The 2010s: A Reflection Back On A Wacky Decade

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

2020 aint off to a great start. Just sayin'

[@EricManzane]

can we go back to the 2010´s

[@MattiavonSigmund]

*Yeap.*

[@MrWhyGuy0]

Lets see 1.wannabe WW3 2.Virus 3.Kobe Bryant's death The rest of the year Edit:Australia on fire

[@kebryanhayes7757]

Me after 3 months of 2020: aight imma head out

[@thekommunistkrusader3921]

Can we just go back to the 2000's where the internet was gaining traction so we can get popular?

[@MrAxeswinger]

*"We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world was turning."*

[@Razor-gx2dq]

We didn't start the fire, no we didn't light but we tried to fight it.

[@alisaenthusiast9375]

No, but you seem to desperatly try, to keep it lighting.

[@SoulDevoured]

We did add our own accelerants though.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Hey in 2029 it will be 40 years since that song was released. The same amount of years covered in the song. Wonder if Billy Joel would make a sequel called We Still Didn't Start the Fire

[@davyreznov1038]

It’s still burning cause the world keeps fucking turning

[@jadenhiraga9519]

I remember talking about the German migrant crisis over clash of clans clan chat in 2015. That pretty much summed up my 2010’s experience

[@derpmcgerp8062]

I use to play that game all of the time in 2015 and 2016, and purposely try and get into political arguments on global chat. XD

[@brxyann]

I had some good convos on global chat in coc, too bad they removed it.

[@tristanmcmorran3709]

yep pretty much it

[@Jokerboy1410]

It literally tore Germany apart.

[@cosmomari4669]

@@brxyann what they removed it

[@cellostrings565]

“Well that was quite the decade” Me in 2021- well that was quite a year...

[@kyleking3839]

More like quite a month

[@finchborat]

More like all of us when 2021 started.

[@D00000T]

lets just hope one of the huge powerful countries currently doesn't try to start a war against something super broad again thinking it'll be a good idea

[@Brandonhayhew]

2020 was a dumpster fire

[@comm154]

Me when 2022 comes around: “Phew we’re finally fin-“

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Cody next video: “What if the 2010s actually occurred in the 2020s instead?”

[@danielsokolov4821]

EmperorTigerstar I find your videos interesting

[@cnlbenmc]

I remember a Time Magazine cover that called the 2000s "The Decade from Hell". I'm more of the opinion as a famous author put it; "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

[@AxxLAfriku]

i am the best star of this decade

[@adolfodef]

@@cnlbenmc If the 2000s where the "Decade from Hell"; I will say the 2010s was the "Tartarus Route" towards the "Elysian Fields" of the 2020s. -> We are still "running through" the OLD_god´s afterlife sandbox scheme; instead of making one for our own sake... [ _"...beter to rule in Hell..."_ ]

[@timvanrijn8239]

@@_blank-_ dint kink shame a man with subs man

[@jackrabbit4588]

We partyed like it was 1999 and then we had a 10 year hangover

[@AtibaVV]

So true lol

[@nobleactual7616]

Under-rated comment

[@lachlancampbell6328]

20 year hangover more like it

[@Metadasius]

We were too afraid of Y2K to party in 1999

[@Someone-jz5pl]

*looks at the balkans* (•_•)

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

Happy 2020 everyone, I'm back. I'm going to start doing shorter videos after this just so there's more frequent content. This took far too long.

[@austy_whasty7941]

AlternateHistoryHub is it because you have money from the book? We got hooked on the original.

[@elchris8788]

No kidding

[@GenBumbleBee]

remember nord got hacked and didnt tell anyone about it for MONTHS! do NOT give them your money.....

[@hadtrio6629]

here's my what if scenarios : 1st what if The USSR joined the axis instead of the allies and what would a cold war between nazi-germany and the USSR would look like 2nd what if at the 1st or 2nd time suleiman the magnificent besieged Vienna he took it 3rd what if the ottomans had industrializes at the same time with Europe 4th what if the 1st successful communist revolution was in the USA instead of Russia 5th what if the Vikings in the scandinivian peninsula at the beginning of the viking ages were all united and start a conquest in Europe like the mongols and the Arabs 6th what if Alexander didn't die till he become of old age and lead he supposedly planned campaign on the Arabian peninsula 7th what if the kamikaze never happenned when the mongols invaded 8th what if the irish were the ones that united all the island under irish rule first 9th what if portugal won the battle of the 3 kings in morroco

[@jack25244]

WHAT IF EUROPE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL WAR

[@james2be916]

The 20s recap gonna be crazy

[@justsomeguywithamustache3188]

Ikr, life been a south park season since 2020

[@American_Trekkie]

@@justsomeguywithamustache3188lmao

[@MachivelianBear]

8 months later and how could it possibly get worse! But somehow it did!

[@AirSmellerThe3rd]

Waiting for the 00s and 1990s prequel

[@AragornRespecter]

Time for the roaring 20s baby Edit: fucking hell this aged well

[@nathanielmathews2617]

By roaring you mean Warthogs going into Iran?

[@camilothedog7515]

Yes

[@westforlols1425]

You mean the apoc 20s?

[@asj8048]

Let's bring back Hjalmar Branting

[@eliasstenman3710]

How can we prevent the Chinese depression?

[@icemachine79]

Every decade tends to feel undefinable at the time or immediately afterward. But you did an excellent job attempting to thematize the 2010s.

[@joey199412]

I disagree. Everyone in the 1980s knew it was action movies, Malls and Punk. It was clear by half the decade that the decade would have this theme going forward. Same with the 1990s. Everyone knew it was jean jackets, loose fitting clothes, grunge and goth. Everyone knew the 2000s were pop metal bands, Emo and the Middle East wars Nobody knows what the fuck the 2010s are. There is no singular culture anymore because everyone lives in their own online cultural bubbles and experience different things now.

[@nathansingleton7532]

The Devil's Advocate Huh....I think you might be onto something there

[@chip9649]

@@joey199412 disagree culture changes by the late 90s grunge was dead and pop punk was the big thing.

[@icemachine79]

@@joey199412 It really wasn't that simple from what I recall having lived through all those decades. I think it only seems that way now with the benefit of hindsight. I also think your impression of the 2010s as an outlier is colored by the increased amount of information readily available when compared to decades past, i.e. it _seems_ more diverse and disconnected but it really isn't. The 80s, 90s, and 2000s were actually just as diverse in style and thought while people were still experiencing them. But we've come up with shorthand ways of describing them in retrospect and the same will eventually be the case for the 2010s. Every decade feels like the rebel while you're in it but it always ends up being just another mark on the calendar in the end.

[@joey199412]

@@icemachine79 I specifically wrote my post as how I felt living through those decades. The 2010s is the only decade I can't give a true identity because it means something else to everyone. 80s 90s 00s all felt solidified before the decades were over. The 10s are already over and still doesn't have an identity.

[@mattmanh4242]

i classified 2010s as the "we thought we fixed it but its now more broke" and 2020 is turning into "and then it got worse"

[@yiyi3926]

out of the frying pan, into the fire.

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

Yes

[@thewingedhussar4188]

@@yiyi3926 An done thanks to a far right party claiming they want to make america great again. An make life hell for anyone (in their own country) who they saw as non white, non conservative, and non christian as the enemy. Even more then the guys who are the enemy. An were willing to undermined everything just so they did not have to listen to the other guy. Who is that other guy. Anyone that is not them.

[@felipedaiber2991]

Maybe things dont actually get better or worse just change the way they are shitty Unless we all actively decide to create a new world and win for a chance

[@CancerGaming56]

There’s a quote by a British comedian that comes to mind (I forgot his name) that’s "It seemed like the good times would never end. But then *C H I N A H A P P E N E D*

[@mammajamma4397]

The fact that he made this literally 30 days before the world basically ended is precious

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

wait till you hear what happens in 2025

[@Kerguelen.Mapping]

covid 19 started in 2019

[@JosefCreations]

@@raptorfromthe6ix833what happens in 25?

