Nothing Defines the 2010's

[@SpasmFingers]

2000s : wild west of the internet 2010s : corporate internet

[@boudtroutepicanimations2323]

That's a good way to put it.

[@johnnyboy2065]

@@boudtroutepicanimations2323 2020s : The Rise of the Dark Web

[@YehudiNimol]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw When all of the most popular sites belong to big companies the internet becomes corporate internet

[@OfMiceAndMegabytes]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Yes! The out of control double-ads before and after videos on yt alone spell this out! It's all about the money now. Even the early 10's(11-13) yt clips were halfway ad-free.

[@YehudiNimol]

@@OfMiceAndMegabytes I miss pre-adpocalypse youtube

[@royalgarden18]

I think the 2010's has been one of the most constantly changing decades in american culture for young people. 2010-2013, 2014-2016, and 2017-2019 honestly felt like their own decades just by how people acted, how people interacted with each other, what was popular, how people dressed, and the slang people used in those timespans. I mean, did you ever hear anyone under the age of 13 unironically say swag after 2013? Now that theres only a little more than 2 months left of this decade I can definitely say it will go down in history as one of the most interesting decades. You may not think it now but then again, that's what everyone said about the 2000's for the most part.

[@apenasmaisumdiogo.7115]

Yes! The world is becoming more dinamic with the internet, and now tendencies are way faster. There are people that are already feeling nostalgia of the early 2010s. Heck, 2011 looks like ages ago (or maybe it's just my impression)

[@kevinnigins9488]

Nathan i would change and make it 2010-2012

[@adritenki424]

I totally agree

[@Corey_Brandt]

Reder Khalifa yeah two year periods feel more appropriate for defining culture at this point.

[@alexanderleonardi3625]

every change you can name is actually something people just forgot already existed

[@titani1k]

People were literally saying this exact thing on message boards in the 2000s. I saw a discussion about around 2007 or so. You have to give it time

[@mhx6437]

Nor will 1 year define a whole decade...

[@petersun6451]

Nothing’s going to change culturally until like 2-3 years from now

[@geokaker9630]

fuck no. we are approaching end times

[@kevklatman]

What about now?

[@Simianking2]

Damon Day big agree

[@kaibaCorpHQ]

It's hard to be nostalgic for something when you're right in the middle of it; give it another 10 years, then you'll be able to tell what that generation means. Do you think people in the 60s would imagine they'd be nostalgic for hippies in 20-30 years? I never thought the dial up modem would hit me right in the nostalgia everytime I heard it, it used to be so boring waiting to connect to the internet.

[@daniella-rc1yy]

I don't disagree with you here, but "in the middle"? It'll be over in 11 months.

[@Juanesai0210]

dani yeah not only will the year be over but the decade will be over in 11 months

[@daniella-rc1yy]

maximiliano elam yeah that’s what I was saying

[@thoughtfulsoul3402]

now only in 8 months, wow time flies

[@Jklyt14]

@@daniella-rc1yy but it's still not over. It's going to take years for people to become nostalgic for this decade. But people will eventually find reasons to

[@InnuendoXP]

nobody knew what defined the 2000s in 2009 either. But since then, looking back, we've gained clarity by what had risen to prominence in that decade and has fizzled out since. -Emo/Scene culture -The last of the beige computers -PS2/PS3 Xbox/360 game nostalgia -Pre-Dubstep EDM -The classic meme formats including rage comics & bottom text -The diminishing of online subcultures through forums & chatboards and gradual amalgamation of online interaction into generalised social media platforms. -The beginning of every genre of music beginning to be split into a million different subgenres to appeal to specific niches - Metal was the canary down the mine -WoW and CoD bringing videogames into more mainstream and pop-cultural awareness -The introduction of smartphones and later tablets making things previously accessible only through computing more accessible to the less technologically literate. My predictions for the 2010s -Every damn thing has a virulent subculture attached, but they congregate in spaces within social media platforms and on specific online communities almost like nation states -Related to the above, every damn thing has an app -The rise & fall of Dubstep & Trap EDM -Increasing detachment from geography and increasing attachment to subsets of interests, belief systems and ideologies enabled by online spaces where social circles and social movements are far more scattered. -The commodification of social justice issues for both market and social currency. The 2020s will see a cynical rejection of this by Gen Z -Cameras everywhere begin the culture where everybody is watched by everyone else. Government institutions don't become more censorious, but collectively the kangaroo court of public opinion try & sentence people the moment a piece of media gains a large degree of attention. -The geographic public square becomes more obsolete than ever, evidenced by the #Occupy movement. Social causes move to privatised online space. Late in the decade, this juxtaposition of private platforms effectively usurping the public square and traditional media has yet to be reconciled, as there are no viable alternatives to these platforms. -The watershed of algorithms directing people toward confirmation-bias content leading to increasingly splintered, polarised and fragmented societies increasingly insulated from contradictory views, becoming less capable of dealing with them effectively, and becoming useful idiots for whichever way the algorith decides to prod them.

[@danielyoung2027]

Uh, it was pretty clear that Facebook was the number one thing that defined that decade..like the internet that defined the 90's. KZbin has defined the 2010's.

[@InnuendoXP]

@@danielyoung2027 Facebook didn't exist to the general public until 2006, and didn't really start picking up steam to be recognisable as the platform we know today until 2008-9 or so, and even then, its social and political impact weren't felt yet, at least not nearly enough to be remotely as defining as it has been of the 2010s KZbin is on a similar timeline. It has a huge social impact, but that social impact is more segmented than facebook.

[@theblueo1]

The prophet has spoken

[@mkobd]

Clement Moraschi 99’ kid here, I can vote now. Fuck millennials and fuck everything they’ve fucked up in our already fucked up world. Fuck social justice. Fuck political correctness. It’s about time we free ourselves up from made up superficial trend-like societal values. Trump was only elected in America because black and gay millennials enjoy the attention gained from being victimized. Black people greatly over exaggerate the levels of racism and gay people want to force their values down other people’s throats, people hate this, but the media enables and promotes this behaviour. The media then proceeeds to promote Hillary who then also proceeds to enable and promote the same behaviour. As a result the people say fuck Hillary, I’ll take garbage over shit, so they elect Trump. That’s all I have to say, and no I’m not white or American but politics is the same around the world, your Gen Z comment really brought out the pure hatred I have for millennials.

[@lzawbrito]

I couldnt agree more with your "Gen Z" rebound point. Culture is like a pendulum, it kind of oscillates because of the establishment and breakdown of cultures and subsequent establishment of counterculture as the new status quo. I think we're seeing social justice movements' prominence because millenials are rejecting the "raciness" of the previous status quo. This rejection will then be the new norm and the following generations will naturally counter it.

[@LrdZanny]

The people of the 1910s, 20s, etc didn't think they could boil down their entire worldview and culture to a single sentence at the time either. With age details are discarded and what you are left with is often a limited subset of the most impactful things among dozens or hundreds of trends. We aren't any better now, just too young to realize it. The little minutia like Chuck Testa are going to be discarded and what matters long term will be defined IN the long term.

[@FusicPool]

it's why so many lewronggenerationers think that we'll never have an era of music that was as good as the 1970s, when in reality it only appears that way because peoples minds have(most likely subconsciously) forgotten all the crap.

[@SuperExodian]

honestly, i feel like this era will be known for trumpism. love him or hate him, he's certainly made his mark. i think most people know far more about all the things trump has supposedly done than basically any other president before him.

[@Scott89878]

The music thing is more about the telecommunications act of 1996, which reduced competition and allowed corporations to better control what gets played on radio, so no longer does the best song make it to the top and we get crap like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. Yeah, there is a lot of garbage from the 80s that didn't last into today's nostalgia, we only remember the better songs. But I feel like this decade has not had a good lot of good music in general. I followed country music in the 90s and it started declining in quality after the 2000s when my favorite bands were not being played and certain artists like Alan Jackson, George Strait, Kenny Chensey, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Keith Urban, etc, got a free pass, while Blackhawk, Diamond Rio, Collin Raye, Randy Travis, etc, still made music and the radio gods just shut them out because they wanted to create a certain brand of pop country that would be more popular. So today, we got terrible pop country, it's all garbage, and they retired most of the people I mentioned and got even less talented artists making the music today.

[@ryanw8509]

This is correct. Theres a lot of presentism bias in this video. "Oh our times are too conplex to be simplified like the past decades" His idea that defining a decade by its cultural zeitgeist only started in the 20s is also demonstrably false. People in the 20s were already looking back at previous decades. eg to the "gay 90's" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Nineties

[@burgskeletal3149]

Zanny I dont think you can define decades by trends anymore. It has been reduced down to years. The internet has made society and the flow of information move faster, therefore trends come and die faster. Idk about you, but 2013 seems very distinct when compared to 2017.

[@kels_ball]

I would argue 2010's are the decade of social media's rise

[@usuarionormal6778]

and in 2020 it will fall

[@cathacker13]

@@nowmos Do you know you said that on a social media right?

[@octopusievideos]

That was the 2000s, with sites like Myspace and early Facebook and early KZbin. The 2010s is the peak of social media, with twitter, Instagram and snapchat

[@alephkasai9384]

@@cathacker13 I wouldn't consider youtube a social media. It's just a medium for entertainment

[@jag92949]

@@usuarionormal6778 Hopefully

[@horricule451]

Wait, so you're telling me that in 30 years people will be nostalgic for dabbing?

[@goodolmeplant5809]

Yes

[@notsure6187]

unfortunately

[@albertoesperanza4771]

"How dabbing started WW3"

[@scotlawrence]

No, because dabbing lasted 5 minutes. No one will remember it. ;)

[@RXTZMafiaboyz]

@scot lawrence No dabbing is deep rooted in pop culture trough hip hop and rap, it’s also in a bunch of memes unironic and ironic people won’t forget about dabbing

[@BeezerWashingbeard]

It's hard to define a decade before it's over.

