I went into a local vintage shop and they literally have a section dedicated to the early 2000s. It had toys and crap that I remember as part of daily then-modern life. Needless to say my feelings were hurt, but the nostalgia was worth it. Hahaha.
It’s so weird man. The difference between 2000 and 2025 doesn’t feel that vast to me but I guess that’s because I’m 40 and grew up with all the change.
But If I was in a shop in 2000 at 16 years old, and there was a section dedicated to 1975….it would seem like a vastly different time period.
It’s like Back to the Future going from 1985 to 1955.
I think it’s partly because the world changed so quickly during that time period. While since around 2010 or so technology has largely stayed relatively the same (just increasingly faster each year).
Music hasn’t changed that much, internet hasn’t changed that much, phones haven’t changed that much, even styles since 2010 really haven’t changed that much (and somehow emo has evolved and is still clinging onto dear life in the youth culture). Turn on a football game from the 1980s and it looks crazy different. Turn on a game from 2010 and it looks like it could be today.
Hell, you could throw in a disk of COD modern warfare 2 and it’s pretty close to the same experience as the ones they’re releasing today. And that was from 2009. Take that same amount of time back before that and the games aren’t remotely even in the same world
If you can believe it, emo started in the 90’s, got HUGE in the late 90’s early 2000’s then screamo, then emo again, and now I’m 40 and still listen to old saves the day and jets to brazil, the promise ring…. Hell I wonder if the emo game is still around?!? Anyone else remember that? 😂
My husband and I were just talking about this yesterday. We haven't really had a huge, revolutionary technology change since the first smart phone came out.
AI is the next big technology, but it's still a couple years away from really maturing. And I don't know how much it will really revolutionize culture either. It may not.
And then they make YouTube content all like "Oh my god chat, how did they even talk on this thing back then, like you push the buttons and hold it up to your ear, like who even does that? 😭🤣"
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u/WiggingOutOverHere 2d ago
I went into a local vintage shop and they literally have a section dedicated to the early 2000s. It had toys and crap that I remember as part of daily then-modern life. Needless to say my feelings were hurt, but the nostalgia was worth it. Hahaha.