[@KeemySmith122]

The world did not end stop exaggerating lmao

[@luisemiliomelendezsaenz2994]

​@@KeemySmith122it has became way shittier now tho hahaha

[@baronnolanvonstraya5743]

So this all started with one guy in Tunisia having his fruit confiscated. Talk about Butterfly effect.

[@JoaoPedro-ki7ct]

Please. elaborate

[@baronnolanvonstraya5743]

João Pedro The Tunisian Revolution which caused the Arab Spring was caused by a fruit vendor in Tunis having his stock confiscated by the police which led to him commuting suicide in public by setting himself on fire which led to protests against corruption and government tyranny which led to riots which led to the Revolution.

[@lilemont9302]

I checked, and this is certainly true. It is insane how much of an impact relatively small actions can have, at the very least, as tipping-points for change.

[@JoaoPedro-ki7ct]

@@baronnolanvonstraya5743 Thank you!

[@jayb9194]

When life takes away your lemons, Scotland declares independence.

[@nitrocharge2404]

I think 2020 managed to cram at least 50% of the insanity in the 2010s into a few short months

[@furinick]

This decade is the end of the world promised for 2012

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

According to the traditional ethiopian calendar it is 2012

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

@skem well, that's arguable. If the virus causes a recession (which is quite likely) it could get way worse. Also, this year showed how the USA is really just a 3rd-world-country with a Gucci belt.

[@iloveindomienoodle]

@@user-ft3jq5vi2l well, the virus DID cause a recession. Look up Coronavirus Recession on wikipedia

[@willotter4503]

Yeah, but in 10 years u will say the same about the next decade, things seem far worse when u don’t know the effects of what’s happening

[@DougFowlerYT]

2020 has outshined that entire decade in just 8 months

[@finchborat]

It did it in less than 8 months.

[@augustoalmeida8022]

And not in a good way

[@yoridyse5411]

well i wouldnt say so i hate when people say its the worst year ever look i ma not saying its nothing to complain about but i hate self exaggeration people who say that dont even know half of history or even the recent ones i think just because there was a virus doesnt mean its the end of the world

[@glntv5217]

@@yoridyse5411 it's more than just the virus

[@SethGaming10102005]

@@glntv5217 I mean. we haven't seen what this decade could bring.

[@filkoutsodim]

I have a feeling for those of us that grew in the 2000s and 2010s that we will be thrust into a world far different than what we are used to towards the end of the 2020s. Just like people raised in the 50s grew up expecting one type of world but then found a whole new thing in the 7ps and 80s, us 2010s will find a new world in the 30s and 40s, significantly different than the one we were preparing for

[@mohammadrickypratama6720]

Ain't that the truth

[@buzzybeepopman2009]

Yeah your right

[@falsedavidbowie368]

And just like the boomers and Gen X’ers, we’ll complain about how much the 2030s/40s suck compared to the 2000s/10s.

[@JJMHigner]

I intend to ignore most of the rest of my life in the 21st century anyways Beyond this point.

[@Gerishnakov]

Well Covid has already done that to my life, so it's already happening.

[@shukitheconscious3150]

*Millions die during the 2010's* Cody: Now a word from our sponsors!

[@Apollorion]

We know of at least 1 planet on which several billions live. Knowing that, do you think that this is strange? -> "Millions die during the 2010's"

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

You’re laughing. A child was killed in a mass shooting and you’re laughing.

[@Apollorion]

@@Pleasestoptalkingthanks Lack of suficient water, food or medical support can also cause deaths. And human agriculture also causes many non human deaths.

[@holydoggo4822]

William See don’t pretend like you actually care yah keyboard warrior prick

[@justanotherperson7774]

*_LEGENDS OF THE SHADOW RAID_*

[@darkwoodmovies]

Why is it that no matter how recent the decade, the clips always look like they were shot in the 1980s on VHS tapes?

[@lonelypinesroad9214]

darkwoodmovies I guess camera quality is improving fast or something

[@jakeleitten4117]

My thoughts exactly, I was watching a clip from 2007 and thought that definition was better than that back then.

[@hellboy6507]

It’s for them A E S T H E T I C

[@bandombeviews6035]

SMS compression. At one point in time many videos would have been texted, which makes them super compressed, and look like crap

[@artisticbuilding6852]

It's on purpose, he edited the visuals to look like that, it's an aesthetic that binds the video together

[@wrifraff]

12:57 "If any one of those events happened in the age of social media, you'd think that the world is ending." *Looks back at the last few months* Yeah, I'd say that's true.

[@TheChasedanger]

So, is that.. a good thing? are we overreacting? I'm not sure how to process this information.

[@sitchreapotere1073]

@@TheChasedanger Yes, we are overreacting. History has seen worse than the Coronavirus and Trump's legacy.

[@akephalos438]

As someone on the opposite side of the globe, i'd say the social media reaction to everything that happens is quite the overreaction

[@Blackcivicsi1]

Covid definitely, trump's legacy could be a blip or the start of fascism in the usa. Oh the suspense is killing me! Cant wait for the 2030 video if we all aren't dead by then

[@simonwyzik8661]

(Laughs in bunker)

[@laserkiwi1011]

“If any of this were to happen in the age of social media, you would’ve thought the world was ending” -the 2020s 👀

[@lol-ih1tl]

how would you react to 9/11 if it happened today? Wouldn't you act like the world is ending?

[@kevinaguilar7541]

You proved his point.

[@laserkiwi1011]

@@lol-ih1tl Ik I’m saying he’s right

[@kevinaguilar7541]

@@laserkiwi1011 oh, Ok

[@jimmyalfonda3536]

It did though. Things are clearly shittier now than they were then.

[@Lloyd_lyle]

People in late 2010s: “God this was a crappy decade I can’t wait for the 2020s” People in 2020: *”GO BACK! GO BACK!”*

[@finchborat]

For me, the second half of the 2010s was horrible. The first half was great. Graduated high school in 2010 and graduated college in 2014. I'll take just the first half of the 2010s. To me, 2020 is the child of 2015 and 2018.

[@lucasfamdec3157]

2009- end of 2016 were the days.

[@chinrys06]

Same. 2010-2015 was good for me. 2016-2020 not so much with 2017 being a really shithole tear for my personal life.

[@thebester]

Wow for me the best years in my life have been 2015 and 2018. I didn't think so many people hated these years.

[@slovvak9588]

Oh just you wait, buddy

[@Chalupa_bruh]

I feel bad for the children of gen z that's gonna have to learn this in history class, but hey, at least they have this video to give them brief notes. Edit: It seems as if a lot of people don't realize this, but I'm talking about the offspring of generation z, not generation z themselves. Yes, I know generation z is in school right now, and that's why I never said generation z themselves. In other words, I'm talking about the generation after gen alpha.

[@KingPancat]

Imagine if memes are used as subjects of history

[@nowhereman6019]

@@KingPancat oh they will. Pepe will find his way into the textbooks somehow.

[@musicoruu]

b-but we’re in school right now

[@nowhereman6019]

@@musicoruu shut up zoomer. Go eat a tide pod.

[@squeaky9715]

@@nowhereman6019 how a meme got hijacked by racists and how you can do it too. Social studies 101!

[@ultra-papasmurf]

I'd say the late 2010s has been the Anti-Media Half-decade. People have stopped relying on news, people have started questioning like never before and we finally can watch Hen- I mean anime in 4k quality

[@HistoryNerd808]

I agree with that but I'd push back on the questioning bit. We've questioned the established media but the questioning and fact-checking of blogs and other newer media is practically nonexistent.