[@IStreamDre]

@@dullknifefactory you dont know maybe a war could start that would again define our decade lets hope yhe 2020's are better but with how depraved american society is i doubt it.

[@thatonestormtrooper2760]

@@IStreamDre depraved? What do you mean by that

[@IStreamDre]

@@thatonestormtrooper2760 i mean how messed up and sexualized the west really is.

[@thatonestormtrooper2760]

@@IStreamDre I wouldnt call sexual content horrifically devious. Exploitation is another matter of course. But nothing wrong with sex really. Or dirty jokes.

[@darthnox72]

Sebastian Lund Nielsen we have had approximately 9 years for anything to show up. If there was anything that defines 2010s culture it would show up now.

[@SacramentosFinest]

Had to bail when you said 70s weren’t defined by anything beyond disco. That’s some quality research you’ve done there.

[@Ketannabis]

Yep, this.

[@lamontkhoza2856]

In terms of music, the 70s were all about Progressive rock, balled pop, funk, disco and punk. The 70s(and along with the late 60s) were possibly the best decade for film in terms of artistic meaning and talent

[@kathand1729]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one feeling this. Hurt me physically when he just glazed over the whole decade.

[@seanwade8188]

The whole video is not really a very thought out take honestly

[@randomfools808]

I disagreed with this too. Some of the best music came from this era that's not disco.

[@TheLifeisgood72]

It’s not hard to say nothing defines the 2010’s when we’re still IN the 2010s. Once the 2010’s end and we know what will remains and what will disappear we will know what defines the 2010’s.

[@qyvonl5876]

but like he said, the 2010s are ending, we have already had 9 of the 10 years. so unless something REALLY big will happen in the next year you can pretty much define it already...

[@ReformedSooner24]

Lifeisgood72 I think its probably gonna be a growing amount of political division and social media. Along with questions of what happens to the big tech -companies- monopolies.

[@cmcdnc9561]

@@qyvonl5876 But like Lifeisgood72 said, in the 2020's we will see what carried over from the 2010's and what didn't, and THEN we will be able to properly define the decade.

[@qyvonl5876]

@@ReformedSooner24 But that would be so big that it would definatly span into the 2020s, and like with ww2 would count in as in the one where it is in longest, which would probably be the 2020s...

[@WelcomeToLaMatanza]

1900 1910 1920 1930 United States 1940 WW2 1950 United States 1960 Cold War 1970 1980 1990 United States 2000 2010 Internet

[@Spelonker]

I have no idea how you go through both the 70s and 80s and not mention punk once. Is it because it was a subculture defined by being broke?

[@picachewy9684]

Yes. He looked at punk and went “Nah, you can’t be in the video; too broke.”

[@elroma7712]

Punks were what defined the late 90's Early 00's in Argentina, we were all fucking broke and most kids at that time people listened to hardcore punk

[@kristianferencik8685]

Heavy metal, weird haircuts, STDs, computers, coldwar, technology and silver age of cinema

[@smokeyclinton]

Its probably because nobody cares about punks

[@maria-melek]

Right!

[@gchijioke12]

60s: Hippies 70s: Disco 80s: Cocaine 90s: Edginess 00s: Rise of technology 10s: Anxiety 20s: Collapse

[@user-uu1fe9gb3b]

30’s: Depressed people that want to go back to the 10’s

[@luckyhubadventures5495]

10s: Smartphones

[@gemsfromagartha]

my mom was born in the 70s (early 70s)

[@vlm3953]

20s corona, spacex , joe exotic,karen

[@risernotme]

I see the 60s more as a pop music, Beatles kind of Mod culture era

[@DevelopmentRobco]

Didn't see it at the time, but the early 2010s were truly something special, "the calm before the storm". 2015 + has been nothing but degeneracy, bickering, and disaster.

[@colleenfinefrock2010]

i knew it was over in 1995

[@verynameboi4121]

I have always agreed

[@yderga8707]

@@colleenfinefrock2010 the year i was born.... shame

[@yderga8707]

@ippos_khloros this comment reminds me of Trey Parker in regards to South park becoming "less hyperbolic than real life" essentially meaning its hard nowadays to create impactful satire because life has become so blatantly and overtly satirical

[@vanira-01]

@ippos_khloros you described it too well.

[@mariokarter13]

"Maybe people will get nostalgic for 80's and 90's nostalgia." 80's Nostalgia has lasted over ten years at this point, so yes.

[@PaizuruInsanal]

It will last forever if you guys keep calling anything analog synth or akin to it like that. People just like how it sounds get over it, it's not going anywhere, there was also a huge fascination with the 70s since the 2000s going on, 2000s had the garage rock revival then in the 10s, neo-psychedelia and folk singer songwriters everywhere.

[@jeff6413]

@ippos_khloros Can confirm. I graduated high school in 1998 and my classmates (and myself) were already nostalgic for the 80s while still in high school.

[@SurprisedPika666]

80s nostalgia has been ongoing literally since the 2000s up until now. Some decades are just very popular

[@robbratcher4675]

The 80's = the greatest cultural decade ever. It should and will hopefully remain the primary source of youth culture inspiration. Though the kids of today may get the fashion, they def don't get the energy.

[@zoehardee8636]

nostalgia for the 80s nostalgia of the 00s and the 90s nostalgia of the 10s are definitely already things

[@allthingsmagic6769]

People in the 2080's: Hey I found this old KZbin video from the 2010's where they thought they were some special finality of cultural zeitgeists. Ah the decade of entitlement. Good times. Good times.

[@rainnydaay2116]

Just realized yt is a masive archive

[@KazmirRunik]

damn, i can smell that shit from here

[@slazeblaze319]

2090s Kids: TF is KZbin? Something my Great Grandpa used?

[@allthingsmagic6769]

@@slazeblaze319 toktik is the future. Miss and hit my fellow youth.

[@animebro14]

@@rainnydaay2116 given how the older viral videos from the past decade is still here, you're not wrong

[@smulGIANT]

This decade became the decade where going outside is what it takes to escape from reality not going on the internet

[@nomsterdude]

Good point

[@coppermoth6069]

And then they forbid people from going outside

[@torstenatterberg5788]

You're not escaping from reality... You're escaping TO it

[@spiralviper8158]

@@torstenatterberg5788 data is nature anyway

[@ravioliman3834]

Flex tape is succeeding as a company by becoming a meme

[@toomuchritz]

It's actually a really good adhesive too surprisingly

[@BrothaJeff]

No... throughout our entire history each decade had a flavor or flare to it. Maybe you’re too young but in the 90s I thought this decade has no style or flare that will be iconic when looking back from the future... now that we are far past the 90s it definitely did have a style... you won’t notice it until you are way out of the current decade and I’m sure when we are far in the 2020s you will realize the 2000s had a distinct style and later the 2010s will.

[@hhhhhhhng4380]

2000s does have kind of a distinct style already if you think about it

[@BrothaJeff]

@@hhhhhhhng4380 True. We are starting to see it, especially the early 2000s. really Baggy clothes. Eminem, 50cent, gunit etc, white Airforce 1s, flip phones, skateboarding etc. Great Japanese cars(end of the 90s start of the 2000s), Evo, Nissan Skyline

[@Icybubba]

Just watch the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie if you want to see the style of the 2000's lol

[@nikibronson133]

Yep

[@Galidorquest]

Jeffie Jeff's Art One can easily pinpoint all of the current decade's most popular fashion trends by the 4th - 7th year if they watch for patterns in society. Some fashion trends that define the 2010's are: The man-bun, the Dan TDM hairstyle, the pompadour, Justin Timberlake's undercut, free form dreads, taper fades, Chief Keef type dreads, the Rick Ross/Drake beard and "the studio beard" as Wikipedia calls it, oversized Palestinian scarves in all weather conditions to complete the hipster look, jean jackets (part of the bs Grunge Revival hipster style), patterned button-up shirts (usually floral), skinny jeans (a trend that was popularized by emo/scene kids and The New Boyz, just a little fun fact), leggings as pants without a skirt, running shoes as casual shoes (typically the black 2013 Nike Free Runs) and those tacky brown slip-on shoes or "boat shoes" w/o socks with the pant-legs rolled up like Steve Urkel. Skinny jeans and leggings as pants are the modern-day equivalent of Bell Bottoms in the 70's. The average male in their teens - 40's since 2012 to the present looks like Richard Karn from Home Improvement with a taper fade. (Even Eminem, Alex Jones and Ted Cruz are doing the hipster beard now. Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest have tried it as well.) And the average female Millennial is either a predictable, cookie-cutter hipster-geek or a Kardashian/Jenner-wannabe. Badda Bing. A quick rundown of our lame, crappy fashion trends before the decade ends. We see these trends all the time, online and offline and they certainly won't age well 20+ years from now if they look bad already. Decade-defining music trends: Corny Indie/Hipster music (usually with whistling, corny instruments like the ukulele and/or dramatic echo effects like in Adele's songs and "Take Me To Church") Dubstep, Trap and dreadhead Mumble Rap. Game trends since the release of the PS3: Heavily dominated by hyper-realistic first person shooters with a long story line. Movie trends: Mostly either superhero or sci-fi related or a bad reboot like the third wave feminist Ghost Busters. Logo design: Bland and lacks 3D popart design. Just look at how the Google logo evolved, or devolved, rather. Trends in Home and Building design, interior & exterior: Wooden flooring, dull colors, hipster art and glass, Post-Modern design. Culture trends: Insane PC SJW culture and identity politics that's pushed by the emboldened left after the election of the first colored, pro-gay, liberal POTUS. And also the exposing of fake, biased news. There you have it, the 2010's in a nutshell from 2019.

