Does anyone else genuinely miss the 2000s?

[Nacho Man Randy Salsa]

In 2029 you'll all be begging for the 2010s. Screencap this post.

 

[Linako 2.0]

I was a kid in the early 2000's but I always saw something magical in the old forums. There was a website for everything instead of having it all concentrated on a social media site that doesn't let any sort of creativity and has the same plain interface.
you could form a small following as an artist at a forum instead of being only on social media and hope someone notices.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Well, I was a child during the 2000s, so not particularly.

 

[Dom Cruise]

In 2029 you'll all be begging for the 2010s. Screencap this post.

Don't even joke.

 

[Webby's Boyfriend]

I was a kid in the early 2000's but I always saw something magical in the old forums. There was a website for everything instead of having it all concentrated on a social media site that doesn't let any sort of creativity and has the same plain interface.
you could form a small following as an artist at a forum instead of being only on social media and hope someone notices.

Forums were still state of the art in the early 2010s, 'twas only in the mid-2010s that I saw the many forums I use to suddenly start loosing activity and members fast.

 

[Omnium Ultimatus]

Very much so. Granted, I was a kid back then, a confused socially inept Asian one at that, but I got to browse the internet, watch genuinely creative content on YouTube and Newgrounds and played a lot of top-notch video games. There was still a spirit of competition, creativity and regard for the quality of one's craft both in the entertainment industries proper and online.

The 2010s has been a recession in creativity. The content of this decade lacks ambition or innovation. It's now all about accepting mediocrity and being admonished for criticizing artists because "it's their style". I'll gladly take the dark and edgy content of the 2000s over the hideous milquetoast cultural marxist trash and shoddily made cash grabs we get nowadays, at least those artists had some semblance of self-respect. Then you have game publishers and developers who have no incentive to make good games because they're guaranteed to make a profit from their established consumer bases unless they fuck up really bad like Bethesda did with Fallout 76. Perhaps this decade showed us the eventual outcome of copyright law - businesses abusing their creative monopolies to the point of collapse.

In 2029 you'll all be begging for the 2010s. Screencap this post.

I'll take an economic collapse over this period of decay anytime, and there won't be any bailouts this time around. The coming depression is going to make the 1930s look like the best time to be alive, but at least in the ensuing chaos people will be able to pick up the pieces and rebuild society.

 

[awoo]

There's no lack of creativity nowadays. it's just harder to find. And people think the video game industry is dying but there has been so many great releases (I really enjoyed Skyrim, Witcher 3, Civ, Cuphead). people take a very narrow minded view to justify a nostalgic feeling.

 

[Linako 2.0]

Forums were still state of the art in the early 2010s, 'twas only in the mid-2010s that I saw the many forums I use to suddenly start loosing activity and members fast.

They all decided to move to facebook pages, it makes me sad that I can't leave facebook since every SCA group out there wants you to use the facebook page and not a forum.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

I miss the 80s, everything felt so much more desolate. People would pump your gas, and there were as many computers as there were blacks.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Forums were still state of the art in the early 2010s, 'twas only in the mid-2010s that I saw the many forums I use to suddenly start loosing activity and members fast.

Yup, forums were still healthy in the first few years of the 2010s, but in the mid point started dropping hard.

Part of the reason was how toxic the cultural and political climate became, with issues like Gamergate tearing many online communities apart.

 

[WeeMars]

Only thing good about the 2000s was the games and some of the music. Everything else was shit.

 

[CheezzyMach]

There's no lack of creativity nowadays. it's just harder to find. And people think the video game industry is dying but there has been so many great releases (I really enjoyed Skyrim, Witcher 3, Civ, Cuphead). people take a very narrow minded view to justify a nostalgic feeling.

TBH as far as media goes the only things I miss from the 2000s are the sexuality and everything not being a battleground for culture warriors.

 

[オウム 2]

Mid 90s was better than the 2000s but the 2000s was better than now.

 

[Namekian George Floyd]

I miss Malcolm In The Middle.

 

[FunPosting101]

The principal problem with the Current Year is social media, the sooner stuff like twitter either dies or normal people realize that people on Twitter represent a largely small and fringe element of the overall population the better.

 

[Omnium Ultimatus]

There's no lack of creativity nowadays. it's just harder to find. And people think the video game industry is dying but there has been so many great releases (I really enjoyed Skyrim, Witcher 3, Civ, Cuphead). people take a very narrow minded view to justify a nostalgic feeling.

I said there was a recession in creativity, not necessarily a lack of it. It's still possible to find great content. What I mean is that overall creative works in this decade have become more streamlined and their quality has been going down. Despite all that, you can still find great content and games being made, and while some of them achieve popularity, most of them get shoved to the wayside. I don't think the video game industry is dying, just decaying from the effects of copyright law and cultural marxism.

 

[Failure_Personified]

It was a simpler time; even though the issues I deal with came into my life during those years.
I do miss them, wish I could have subtracted shit, but overall... less shitty then this last decade.

 

[Ruin]

Yea kinda, early 2000s pop culture got tons of shit for the dark and edgy trend that occured but I'd take that back in a heartbeat over the ugly troons, political extremism, and trigger warnings we have now.

 

[Orion Balls]

I miss the clubs in the late 90's early Aughts especially Laga. Other than that, no. I guess it was better than the 10's, though.

 

[Jason Wynn]

I was in high school and college in the late 90s through mid 2000s. It's not so much the culture of the era I miss (although it was a hell of a lot better than what we have today) it's a bit more nebulous and personal.

We all get nostalgic once in awhile for "the good old days" Often we understand that we're looking back on those years with rose colored glasses, and things back then probably weren't as wonderful as our memory tells us, things aren't as terrible now, and we smile at the memories and move on.

I miss some of my old friends from that era that I've lost contact with along the way. I miss hanging out as teens with my former best friend, no care in the world, us spending nights hanging out playing PS2, MtG, D&D, and I lament how these days I just don't seem to care much about making new friends or meeting new people.

I miss having that sense of excitement and enthusiasm for things. I don't give a flying fuck about video games anymore, but I remember being on the edge of my seat over how awesome and innovative games seemed back then. I miss feeling excited just by logging online and roaming around finding new things, interesting sites, cool people to chat with, funny flash animations ect.. The Farms here, YouTube and a handful of other sites are all I bother caring about visiting now.

I miss not having politics be the defining factor and litmus test on how we treat people. There was some backlash against Republicans during the Bush years, but it never felt as downright hateful as it does now. I was a liberal back then, and I had Republican friends. No one ever ostracized me or told me I was a bad person for doing so. We could flick shit at each other good naturedly, knowing we were just kidding around and nobody would screech about being triggered or offended.

I miss when nerd and geek hobbies were FOR nerds and geeks, not soyfaced SJW assholes trying to insert their politics into our fun and shame anyone for wrongthink, or people LARPing as nerds because they like superhero movies. People that actually appreciated and enjoyed the hobbies instead of just being there to be popular because they're suddenly trending on social media.

I could go on. But yeah, I do miss those days at times. I'm happy being an independent, financially stable adult with a pretty good life despite the craziness in Current Year, but I do miss those idyllic old days on some nights. Kind of a bittersweet feeling.