 1990’s a different style of bell-bottoms became fashionable again for women in particular.
In the 1990’s a popular look was the giant baggy jeans like JNCOs, which were technically a type of “bell-bottom.”
In the 2020’s, big giant baggy jeans like JNCOs are back in style again.
Further, did everyone forget the entire scene kid/emo kid styles of the early 2000’s because that style was very unique and I don’t see anyone who looks like this these days.
Haircuts like this were the thing in the early 2000’s for women and men until about 2010ish when everyone put their three wolf t-shirts up in the closet and cringed at why they thought being ironic cringe was so great.
Both the 1980’s and early 2000’s were “skinny jeans” eras.
Just like how the broccoli headed boys are a thing for the 2020’s.
And even the broccoli head boys are a natural re-occurence of the permed haircuts in the 1980’s
I can think of plenty more examples but these are just a few.
Scene girls were my favorite.
Just had to keep them away from razor blades.
Further, did everyone forget the entire scene kid/emo kid styles of the early 2000’s because that style was very unique and I don’t see anyone who looks like this these days
Oh emo’s gonna come back someday. And along with it, I fully expect these to comeback to.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Trosor-bakifrån.png
The early 2000’s style you like is still very much alive… In the furry community.
“Under this fursuit, I have an amazing haircut.”
Nope, you just can’t put your finger on what’s distinct now and you lack the contrast of what the future brings.
Hair styles, fashion, design, colors, music, phones and other devices, all of that will be different in 10 years.
Remember, facebook was all the rage in a different era and is now uncool. Same for twitter. That’s era defining as well.
No, not at all. It’s just easier to draw lines on where things start and stop once they change, so you may not feel like you’re “in” an era.
I feel like maybe around 2012 the whole concept of eras died.
It’s the end of an era.
Nothing ever unfolded neatly by the decade, but a themepark version could be compiled after the fact. It’s harder when you can’t even talk about “the 00s” gracefully, though. How do you say that?
I’m pretty sure this is a Randall Monroe observation that I’m just repeating. Relevant XKCD, from 2017.
It’s harder when you can’t even talk about “the 00s” gracefully, though. How do you say that?
The aughts/oughts/noughts/noughties, depending on where you’re from.
We’re in the era of misinformation.
You’re forgetting about all of the AI slop
Eras still happen. It’s generations being separated by decades that you’re missing, and those ended in 2000 because nobody had a catchy name for the decade and it’s been fucked up ever since.
those ended in 2000 because nobody had a catchy name for the decade
I usually heard it called the “noughties”. But, yeah, that’s kind of unwieldy, plus easy to confuse with the “nineties”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_the_number_0_in_English
“Zero” is the usual name for the number 0 in English. In British English “nought” is also used and in American English “naught” is used occasionally for zero, but (as with British English) “naught” is more often used as an archaic word for nothing.
Definitely not. I am playing timeguesser and there is distinct change pre 2020 and post 2020
Ah well I guess we will just be known as the ai slop and facism age that welcomed the downfall of civilization then.
In the age of broadcast media, that is of TV, newspaper, etc., there is a common perspective and culture being set. Now we’re in the “feed” age. There is greater variety and speed.
I agree. The 1970s were disco, the 1980s were punk, the 1990s was New Wave, and the 2000’s was the 2000’s.
I’m old enough to remember Spice Girl mania.
People who never brought a record knew all the songs, because they were played on the radio, and every store and restaurant played local stations. They were in the newspapers and in magazines. They were mentioned on the local news shows.
I’ve never heard a Taylor Swift song played in public. All the stores and restaurants that have radio play dedicated oldies stations. No new music at all. I haven’t watched the local news in years, and newspapers and magazines are gone.
I think you’re going to see smaller and smaller groups getting excited by niche interests. You’re not going to see Beatlemania ever again.
nah, new wave was very 80s, I’d divide the 90s between grunge and rave