[@boggo3848]

The 2010s are mostly defined by the wake of the economic crash, rise of populism, paranoia, conspiracy theories, post-truth politics and radical, unreasonable public opinion on everything, not to mention the culture war. This video is also heavily focused on America so it doesn't really give a global picture of what the world is like in the 2010s.

[@TheOneLichemperor]

You're bob on the money, there.

[@RoyalTy37]

early 2010: swag era, snap backs, partying, I love my haters” Late 2010s: hypebeast, SoundCloud, mumble rap,

[@josephmoore4764]

The 80s was capitalized by 50s nostalgia, and in the 90s nostalgia for the 60s. I'd actually claim that the early 2010s had more 90s nostalgia than today which seems more nostalgic for the 80s (Stranger Things, Ready Player One, fashion)

[@churricardo1457]

nah, look at teenagers and the clothes they wear, it’s all 90s stuff (sometimes even literally because of thrift stores)

[@GrantH]

1980s and 1990s nostalgia have blended together in a very weird way in this decade, and I think it’s because most people perceive those decades as the last of the “analog” era; before everything became completely digitized and before most of what we view as “modern” tech became mainstream.

[@Galidorquest]

chur ricardo Yeah, except these lame Millennials are only interested in reviving the nerdy, Grungey fashion. That's why you'll never see a hipster in old school homeboy shit like an oversized vintage Hilfiger shirt, oversized JNCOs and Timbs or Jordan's with spikey hair. Hipsters all wanna be 'different' and 'unique', yet they all follow an unwritten dress code and end up looking similar, just like every other mainstream-turned subculture that came and went.

[@thealliedpowers]

2000's nostalgia is already becoming a thing among memes

[@joe_youtube]

When u hide ur nintendo ds under the pillow and act like ur asleep when mom walks by the room

[@TheLegonaut]

:P i had a gameboy advanced and a third party light accessory. so hard to see the screen if it was too bright or too dark out.

[@jackattack7940]

@@joe_youtube Lol, I remember doing that.

[@miguelpereira9859]

@@jackattack7940 I did that with my PSP. Yes I had a PSP and not a DS

[@GarlicGrinder9]

only 1890's kids remember

[@SuperbTube]

1910’s: WW1 1940’s: WW2 2010’s: *PEWDIEPIE VS T SERIES*

[@borussiagermania7428]

SirHush Pewdiepie vs t series is only 2018.

[@mpgartland]

Aka World War III

[@Jon3695]

Bitch Lasagna

[@nsa6154]

Someone needs to learn numbers again

[@TheKeksadler]

2040's: *PEWDIEPIE VS T SERIES 2*

[@Googledeservestodie]

Honestly I think the cultural Zeitgeist of the 2010s is memes. seriously, we may have had our jokes and images in the 2000s but they were in their infancy, now memes are important to everyday life. They're political, it's completely changed how people consume information and formulate opinions. Donald Trump is called the meme president because he got more free publicity through internet jokes than anyone else, governments and political parties purposely make memes in efforts to influence voters, and nowadays all a musician has to do is make a music video that's so dumb it becomes a viral meme, not a song that's actually good. Ideas rise and fall within days but the trend itself has become our zeitgeist. *Forkknife dances*

[@youunfriendlyoutlaw4691]

SBBwasaight Vuong you had such a good point until you said *Forkknife*

[@heavygruby4280]

*dabs in the background*

[@jacintovski]

I agree... Memes are what truly defined this decade...

[@alexosow]

Oh yeah your right

[@aidankeys8534]

Good meme decade

[@soupsandwich685]

When I think "2010s" I think pop music, youtube celebrities, skinny Jean's, fedoras, memes and video games

[@funkytikigod7039]

I wonder if in the future people will become nostalgic for smartphones after a period of hands free augmented reality. The idea of having a magic little device in your hand or pocket rather than info floating all around you, might become appealing again.

[@henzy7397]

@Suburb Jordan Wait wait wait, people actually are becoming nostalgic over indestructible bricks? (jk btw)

[@Splitter4416]

2010 is the decade of nostalgia. Everything that made money and was widely consumed in pop culture was throwbacks, reboots, and long-awaited sequels we truly thought were never going to happen (and in all actuality probably never should have). Even Trump campaigned under "Make America Great Again". We were a country that, no matter what demographic, were infatuated with a past we never really had and won't have again.

[@newdove8113]

I think the crave for nostalgia is a response to increasing violence and political awareness. There's a whole lot to be anxious about, and we wish we could just go back to the past.

[@kykale]

I see it as a balance between authentic/old and modern/new. See hipster esthetics, thrift shop, undercut, mom jeans while all having a modern twist on it.

[@GameyRaccoon]

looooooooooool you are an idiot. Nostalgia has been a thing forever. I'm going to guess the you've heard of George Lucas. He made a film called American Graffiti, it is a 50's nostalgia film. It came out in the 70's. 50's nostalgia was big then. So no, the 2010's it not about memes, nostalgia or any of that

[@newdove8113]

@@GameyRaccoon Have reboots ever been more of a thing though? And yes, memes are a very important part of this decade.

[@seannolan9857]

And long before Lucas, there was nostalgia for the Gay Nineties. I'm kinda annoyed that Cody overlooked them completely. There was plenty different between them and the 'Edwardian Age'.

[@rheiagreenland4714]

2010's: MEMES 2020's: Why go to the store when you can buy stuff at home?

[@Nersius]

Killroy Was Here

[@Sunny-ip6lf]

@Earth Wasn't MASSIVE until the 10s

[@Sunny-ip6lf]

@Earth Why do you think that's the case?

[@dragonmark9092]

4chan and memes were a thing way before 2010.

[@ilikepie19921]

@@dragonmark9092 They we’re, but memes weren’t a cultural thing that EVERYONE knew about until like 2014 or 2015ish

[@theowillis6870]

the 2010s isnt defined by the decade its defined by the years 2010 - 2013: those memes with the big white text (Silly bands were a thing) 2013-2014: minecraft 2015: modern meme culture starts 2016: pokemon go, election memes 2017: fidget spinners, Bottle flipping 2018: fortnite 2019: airpod memes minecraft comes back pewdiepie v tseries

[@3azyy3azyy]

2010 - 2015 were the best

[@LegioXXI]

Underrated post. The biggest difference between the 2010s and every other decade is the huge speed in which internet, trends and subcultures rise and fall. Im going to predict that the rapid speed of modern trends will never allow whole decades to form such strong identities again. Everything just happens too fast these days. Just look how long the "This is sparta meme" was relevant and compare that to any meme or trend of the 2010s. Its also a reason why the average attention span of younger people are ridiculously short.

[@anbenzgar3768]

2015 should of been mlg memes

[@pepperey1986]

tbh come to think of it this year there still isn't really anything special about it yet, and we're already in july (talking about 2021 for any commenters in a yr or something)

[@ciaranwright4361]

The fact that he says there's no general music trend over this decade with trap music playing in the background

[@wildhorses1339]

I completely disagree about some of these decades, though. The 1940s were defined by WWII sure, but it was also the era of Swing Jazz and Film Noir, two huge pop culture movements we remember today. The 1970's had such a culture stamp that I could tell you right away if a suit was from the 70s, a hair style, a song, or a movie. I agree that the 1990s began to fragment pop culture more so than previously, but looking back at 90s media, music, fashion, etc. today shows a very obvious culture identity too. So I don't think the better economy = more pop culture theory pans out, but I do agree that the internet completely changes pop culture in the 21st century.

[@stevenbari5568]

Aundrea Reck the 90’s fragmented pop culture but you could still tell they were all 90’s features.

[@xlranger4258]

I disagree with you ur wrong about what you said its only 10 Years per decade dum ass 21 cemetery doesn't count as decade stupid get ur facts right

[@myrtistaylor5759]

The style of 2010s was "casual" everyone wore blue jeans and a t-shirt. Now everyone is dressing like they did in the 80s

[@Z0MB13R0T]

Nah 90s nostalgia definitely happened in the 2010s, it was mainly during the middle and end of the decade though. The 2000s are popular right now, especially within fashion trends

[@cityraildude]

There's still 13 months left of the decade. We don't know what willl happen

[@NateCooperino]

1 year into the 2020s and we already knew how this decade would be defined.

[@aturchomicz821]

Jesus...

[@PippPriss]

The current decade is defined by a rising political and social awareness, in what ever sense it is interpreted. We are on the brink of changing our world for the better or worse.

[@JCElzinga]

Fuck You

[@JCElzinga]

(im just joking... it just seemed right)

[@bijtmntongaf]

We always are

[@shaneriggs6678]

2010s are the beginning of the stupid ages and they sucked all the joy out of everything couldn't even talk about entertainment like video games, comics, and movies without it turning into a argument about politics bullshit

[@ProjectCOOP]

Yeah you're right.

[@NZFor3]

Imo the 2010’s represented a true rise in technology and the internet practically being apart of our lives. 4K TV’s, KZbin (It started in the 2000’s, but constantly grew in terms of people using the platform.), looking at memes that may or may not make us laugh, social media apps that let us share everything we do in our lives.

[@alexanderleonardi3625]

all of that already existed. erasure is what defines the decade. this is why you think any of that is new

[@coolranch2981]

@@alexanderleonardi3625 yeah, I dont think technology is really ever a good thing to point to and say, "yeah this is the decade" since culture is more related to decade imo

[@alexanderleonardi3625]

@@coolranch2981 what culture?

[@Whatismusic123]

Alexander Leonardi a part*

[@robertsproull6750]

Pessimism and hopelessness define it pretty well, I'd say.