[@Hoyadoy]

This needs to bet pinned so ppl of 2100 can know

[@Robb1977]

The push back against media isnt as wide spread as it appears. It seems to be younger people, but the chains of partisanship have not been broken on scummy news. Righties still worship fox, lefties still worship CNN. Both are corrupt, but their viewers are convinced they have the only fair and balanced source... both are horribly deceived and hopefully theyll realize it soon.

[@themiraculousbug6541]

@@Robb1977 I've give up on having a political opinion.

[@vedant9378]

@@Robb1977 'Lefties worship CNN' is just ridiculous. CNN is out and out liberal. There is nothing leftist about it.

[@oilybat3269]

Looking back on the 2010s is like looking nostalgically to a dumpster fire while being in a bigger and hotter dumpster fire.

[@coolshampoobottle]

This is the best description I’ve ever seen

[@adamtrott78]

I feel like the moment 2019 was over, history just ended and we’ve all been living in purgatory since.

[@deerdeerdeerdeer9698]

Just wait into the mad Max era starts

[@worstusernameintheworld9871]

people have been saying that time has gotten "more insane than the past year" since the 21st century, so idk the world could get crazier as time passes on and I wouldn't be surprised

[@icarusablaze1831]

Our simulation wasn't programmed to run past 2019.

[@copperpolice9650]

No 2020 is just... no 2020 is still conituning what the 2010's are doing this is still happening but there is just some breaks.

[@comm154]

Oh crap! I SHOULD’VE PAID THE PRIEST!

[@genesisera8364]

Basically: Francis Fukuyama: “it’s the end of history” 2010s: **YEET**

[@F22onblockland]

History: "The report of my death was... greatly exaggerated."

[@festethephule7553]

What an apt way to put it. Thank you.

[@aaronclift]

I had to read that book in my international relations class back in 1999, and I thought that Fukuyama's premise was ridiculous and would quickly become outdated. Boy was I right.

[@bigusdickus9903]

@@aaronclift Well, it was less challenging for me when I took that class in 2016, the Clash of Civilizations was already in full swing.

[@aaronclift]

Bigus Dickus I read that book for my class as well and thought that it more accurately reflected what was going on in the world than Fukuyama’s book.

[@Amesang]

I'm still wondering what we even _call_ the decade. "The Tens?" "The Teens?"

[@Santeri349]

The new 10s

[@tomtheconqerur]

Neo Tens

[@kukifitte7357]

The twenty tens/twenties/thirties

[@chewygum1854]

He's from Ohio he says pop

[@lennon8435]

Twenteens

[@anaanton3438]

1910s: A war to end all wars 1920s: Roaring 20s 1930s: Economic crash 1940s: NEVER AGAIN 1950s: Golden Age and Cold War 1960's: Vietnam, Space, Civil Rights, Rock, and Hippies 1970s: Absolute Chaos (oh and Star Wars) 1980s: A lot of chaos with a sprinkle of pop culture 1990s: Getting better (not really though) and internet 2000s: Technology boom, terrorism, and an economic recession 2010s: Watch the video 2020s: If you thought the 70s were bad, you ain't seen nothing yet son

[@MorphMV]

This tops the 50s now since we're in far worse situation than the cold war.

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

⁠@@MorphMV no we are not

[@MorphMV]

@@donaldtrumplover2254 funny thing you say that little one. An **very** funny comment to say at all.

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

@@MorphMV unlike the Cold War we aren’t actually threatened by any other nations. It took a very small percent of the US peacetime stockpiles of old equipment to stagnate Russias offensives. And China isn’t in much of a position to do anything. We are living in the most peaceful and prosperous time period in human history. Your basically saying a few small wars are worse than the peak of US and Soviet imperialism.

[@AJVillanueva2030]

2030s: ?

[@spitfiremk26]

I lived in Egypt through the 2011 Revolution before returning back to my home country of Scotland in summer, 2012. Hearing you draw the connection between the Arab Spring, Brexit, and the debate of Scottish Independence - three of the most defining events in my short 22 years - was quite the mindfuck. Even if they are all just a line of dominoes knocking eachother over, it's crazy to think of how these events can come back to bite you even on a more personal level, years after your involvement with them was thought to be finished. 10/10 video - I now have an existential crisis inbound. Would watch again.

[@TheLuckystrike2000]

I don't know if you'll ever read this but if you do... This decade coming up will see the effects of Brexit come in - whether it will be under 'No Deal' terms or not is something to wait for. We both know (as a fellow Scot!) that the country rejected Brexit alongside Northern Ireland and should the warnings of Brexit turn out to be true, e.g. lorries going to the continent will need to wait longer than they otherwise would under prior conditions, supplies of food and medicine from the mainland takes longer to reach the shelves of British shops, clearly the case for Scottish Independence I would imagine would get louder. Assuming that next year returns an Independence majority Scottish Government, what would relations be like between Scotland and the rest of the UK be like in the event that the UK Government grants permission of holding another referendum and this time 'Yes' wins?

[@JustCoNa]

@@TheLuckystrike2000 Not the guy you responded to but I have a "fantasy" if you can call it that, where Scotland leaves the UK, and soon after so does Wales, then Scotland, Wales and potentially NI form a "celtic union", which is essence would be the same as booting England out of the UK lol

[@cucumber623]

as a fellow jock i still think we shouldve jumped ship before boris sinks the whole thing

[@OnlyGrafting]

Still wouldn't vote for Scottish independence until the Scottish Libertarian party replaces the shambles called the SNP.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

@@JustCoNa The Celtic Union will just become an English vassal.

[@timotheelegallic3496]

"The 2010s is a transition into a better time" Kid who grew up during the biomolecular war of 2025 : Say sike right now

[@shakypro]

Nuketown 2025

[@gawkthimm6030]

2029, the crises of the billionair space warlords

[@SuperSMT]

All of that kid's friends: what a dead meme, that's like ten years old

[@solsol9515]

The Boogaloo kid

[@11555Rambler]

Did he say "better time" though?

[@mackenziecoleman8103]

2010s: damn that sucked Only 2020: holy shit this is so much worse 2021: *p a i n*

[@Speed001]

@@williamfraser4566 But we'll grow from this. We'll be more prepared and lots of places are being forced to update and upgrade. This is another push for automation and a nail in the coffin for the luddites... I mean grocery clerks.

[@ununun9995]

Maybe its the opposite that will happen worse at the beggining and best in the end idk

[@GigglesClown]

Eh compared to a hundred years ago its not to bad

[@nolananderson6139]

I wanna go back.

[@kidkangaroo5213]

@@williamfraser4566 If a time traveller told me that 2020 was in fact only the calm before the storm, I'd just grab a noose and dangle from the ceiling fan.

[@Theprinceofithilien]

We skipped the roaring twenties and went straigth into depression _i don’t like where this is headed_

[@michaelhummer9491]

Keep an eye on Europe guys I think they're getting overexcited again

[@Lubecgeo]

WW3 IN 2025? That's about where a copy of the 1900's would be going

[@michaelhummer9491]

@@Lubecgeo And after that's over we'll skip the '50s boom and dive straight into the Vietnam and the protests

[@michaelhummer9491]

It'll be like the boom-bust cycle but without the bust

[@fettegurke2447]

The roaring 20s began after the "spanish" flu was over.

[@skittybug6937]

Cody: "Any take I have will probably not age well." Also Cody: "The 2020's will be a better decade." Right on, buddy. EDIT: I made this comment _before_ the protests and riots began.

[@nicholascordero6600]

I mean, it's only been a few months

[@skittybug6937]

@@nicholascordero6600 And it's already worse than all of the 2010s combined

[@AureliusLaurentius1099]

@@skittybug6937 2020 is technically still part of the 10s so we can say the 2010s finished with a bang.

