Does anyone else genuinely miss the 2000s?

[Jacob Schiff]

Just watched The Mummy for the first time in more than a decade.

It’s good. God damn it is good. Even better than I remember. Silly action and fun plot. But also with elements of horror and effective sober scenes when needed.

10/10 grade A++ movie making. Hollywood don’t make movies like this anymore.

So, yeah, the 90s and 2000s were good and I miss em.

 

[skykiii]

I've probably said this already, but I keep having this recurring pattern of thinking the decade I'm in right now is the worst ever, only to miss it when its gone. First was the 1990s, then the 2000s. Ironically the 2010s was the first aversion as for a long time I thought the 2010s had a "best of all worlds" thing going on, then 2016 hit and things got terrible.

But recently I have been feeling the 2000s nostalgia. It started when I got an urge to watch recordings of Toonami broadcasts, specifically of Dragonball Z but it branched into me wanting to see a lot of anime from that era (some I actually have never watched... would you believe I've never seen Outlaw Star?)

On a personal level I feel like the 2000s had a weird equilibrium to it in hindsight. In terms of pop culture it was continuing a lot of shitty trends from the 1990s, but it was also the grace period where people were beginning to re-appreciate older stuff.... without it having yet tipped over into blatant commodification of nostalgia and tons of fakers who have only ever played the same twelve retro games.

It was also the last era where I genuinely looked forward to new things. Well okay, I tell a lie, but it sometimes feels like the last such era. The 2000s felt like an era of new doors opening up, whereas in the 2010s I increasingly felt restricted. Some of that is for personal life reasons I will not divulge, but some are also wider cultural trends.

 

[Whatisgoingon]

Like I'm sure others have said, the 2000s were pretty shitty in it own ways. But the biggest for me was you could still use entertainment as escapism, you could flick through channels until you settled on whatever was on, and it wouldn't rape your eyes with globalhomo or political shit unless you specifically sought out stuff like that. I could actually look forward to new entries in a series instead of groaning whenever I hear about a reboot or continuation. Even taking away the political angle, big companies seemed to actually strive (at least sometimes) to make high quality things as a sort of badge of honor. Just look at Pixar then compared to now for an example. So yeah, the world was already starting to implode, but you could at least find some comfort elsewhere.

 

[Headshotmaster138]

Like I'm sure others have said, the 2000s were pretty shitty in it own ways. But the biggest for me was you could still use entertainment as escapism, you could flick through channels until you settled on whatever was on, and it wouldn't rape your eyes with globalhomo or political shit unless you specifically sought out stuff like that. I could actually look forward to new entries in a series instead of groaning whenever I hear about a reboot or continuation. Even taking away the political angle, big companies seemed to actually strive (at least sometimes) to make high quality things as a sort of badge of honor. Just look at Pixar then compared to now for an example. So yeah, the world was already starting to implode, but you could at least find some comfort elsewhere.

You can blame the writing strike as to why most entertainment sucks these days.

 

[Odd Opossum]

Like I'm sure others have said, the 2000s were pretty shitty in it own ways. But the biggest for me was you could still use entertainment as escapism, you could flick through channels until you settled on whatever was on, and it wouldn't rape your eyes with globalhomo or political shit unless you specifically sought out stuff like that. I could actually look forward to new entries in a series instead of groaning whenever I hear about a reboot or continuation. Even taking away the political angle, big companies seemed to actually strive (at least sometimes) to make high quality things as a sort of badge of honor. Just look at Pixar then compared to now for an example. So yeah, the world was already starting to implode, but you could at least find some comfort elsewhere.

This pretty much fits my feelings on the 2000's. They were in general an awful decade politically and helped encourage many of the worst societal issues we have now, but it was still the last fun decade media wise, especially if you were into video games.

 

[Unexpected Genitals]

I think I miss it because I miss being a kid and still hopeful for the future.

 

[VargReallyDidNothingWrong]

Hell yeah I miss it. The 00's were nothing but energy drinks, extreme sports and doing cool shit (for me anyway). My adolescence. Wouldn't trade it for the world.

 

[Headshotmaster138]

This pretty much fits my feelings on the 2000's. They were in general an awful decade politically and helped encourage many of the worst societal issues we have now, but it was still the last fun decade media wise, especially if you were into video games.

I think that can be applied to any decade in the USA politically speaking.

 

[Tequila Jong]

But recently I have been feeling the 2000s nostalgia. It started when I got an urge to watch recordings of Toonami broadcasts, specifically of Dragonball Z but it branched into me wanting to see a lot of anime from that era (some I actually have never watched... would you believe I've never seen Outlaw Star?)

