Does anyone else genuinely miss the 2010s? - It's very weird to say this since there were even more terrible things compared to it's predecessor but is the Early 2010s at least fairly memorable.

[Alex Hogendorp]

As we are approaching the mid 2020s. I think it might be the appropriate time to reflect on the previous decade.

In my experience, before the 2016 election and COVID, it felt like a completely different and much more simpler world. Things weren't as heated as it is now. The internet had more freedom of speech back then but it were to change amidst and after the election.

As for the late 2010s, it's a different story, things are pretty heated though it seems fairly moderate compared to now but nearing the end of the decade we often said how batshit insane the world was as each year passes.

 

[The Last Stand]

I miss @Dom Cruise. Anyway, I do miss the popularity of the Internet without it being homogenized into corporate censorship and political grandstanding. Best part about the 2010s IMO is having a bunch of games from the PS3/360 era with various online communities.

 

[Bargain Bin Laden]

I miss Kony 2012 so hecking much.

 

[Beautiful Border]

Interesting question. I'd say apart from the added layer of bullshit that was COVID (which has largely faded into irrelevance) we're still in the 2010s, culturally speaking. The world really doesn't feel fundamentally different from how it was in 2019, at least not for me.

 

[The Last Stand]

I miss Kony 2012 so hecking much.

What was the story of that? Something about an African dictator winning an election?

 

[Geddy Lee's Fee and See]

The first half of the 2010s were a solid continuation of the 2000s in someways like the Internet was still kind of a Wild West, people still had decent senses of humor, IRL hangouts existed and dating was had much less baggage surrounding it. It was about 2014 that shit started going bad with Gamergate and a bunch of retarded drama (although you van say Benghazi and the Tea Party were warning shots of this, albeit much more serious in nature than gay Internet drama), but by 2016, things took a turn for the worse due to the election that year and we've been in hell ever since.

What was the story of that? Something about an African dictator winning an election?

Some dude wanted to stop an Congolese warlord from using child soldiers in a decades long civil war. Caught on at first until the guy had a mental breakdown and was caught jerking off completely named in public while ranting about something. Haven't heard shit about it since.

Interesting question. I'd say apart from the added layer of bullshit that was COVID (which has largely faded into irrelevance) we're still in the 2010s, culturally speaking.

I can understand where you are coming from but I kinda disagree. I think every facet of life has gotten noticiably worse post-COVID to the point that the 2020s are culturally distinct from the 2010s. People were initially optimistic during the 2010s' beginning and while it did taper off , it didn't quite hit the lows that COVID dealt the world and the biggest transfer of money to corporations and the lockdowns really just killed any sort of hope people had for the future in 2019.

 

[Bargain Bin Laden]

What was the story of that? Something about an African dictator winning an election?

All I remember is some guy did a gay dance video and went out in public naked and started masturbating.

 

[The Backwards Man]

I can understand the early 2010's, but mid to late 2010's? fuck no

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

i miss the 2000s up to 9/11. pre 9/11 2000 and 2001 were some great 1 and 1/2 years. zoomers missed out on it and will never know how great it was.

 

[Brenda Holiday]

It seems society goes through phases of being happy and depressed. The early 2010s, if you pay attention to the big pop hits, was all about being happy and partying. We're going through a depressive phase right now, in general everything is pretty drab. Music, shows, attitude.
I really miss early 2010s cringe, before it all became trannies, pedos, and political lolcows.

 

[Would]

Fuck no. Hell no. Damn no.

Anytime before 9/11 was aight. The 10s were already too late and had the rot of current year.

 

[The Cunting Death]

Absofuckinglutely no.

 

[Would]

The first half of the 2010s were a solid continuation of the 2000s in someways like the Internet was still kind of a Wild West

Lolno. The internet was already homogenizing itself well enough. Everything had a MySpace or Facebook page and YouTube was the de facto site for normies.

 

[Womble of Wimbledon]

The 2010s was the beginning of the end, so no. Be nostalgic for a time when shit was still going to be good for a while into the future. Love the 90s like a real man.

 

[Night Crawler]

I was born in 1984. I didn't get experience the 80's. Vice City made me nostalgic for a decade I wasn't even old enough to experience. No, I don't feel nostalgic for the 2010's. My mother was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and passed away in 2012. My sister was also diagnosed with cancer a few years later and passed away in 2016. It wasn't really a good decade for me.

What I do miss from that time was the rise of the alt-right. Trump running for the presidency for the first time. Troll raids launched from alt-right forums. Shit posting on alt-right forums. The internet still had some level of freedom. Though by Trumps first year in office I had completely stopped using Facebook. Another thing I enjoyed was building my first gaming PC. I did that in 2016. So, it wasn't all bad. There just isn't much that makes me want to go back.

 

[AWizard]

Absolutely not, the 2010s were an absolutely dogshit decade, anything good about the decade was because of the last bits of 00s that persisted for a little bit into the decade.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I don't miss the 2010s. They kicked off with that false Rapture prophecy, then that "the world's gonna end in 2012" because "Nibiru" or some "pole shift" BS -- or because "the Bible said so" (somehow). After the world didn't end(?), the 2010s continued with the rise of "social media" and "smartphone" ways. The Occupy movement happened and was derailed by "social justice" (which later spread like a plague). Then Anita Sarkeesian pushed that "Tropes vs. Women" propaganda. Then that "GamerGate" circus happened. Clown World and BS "social justice" went fully mainstream when Orange Man was elected, and TDS was in. Then increasing crazy towards the 2020 freakshow.

In short, the 2010s saw the start of Clown World and the endless Current Year. But the 2010s were not all bad, and they went by fast.

I've mentioned it before, but it seems like the 2010s were a blur to me.

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

The 2010s were awful and things got worse as the decade went on, especially media.

 

[The Cunting Death]

I believe if you genuinely liked the 2010s then you were born circa 1997 or so.

 

[Bargain Bin Laden]

What I do miss from that time was the rise of the alt-right. Trump running for the presidency for the first time. Troll raids launched from alt-right forums. Shit posting on alt-right forums. The internet still had some level of freedom. Though by Trumps first year in office I had completely stopped using Facebook. Another thing I enjoyed was building my first gaming PC. I did that in 2016. So, it wasn't all bad. There just isn't much that makes me want to go back.

I’m crossing my fingers we get another He Will Not Divide us next election