[@gmbrusselsprout]

@@AureliusLaurentius1099 Not according to the Gregorian Calendar M8

[@dark_messiah8183]

@@AureliusLaurentius1099 no, that is a stupid way of conceiving it. Its 2000-2009, 2010-2019, 2020-2029, etc

[@paulolucero9864]

The 2010s *_TRUE_* Argentinian experience: *_-Got out of a major crisis and debt hell_* *_-Got into another crisis and even deeper debt hell_* Pretty much the same as always

[@maxheller7815]

nos ven como boludos..

[@miliba]

-Still not owning the Falklands

[@maxheller7815]

@@miliba dont even start with the malvinas (falklands) :(

[@agustinbaletti]

HAHAHAHA damn right

[@theholmes8308]

Argentina has defaulted on its debt more than any other country in history, it’s hilarious 😂

[@jamessanford2991]

2010s remind me of the Gilded Age/Reconstruction period in the US because of the bad politicians, the great technological improvements, the few businesses running the country/economy and the political arguments of just focusing on the opponent's negative aspects with political divides

[@jakesmith8438]

James Sanford We need a new Teddy Roosevelt.

[@josemaria1035]

They dont learn

[@josecipriano3048]

James Sanford also the mass concentration of wealth in the hands of a few.

[@gaiangalaxy3198]

Jake Smith his name is Bernie Sanders

[@Iceaxe2020]

We need progressivism lmao

[@nathanbrady8529]

I'd argue one of the worst things to come out of the 2010s is this idea that facts are opinions and opinions are facts.

[@formulaendurance]

That’s fact

[@adamdavis1648]

I remember that being a thing to some degree in the 2000s as well. It does feel like it became more prevalent with the rise of Trump, though.

[@denverrsouthers5531]

It's a fact that I feel like a woman, it's a fact that I live as a woman, it's a fact that for a 28 year old male I look like a woman. And it's a fact you triggered snowflakes ain't going to do shit about it but cry. Fact's DON'T care about your feelings, and you will never make the world your safe space where LGBT people don't exist.

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

Bro that idea has been around since humanity came into existence. A lot of people tend to think our thought patterns are different from other generations. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

[@mateoherrera3320]

"Those censorship friendly countries" and a picture of Winnie the Pooh. I love you.

[@tomcarey5156]

20s decade of the police states

[@fabriziolorenzo2392]

*its not funny anymore*

[@Rahthekabab]

Iran reference

[@TheHylianJuggalo]

"If you want a vision of the future imagine a boot stomping on a human face forever but the face is apologizing to the boot for what it's going through" - revised Orwell quote for the 2010s Selfish edit, can someone give me the music at 13:57 ?

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

"Imagine a strong Independent female stomping on a alt right nazi Edit thanks for the likes"

[@speedy01247]

@@Journey_to_who_knows you didn't edit the comment and there is a single like, probably your own.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJfWoniFYryEfsU bro you just exposed yourself so hard

[@datboi9994]

@@speedy01247 Bro you're so epic dude here's a medal

[@user-vs6oe8fl3m]

Reminder that Orwell was a socialist that fought in the Spanish Civil war

[@wacky518thetoastmage8]

And the 2020’s start with one hell of a bang

[@widiwoqm1544]

Hopefully sports video games will be great

[@MustraOrdo]

Coronavirus, coronvirus everywhere.

[@thesherlockhound]

Literally

[@stephenwright8824]

@@MustraOrdo And not a bat to eat lol

[@CreeperthanPasta]

It was the bomb

[@matei8master8]

January 2020 - That was quite the decade. July 2020 - FUCK GO BACK July 2021 - I SAID GO BACK July 2022 - *Air raid sirens*

[@The-rp6do]

How about 2021-2022 🤪

[@albertalberto2288]

2023-*Zombies roaming*

[@Brandonhayhew]

2024: people go back!

[@beans00001]

So much for the Roaring 20s

[@Brandonhayhew]

@@beans00001 more heading towards a bad outcome and it’s waiting for us

[@Critical1ce]

Coming out of the 2010s, hair disheveled, eyes bloodshot: “Hoo boy, that was close!” *2020 coming in like a freight train* “OH SHI-“

[@cursedmicrophone3687]

Naw man, it's more like this: *2010's people coming out looking like complete and total shit* "At least 2020 can't possibly be worse" *2020 slamming into the ground like a cargo plane*

[@lucasharvey8990]

@Hanta Kun ... nah he's got a point.

[@liker-qd4fz]

what is the intro song?

[@HeadCannon19]

People at the end of the 2010s: there's no way 2020 could possibly be worse than this 2020: hold my Corona (Also other stuff but Corona's a beer)

[@ralphize5153]

2010: the wacky zany century (*decade)

[@CH-wp5hp]

*decade

[@DotALotTroller]

C H century*

[@carl7810]

2010: the dank decade

[@tailbonetailbone9380]

It did feel like a century, didn't it

[@tailbonetailbone9380]

@@carl7810 2010: the dankade

[@camphipps10]

I know this sounds weird, but this is easily the best video you've ever made. Really resonated with me for some reason.

[@lukedetering4490]

Probably resonated with you because you have lived to see these events and therefore more relatable.

[@bahe_4058]

Agreed

[@twistedpixel756]

agreed, very well done, both thoughtfully and aesthetically.

[@francismendy1398]

Agreed

[@therealmmaster4766]

Watching in 2023: the 2010s were the transition from bad to a lot worse.

[@Catonator]

I'm surprised by how many people are still so depressed about the 2020s. I think we're heading up at the moment. Arguably the big unrests of the early decade were stuff left over from the 2010s - the George Floyd riots, the Capitol Hill riots, the covid culture, all really heavily tied into the zeitgeist of the mid-to-late 2010s. But now that that's over, I think 2023 has comparatively been a lot more hopeful. There's a slow shift in how people view the internet and the world currently, which will probably blossom as the years push on. Most decades don't really gain their cultural significance until some ways into them. The 90s started in 1991 or 1992, the 2000s started on 9/11, etc., and I think that's the way future historians will look at the 2020s. They started in 2022 or 2023. inb4 "aged horribly"

[@curtiswfranks]

​@@Catonator: Reserving my right to be terribly wrong, I think that you might be right. Really, 2022 and 2023 are big improvements over 2020 and 2021.

[@MaaveMaave]

​@@CatonatorI do think we're heading up but I'm still shook and there's an election coming up 😂

[@MorphMV]

prepare for WW3

[@connaltnow1]

Hahah it’s gotten worse more global conflict now with the Middle East

[@dean1039]

2010's: The decade in which being born in the 1990's went from feeling really young, to feeling ancient.

[@jaywest3734]

Shit dude, I was born in the 80s.

[@shakypro]

What if this comment survived for people born in the 2990s to see it during the 3010s (if we survive to)? edit: don't take it to literal

[@declannewton2556]

The 2010's: The decade GenZ went from being the kids of the day to having an existential crisis that adulthood is upon us.

[@progect3548]

@@declannewton2556 very true.

[@MementoDespair]

@@declannewton2556 Yes I was 10 at the start of the decade now I'm 19 I turn 20 in April

[@ethanodell8044]

The 2010's looks like a kid accidentally bumping us with his tricycle, and the first few months of 2020 just ran us over with a train

[@finchborat]

More like all of 2020 running us over with a train. And then doing it a couple of more times.

[@MrLeary73]

More like they just kept going backwards and forwards and still haven’t gotten bored of it

[@akilangandhichidambaranath3920]

And 2021 is an airplane filled with elephants crashing on you

[@vermas4654]

It's sad how accurate that is. And 2021 is also not the best.

[@abyssstrider2547]

@@akilangandhichidambaranath3920 what will 2022 be like? Meteor crashing down or something lmao

[@louisschildknegt5165]

I can just imagine someone playing super Mario bros and the news just says: “Today five thousand men died in a battle in Iran” Mario: “LETS A GO!!”

[@rico6546]

Official FBI yeah.

