>good economy
I made $4.75 per hour at McDonald's and had to compete for that position. Shit got real bad after that. People have no idea how good they have it these days.
Compared to the 1990s the 2000s were almost barren, especially from 2007 onwards after the writer's strike. You can only salvage the Sopranos and the Wire, and those were basically finished at that point.
Even videogames took a nosedive into repetition and lack of creativity after about 2005 or so.
In movies the LOTR trilogy and American Psycho barely savage the decade and both are based on 20th century books.
I agree with this post. The 2000s were boring and culturally stagnant compared to the 50s-90s and its funny anyone has nostalgia for that era because it was just bad. I mean, I get it in a way because life was way better than now back then but even so culture in 2004 was a lot closer to life in 2024 than 1994
It was shit but the passing of time has made it seem better than it was. Gen Xers in the 00's went on about how great the early 90's/late 80's were, boomers went on about the 60's, etc.
As a non american it was a kino decade. >no mobile phones so you could stay out late with your friends without your parents freaking out and calling you a thousand times >no cyber bullying >nobody in my country cared about social media at the time >parents had no idea what internet filters were so we could look at anything we wanted but just watched stupid (hidden thing in gta san andreas) videos instead >rode our bicycles around everywhere >could buy candy with our allowance and it actually was a fair bit of candy too >would go from house to house to play xbox 360 or ps2 depending on what we felt like playing
It was a simpler time
Oh and there was more hope for the future in general and every year there were big advancements made in tech and computers and telecommunications. The music was kino too.
And there were almost no Black folk because that started after the americans started bombing the middle east every day
It wasn't that kino. It was like half kino. I was 14 in 2004. Everything cool in the '00s was reminiscent of the later half of the previous decade. A lot of it was gay though. At that time, people a bit older than I was up to like 35 had no sense of fashion and chased gay trends. Bootcut jeans, Affliction, homosexualy women wearing velour track suits and using perfume that smelled like rotten fruit. Honestly, anyone making half-decent art avoids the same pop culture shit makes every decade somewhat cancerous.
Agreed with many things posted. Another thing is that while women were still annoying prostitutes, they did not have ubiquitous access to social media and, most importantly, cameras. Women having complete and total access to cameras and the internet unironically ruined the world.
No trannies.
This + nobody cared if you said gay, moron, or homosexual irl
Black person could be endearing depending on the context
being young
>good music
>mostly whites on tv and films
>people weren't terminally online
>good economy
>good economy
I made $4.75 per hour at McDonald's and had to compete for that position. Shit got real bad after that. People have no idea how good they have it these days.
Fattening the hog before the slaughter
Frick you. But not because you're right.
Compared to the 1990s the 2000s were almost barren, especially from 2007 onwards after the writer's strike. You can only salvage the Sopranos and the Wire, and those were basically finished at that point.
Even videogames took a nosedive into repetition and lack of creativity after about 2005 or so.
In movies the LOTR trilogy and American Psycho barely savage the decade and both are based on 20th century books.
I agree with this post. The 2000s were boring and culturally stagnant compared to the 50s-90s and its funny anyone has nostalgia for that era because it was just bad. I mean, I get it in a way because life was way better than now back then but even so culture in 2004 was a lot closer to life in 2024 than 1994
You forgot heroes the first season was kino
the opinions of others had no platform
it was nice not knowing that the people around me are the worst
less people alive made it better
Bam relapsed. What will he do next?
Its a Bams world, the rest of us are just living in it.
It was shit but the passing of time has made it seem better than it was. Gen Xers in the 00's went on about how great the early 90's/late 80's were, boomers went on about the 60's, etc.
And they were literally all correct.
Scene girls
The israelites hadn’t gone full moron yet
It was whiter
the early 2000 was pure dogshit
2000's was a shitty decade and it's when everything went to shit. I'm tired of Zoomers being nostalgic for those awful Bush/Obama years.
As a non american it was a kino decade.
>no mobile phones so you could stay out late with your friends without your parents freaking out and calling you a thousand times
>no cyber bullying
>nobody in my country cared about social media at the time
>parents had no idea what internet filters were so we could look at anything we wanted but just watched stupid (hidden thing in gta san andreas) videos instead
>rode our bicycles around everywhere
>could buy candy with our allowance and it actually was a fair bit of candy too
>would go from house to house to play xbox 360 or ps2 depending on what we felt like playing
It was a simpler time
Oh and you had the snowboarding/skating scene going on and extreme sports on television and everything was just better than it is now. It had soul.
Oh and there was more hope for the future in general and every year there were big advancements made in tech and computers and telecommunications. The music was kino too.
And there were almost no Black folk because that started after the americans started bombing the middle east every day
And girls were showing their pubes.
lower access to content, people cherished those cky vhs tapes, higher attention span
It wasn't, everything was completely obnoxious
Up to 9/11 everything was peachy.
globalization wasn't really there yet not like past 2007 anyway
the evolution of the internet also changed things
It was the last moment in time when it was still possible to think that maybe Ron Paul isn't right about everything and shit is gonna work out ok.
It wasn't that kino. It was like half kino. I was 14 in 2004. Everything cool in the '00s was reminiscent of the later half of the previous decade. A lot of it was gay though. At that time, people a bit older than I was up to like 35 had no sense of fashion and chased gay trends. Bootcut jeans, Affliction, homosexualy women wearing velour track suits and using perfume that smelled like rotten fruit. Honestly, anyone making half-decent art avoids the same pop culture shit makes every decade somewhat cancerous.
Agreed with many things posted. Another thing is that while women were still annoying prostitutes, they did not have ubiquitous access to social media and, most importantly, cameras. Women having complete and total access to cameras and the internet unironically ruined the world.
People were just grateful to be alive after surviving the Y2K catastrophe