[@stormelemental13]

But that's isn't an identifiable trend or aesthetic, and that's what he is talking about. You know what the 50s looked like. You know what the 80s sounded like. What is the sound of 2018? Chances are you aren't listening to what everyone else is. What fashion has defined the last ten years? How is it different from the previous decade?

[@cooliofoolio]

Anger and pain

[@GLPentAxel]

Nihilistic Gen Z is definitely a thing though. I think it fits in with the recession aspect as well

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Eric Taysom 2010s sounds like R&B. The fashion is the same as the 1990s nothing much has changed.

[@mac_sour]

2010's are the era of mainstream memes. And general advancement of the internet itself.

[@EPICMAN-ld8oq]

The identity of the 2010s is simple: memes.

[@MrSirKirby]

No, Memes just reflects the actual trend without being a trend in itself. The identity of 2010's is simple : Superheroes. With Marvel as a flaship, it inspired everything in the pop culture, from books to clothing. Inspired by those movies, people also started fighting back against oppression in real life (thus the SJW movement). Everyone wears a cape these days. Everyone is his own hero. The 2010's is the Superhero decade.

[@BrothaJeff]

You’re too young... when your in the decade you won’t see the style until you’re way past the decade....

[@allieboy181]

Jeffie Jeff's Art that’s not true at all. People were aware of the current decade they were in. Even Back in the 70’s and 80’s

[@PaidInFull1995]

Don't mean to be a grammar nazi but... How did you manage to use you're correctly the first and third time but not the second time around ?

[@BrothaJeff]

@@PaidInFull1995 because I wrote this incredibly fast on an iPhone and never checked before I pushed send. Does that satisfy your curiosity?

[@BrothaJeff]

@@allieboy181 What? Of course people are aware of what decade they are in. They just don't see the overall flavor or style of the decade until it's over and they look back. You can look at Kitchen styles through every decade. They all look different.

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

Anyone with two eyes can recognize trends and themes in their own era; it's pretty easy.

[@CamdenBloke]

I was a teen in the 90s, and spent most of that time obsessed with the culture of the 70s. There was a lot more to it than disco, and you can get a lot of it my watching television and films and reading books and magazines from that era. Also, other 70s music like folk-rock. I fell in love with Supertramp in middle school.

[@heinoustentacles5719]

Yeah, for me when it comes to the 70s, disco is almost the last thing on my mind. I've looked into it so muc that I'm even starting to see the ways that 70s culture influence 90s culture in a nostalgia loop.

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

exactly two things that defined for me was the gritty new york vibe as seen on taxi driver but out of inner city had groovey vibe you might see in brady bunch the red carpet the wooden tv and psychadelic couches

[@rubykanima]

2020s: you hear the same music since 10 years and if not its a remix of it

[@j377yb33n]

i think that's why vaporwave hit so well this decade as it was a critique of forced consumerism and repackaged nostalgia through the lens of nonsense images, garbled messages and hazy, dreamlike sounds lifted from pop culture, media and forced into a weird haze of its own vibe, yearning of and criticism and recreation of nostalgia.

[@chriscros13]

Jellybean I love u

[@DRsideburns]

@@jasonhymes3382 relax

[@wiwewawowu]

Nah it's just teens listening to whatever

[@avc6812]

2010's - internet culture (memes) - social acceptance - climate change treat

[@hensolo8825]

im no grammar nazi but its threat, not treat. a treat is something good. man...

[@59DGO59]

« Social acceptance » ? What?

[@cattysplat]

@@hensolo8825 Also there is no threat. Climate change is a theory, hence climate change theory.

[@hensolo8825]

@@cattysplat Yes, climate change is a theory, so what? Do you know the meaning of theory? "a formal statement of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event, or how something works". I think the word you're looking for is "hyphothesis", and no, climate change is not a hyphothesis.

[@frisianmouve]

* climate hysteria as sure CO2 is a greenhouse gas, but alarmist predictions have gotten out of hand. Al gore was already full of shit when I was in high school and it has only gotten worse since then. At least back then scientists could still speak out against his inconvenient truth without losing their jobs. Then again, this isn't solely limited to the 2010's. Back in the 20's there was global warming scare, in the 70's global cooling score and from the 80's global warming scare again. Something human I guess to always predict some apocalypse, without the immediate threat of global nuclear annihilation I think the climate apocalypse has gotten more pronounced. And yeah there really isn't some climate emergency that I see: Hurricanes are stable, tornadoes have decreased, forest firest were much worse in the 30's, sea level while rising doesn't seem to be accelerating and global temperature rose much less than the models from the 90's predicted all the while Earth greened 14% in 30 years mostly because of more CO2. An ice free arctic among other things is almost always about 10 years away it seems. And with the social acceptance thing, sure gay/trans whatever rights are good, but social acceptance has gotten out of hand in some circles favouring everything that isn't white straight and male instead of an equal playing field. There's definitely a rise in diversity in movies solely because of some perceived need for more diversity and not for story telling reasons. And a rise in Mary Sue's. In the workplace, women quotas are a cancer as far as I'm concerned as you're not selecting only on qualifications anymore. Sexism in law as far as I'm concerned. Ironically, the left seems to be far more concerned with whether you're a man/woman, straight/gay, white/black/asian, cis/trans rather than personality and views than the right nowadays. And don't get me started on the wannabe language police that wants to enforce pronouns, I was with you when it was about gay marriage and pro choice now I'm not anymore

[@BigDogTwenny9niny2]

How daft to release this video while still living within the era before anything changes enough to distinguish the difference

[@corneliusmcmuffin3256]

Saying that social media is the defining trait of the 2010s is like saying that television was the defining trait of the 1950s. Sure, somone who was experiencing them might say that, but looking at it in retrospective, television would continue to be a major defining trait for the rest of the century, just as radio was a defining trait of the first half of the century.

[@tyleredwards1689]

“The 2010s, a generation when people acted a lot like dbags near the end

[@JoeyMace28]

People have always been douchebags and always will be, that never changed.

[@jag92949]

@@JoeyMace28 Yes, but it's heroic and trendy now.

[@JoeyMace28]

@@jag92949 Not really.

[@jag92949]

@@JoeyMace28 I would disagree.

[@JoeyMace28]

@@jag92949 I'm not stopping ya.

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

We are the transition into whatever the hell the 2020's will be. The 2010's is such a chaotic and distinctly different decade than everything that has come before it that I think we're the transition into a very different era. Even more so than the 60's.

[@kristoffersparegodt420]

True dat

[@ivanmegafanboy1981]

I am scared, the 20's will be the post-post-modern era. And we are going to see some shit.

[@franklinmartin1641]

I'm hoping for another roaring 20's

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

We’re probably fucked but we’ve gotten through worse before, so...

[@Jordan-ze9mb]

@@tomemeornottomeme1864 I'm hoping it'll be a Renaissance of everything that was cool in the past 40 years before the nihilism and darkness of the 10's. But I can only hope.

[@NFTenjoyer]

This video suffers from a narrow middle class white suburban America bias. If the only thing you can remember about the 70s is disco, you clearly aren't serious about culture.

[@scottstiefel2061]

Tell me about it. Plus, there's the whole consumer pop culture fixation, as though political and social tendencies don't count

[@Asgath]

Voiced my feelings. Same goes for the 90s. If 90s wasn't defined by EDM and rave culture I don't know what it was.

[@djsypthe]

Yep for example in the Netherlands the 90's is defined by rave culture/music. This video is only focusing on white America. Nothing wrong with the video but a very important note.

[@OrealLove]

Agreed

[@goreobsessed2308]

Screw culture

[@insuficienciarenalcronica]

bruh 9/11 only impacted america, we r talking about worldwide centurial aesthetics here, not just american ones.

[@DANKKrish]

i'm seeing a lot of people remember the 2010s as the "time where things were still normal" or "before covid" so yeah, imo the 2010s will be defined not by what happened then but how it differs from what came after. "All those signs I just now finished telling you about quickly vanished in the light of subsequent days or had never been there to begin with, existing only in retrospect." to live with the words of Mark Z. Danielewski.

[@southlondonlad9144]

To me, the 80s and 90s were the last good decades. I was born in the early 80s and a teen in the mid to late 90s. Awesome times. The 2000s and the 2010s don't even compare to the 80s and 90s.

[@southlondonlad9144]

​@old channel Listen you idiot, just because my opinion is different to yours don't start running your mouth. You haven't got a clue about the 90s or how we lived.

[@gravepatch]

I want the 2020s to bring in some weird cyberpunk-esque era. By 2022, I want to see people sitting around in bars, cafes, etc wearing stylish trenchcoats with sunglasses talking about conspiracy theories. Everyone's packing, trash is littered every where, everything is just dingy and dirty, crime is higher than usual, everyone is obsessed with tech and privacy, people become even more knowledgeable about tech to survive, powerful corporations, subliminal messaging everywhere, people getting augmentations to become more resilient, rioting, corruption. Shit half the stuff i listed is common these days.

[@tricko8000]

And the rise of some epic rock movement against all this shit, like a voice for the youth

[@catplayingapiano2799]

Thats how the 90s imagined the 2000s and 2010s lmao good luck with that

[@TXFlyveon]

wtf go write a fanfic of that

[@gravepatch]

@mask me we already got vr chat

[@phxander]

First off, you're literally wishing to live in a worst society then we already are. Second off, stop acting so edgy.

[@ZontarDow]

The 2010s will be remembered as that really weird decade where politics became split between nationalists and globalists, where it became a common sight for neo-liberals, communists and corporatists to be fighting side by side against liberals, nationalists and small government conservatives.