[@punctuationman334]

Official FBI iraq

[@Nverdis]

Does this count as impersonating a police officer?

[@nunyabeeswax7111]

iran?

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

I was playing Modern warfare 2 and had CNN on when we killed Osama Bin Ladin it felt just like any other day.

[@subtlewhatssubtle]

The 2010s was the era when everyone had the chance at making themselves heard. It was a time where any person could state their opinions... *regardless of their qualifications to discuss the topic.*

[@yamashiro1442]

2010s was one chaotic decade

[@nubnubnubnubnubnubnubnubnu4769]

Akagi 144 especially for puerto ricans

[@AcidTripOk]

I'd say it was quite calm and boring, if compared with any other previous decade.

[@legoworksstudios1]

Yep. And before that there was the chaos of the 1960s, but at least during that period we had a rockin' soundtrack.

[@escuadronhechizopr9861]

@@nubnubnubnubnubnubnubnubnu4769 ya

[@erik-ic3tp]

@@AcidTripOk, why?

[@nokia8707]

"Libya, the world's biggest battle royale."

[@adolfhitler2026]

Thanks obama

[@tenkosen]

Lol *civil war* I love it

[@thegodofbob]

You got the same profile picture as my friend lol

[@1000eau]

@@adolfhitler2026 *Sarkozy (french president 2007-2012)

[@adolfhitler2026]

@@1000eau France is not the leader of NATO, the US is. It was Washington that authorized the destruction of Libya. France only made the suggestion.

[@jamzee_]

“Those things we think are horrendous now, might not be the worst thing ever” - Cody Feb 2020, Hmm

[@garymarkow7005]

C’mon, I mean things are pretty bad now but we still haven’t hit post WW1 Germany levels of bad.

[@hidof9598]

@@garymarkow7005 , thx. Something newi

[@garymarkow7005]

@@EETDUK yeah, people stormed the capitol and there were riots in the streets, I get it. I don’t see any evidence it’s going to get any worse, it’s nowhere near how antebellum USA was and the political violence kind of fizzled out since January. Also, r u sure about that? Riots in 68-69 were pretty bad as were the bombings by leftist terrorist organizations like the Symbionese Liberation Army in the 70s and rightist lone wolves like the Oklahoma City Bomber in the 90s.

[@Neglected-Nostalgia]

@@garymarkow7005 pre WWII in Germany was lit for a few years if you were German

[@robezy0]

@@Neglected-Nostalgia and not Jewish, or disabled, or a woman, or...

[@permafrost8322]

This will be very interesting to look back on in 6 years…

[@hughchester]

2010's: The decade where literally everyone lost their minds.

[@Dylan_Sterling]

It truly can only be described as “What the fuck happened here?”

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

Nah, that happened when Proto humans came down from their trees and started living in the ground

[@itzfusionplex4266]

2010s: the decade humanity really ended in 2012

[@Ozzey23]

2010’s: The decade where the public continued to misuse the word ‘literally’

[@hughchester]

@@Ozzey23 I'm sorry you think there's people still out there with their wits about them.

[@Bob-lr2xp]

"Grandpa, what were the 2010s like?" "Well it all started with this goddamn gorilla..."

[@feragosmyxixarashtra7948]

Bruh, I felt that. 😥👊

[@-et37-]

Not really, Harambe died halfway through the decade.

[@derptank3308]

“Grandpa, what were the 2020s like?” “IT ALL STARTED IN IRAN...”

[@TheBoostedDoge]

@@derptank3308 and then came the plague

[@bjorntheviking6039]

Dicks out, RIP Harambe

[@crusader7659]

Turks fighting in Libya? Wait a minute, I’ve seen this one before... Italy, it’s your time to shine.

[@skysthelimitvideos]

Crusader It’s never Italy’s time to shine let’s be honest

[@crusader7659]

@@skysthelimitvideos yeah, even in libya *looks at mussolini *shudders

[@AndrewNalle]

@@crusader7659 wElL bE lIKe tHe rOmAnS oR sOmEsHiT gUyS

[@lukedetering4490]

Italy: But the Ethiopians destroyed me. When I actually succeeded the second time, the allies destroyed me. That oil ain't worth it USA: Oil? LETS GO! Italy: Oh no!

[@adrianshephard378]

@@lukedetering4490 Us is world's biggest oil manufacturer tho

[@supremeleadersmeagol6345]

2020 was like the entirety of the 2010s condensed into a single decade.

[@fabianmichaelgockner5988]

And then 2021 be like: "It gets worse the longer you look at it!"

[@roomyhaddock3245]

@@fabianmichaelgockner5988 I feel like the 2020's would only be like the 2010's but different and worse

[@xdlolfam2713]

You mean year?

[@I_am_somebody_1234]

And then 2022 happened (f for ukraine and Somalia)

[@MrMah-zf6jk]

@@I_am_somebody_1234 what happened in Somalia (besides the usual?)

[@johnmoloney1996]

*crying internally cause we’re only 6 months into the 2020s*

[@jbingart3009]

I'm crying externally at this point

[@wp12mv]

@Nadia Blue November too is nearly done

[@nicholasbryson1271]

We’re almost there we’ll make it

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

Only one month left. Does anyone else have a countdown clock running already?

[@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN]

Idk what 2021 is gonna bring, have any of yall seen knowledge hub's video about the 2020s?

[@striver2180]

Cody back then: “I wanna stay away from anything political.” Cody now: “I’m doing stuff that political” Edit: As I predicted the comment section... is a mess.

[@loah_1]

I at least applaud his decision not to talk about Trump just yet, though I would like to hear his thoughts on the current US administration

[@alaskamark4562]

James Harrison. Actually, he he has talked about Trump. He made a fairly biased video about how Trump pulled U.S. troops out of northern Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president erdogan where he said he was going to invade part of Syria. Cody babbles about how it was "probably the worst geopolitical decision this decade" and how Trump supposedly "sold the Kurds out" as if it would've been better to just leave American soldiers to get caught up with the invading forces of one of our NATO allies. Just think of those poor, totally helpless Kurds, what are they gonna do without our Army acting as a meat shield for them? He does seem to be getting more political. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHjMm6Nvn6yXi7c

[@loah_1]

@@alaskamark4562 Oh yes, I did forget about that.

[@Admiral_Jezza]

@@alaskamark4562 Yeah it's interesting how no one cared about the Kurds until they could use them to rag on Trump.

[@ultimatetadpole9607]

@@Admiral_Jezza Rojava is my world

[@Azoth86730]

People in 1910: 1910's will be a peaceful decade.

[@douggoldwater1734]

People in 1920: Man that decade sucked, we'll never see another world War like that again

[@xayvieracosta7326]

@@douggoldwater1734 1940s enters the chat

[@nunyabeeswax7111]

it's always in hindsight, that we see how much history repeats itself and how little we have progressed on a social and human level...

[@flybeep1661]

Actually, in early 1910 people were very aware something was on the brink to happen. Especially on a political level people knew because of all the alliance treaties made and the growing influence of Germany that something was going to happen and happen soon. What they didn't know was just how bad it would become.

[@Brandonhayhew]

1930s was a really depressing era. None of them never knew what was gonna happen to them in 1940s.

[@benjaminengslev4261]

I will say, we are 3 years into the 2020's and we're not really doing well

[@creeperpiggy7971]

Just wait until 2024, it gets crazy

[@doogeearchive8087]

@@creeperpiggy7971Bro had a vision.

[@patapax7033]

10:43 I like how this narwhal tusk is actually related to this one Polish guy who used it as a weapon to stop a terrorist attack in the UK.

