Name some things you do or don't like about the 00s.
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ckmsaxophone — 11 years ago(November 05, 2014 10:12 PM)
The '00s changed a lot for me from the start of the decade to the end of it, but to be fair I think that's because I basically grew up in that decade..from 8 to 18 years old. My worldview changed a lot over the years because I got older and those were kind of like my "coming of age" years (not to say that I won't say the same thing about this current decade when it's all over).
I loved the early 2000sfrom 2000-2004. Music was still technically good for me, I started appreciating movies more, and I understood the pop culture references a little better. I still loved all of the stuff from the '90s at that time, too. It still felt like the '90s. Technology had changed somewhat - DVD players, mp3 players, etc. A lot of people still bought CDs.
I love and hate different things about different years, but I can't stand 95% of what's on the radio and TV today. I don't mind a lot of the movies and the newly released books are ok. Never was much into video gamesI lost interest in about 2006 or 2007.
I still buy CDs and even vinyl records. Vinyl records weren't really a thing my generation bought when I was growing up, but now it's actually a cool thing to do. I still use iTunes, Netflix, etc.
I know this argument is so overused, but I think there's still a lot of truth to it - most kids today (born in 2000 or later) don't go outside for fun and instead stay inside and play video games, watch TV, and so on. Even when I was growing upand I'm a part of generation lazyI spent pretty much all of my time outside with my neighborhood friends and we wouldn't go inside until it was dark. We didn't have cell phones, iPads, and 300+ channels. My brother and I didn't get a video game system until 2004, and even then we had maybe 4 or 5 games that we played once or twice a week for less than an hour. We had computer games, but they were educationalremember Reader Rabbit? I'm not trying to sound superior, but I think it's ridiculous that kids nowadays spend the majority of their time indoors staring at screens.
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Thor-Delta — 11 years ago(February 17, 2015 03:18 AM)
Early 2000s was still based largely on physical media. Even VHS was still around though declining rapidly. As you said, CDs were still mainstream (and not dead yet! I still buy the occasional CD. I prefer having a physical copy).
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Thor-Delta — 11 years ago(November 08, 2014 09:50 PM)
Contrary to popular belief, the year 2000 was not so terribleit wasn't a great year or even a good year, in fact it was barely mediocre.but compared to what followed! Maybe the 2000s wasn't as bad as the 1940s or 1910s, but it was close. At least the 1930s had nice fashions, music and architecture.
Early 2000s did have some nice documentaries, pleasant video games (though they haven't aged as well as 1980s games), car styling wasn't so bad, and at least Michael Jackson was still alive! Not much else though.
2005 was probably the worst year of the decade. It was simply a year without any redeeming features. It started off horrible and managed to get even worse. But years ending in "5" usually aren't very good, as 1945, 1965 and 1995 weren't so good either (though all three were EXCELLENT for music). Not sure why this number has such a bad track record, probably just some strange coincidence. The rest of the 2000s was also horrible.
But that said, I am looking forward to the 2020s. With the 2000s and 2010s being so utterly unattractive, the 2020s simply has to be an improvement.
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blaque108 — 11 years ago(November 14, 2014 12:58 PM)
@CKMaks.I love your post and that last paragraph was so true. I remember as a kid in the late 80s and early 90s going outside with my friends in the neighborhood. I remember my mom telling me make sure I'm home before the street lights were on. Such great times.
@JeiceI hate to think about 2020, because from 2000 all the way to now went by so quick. I do hope 2020 aore before then gets better especially with music. -
DarkReviewer2013 — 11 years ago(February 27, 2015 06:09 PM)
The main thing I liked about the Noughties were the advancements in technology accomplised during the course of that decade.
In our household, we went from having no computer or Internet in 2000 to having a desktop and several laptops with wifi Internet access by the end of 2009.
DVD supplanted VHS and digital TV overtook terrestrial, giving us way more channels to choose from and tons of additional features.
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blaque108 — 11 years ago(March 14, 2015 06:06 AM)
I can agree about 9/11 if it wasn't for that day I'm sure it would have still felt like the 90s will some changes here and there.
Dark I can agree about your last comment someday I do wish I was a kid again. -
Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(July 09, 2015 01:14 AM)
Some likes:
Nintendo
Sega was still good despite the failure of the Dreamcast (their games released for Nintendo's handhelds during the 2000s were top-class material)
Archival material on the Internet (it was such a novelty seeing Chevrolet advertisements from the 1930s and hearing Edison recordings from the 1910s)
I realise IMDb was around prior to the 2000s, but it was a novelty to randomly look up words like "apple" and "bananas" and see what fascinating-sounding obscure titles came up. It just seemed novel.
Early 2000s Nickelodeon. It wasn't as good as 1990s Nickelodeon, but it was OK.
Some dislikes:
Every politician
Every country
Nepal becoming a republic (I'm a monarchist)
The buildings, but really, every decade starting with the 1960s has sucked for buildings.
IMDb's forums, particularly the Sandbox and Soapbox ("Uncreative_Name", anyone?)
The cars (early 2000s wasn't so bad for cars though)
The fashion (early 2000s wasn't so bad for fashion thoughbut it wasn't so good, either)
Technology. As someone mentioned, products become obsolete too quickly.
Sequels, sequels to sequels, prequels to sequels, sequels to prequels, prequels to prequels, spin-offs of sequels, prequels to spin-offs of sequels, spin-offs of prequels to spin-offs of sequels, reboots, sequels to reboots, prequels to reboots, sequels to prequels to reboots, reboots of reboots, sequels to reboots of rebootsgeez, where does it end?
Terrorism
More terrorism
Paris Hilton
Jeremy Clarkson
Sequels to prequels of reboots featuring stories about terrorism
Shakycam
Sequels to prequels to reboots featuring stories about terrorism that were shot using shakycam
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