[@robto]

Zontar communists siding with neo-liberals...looool....which world are you living in?

[@rustytrombone4063]

Thanks sexy loli dragon

[@lanes-world]

2010's: smartphone decade 2020's: space decade (from what we're told is going to happen)

[@flamebird2218]

That's more like the 2100s than the 2020s imo

[@clawspider6305]

Space decade? Bullshit.

[@NahsFX]

Claw Spider I mean he is kinda right since NASA has plans to go to the Moon and Mars in the 2020s and SpaceX also has plans to go to Mars in the 2020s

[@lieutenantcandlewax]

They said that about the 2000's

[@eccentriceli3541]

@Basil II stfu

[@stalkerofthezone1698]

2010: the future hasn’t been very kind to you has it? 2020: **sobbing** *yes!*

[@Team-fj5xg]

Stalker of the Zone vapid

[@heinoustentacles5719]

2020 was alright

[@jaysonklein6018]

@@heinoustentacles5719 no it wasn't

[@jaysonklein6018]

Too true

[@sillyfegart5455]

@@jaysonklein6018 it was his opinion

[@gGavin04]

untrue, I present to you Shawty's like a melody in my head That I can't keep out Got me singin' like Na na na na everyday It's like my iPod's stuck on replay Replay-ay-ay-ay Shawty's like a melody in my head That I can't keep out Got me singin' like Na na na na everyday It's like my iPod's stuck on replay Replay Remember the first time we met You was at the mall wit yo friend I was scared to approach ya But then you came closer Hopin' you would give me a chance Who would have ever knew That we would ever be more than friends We're real worldwide, breakin' all the rules She like a song played again and again That girl Like somethin' off a poster That girl Is a dime they say That girl Is the gun to my holster She's runnin' through my mind all day Shawty's like a melody in my head That I can't keep out Got me singin' like Na na na na everyday It's like my iPod's stuck on replay Replay-ay-ay-ay Shawty's like a melody in my head That I can't keep out Got me singin' like Na na na na everyday It's like my iPod's stuck on replay Replay-ay-ay-ay See you been all around the globe Not once did you leave my mind We talk on the phone, from night til the morn Girl you really changed my life Doin' things I never do I'm in the kitchin cookin' things she likes We're real worldwide, breakin' all the rules Someday I wanna make you my wife That girl Like somethin' off a poster That girl Is a dime they say That girl Is the gun to my holster She's runnin' through my mind all day Shawty's like a melody in my head That I can't keep out Got me singin' like Na na na na everyday It's like my iPod's stuck on replay Replay-ay-ay-ay Shawty's like a melody in my head That I can't keep out Got me singin' like [ay!] Na na na na everyday It's like my iPod's stuck on replay Replay-ay-ay-ay I can be your melody A girl that could write you a symphony The one that could fill your fantasies So come baby girl let's sing with me Ay! I can be your melody A girl that could write you a symphony The one that could fill your fantasies So come baby girl let's sing with me Na na na na na na na Na na na na na na Shawty got me singin' Na na na na na na na Na na na na na na Now she got me singin' Shawty's like a melody in my head That I can't keep out Got me singin' like Na na na na everyday It's like my iPod's stuck on replay Replay-ay-ay-ay Shawty's like a melody in my head That I can't keep out Got me singin' like Na na na na everyday It's like my iPod's stuck on replay Replay-ay-ay-ay

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

What a horrifying Crash Bandicoot

[@lupettoversilia]

#MailRoyalCaneStaBene ❓

[@ReconPro]

Very Cool, Thank you Cody!

[@conorgildea1163]

Duck

[@howardman3926]

Wah

[@amatthew1231]

Crush Bandicoke

[@justinberry6411]

2080: 1950’s nostalgia is now trending. US has nuclear exchange with China. The Fallout games have become real life.

[@tnix80]

I don't think the US will survive this decade

[@zathary564]

Oh yeah baby power armour!

[@airyanawaejah2323]

@@tnix80 western civilization won't survive this decade, let alone united state.

[@MLBlue30]

@@airyanawaejah2323 I for one welcome our Eastern Civilization masters. We've had our time. Now we can bring back Samurais and more people will know what curry is.

[@2Meows]

@@airyanawaejah2323 why is that

[@zanetolman5537]

The reason we can’t define the 2010s is not that they’re undefinable, it’s just they happened so recently. As time goes on, our perception of the decade will become more simplified. Maybe the speed of trend rotation will be what defines the 2010s, as internet use in the future becomes more responsible, trends may just slow down a bit.

[@fillebonbon736]

Yeah i totally agree. Cool video but I dont think he's totally right about the 2010s. We just came out of that decade, so we won't really have a simplified image of it for another few years id imagine. Yes trends come and go much faster but there is so much that could define it. Internet media becoming the new mainstream, mumble rap, crypto, memes, conflict in the middle east, etc.... even Donald Trump lol. Yes these things could continue into the next decade but they were important and defined in the 2010s.

[@ElTigre12024]

It usually takes a few years into a new decade before you can really define what the previous decade truly was like. That’s why the first few years of a new decade aren’t really that much different from the previous decade. For example, the Vietnam War and the Counterculture movement personify the 1960s, but neither of them are associated with the year 1961 for example. Therefore the early 60s were in many ways an extension of the 1950s. However in many ways the 2020s are so far an obvious exception because Covid changed society (and for the worse) quite literally overnight in early 2020. The 2010s feel like a distant memory now.

[@rango_gaming]

I think this is partially true but it can’t be denied how rapidly changing culture is due to social media and shrinking attention spans... if we do eventually find something that defines the recent decades it will be rather broad

[@CryptoTonight9393]

I completely agree with this. It wasnt until the late 2000's that I personally felt that there was an aesthetic that was "the 90's" and I think once we get closer to the 2030's the 2010's will have this solidified aesthetic that can be pointed to and say look that's the 2010's.

[@Kyanrissick843]

If I said this once, I’ve said it a hundred times, you hate a decade as you’re going through it, but once it ends and you look back, nostalgia will glorify it all. It’s just the way it works. All the pain you experienced, you block it out, you just see it as a happy time. (Rose colored glasses)

[@Charlestic]

We can only define the 2010's when we're well into the 2020's

[@mshara1]

I somewhat disagree. Millenials who grew up in the 90s, knew *exactly* what the 90's aesthetic was; by 1998.

[@nathanielhellman6952]

I would argue against that. The 80s knew what it was about years before it ended, check out the movie Wall Street if you want proof. If a decades identify is strong enough then you will know what it is during that decade.

[@reedy_9619]

Charles13000 we could define it as internet era

[@CableB_]

I would divide our current decade into 2 parts (2010 - 12, & the 20Teens)

[@alfredgarrett5065]

Cable Brook I would agree but the latter half is clearly defined as outrage culture

[@burekking1960]

To define 2010 you would need to finish 2020 to understand the changes.

[@The-Divey]

I've done it!..... but I'm still confused

[@spiralviper8158]

I would point to a book written by Zbigniew Brzezinski (top NSA guy and presidential advisor) called Between Two Ages. It was about the rise of the "technotronic era". All the world's people and their lives can be observed from a panopticon spy machine. Privacy is gone forever, everything is recorded

[@youwouldntclickalinkonyout6236]

Its pretty obvious what defines the 2010s. 2012, the year Same sex marriage was legalized leading to the LGBT community exploding and was widely accepted around the countries along with the struggles of defending the newly acquired right from states pushback and then the eventual "rubber-banding" to the opposite side of the spectrum half way through at 2015-16.

[@cloudunknown]

2010 was the wild west of the internet. Its becoming too PC and corporate now

[@burekking1960]

Butt Mash but when will it end

[@aussietalks6642]

Next year we're gonna see “only 2010's kids will remember” comments

[@andreavivaldi8619]

Haha 😃😞😢

[@based_mouse]

only 2010s kids will remember the nuclear treaties ending

[@Styxz__]

Andrea Vivaldi only 2000’s*

[@Nugcon]

lmao yes

[@glitchkore4392]

Well at least we have something to relate to now

[@jash3881]

You can't really know how a decade will be remembered WHILE living in that decade.

[@MasterMind-ew5cs]

Dubstep

[@bielaggs]

@@amazingjay3957 no you can't :)

[@JoseAnd97]

Alice yes you can't

[@chrimakesthings]

memes

[@Galidorquest]

@@bielaggs Actually you can. Those who believe that you can't just don't pay enough attention to societal trends and watch for patterns in the world around them. Contrary to what that dumbfuck KnowledgeHub said, one major thing that the 2010's will definitely be remembered for is hipster fashion. Many aspects of hipster fashion are still 100% mainstream for the last 6+ years such as skinny jeans, leggings as pants, plaid & flannel shirts, jean jackets, running shoes as casual shoes, (specifically black 2013 Nike Free Runs and knockoffs of these shoes) brown slip-on shoes or 'boat shoes' w/o socks, oversized scarves, oversized retro-glasses, undercuts, pompadours, free form dreads, taper fades and most importantly HIPSTER BEARDS. Almost every man on the planet in their teens - 40's since 2012 looks like Drake, Zayn Malik, Suge Knight or Richard Karn from Home Improvement with a taper fade. This is what I like to call the hipster-yuppie lumberjack look. (Even Alex Jones, Ted Cruz and Eminem have a hipster beard now, AKA "the studio beard") And the average female Millennial is still either a hipster or a Kardashian/Jenner-wannabe. Hipster fashion is a major decade-defining trend of the 2010's, and in the future we'll look back on it the way we look back at 1970's Disco fashion like big afros, long sideburns, cop 'staches, ascot ties, open-collared shirts, bell bottoms and platform shoes. Home & building interior & exterior design or re-modeling is even hipster-oriented these days. For instance, just look at any brand new or remodeled fast food chains like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and Taco Bell and compare the new interior & exterior designs with old ones from around the 80's. Major aspects of hipster design is wooden flooring, dull colors and Post-Modern, glass buildings & skyscrapers. Another major thing that the 2010's will definitely be remembered for is the insane PC SJW culture and identity politics, the exposing of fake news and the overall Trump era of politics.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

The things that do define the 2010s (Even though they're not over yet.) - EDM - Spotify and Apple Music over physical music - Marvel cinematic universe - Memes becoming massively popular in pop culture - Drake - E-Gaming culture

[@cheekypop]

edm was only good from 2010-2015

[@Darth_Insidious]

E stands for epic right?