[@DmytroEyorovych]

Patapax the winged hussars arrived that day

[@ultimatetadpole9607]

Virgin Brexiteer vs. Chad Polish Immigrant

[@notasoviet1016]

The polish guy didn’t use the narwhal tusk he used a pole (lol) to fight him off i believe, but then started using just his hands. Someone else used the narwhal tusk

[@PandaOnParole]

the 2010s: i love social media the 2020s: billionaires are funding civil war and buying presidential elections the 2030s: i live in a chinese colony now

[@kurros1270]

The 2040s: Orwell's 1984 becomes a complete reality In the U.S.

[@jerrardtate5112]

My American children have Chinese names and speak Russian and Mandarin in their school in AliExpress City

[@AFellowCyberman]

The 2020s thing already happens.

[@AFellowCyberman]

@KeroBero. It already is a reality.

[@fabriziogarreta7160]

PizzaAndFirearms lol I hope this doesn’t happen sad part is though is 99% sure of happening

[@benjamin3044]

This was actually an incredibly well thought-out and rational take on the 2010s. Nice work Cody.

[@shade3430]

2020: "Twitter, you're in trouble buddy" 2022: ha ha ha.......yeah

[@Sniperskilfaker]

I can’t wait for memes to be in my kids history tests

[@thesherlockhound]

We'll see memes in the culture of the 2010s as music in the 1970s

[@lukeb1663]

I can’t wait to help them understand memes and go on a massive nostalgia trip

[@Zarysazane12345]

Nah theyll be banned by than and sensored know your wrong think bigot 😉👍. Lol jk who knows

[@omegaaesir9447]

Are memes are about to become primary sources.

[@lukeb1663]

Omega Aesir they are definitely going to, but at least for high school it won’t happen for around 50 years

[@b4s1l1sc]

ah yes, the good ol' times when we thought the 2020's would've been a decent/good decade

[@victuz]

Dude we're not even in the 2020s yet. Just finishing the the 2010s today.

[@orionfoxx1954]

Ha jokes on you, 2020 will never end

[@DSkehan2004]

The decade? It's only been a year. Every decade doesn't start out good in the 1 or 2 years.

[@victuz]

​@Nuke Friend We are at the end of the 2010s because there isn't year 0, you know... The 21th century didn't start in 2000 but in 2001. The Gregorian calendar started from year 1, not year 0. So according to that we're still in the 2010s, officially entering 2020s when 2021 comes.

[@seanvasquez523]

@@victuz, Um i'm sorry but the 2010's did past and we are in the 2020's already. HOWEVER at the same time we are also in a decade that hasn't ended yet which is the 202nd decade or just the 2nd decade of the 21st century. The 202nd decade will end in December 31st 2020 but we are NOT in the 2010's anymore in 2020. It's just that both decades (2010's 2010-2019, 2020's 2020-2029 is a popular culture term, and 202nd decade 2011-2020, 203rd decade 2021-2030 which is a historian term) are not coexisting this year because of how the rules are laid out in these term (which is funny that no year 0 gives us two terms to work with which in their own right they're both right). But this whole talk thing will be completely irrelevant once 2021 comes in the picture because then both the 2020's and 203rd decade will be coexisting at the same time until 2030. So when we were looking back on the decade in 2019 we were looking back on the 2010's not the 202nd decade. Even then the 202nd decade has almost the same amount of years except 2010 is not there and 2020 is in there instead (which the 2010's is a decade however it's in a term that not a full 10 years in the first few years that happened but that only happened ONCE in the years AD 1 to AD 9. After that everything else was a full 10 years and this term doesn't care about no year zero because it's uses something else with the digit rollover an same number group of ten. And then the 202nd decade which is also a decade but it's trying to be divisible by AD 1 so that makes the 1st decade AD AD 1 to AD 10 a full ten years). If you want to look back on the 202nd decade by December 31st 2020 then go ahead but it's just nearly the same like the 2010's it just include 2020 and excludes 2010. So to put it simply the 2010's lasted from 2010 to 2019, the 202nd decade/2nd decade of the 21st century lasted from 2011 and is going to end in 2020, the 2020's is going to last from 2020 to 2029, and the 203rd decade/3rd decade of the 21st century is going to start in 2021 and going to end in 2030. So in 2021 both decades will be coexisting and that's all I have to say about that.

[@viniciusgomes5147]

2000s nostalgia is going to be big in the 2020s

[@jonatanlj747]

@Astrotrain52 Reviews Agreed, even through my rose-tinted nostalgia-glasses the 2000s weren't good.

[@heroslippy6666]

already beating you to it, irc and geocities. been using them for the past year or two

[@HunsWithGuns]

I liked the 2000s

[@jacklong1844]

Astrotrain52 Reviews Don’t worry, it would end at some point

[@FokkerTISM]

Robbie Williams' music was everywhere in the 2000s. I can see his music being played at 2000s nostalgia parties. The original Xbox would also be part of those, even if it wasn't as popular as the PS2.

[@ghazghkullthraka9714]

‘Perceptions of the 2010’s will change’ Me in 2021: yep

[@jacobarmour6325]

History teacher in 2100: *and see they thought the 2010's were bad wait till they see the 2020's*

[@brianbrush5107]

200th like

[@lesigh3410]

With the split of DanPlan, Australia on fire and the batshit insanity that was the impeachment trial, I won't be surprised.

[@Brandonhayhew]

Gonna wait until 2030

[@Av0l1tion]

Ture

[@albiesnyder412]

Bold of you to assume the human race will survive till 2100

[@rprince418]

It is so weird to in a few years be able to say "back in the 20's" and mean the 2020s, and not the 1920s.

[@finchborat]

And the same will be said regarding the 2030s, 2040s, 2050s, etc.

[@kosmique]

i know, when ppl say "back in the 70s" its kinda hard to not think 1870

[@lightthrudarkness6319]

That's not a big deal since most people don't give a fuck about the 20s, heck we only care about the 1940s onwards whats weird is that in a few years that people will say "back in the 40's" and mean 2040s, and not the 1940s

[@Spartanübermensch]

They'll probably just say the 2020's instead of the 20's.

[@FreshAsianSwagg]

@@lightthrudarkness6319 The 1920s were a defining decade lmfao, with art deco being prominent to this day. Most award traditions, modern media, music influence, etc etc come from the 20s. It is a BIG decade and that's why its known as 'the roaring 20s'. wtf are you talking about? the most popular decades are the 20s, 50s, 60s/70s, and of course the two more 'recent' ones (80s-90s)

[@kevinolmedo675]

This has a somewhat EmpLemon's downward spiral feel. Cool.

[@GrexTheCrabasitor]

reverse uno card

[@naturegirl1999]

What is EmpLemons? A KZbin channel?

[@kevinolmedo675]

@@naturegirl1999 A youtube channel about a guy who talks about random stories, *the state of the Internet ecosystem* and some other things.

[@michaelrichardson3834]

@Jeffrey Blosser YTP isn't just funny editing, it is the peak of parody and public mockery and something we are sorely missing on KZbin as of late. Oh how I miss the simplier time of poops.

[@benjaminaraya8073]

4 years on, Cody was right that the 2010’s was a transition decade, but it was a transition into something worse

[@Taxs1]

Cody: "The 2020s will be a better decade" 2 months later the world is on fire

[@nikolaibuscho5881]

And five months later the world is "recovering" from a disease and on the brink of a possible depression, and a terrible repression at the best, as well as "murder hornets," a possible flare up in Korea, and who knows what else is to come... Alas, behold the year.

[@finchborat]

Hopefully, the chaos from this year won't represent the theme of the 2020s. As for 2020, just throw the whole year away!

[@jerrell1169]

@@giantrunt I'm thinking it's gonna be closer to the 80s, with the U.S crawling out of a lot of issues in the beginning and then comes an era of financial ease and social connection. Though there will certainly be issues during that time I expect it to not be so bad.

[@E4439Qv5]

*"SEYMOUR!! The WORLD is on FIRE!!"* _"No Mother, it's just the Arab Spring."_

[@Ostalgie658]

What on earth is wrong with people, “killer hornets” man that’s the only information you remember?

