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No. 176605

Which decade is better, and why?

Personally I like the 2010's b/c the 2000's was extremely edgy, tryhard, and cheesy at the same time. I feel like the 2000s tried to be the 80's (focus on celebrity pop culture, ect) and failed miserably. 2010's feels less retarded and has a identity of its own.

No. 176606

Added from the OP: I also think the 2000's was extremely tacky and hideous as well

No. 176617

Idk anon, the 2010's seems to be the height of tranny, otherkin, and overly PC kind of shit. 2000's were extremely tacky but at least I didn't have to hear about all this goddamned whining.

No. 176618

>2010s
>not shit

You are either an underage teen or just turned 18

No. 176619

>>176617
this so much

No. 176628

>>176617
Yeah, 2000s was the decade of the edgelord whilst 2010s is the time of SJW. Exactly the same thing, just different somehow.

In any case, this thread is dumb because of the average user here is younger than 24 or something, you can't really compare them when you were a child in one and an adult in the other.

No. 176633

I miss 90s like crazy.

No. 176635

>>176605
>>176628
How were the 2000s edgy?

No. 176652

>>176618
>2000s
>not shit

you're either a nostalgiafag or playing devil's advocate

No. 176653

>>176635
Internet culture at the time focused on lolsorandumXD and edginess (newgrounds and deviantart)
The tabloid/celebrity and reality show culture, focused on drama, ect

I don't feel like explaining but it was stupid as fuck


2010-2015 was stupid but as we enter to the 2020's it feels better than the shitmess of 2000-2009

No. 176659

>>176635
9/11, the early 4chan/Encyclopedia Dramatica years, things like shock websites and screamer videos being popular

No. 176664

2000's had the best internet culture, and had the advantage of not being filled with SJW's and alt-rights.

No. 176666

>>176664
I agree that 2000's internet culture was better. People find it weird if you don't use your real name and photo these days when in the 2000's that was sort of accepted. I don't like the oversharing these days.

You're right that there was no SJW or Alt Right but you have to remember the edgy shock humor was very rooted in edgy racism and sexism.

No. 176750

I miss the 2000s because i was in my early to mid teens. But nostalgia aside, yeah. It was a cheesy, edgy, tryhard decade. But somehow i still feel like people were less cunty, self absorbed and retarded back then. Maybe the rise of social media did that. I mean, yeah we had MySpace but look at all we have now, geez

No. 176774

>>176664
I agree with this one.
Also, I prefer both the late 2000s early/mid(?) 2010s, like 2008-2013, tbh

No. 176800

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>>176666

>People find it weird if you don't use your real name and photo these days when in the 2000's that was sort of accepted. I don't like the oversharing these days.


This. I remember how in the library there used to be these posters near the computers like "don't tell anyone your name not even your first name and def not your location EVER" and now if you don't give out all of this info and more at once, you're being a creep. Social media truly is cancer.

nice quads btw

No. 176802

>>176664
This. The reason why I enjoy 2000's a lot more is that in the 2010's everyone's trying to be a political activist. Everything has to do something with politics. If you're born after 1993-ish you didn't experience the internet when it was just about having fun and not trying to score brownie points with your political wing of choice. Alt right and ultraliberal SJWs are both annoying as fuck and they always ruin everything by making it all about their stupid political game. It's even in the entertainment media like movies and TV series now, everyone takes themselves way too seriously and everyone has to take a very obvious political stand with everything they do. It's gotten way too heavy and burdensome.

>>176666
This too. I grew up in an environment that discouraged sharing personal information online so I find it bizarre to see people openly sharing their full name, location details etc. with the whole world. I still use a nickname everywhere I go and nowadays people find that strange when it's just a safety measure for me. I think we're going to read a lot more about teenage/young adult suicides triggered by online stalking and the stupid ass callout culture because everything has been tied to your own name and face instead of an internet avatar.

It's usually the people under 22 who bitch about the 00's being a tacky, cringeworthy time. You've just grown up in a time period that forces you to take everything too seriously and be as annoyed and offended as you can be.

No. 176812

>>176802
Nah the 2000's fashion and humor was legitimately awful, tacky, and ugly in some parts. That doesn't really apply to me because I love the 80's and early 90's culture and it was cheesy and happy as hell. Just not tryhard.

I do agree internet humor was lighter and politics wasn't involved in EVERYTHING.
However, it doesn't mean I don't remember the shit like somethingawful or deviantart or newgrounds where annoying edgy white teens would come on and be obnoxious.

I like the mid-late 2010's because it feels like it's starting to develop it's own unique identity I didn't see the bland 2000-2014 have. It's definitely a different tone from the 1900s and thats interesting

No. 176813

>>176802
BTW, the obsession with activism and being political has gone to my favorite medium, music. An artist is criticized for making non political or social activist type of lyrics even if the production, vocals, ect are on point. They are also criticized for not being "relatable" (aka spilling all their business on the internet). I fucking hate that. I think that's in movies right now too

No. 176826

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The Internet died in 2007 and never recovered. Anyone who says otherwise is completely wrong and has no idea what they're talking about. The web is drenched in poz as is western culture. It really feels like all humor and color has been drained from life.