[@agentice7718]

@@cheekypop it's still good you just to do some deep dives to get to good ones

[@kb-ww1uw]

Things that define the 2010s: -2016 -2016 -2016 -2016 and -2016

[@Only.D.G.]

The Trump effect, bucko, don't forget it

[@thehammurabichode7994]

What defines the 2010s? *DOING THINGS IRONICALLY*

[@Xenotaris]

ah, so the BULLSHIT decade!

[@iamjohnporter67]

Also the year of the young generation being brainwashed by social media.

[@AndysTake]

iamjohnporter67 more like the older generations being brainwashed by social media. My experience is that older people are way easier to fool than young people on the internet.

[@Xenotaris]

@@AndysTake Actually, younger people are more impressionable than older people.

[@AndysTake]

Xenotaris I don’t believe that’s true for the internet

[@DrBeauHightower]

I think you can't define a decade until enough change happens that you can discern the new times from the old times. Once we are far enough away from it, we will be able to contrast current times with the 2010s vs periods before it . Just my 3 cents

[@fshhh]

Yeah, it’s like how Historians don’t fully discuss events until like, 30 years have passed. Just need room to think

[@pandemicphilly60]

​@fish texture You can't make a rise and fall video without a fall

[@cory2477]

What are you talking about? 'Your two cents'? It's easy to distinguish the differences in culture, such as comparing the 2010s party edm music to other decades.

[@jerry3790]

The tone of the 30s can somewhat be used to describe this decade in a more literal way. “The Big Sad”

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

Then 2010s is the big gay. Because everyone wants to be a hot girl. And we're saying boys make the best girls.

[@dez5k]

I thought the same thing. I've been referring to it as "The Saddening"

[@ashirmalik2310]

Decade of memes

[@ashirmalik2310]

I feel nostalgia over the 80s and 90’s even though im born in the 00's...why?

[@rustyworld2365]

Well we had 20gayteen, but something that also means "happy" may not be entirely accurate to define the decade.

[@WireLoops]

the 2010's is the generation of *M E M E S*

[@dixienormous2512]

And shitty memes at that. 2012 marked the death of memes, normification brought us the end of good memes.

[@MegaKopfschmerzen]

@@dixienormous2512 I agree. Meme era was 2010-2012. Maybe it started earlier, was too young so not sure.

[@zeffery101]

well 2014-present is the age of dank memes. The offensive ones and the right subreddits still can provide that

[@reboomer8369]

The DNA of the soul

[@reboomer8369]

@@zeffery101 By "dank memes" you mean MLG and Here Comes Dat Boi type of shitposting? Because those died a good time ago by now

[@shakarussanders9911]

I can't believe the 2000s is about to be two decades ago😩😵

[@24klogan86]

I didn't really think about that but the fact that I was born in 2001 makes me feel old after you said that lol

[@pcgamerz3081]

Shakarus Sanders i feel so old now 😩

[@24klogan86]

@@pcgamerz3081 bro the fact that the 2000s ended 10 years ago is crazy

[@sunshin3697]

I feel old af

[@freeunderratedmusic4273]

@@24klogan86 Same. I've always felt like 2001 was pretty recent. Now it's starting to be a while ago... The fact that the ancient Twin Towers were still there when I was born is pretty crazy to think about, now as I realize it.

[@visualspark6308]

I think as a whole the 2010s didn’t have anything defining, but the early 2010s had a very distinct party culture. Also just the way people dressed, the early days of KZbin, and primitive memes stand out as well.

[@yohanbosu]

Also e girls, hipstars and memes

[@windws7137]

gxdfiend Yes! Calvin Harris, Avicii, David Guetta, Kugo, Skrillex

[@roxycauldwell544]

2010 was like teen culture. Twilight, hipsters, lmfao, the last few years of emo and alternative, the last few years of guitar hero/rock band, wii, rage comics, COD ect

[@hi_is_this_clorox_bleach]

good times

[@javierstrive3356]

Early 2010s Really Hits Different. 2011 Hit Songs Were Everywhere !!! 2013 Was The Last Year For Music & Pop Culture After That It All Changed/Shifted.

[@autumncoulter1288]

The reason for this phenomenon (in my opinion) is due to the lack of experience of living in previous decades... so as young people today, we oversimplify what other generations have experienced into a general idea of that time period. Sure, trends do come and go quicker now with social media, but it’s hard to define the decade you’re living in currently with the retrospect we have with other decades. My mom told me that as a teen she didn’t really think there was a “defining aspect” of the 80s. But now when we look back we can see the decade and visualize in a simpler way, not actually experiencing it firsthand.

[@faustosoto7584]

Autumn Coulter I completely agree with you on this. Time will tell. Just wait and see.

[@winnd44]

I agree. It also depends on the location. I’m pretty sure Argentina or the Phillipines in the 1980s has the same aesthetical nostalgia that USA pop culture had, like we always base it on.

[@andrewsarchus5853]

I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention super hero films and cinematic universes yet. I feel like the concept has nearly completely taken over the film industry. The MCU in particular has lasted a decade so it would be a constant trend that people would point to and say "that was popular in the 2010's"

[@dapperr1619]

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[@perrincody8739]

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[@mnikhk]

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[@lexlawlss]

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[@safir2241]

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[@iammrbeat]

2010s- The Great Populist Return and the Rise of Reactionism

[@Adrastus_]

Mr. Beat No sir

[@helgi7672]

not bad

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

Mr. Beat you mean the pregnancy

[@InquisitorThomas]

Mr. Beat Kinda, but I feel that's too early to say because I feel that only became really noticeable as a cultural zeitgeist fairly recently, and we don't know if that's exactly going to be looked back on fondly enough for people to want to remember, "Hey remember when the it felt like the entire world was at each other's throat and thought everyone who disagrees with them as a soulless automaton? Doesn't that make you Nostalgic?"

[@SuperExodian]

​@@InquisitorThomas i mean, that's exactly why we remember the 40's and twenties though. the massive bloody wars fought in them. i doubt there were many that ENJOYED the world wars, a few, certainly, but not many. mad jack churchill comes to mind...

[@jp3813]

I remember 80s nostalgia already being exploited in the 2000s: GTA Vice City, VH1's "I Love the 80s", Michael Bay's Transformers, TMNT (2007), Angry Video Game Nerd, etc... It hasn't gone away since, continually being repackaged to the new generations.

[@lamontkhoza2856]

You forgot Daft Punk

[@TheAmazingSpiderPunk]

@@lamontkhoza2856 Was Daft Punk rooted in 80s nostalgia, though? While the Tron-esque aesthetic invokes the 80s vibes, musically they sort of came into their own defining what Nu Disco would eventually become and pioneering the French House sound. French House was easily more inspired by disco and late 70s funk than 80s synth trends as well. Could make a case for them being inspired by retrofuturism in their character designs, but, ehh....still don't consider them to be a symbol of 80s nostalgia when they were mid 90s as fuck when it came to their musical stylings and the samples used in Discovery were mostly from the mid to late 70s.

[@lamontkhoza2856]

@@TheAmazingSpiderPunk watch the music video for Robot Rock

[@TheAmazingSpiderPunk]

@@lamontkhoza2856 The Robot Rock video wasn't really loaded with 80s tropes. Hell, the whole set evoked images of the Old Grey Whistle Test and other empty studio performance type shows, and OGWT was around since early 70s. The robot suits were a retro futuristic style and the video was shot on VHS, but neither of those were as much a direct homage to the 80s as any of the other examples listed. And musically, the whole thing was structured yet again around late 70s music more than the 80s. The backbone of the piece is riffing on a 1979 Breakwater sample, even! Unlike the examples the OP listed in their comment, Daft Punk never exploited nostalgia for the 80s in their work. They may have peppered in elements, but all music borrows from other works. There's a difference between using and expanding upon past elements to create a new work and exploiting nostalgia with remakes and rehashes that don't do much other than point and go "hey, 'member the 80s?" Do I see elements of the 1980s in Daft Punk? Sure. Like I mentioned, their who robot person does have trends of Tron, which they obviously eventually had direct involvement with the franchise later in their career, but the whole concept of robo DJs isn't really a decade trait and as mentioned if any era of music were the biggest influence to Daft Punk it would be the mid 70s disco and funk scene. The 80s were more about synthpop and new wave in the dance circles. The 80s influences with them begin and end purely by the fact that they are house artists.

[@lamontkhoza2856]

@@TheAmazingSpiderPunk @@TheAmazingSpiderPunk bro I love daft punk as much as you. I just said that their work(especially their later stuff) evokes a lot of 80s iconography(AT LEAST TO ME), Iever mentioned anything about "exploiting" nostalgia. You clearly have a passion for the band and their music, I appreciate that. Have a good day man

[@giannibleya7690]

See you in 2028 when this gets recommended to everyone

[@UnitedPacci]

"who's watching this in 2028"

[@puppy0cam]

@@UnitedPacci hopefully not me

[@ryanhopf8324]

You are were 8 years off

[@giannibleya7690]

@@ryanhopf8324 nope, I bet it will get recommended to even more people than now in 2028

[@ryanhopf8324]

@@giannibleya7690 true

[@roralize1358]

The early 2010s (2010-13) had an identity. It felt like a unique extension of the 2000s in the same way that the early 00s felt like an extension of the 90s. 2014-15 were the shifting point, still good, but you could see the cracks forming. 2016-present, hell breaks loose.