[@christophert8419]

The 2010s, a decade when we all came to realize WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY

[@E4439Qv5]

Today's Tom Sawyer, he gets high on KZbin...

[@daelinblack6681]

@@E4439Qv5 changes aren't permanent, but change is

[@marinis717]

Spot on about the media. Ethics is gone. They're just competing fot clicks. Its very sad.

[@axelnils]

Were there ever ethics there to begin with?

[@kaphizmey6229]

@A X S actually, yes there were. unfortunately, the rise of yellow journalism (a precursor to today’s clickbait) in the early 1900s started the mainstream media down a dangerous path of informational commodification: people started to sell information simply to make a profit. the “4th estate” died when money and viewership became the primary concern.

[@zacharysmith4787]

The news has been weaponized by both the Left and Right in the U.S., and that's 'bad news' for all of us.

[@maxwelljarowey2612]

It died a long time ago look at cnn in the 1980s it was like Fox News now that is why old people like it 4 decades of red scare and hippie hatting has made the hole country see hate change even for the better Old people want a past that never was

[@albertjackinson]

ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS are what's left of old-fashioned journalism. Sadly, CNN, Fox, and other sources that are extremely biased seem to be more popular

[@johnathonking7033]

Rewatching this in 2024, I don't have words to describe how it not only butterflied, but got so much worse

[@AirSmellerThe3rd]

2024 September 29th 2:25 AM We live in a society

[@MasterBotttle]

He's back. This is the worst decade to live in.

[@npacebg]

The 2010s: when ads became smart and started dismantling democracies to get more views.

[@tennoboi655]

Lol legit

[@tfwthelsdkicksin6083]

What?

[@rajikage3098]

Omg ikr

[@seamuscallaghan8851]

Cody: "... better at counterterrorism." *Shows picture of narwhal* "Unrelated"

[@gangsta74110]

YES GOD Y'ALL KNOW HOW RELATED THAT NARWHAL ACTUALLY IS AND ITS BRILLIANT

[@jeffbenton6183]

I don't get it. Please help

[@seamuscallaghan8851]

@@jeffbenton6183 There was an incident last year in Britain where a terrorist was thwarted by a bystander brandishing a narwhal tusk.

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@seamuscallaghan8851 that's awesome

[@gangsta74110]

@@seamuscallaghan8851 lmaoooo I don't even know where that fucker found it, geez it was in a middle of a bridge, that video of him swinging it around is fuckin golden

[@XxCheese69xX]

Someone eventually: gUH bUT cOdY, tHE dECadE haSN't eNDed yEt. Everyone else: *is the suffering not over yet?*

[@prophetrocket237]

What?

[@deviladvocate21]

@@prophetrocket237 because the year 0 doesn't exist, the first decade started on 1 January 1AD and ended 10 years later on 31 December 10AD, causing the next decade to be 11AD-20AD and so on until you get to the current decade between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2020.

[@fclp67]

Technically a decade is 10 years. But we're not talking about the 202nd decade of this era, like we're talking about the 21st century, but about the decade we call the 2010s. We signify this decade as the first day of a year that has a 10 at the end so January the 1st 2010 from there it takes 10 years to end so January 1st 2020 is the end of this decade. Now get out with your bs.

[@EdricoftheWeald]

@@deviladvocate21 Or.... Just that the first decade was 9 years...

[@deviladvocate21]

@@EdricoftheWeald I was just trying to explain the point. Obviously, we'll never need to realistically talk about the first decade anyway, so we just say we are in the 2020s as it's more intuitive.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

What are you looking forward to more? 1. The February 2030 video about the 2020s. (basically just this video again for that decade). 2. The December 2031/January 2032 video on the 2010s that views them again now with far far more context as alluded to here.

[@AuroraIceFlame]

2010s: “wow worst decade ever am i right? 2020: *fuck go back*

[@sgiaries]

So true!! I thought the 2010s was boring. Now I wanna go back!!

[@Brandonhayhew]

We regret it

[@N00N01]

China actually mobilized its military and able to do so bc the world was distracted by trump

[@akilangandhichidambaranath3920]

We should have been thankful about it and know where stuck here

[@starblaiz1986]

2020: "Challenge Accepted" Everyone: "...wait wha~ OH SHI~!!!"

[@swag31556]

2010s: social media and immigration 2020s: Mars and electricity 2.0

[@alphariusfuze8089]

*War between Mars and Holy Terra round 3*

[@jamesfra1311]

Earth 2: Electric boogaloo.

[@taka2517]

@Aryan Verma Think about all the mutation points the virus would have gotten by now for invading so many countries

[@itsblitz4437]

I am not sure about Mars but we green energy.

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

2030s: why radioactive rain is good for you

[@NexusApollo]

Imagine having to study for an exam about memes 50 years in the future.

[@jinjunliu2401]

well in 100 years memeology will become a university study

[@JohnJohn-ls2uz]

Jin Jun Liu Memetics*

[@aedof]

I like "memetry."

[@XRoyalStampedeX]

I hope not, I was born in the last year of the 20th century and I don’t want the upcoming generation to make everything meme based because it is dumb and they will be the ones looking after us 90s gens when we are old.

[@CokeDrkrNotSnrtr]

Imagine your grandchild coming up to you with a homework question about memes. You're all ready to discuss the various transformations of Wojak & Pepe, and the question has to do with Damn Daniel & Socially Awkward Penguin. Would you punish the child or chastise the teacher?

[@charlesshelton7989]

*sighs in 2022 nostalgia for the 2010's

[@finchborat]

Especially the early part of the 2010s before things got insane.

[@lol-ih1tl]

@@finchborat well, the later years of the 2010s will also become nostalgic later in the decade. So yeah, this is how many years ago each year of the 2010s is: 2019: 3 years ago 2018: 4 years ago 2017: 5 years ago 2016: 6 years ago 2015: 7 years ago 2014: 8 years ago 2013: 9 years ago 2012: 10 years ago 2011: 11 years ago 2010: 12 years ago

[@Artemus-ef6fz]

Sighs in 2023 nostalgia

[@ponraul1221]

The 2010s is really when the new century and millennium started. The 2000s just felt like an extension of the 90s; or at least a weird transition period out of them. Social media and internet culture finally took over in the 2010s, in which I think we'll indulge in for a long while. edit: I elaborate further in a reply below

[@cruzgomes5660]

Maybe cause of how similar the media and celebrity culture was for both decades, but the 2000s were definitely a huge shift political

[@ponraul1221]

​@@cruzgomes5660 I agree, but the 2010s marks a much greater change than one of decades, celebrities, or routine political turmoil. I believe it marks a change we only see occur that defines entire centuries, or even millennia. Take the 1910s for example. Europe transitioned from governments ruled by monarchy, to being led by legislatures. The American Frontier (aka "The Wild West") that had been open range for millions of years finally disappeared to being familiar and occupied. Over in Asia, the Dynasties that had once ruled China for thousands of years was replaced by a republic. Horses, the main mode of transportation for thousands of years came to be replaced by cars, and oil lamps came to be replaced by electric light bulbs. We are in the same situation as the 1910s. What the end of the American frontier, the car, and the lightbulb were to the 1910s, is the necessity of the internet, social media, and global connection of the 2010s. We're in the middle of a huge transition. What exactly towards though? None of us are sure.

[@AfroAsiaticLanguages]

@@ponraul1221 Towards a One World government and cashless society, where we are all chipped in our hand or forehead and that microchip is our wallet and keys and ID and income. The anti-Messiah will rise and promise peace and prosperity for all, and the world government will lead in finally seemingly eradicating most aspects of human misery that had continued until then. The majority of people will welcome these events, and the End Time is close at hand.

[@dulguunnorjinbat6136]

@@AfroAsiaticLanguages wtf are you on?

