Paq

So i was thinking...some people have been calling 2000-2009 the lost decade (unless things change quickly in the last year or so of the decade) and i was trying to figure out what people thought....

Like..what has come about in the last 9 or so years that will define the decade?

When i look at the 90's, i think: Easily accessible PC's, internet revolution, Grunge music, the last of GenX, a lot of angst, the start of globalization, ICQ and AIM, the simpsons were still watchable, Married with children, Dot com boom and crash, military action in somolia, the early 90's WTC bombing, timothy mcveigh and OJ simpson. Cell phones were just starting to come out and txting was not really an option or was really pricey. I also remember the backlash at the woodstock revival's $4 consumerist water....Oh, and water started being bottled and sold for more than any other drink in the vending machine...I also think of the rise and fall of the japanese sports car against the beginnings of the SUV craze. Anime was beginning to boom and internet porn was just starting. I also remember gas prices ranging from $0.80 to 1.05 for regular

2000's: i see: a dumbing down of news networks and society in general, GOOGLE, the rise of 'reality tv,' the beginnings of the social networking, web 2.0 stuff (facebook, myspace, twitter) cell phone txting, $100-150/month cell phone bills that seem normal, broadband becoming the norm...Then you have the rise of the 'cell phone pic' queens that pervade most porn message boards. After that, you get the rise of the truly amateur porn, basically a guy with a camera and a girl who will bang him. i remember the first scandals where someone would put up picks of their naked ex lovers...now it's pretty commonplace. The war on terrorism, the war on ideas , the rise of paris hilton (mainly what i mean with the dumbing down of society in general: we started to idolize those who are blatantly ignorant and proud of it...paris hilton and the oh so great "it says chicken of the sea..so is tuna a fish or chicken" jessica simpson) then you get to the rap/mainstream crossover which seems to have lost the social message of hte 90's music. it's debateable, but it's hard for me to find a song with a message anymore. Suggestions are definitely welcome. I also look at the housing boom/bust, the rise of $4 gasoline and $140/bbl oil, a president who seemed scornful of ideas...


So, i want to know: when you think of the 90's or the 2000's, what really stands out as defining those decades? I know i'm a bit nostalgic which is why i'm trying my best to understand what has come about in the last 9 yrs or so that defines the decade in either a positive or negative light. I just think there hasn't been much in innovation compared with how fast things moved in the 90's. I also realize these things do run in cycles with huge growth followed by contraction/consolidation, etc.

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Chris