[@verynameboi4121]

Agreed

[@nathanchang7713]

Exactly! 2010-2013 were really fun & important years for me even though I got badly bullied then, 2014-2015 was when things went downhill but it still had some good fun things from 2010-2013 but it was very quickly becoming very different & bad. 2016-2019 were shit, now it’s the same but worst.

[@millenniumman7461]

Agreed. A lot of people think the same about the time period. 2010 to 2013 was dark and edgy with conspiracy culture on the rise and people waking up to the established powers. It was also a time of optimism and consciousness expansion where people were getting into new age stuff, spirituality etc. I think the cause of the decline mid-decade was the divisiveness among people, with wokeness and cancel culture on the rise, the killing of male/female dynamics, and people's obsessive focus on politics. It killed people's sense of unity and the cultural zeitgeist suffered for it.

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

@𝐀The best you'll ever have

[@shuttzi9878]

@@millenniumman7461 The 2010-2013 period have been beneficial if u were an adult but to the kids it couldve been/was a traumatizing period cuz of all these conspiracy theories, creepypastas and what not, given of course that u were actually lookin at this stuff and didn't had the guidance to distinguish what was and what wasnt beneficial. In my Experience, it was actually what awoke anxiety in me and thus suffered cuz of it for yrs after and i think that many people had some shitty Experience like that in that period this becoming some grumpy ass cancel culture privilaged bonkers but apart from that, the 2010-2013 were really an extension of the blessed creativity that 2005+ was and that was truly beautiful if you knew how to truly experience these times ; ) After 2013 it started gettin shit tho ngl but considering the nature of the internet and what of an Effect it had on people and their thinking its not rly that surprising.

[@nowhereman6019]

Memes define this decade. Like legitimately. They're one of the greatest cultural contributions our generation has produced.

[@ReconPro]

Very Dank Memes!

[@astonmartin5273]

Very true, very very true

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

And this century

[@eriksmith3089]

I was gonna say that

[@SwfanredLotr]

and Dark Humor

[@salutic.7544]

I predict in the 2030s there will be meme nostalgia

[@liquidpiss7368]

In the future I believe there will be water wars

[@WARLOCK360100]

Make sense if Article 13 truly bring the end of memes.

[@jamesbaxter5147]

Memes will never die, even if they try to kill them. We might have nostalgia for types of memes, or maybe websites.

[@HunterShows]

That's insanity. In such a case you have no chance to survive make your time. Meme nostalgia, hmph.

[@vithei477]

There already kinda is.

[@RaheemD]

I agreed with this video when I first watched it. But then I was thinking about it the next day whilst I was in the shower and I think there are a few things that will define this era. I'll try and break it down in chunks: Music: The 10's saw the rise of Hip/Hop, it was popular before but in the 10's it was the first time Hip/Hop became more popular than Rock music according to Billboard. The rise of streaming over physical sales The rise and fall of Pop music (as in Kesha, Katy Perry, Britney Spears no longer regularly topping the charts) The resurgence of boybands and girl bands, it was very strong in the first 4 years of the 10's until it fizzled out midway Music from 2015 became a lot slower, more authentic and slightly more depressing to coincide with society. Fashion: At the start of the era, chinos and skinny jeans were very much in style thanks to a few indie bands and the likes of One Direction. The Bieber swoop seemed to be everywhere as well. He would then reinvent himself with the blond hair in 2015 which I saw * a lot* of guys copy. The same for girls with Rihanna's red hair during her Loud era (in later years girls would go on to dye their hair pastel colours like greys, violets etc). But in general, fashion was very minimalist and pastel colours were on trend taking inspiration perhaps from 80's nostalgia. Men in general took even more care of themselves than they did in the 00's. Politics: The youth became more involved within politics once again similar to the 60s. President Trump coming into power sparked a social change I believe, especially after going from Barack Obama worrying times were ahead. Brexit happened shocking the nation once again. Terrorism was seemingly on the rise Fake News was huge this era but it may continue into the next era. Teens: Teens were having the least sex ever thanks to the rise in social media Mental health seemed to be on the rise also thanks to social media Became more individualist than ever thanks to social media Teens trust and identify with KZbinrs over celebrities More socially aware Films & TV: Netflix became massively popular and competes with normal television. The Marvel universe sums up the cinema era of the 10's The film industry becomes obsessed with remakes of old classics Internet: Basically memes and viral trends. The political correctness era boom The "cancelled" culture I think a lot of these trends will stay within the 10's. Some will transcend into the 20's but overall, the 10's did have an era, but due to lack of money in general it isn't as iconic as say the 80's 50's or 60's. When I think about it, the 10's could be split into two halves as 2010-2015 seems strikingly different to 2015-2020

[@vroomvroom3624]

Raheem D I agree with a lot of things u said but I was born in 2004 and I’m quite a big fan of trump so can u explain what you mean by “worrying times”

[@RaheemD]

@@vroomvroom3624 To be fair I don't know the full statistics on which age range voted for who but I believe a lot of young adults voted for Hilary as opposed to Trump. In general, I believe Pop culture was against Trump so a lot of people were shocked and worried when he came into power since he was the antithesis to Obama.

[@vroomvroom3624]

Raheem D yeah I believe that people in their 20s and maybe 30s are the only ages that voted for Hilary over trump so yeah it may be worrying for them but not really for a lot of other people

[@vroomvroom3624]

Raheem D and yeah pop culture and main stream media is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY against trump; probably because he exposes their flaws

[@jande1586]

@@vroomvroom3624 You're 14, stop

[@khalilpontikes7293]

2010s is defined by technology, ultra consumerism, memes, hipsters, increase of mental illness, mumble rap, hype brands, superhero movies. You get the idea.

[@RayaRSS]

Fast fashion

[@plottwist1733]

Xanax

[@sutopbrr8891]

Khalil Pontikes // mental illness hasn’t increased, it’s just been more normalised therefore it seems to have increased.

[@briandiehl9257]

@@sutopbrr8891I think there are actual mental illnesses that are increasing. Kind of like food alergies, that are going up so much.

[@edgarc4793]

Mumble rap and increase of mental illness are the same thing

[@webmasale]

The thing that defined the 2010s culturally was *memes*, the mass expansion of them, today even old people can identify and even create memes, it wasn't like that before.

[@toothfairy10133]

that was my first thought. i think a lot of people have been dropping various social medias since lockdown, after getting frightened by how much time we spent spaced out on the platform of choice, which means that maybe memes will become less common now with fewer people to share them.

[@paulocanecarlthedamnjohnson]

I’m pretty sure memes are going to culturally define decades to come, they were a thing in the 2000s, they were a thing in the 2010s, and they’re still a thing today, it’s not like it’s going away like crystal pepsi or something. 2000s memes are associated with the 2000s so I’m pretty sure it’s just going to be “2010s memes” not “memes in general defined the 2010s”

[@ck4514]

So worst most meaningless decade

[@TruthDoesNotExist]

yeah but memes are still a thing, its like the 60s aren't iconic for watching television because we still watch it today,

[@TomMurga]

You cant define a decade during the decade

[@sophialove7976]

Tom Murga right

[@TwiggehTV]

Dude we're 90% though it, i think its safe to start theorizing at this point.

[@thriftyfreebies]

Twiggeh Defined eras of the past weren’t as clean cut as that, though. It’s not like a new decade starts and everyone just decides to start afresh with a different theme. There’s overlap and gradual change. Things need to carry on changing until they’re substantially different to recognise that difference.

[@TwiggehTV]

@@thriftyfreebies well, if you want to reach a definitive conclusion, yes. But i said "theorize" - not "define".

[@BADGRAPHIX]

Twiggeh No it's not. What we theorize could be a defining factor of the 2010s could be just as important in the 2020s and 2030s.

[@EltonNRichards]

Right now, you can't see the forest for the trees. People say this about every decade, when they are in the middle of that decade. Give it ten or twenty years, and the trends will be obvious to everyone

[@rutger5510]

Meh, I don't really see that happening. I've lived through the 2000's and that's almost 10 years since it passed, and almost 20 years since it started . Still I find it hard to pinpoint a culture to it except some music trends and fashion styles.

[@PuluP_Music]

I was just searching for a comment that stated this so that I could give my like to it! So you're welcome! :) But seriously, we can't examine the decade that we are currently living in the same generalizing ways as we can think of decades that either are way behind or we never got to see. I bet that if you had asked someone in the seventies "what will this decade be remembered of?", they would most likely have thought of it pretty much in the same way we think of 2010s now. It will happen, don't get all existential about this!

[@Nimble96]

Exactly. Who knows what will be next? Electric cars could take over in the 20s making that the identity of the 20s. A new type of smartphone could develope locking the current one in as the 10s. Cant really judge atm.

[@cheeseebun]

I'm saying

[@minihali]

My words exactly, I have to disagree with this video, saying that '2000s and 2010s has no identity' this early is too soon. My personal theory is we will get a real identity for the 2010s in 2040 when the people who lived in that decade will give it personality, like we are seeing now with the 90s. (synth, tv static, vcrs, neon colors, comic books and 16 bit games) The creators: writers, artists, musicians, film and game makers are still young and have yet to influence media as much as the 90s have.

[@masond7573]

The decade of memes, wanting to die, and cringey social media personalities.