[@ashkitt7719]

HistorywithNathe That but without the mass surveillance capitalism

[@mafiousbj]

I will put the Scottish independence movement as an unintended result of the arab spring in the same echelon as how the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to the creation of Hentai.....change my mind....

[@rickeyc5920]

MafiousBJ Japanese imperialism was indépendant of World War One.

[@DrinkyMcBeer]

@@rickeyc5920 without WW1 you wouldn't have the rise of european fascism. Without the breakdown in trade created by WW2 japan may not have felt the need to attack the united states. Without US troops being stationed in japan, interest in japanese culture, and subsequently hentai, wouldn't be as widespread or profitable.

[@Anthropomorphic]

@@DrinkyMcBeer That's only an argument for hentai not being as widespread or profitable without WW1, not that it wouldn't have come about at all.

[@abdisaniini]

@@Anthropomorphic I don't think there has ever been a time where Scottish people were pro UK

[@lmao.3661]

we weren't getting any independence under the SNP. I'd rather stay in the UK thanks

[@tiberiuswolf8259]

The 2010s: Memes and Terrorism, the 70s but with more pepe and equally interesting music.

[@MajinMist603]

: / hm

[@GordonSlamsay]

@Bronco 48 I dunno about that one, chief.

[@halacm411]

Damn so are 2020s gonna be the 1980s lol

[@rodger3352]

@@halacm411 i hope so

[@revoltingslob4678]

@Bronco 48 *With more coke jus ultra secret.

[@literally-just-a-leaf]

"At least we managed to get most of the troops out of Afghanistan" Well that aged like milk

[@1224chrisng]

they did get the troops out, just not the translators or equipment

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

It’s noon and you’re telling me to grab the liquor? If you say so.

[@eashansaju8106]

Corona

[@eazy8579]

Time for some day drinking!

[@BoldOne8760]

Foking day drinker

[@beamerball666]

You wait until noon?

[@eazy8579]

@@beamerball666 Well, My favorite bar doesn't open until then

[@anrewgmusic]

I think the 2010s was a decade that was defined by access to information. The arab Springs didn't just happen in Tunisia a man set himself on fire in protest of the fact that the government wouldn't let him sell fruits to care for his mother and sister. The video of which went instantly viral. The influence of the internet and ease of access to information was far more crucial to the decade then the arab springs as it was the very reason the Arab springs spread so fast, why political polarization grew to the degree it has, and why media has become more about sensationalizing head lines rather then telling stories. Love the video tho man! I hope you read this.

[@heinoustentacles5719]

personally I think it was defined by the restriction of information. Things like The Arab spring were more a hangover of the late 2000s, and are what made the owners and users of tech companies realize what immense social power they had. Cue algorithmic tinkering, shadow-banning, deletion of posts that don't confirm to the popular agenda, banning of world leaders,thus stifling their reach, cancel culture, focus on 'dunks' and 'ratios' instead of actual debate, Search Engine Optimization which pusches only corporate friendly results to the top of major search engines, and not actuaally useful information.... I could go on. Information flowed more freely in the 2000s when people made and used their own websites instead of relying on 'platforms', owned by people who only care about maximizing profits.

[@MPHJackson7]

I can only imagine how history books would try to put this mess into words.

[@QTheRabbit]

I feel like History books (Or audiobooks/ebooks in the future I guess) in general are gonna start to get way messier now because of just how much happens in a single decade now. Like it used to be you could put "A plague happened and lots of people died." Or "WW2 happened, Nazis lost and Nazi officers were tried, and then the Cold War started." Now it goes "Revolutions happened, The U.S. started losing its influence cause of blah blah, memes, social media, China and Russia, Middle East" and it's just all over the place.

[@railfan2822]

@@QTheRabbit A lot happens in every decade. Thing is though, is a lot is also forgotten in the history books. This is merely another chapter.

[@ivti6018]

@@QTheRabbit Everything has always been messy and complicated. This decade probably feels different to you because you have lived through it yourself, however, the 1910s were just as messy as the 2010s. History books tend to summarise a lot, and in doing so lots of history is often forgotten. I feel that this decade will likely have only a few major points that are remembered: The Arab Spring (and the effects it had), the rise of online communication and technology (such as social media), and the rise of China and Russia as global contenders to the West's influence.

[@superstandard]

Reading books will probably be a thing of the past

[@Solaxe]

@@QTheRabbit 2010s could be summed up as "some crisis happened"

[@renaultft-1732]

Ah, can’t wait for “2020s: A Reflection”

[@ADMusic1999]

Looking up Corona in 2010s: 🍺 Looking up Corona in 2020: 💀

[@E4439Qv5]

Looking up Corona in 2030: 🍻 & 💉

[@jjnn2]

Hopefully

[@Metaliconian]

Well, they're both terrible so I see some commonalities.

[@Kanoshe]

all my homies drank modelo

[@frankwoods9895]

@@E4439Qv5 no it will also be 🇨🇳

[@thegrouse6163]

You missed something imo: We’ve seen the de-commodification of the arts, particularly music. I remember only having 10 songs on my IPod because that’s all I could afford, but now unlimited music at anytime at your fingertips is now a given - artists will even be given shit and bad press for daring to make people pay for their music (Taylor Swift for example) - the wheel started rolling on this during the 2000s, but I think has finally been realised with Spotify and KZbin. You’ve also seen art galleries specifically cater for Instagrammable shots, art is being specifically designed to be shared way beyond installations and galleries. Art, music, and film is something people think they’re entitled to now, not something that is limited based on what they can afford. But that’s just my take

[@gangsta74110]

Interesting take

[@johnathanarcher6999]

But that’s just a theory. A GAME THE-

[@macicoinc9363]

What's the point of art if people aren't allowed to see it

[@santa5939]

So you want classism integrated into the consumption of art?

[@supercool1312]

Santa yes. the artists need to make money some how

[@Jessie_Helms]

The history of the entire world I guess, but it’s just the 2010’s

[@RajSingh-qc6lq]

Also bill didint mention the civilizations 12k years ago. Apparently time travelers dont know about those yet. Or do. And you know, dont want us to know. *JFK Noises intensify*

[@thatguy45177]

I like how looking back on the 2010s I only remember that everyone was being whiny. We had no idea how good we had it

[@HundreadD]

Sobering to think that something could happen tomorrow that would make the first 4 years of the 2020s seem like paradise. Compared to something that could occur in the future this could be the good time now.

[@DR.CONDOM-BREAKER445]

​@@HundreadD yeah.

[@AtariiWave]

"Well, that was quite a decade" 2020 events: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*

[@huubhuijbens8816]

Sympathy For The Devil from the Rolling Stones maybe the soundtrack for the 2020s

[@dystop_]

Imagine having to study brexit in history in 50 years time. That would suck

[@CrunchyNorbert]

it'll be seen as the second glorious revolution

[@eliasstenman3710]

CrunchyNorbert Unfortunately

[@ls200076]

@@CrunchyNorbert The Scottish independence The Brits backstabbed them and left the EU. There goes the referendum.

[@starmaker75]

So far it going be seen a four year game(or probably more) of “are you going in or out, YES OR NO!!??”

[@taariqblackwell5134]

Brexit ether become the best thing that happened to the UK or the worst 😂

[@ScottWildTornadoSponge]

The 2010’s will be the “Enlighting Decade”. I went from a innocent carefree child, to “I want to strangle so many idiots while trying to still be a nice and caring” adult. My teen years were just meh though.

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

You mean the corruption decade?

[@stephenwright8824]

@@TheNinthGeneration1 No sorry that was the Eighties.

[@erik-ic3tp]

@@stephenwright8824, why?

[@bjorntheviking6039]

That summarizes my own experiences as well.

[@erik-ic3tp]

@Stef, hahahaha. Waarom? Het is maar een grap. :)

[@kieranmason2404]

"a rough transition into a BETTER TIME" That aged well.