No. 176839

>>176826
'ey little girl, did you want to know a sekeret? cuz i know one and it is so good to hear it…

No. 176882

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Call me a nostalgiafag, but the memes were better in the 00s.

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No. 177945

>>176882
>>177943

"Image macros", guys, not memes. I remember how everyone on 4chan got so riled up if someone dared call a captioned image like this a "meme", as in "hey guys I just made this new meme" lmao.

>tfw you've literally wasted over a decade of your life browsing imageboards


Can hardly habeeb it.

No. 177989

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>>177945
holy fuck i forgot they were called macros, it feels like forever ago.

also the 2000s were better bc internet videos had chaccaron maccaron in them.

No. 178043

>>177945
The problem is that everything has to be ironic now. There was a naive sincerity back then that you really can't find today.
If you ask me, it's probably because everyone's started taking the Internet far too seriously.

No. 178054

>>178043
The thought of people taking the internet as extremely serious terrifies me. It also scares me that now people are so much more likely to do research online rather than by using book sources. Actually, a lot about this generation scares me.

No. 178069

>>178054
>It also scares me that now people are so much more likely to do research online rather than by using book sources.
You might just be retarded.

No. 178070

>>177945
well in a way, image macro is just an image with text, while memes can be image macros but not necessarily

t. has a degree in memeology

No. 178073

>>178054
>It also scares me that now people are so much more likely to do research online rather than by using book sources.
>>178043 here; that wasn't what I was referring to. I meant stuff like actually thinking Pepe is a "white nationalist hate symbol" and how the alt-right is somehow a real political force. The last election, if you tried making a sad cartoon frog from the Internet the Republican mascot it'd be a joke, but today it works, somehow.

No. 178074

>>178070
A meme is nothing and everything. It can be a picture, a joke, a saying, a phrase, even a tone of voice. It's a completely useless expression.

t. also has a degree in memeology

No. 178159

>>178043
that "irony" shit is annoying. why cant people just admit theyre into memes? it makes them look pathetic and desperate to fit in when they exclaim "i wuz only pretending and being ironics gaiz xDD". irony is a meme in itself at this point because so many people hopped on this weird meme hierarchy of pretending theyre above internet jokes to fit in with the rest of the cool kids. its so lame because these people are almost always lonely sad gamers or weebs.

No. 178164

I like early 2000's, especially the fashion from there.

No. 179112

The 2010s have been fucking awful so far.

No. 179113

>>176605
I think 9/11 contributed to most of the 2000s being culturally dead, at least in the U.S. 80s-90s were kind of out there in aesthetics, but they were at least somewhere. I'm fine with this decade, though.

No. 179123

>>178074
Am I the only one that would be interested in reading a serious paper on memes?

No. 179126

>>179123
I think even a serious paper written about memes would probably be bad, but there is a chance it could be good and interesting. So, no.

No. 179130

>>176605
I personally think 2010's by far. 2000's came off kind of shallow to me, even though I'm nostalgic for them like a lot of people.

A lot of people are waking up to issues, which I like seeing. The only thing I hate is how some people think they've "woken up" but are more like useful idiots. SJWs just parrot things to make them sound informed.

Another thing I dislike is the hypocrisy of shit like DD/LG stuff on tumblr.

No. 180044

>>176882
THIS MEME. I loved it for so long.

>>178043
agreed.

>>179130
I agree it's hypocritical AF. I love how it's usually the SJW crowd who love DD/LG, yet completely miss the "cultural appropriation" of calling their significant other 'Daddy'. Swear Latina women have been calling their boyfriend 'Papi' since forever.

Whilst I'm glad that people have finally gotten bored of 2edgy racism and sexism, I am sick to death of 95% of the Internet being in-depth breakdowns of everything ever. Like shut the fuck up about micro-aggressions, stop freaking about what percentage of boy/girl you are, and get a hobby.

No. 180102

>>176826
You sir, are an idiot.

No. 180105

>>180102

Oh wow, that's me btfo. How will I recover?

I blame Iphones and teenage girls. It used to be harder to make and distribute content online meaning most plebs fell at the first hurdle. Now we're awash with asinine vlogs, the mentally ill clambering over each other to be the next leader of the civil rights movement and people like you. Fucking normies etc

No. 180593

The 00's were tacky but fun fashion wise.
Massive internet scandals would blow up because of something that Britney did in the same way that they do when a random says something problematic now.
Only massive basement dwelling freaks would talk about politics online.

Every generation gets a little bit weaker & I think the current one is pathetic.

No. 180594

2000's definitely.

2010' is just horrible, boring music, fat kardashian asses everywhere, swj shit..

No. 180625

>>180594
on an extremely shallow level the kardashians and celebrity culture now have NOTHING on the 2000s



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