[@AlexApger]

Yessss

[@alienboy1322]

@Alex Apger Nooooooooo

[@waq5258]

Wanting to die is soo 2015

[@20035079]

@@waq5258 too bad it came back in 2018

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

Mason A.D. The “wanting to die” thing wasn’t popular until 2016.

[@SpencerFoust]

Well, for adults, there's NOTHING to really have nostalgia for in the 2010s. But us kids, growing up in the era, we had things like newgrounds, flash animations, games like black ops 1 and 2, the ps3 and xbox 360, etc. That's what can define US. But adults really have nothing. That's why no one really knows.

[@gangsterburger]

that's only for americans

[@SpencerFoust]

@@gangsterburger Where a likely majority of people watching this are from.

[@jaysonklein6018]

Newgrounds have been around since the very late 90s

[@SpencerFoust]

@@jaysonklein6018 But I wonder when it was most popular...

[@plottwist1733]

Most of the stuff you listed is more 2000's stuff than 2010's. There's really not much to be nostalgic about from the 2010's. The only thing I can think of is the early 2010's car scene. That was pretty cool and had a vibe of its own that disappeared after 2012. Still got pics saved of modified cars from that era and they make me feel nostalgic af.

[@connormulderig5602]

The 2010's are defined by shit posting

[@jacksonthesyndicalist2771]

Thot Removal actually yes, I mean politics is essentially defined by real life shit posting

[@SuperLlama42]

Shitposting and a longing for death.

[@lukewarren1519]

MEMES

[@AnimaRandom]

this is also what i've been thinking

[@Brandonhayhew]

Constantly shit posting by everyone in every minutes on all media and the news.

[@shmeebs387]

People said the same thing about the 90s in 2001 and the 2000s in 2011. Decades' identities are defined in hindsight. We're just too close to it. It all still feels normal to us because we lived it.

[@robbratcher4675]

2000's doesn't really have an identity.

[@TheListenerCanon]

I know for a fact that I felt super jealous in the early 2000s when I said "Man, it sucks the 90s (aka my era) isn't nostalgic compared the 80s and before!" Then came the late 2000s/early 2010s and people feel nostalgic for the 90s. Now, we're in 2022 and people are now feeling nostalgic for the 2000s.

[@TruthDoesNotExist]

not really, Back to the future predicted pretty well how there would be 1980s nostalgia in the 2010s and the things that were iconic of the decade

[@BarnabyTheEpicDoggo]

@@TheListenerCanon People are being nostalgic for as far as 2015 already, beyond that the people are creating their nostalgic times

[@Jymboslicx]

@@TheListenerCanon and next decade people will feel nostalgic for 2010s

[@magiicZed]

Early 2010s Minecraft- let's play Crazy-pop songs/ oversaturization Rise of KZbin iPhones were becoming affordable for many Late 2010s Transition towards clout culture and mumble rap Semi blip in EDM popularity Corporate KZbin MEMES IPhones are crazy expensive again Overly political atmosphere(at least in US) At least from my perspective as a kid born in 2002

[@razorblade4395]

Bryan Valencia i was born in 96

[@randomcommenter395]

Bryan Valencia the first half was great the second half is shit

[@crinsombone5380]

That isn't defining a decade though

[@RexRowStrike1234]

anon2k10 he likely got his pfp from maxamillinous and not from knowing about that game

[@crinsombone5380]

@@RexRowStrike1234 Sadly. Getting sick of seeing these pfps

[@TheGamerFromMars]

Vaping, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Adele, Drake, Trump, and Internet Culture becoming mainstream culture will all be things that define the decade.

[@name-rg4kw]

Overall I think culture war will really define this decade.

[@heavenlysenju9948]

The Sjw decade has a nice ring to it

[@mehrheitler]

I’m 22 and I have absolutely no idea about like 90% of what you’ve listed.

[@david2618]

Trump will still be in the 20s Until 2024

[@david2618]

@@Michaelluo712 *5 You forgot Drake I don't even know who he is

[@muggedinmadrid]

you can't define a decade while you're in it. you need some distance from it to see what things will get stuck in the popular psyche and become a mainstay in the social history annals.. I lived through the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s. None of the those decades had an 'image' while I was in them, the image emerged long after the decade passed by. It takes a good 10-15 years distance. I also think the current decade also has some obvious distinguishing features - reality tv stars, memes, the popularity of superhero and 3d films, the rise of social media - facebook, twitter, etc , KZbin and Instagram stars, right wing politics, talent shows, political correctness and censorship, various movements from transgender rights, to Black Lives Matter, the occupy movement, the arab springs, the me too and times up movement, etc, new ways to monetise aspects of life previously done only by a certain profession - uber, airbnb, go fund me, tenner, etc The list is long. Every age and every generation has its own character. the 10s will be clearly defined by about 2020 - 2035.

[@spectreofathens]

Thank you both! Once he started harping on the 2010s but included a bunch of photos and videos that clearly showed we dress differently than elsewhere in history, his argument fell apart. We don't dress like the 2000s or 90s. Our music and movies have taken on different tones. You can't see that from within though. Of all their other great videos, this one felt weaker and less well thought out.

[@jorgepereira7409]

I partially agree, but even the 90s aren't as defined as the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I do think that culturel movements got spread out over time, nowadays theres a movement for almost anything. But maybe your right, Im from 1990 so I might still not have a good view on the previous decades / having experience living in them.

[@randombro89]

muggedinmadrid Dude you’re actually right I remember even in the 2000s I couldn’t think what image the 90s actually had but now it’s crystal clear

[@jorgepereira7409]

​@@randombro89 What's your cystal clear view of the 90s?

[@ArtfulCosumDust]

I agree. the 2000s already has an image to me now that it's passed, VHS, old KZbin, modern cartoons, Pixar, 2003 games. That's what it is to me, and probably will be to a lot of people.

[@amary9526]

2020: Corona virus is everywhere!! 2029: are you still whining about that??

[@jaysonklein6018]

Well, 2029, what do YOU have to define YOUR year?! Long lines? Expensive bread?

[@cupidsfavouritecherub9327]

What defines our culture is memes. Not even joking

[@kashhh4u]

Why isnt this top comment XDDD

[@duncanharrell5009]

Memes: DNA of the soul.

[@1000eau]

Seriously.

[@theleakytap4591]

I literally commented this before I read the comments

[@tommerker8063]

nope memes were around way befor the timeline of this video starts and are goign to be around way after the 2010, it's not what defines the 2010 especially

[@fyukfy2366]

In 30 years they will have a defined Zeitgeist for nowadays

[@zyaicob]

Because hindsight is... 2020.

[@Galidorquest]

30 years?! You think it's gonna take until almost 2050 to define the 2010's?! -- PC SJW culture and its backlash, brexit, hipster fashion & the hipster aesthetic (including undercuts, beards, flannel, skinny jeans & leggings as pants, Pastel hair, etc...), Dubstep, Vaporwave, Dreadhead Mumble Rap, fidget spinners, Facebook, Instagram, Minecraft, Fortnite (and other overrated FPS games), Vines, etc... Come on, don't act like you don't know what defines this lame-ass decade...

[@Galidorquest]

@Lurker M The 2020's is even worse so far, but hopefully things'll get better soon...

[@gadielphilip]

I thought the 80s was driven by cocaine

[@LimePestoLAUGH]

I thought it was defined by AIDS

[@Mythical444]

I thought it was crack

[@naterussell2374]

They moved a lot of paper back then

[@bombiss_9124]

I thought it was defined by Ronald Reagan

[@miamiwendigo]

I would say the 80s was a culture ecstasy of bright colors loud experimental music and drugs and considering the cold war was still a thing people literally party like there was no tomorrow because too them there probably wasn't a tommorw mabye thats why everyone is so depressed right now its like a culture hang over

[@helio1055]

There's much more than just "disco" that you can associate with the 70's lol

[@normanclatcher]

Yeah, but no one's really nostalgic for stagflation, Vietnam, Watergate, or the energy crisis.

[@Beeraltar]

@@normanclatcher well there was a bunch of rock music and its the early days of metal and punk

[@lamontkhoza2856]

and funk

[@helio1055]

@@Beeraltar pretty much what I meant

[@JustinY.]

For a serious answer, I'd go with big data. The 2010s could be seen as the rise of big data and cloud computing.

[@Oakere]

Justin Y. Hahahahaha how does it feel to not get thousands of likes

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

This is the fifth time I've run across Justin Y today Edit: He does make a good point.

[@pdph-kk4ut]

Justin y is everywhere 😂

[@somekid338]

I'd have to disagree with you on that. It's definitely important for technology moving forward, however, the video focuses more on cultural trends as opposed to technological developments. It is likely the 2010s will be known for the onslaught of memes, short-lived cultural trends, superhero franchises, and contemporary KZbin channels. Granted modern technology is instrumental in making this possible, for instance, we needed large-scale networking to make KZbin so things like Jake Paul could come about, but the technology in itself isn't a cultural trend. I think the 2010s will also be remembered for the numberless hordes of people who hate new media and feel depressed about things. Plus the extreme political tension with the 2016 us presidential election will give us another interesting thing to look back on.

[@Deadsoul715]

Justin Y. Maybe

[@ethpling165]

People are already nostalgic about the 2000’s and early 2010’s

[@MylarBalloonLover]

I was already nostalgic for 2000-2005 in 2014. 2010s decade sucked

[@warhg424]

Before you know it, late 2010s will super nostalgic for some

[@warhg424]

Gecko Kosai Actually for mid they will nostalgic for early to mid 2010s

[@AWesome61696]

What the hell was the early 2010s? Mumford and Sons?

[@offcialmusicvotes7140]

Im glad you said early 2010s because im not really nostalgic about late 2010s yet more like early and mid