You reminded me that here in Bongland, we had a short lived TV channel called CNX between 2002 - 2003, it was formed out of the Toonami evening bloc on Cartoon Network. Played a mix of Japanese and western cartoons through the day, (Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo!, Samurai Jack, that X-men cartoon from the early 00s, etc etc) and at night went with the more "mature" options, like Cowboy Bebop and The Shield, and played a movie at 10pm - I think that's where I first saw Death Race 2000. Think it played Aqua Teen and Sealab 2021 around midnight too. Heaven for adolescent nerds.

Edit: Looked it up, the Gundam Wing promo with fucking DJ Shadow in it is etched into my memory forever.

 

[Wesker]

I miss the 00s up to about 2008 or so.

I miss the old days of the WB. Smallville, Everwood, Gilmore Girls, Dawson's Creek, etc...

The 00s were comfy until we got the gay nigger Kenyan as president and started clown world.

 

[Syaoran Li]

The 00s were comfy until we got the corporate plutocrats who caused the Great Recession, got away with it, and started clown world.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Never Scored]

Fixed that for you.

You're 100% correct. The turning point was clearly connected to the Occupy Movement in the wake of the great recession. I still think it was purposely done and plutocrats on both sides of the aisle conspired to inject identity politics into everything to make plebs turn on each other instead of them. I genuinely think the "We are the 99%" thing scared the shit out of plutocrats which is why they've pushed to make everything about gender and race to divide the general public. They want Tyrone in the ghetto to think the reason he has nothing and is getting beaten to death by the cops is because of Jedidiah in the trailer park. In reality, they're both dirt poor because obscenely wealthy people like Nancy Pelosi ensure government policy benefits them first.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

most of the people on the site now are normies by old standards, every community is infested with retards eventually.

I don't think most normies are aware of internet forums in general. To them, the internet is:

• streaming services
• mainstream social media
• videogame services
• search engines
• random websites that have answers to questions
• news
• porn

wow looks like my view of what the 'net is about is a '00s view (though now with more SJW BS because Current Year)

• personal sites (though those aren't as popular as before)
• corporate sites (*.com and non-American equivalents)
• school and government sites (*.edu and *.gov "")
• discussion boards (4chan, KF, and Reddit count as that to me)
• creative works and streaming sites
• news sites
• search engines
• online shopping
• xxx
• online gaming and that newfangled "social media" thing

(also personal sites can still be found using Wiby BTW)

 

[Smokingpoop]

I miss the 1430's, those were the good ol days

 

[Patrick Bait-man]

The 90s was overall a great decade, while the 2000s was culturally great but lacked elsewhere (9/11, Afghanistan War, Patriot Act, 2008 Recession, etc).

But despite that, 2000s >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2020s.

 

[Spob]

but muh plastic gym class scooterz

 

[Pissmaster]

The 90s was overall a great decade, while the 2000s was culturally great but lacked elsewhere (9/11, Afghanistan War, Patriot Act, 2008 Recession, etc).

But despite that, 2000s >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2020s.

We are closer to the halfway point of the 2020s than the beginning now, and its been nothing but a bunch of faggotry and fearmongering, and now we have $10 cartons of eggs.

 

[Anonitolia]

can't say I miss a decade I can hardly remember, but from what I can tell even the worst issues they had were still worlds more comprehensible and reasonable than the bullshit we've got to deal with today

(also personal sites can still be found using Wiby BTW)

I went here and used the Surprise Me button since I had nothing in mind and it immediately brought me to a site about a jet-powered Volkswagen Beetle
I have found my new search engine for life, and I thank you immensely

 

[Fuggalope]

I miss some aspects of the early 2000's. Smart phones weren't out yet, so you could still have a sense of privacy and adventure that seems to be lost. When I drove away from my parent's house, they didn't know where I was or what I was doing until I got home. I would hate to be a young person in this age where everything is photographed and put on social media live.

The lack of modern social media was nice. On forums, you got to know people, and folks would put some effort into their posts. You still had autism, slapfights, and tard rage, but it wasn't like modern social media is. And the cooperate world hadn't yet figured out how to take over.

You didn't have the news pushing racism, sexism, and troon bullshit like they do today. That was nice.

Music was certainly better back then, but I'm biased.

I sometimes wonder how historians from 100 years in the future will look at the various decades from the 1990's through 2030.

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

I miss some aspects of the early 2000's. Smart phones weren't out yet, so you could still have a sense of privacy and adventure that seems to be lost. When I drove away from my parent's house, they didn't know where I was or what I was doing until I got home. I would hate to be a young person in this age where everything is photographed and put on social media live.

Smartphones also invalidated semantic knowledge and memory as a skill and actually turned it into a weakness.

Imperfect recollection of historical events and other trivia suddenly could be fact-checked and nitpicked by any "uhm, ackshully..." asshole with an iPhone and Wikipedia.

The ability to remember the central plots and themes of factoids if not the specifics was suddenly worse than having no skill or interest in recall whatsoever.