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
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.
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.
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.
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.