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^People said the exact same thing about the 1990's, that it was unoriginal, boring, gloomy and uninspiring compared to the 80's.  
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That's right.

I happen to think the 2000s aren't really so bad. Every decade has it's goodpoints and not so good points. I even have no doubt in my mind that maybe in the 2010s, most of us will want to go back to the 2000s. It's just the way it is.

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It's just the way it is.
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Some things will never chaaaaaaaange... ;)

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...if u like to live in a time where nothing is really big no more, no impact (pop culture standpoint)

12 years ago u had to buy the album of Nirvana, pearl jam, etc.

Now there is no band that sticks out, if u buy an incubus CD, ppl would be like, who the hell is that?

Back then it was cool to play nintendo, because it was new.
Now ure a nerd if you play videogames. Too many systems. Everybody knew about Mario, tetris...there are no games that are  huge, except GTA, witch is a violent, sexual game.

Back then you ask a person if they watched
Seinfeld, or Fresh Prince of Bel-air yesterday...They be like oh yeah it was funny.

Now if you ask them if they watched "My wife and kids" they'll be like WTF. There are no shows that are making a big impact that are not reality.

In Sports, NBA had magic, larry, and JOrdan that revolutionized the game, and ppl were into that. Michael jordan was huge, and everyone knew about him. And ppl played ball and bball was a very popular sport

Now, nobody talks about Kobe, or sing "I wanna be like Kobe" (not because of the trial) The popularity is still there, but there is no huge thing that sticks out, and fans are dead.  Playing bball is not even considered cool, if u go to the park and ball all day, ure considered of having no life.

SNL was huge, now there are too many shows. SNL isnt a must watch, huge popular show no more.

Every Hip HOp dude, loved 2pac, and the east. v.s. west thing was a big thing.

Who the hell gives a crap about 50 cent, some ppl like em, some dont...there is nothing really exciting in music no more.

To sum it all up:

Videogames- Nintendo, genesis came out,,,ppl went nuts and sonic, mario, was famous...now its like "Prince of Persia?" how corny

TV- Certain Sitcoms were popular and everyone knew about them.  There is nothing on TV, except reality shows, that are really making a huge impact.

Sports-Joe Montana, Elway, were being talked about...Jordan was huged...bball was played with passion...Now there is nothing really that stunning, because the feats have been accomplished. NFL is still great.

Fashion- flat tops were popular, high top sneakers, etc.

Now u can wear whareve  u want.

00s are cool but nothing is really huge. everything has been done.






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I like the 00s so far. With the exception of all those reality tv shows, and the wars other than that everything is coooool and laaaaiiid back, just like the 90s.

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Why do you guys keep saying that I think the 00s are bad!!!

I am not saying theyre bad...I'm saying that nothing is big no more, lets say 10-15 years ago:

Nirvana, Pearl Jam dominated music.

MJ ruled basketball

SNL, Sienfeld, Beverly hills90210, fresh prince etc....ruled TV

etc.

Now nothing is making such a great impact now because everything has reached its limit.

There isn't that one sports icon that sticks out, or that tv show, or band, hip hop group

Look in the 50s it was elvis, hoola hoops, malts
60s: Beatlmania, drugs, sex, hendrix, hippie, tiedie shits
70s:Led Zeppelin, platform shoes, big hair, disco
80s: duran duran, magic johnson, beginning of rap, cosby, etc.
90s: Michael Jordan, Pearl Jam, Sienfeld, Dumb and dumber, 2pac.etc.

All those things were huge in their time.
Now in the 00s there arnt things in todays pop culture that is the trademark for this decade.
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Nevermind that Michael Jordan was originally an 80's star, back to your other points...

The 2000's have LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Yao Ming, Tom Brady, Steve McNair.  There are dominate sports stars out there, you just have to look for them.  Is there a guy like Michael Jordan, who in the 80's and 90's changed everything?  Well not really. Though LeBron James is truly stunning, the guy is a freak of nature.

Movies:  Lord of the Rings, the two Matrix movies, the two Star Wars prequels, The Passion of the Christ, Finding Nemo, etc, etc...

TV:  Alias, Practice, 24, Roswell, Smallville,

Music: Outkast, Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Beyonce,  (granted a couple of these started in the very late 90s, but Britney is really more 00s then 90s).

A lot of people that were older then 10 in 1989 really HATED the 90s and thought nothing new or original was going on.  A  lot of folks despised grunge music and gangsta rap.   So none of this is new.

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A lot of people are gonna look back at the 2000s, and think it's the worst decade ever:
Music sucks
Lack of originality in movies
Not as many good movies as there used to be
Wars
A lot of people hate George W. Bush.

This could be the worst decade ever. At least as of now.
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Dude, lack of originality in movies!...Like I said...everything has been done.

Lotta ppl hated George Bush's father 2.

Some ppl didnt like the music in the 90s.

Quoting:There is good things and bad things about every decade. The difference between the 00's and 80's/90's everything is just so targeted to teens that the people over age 20 feel left out in the cold. I'm 24 and I feel left out in the cold.
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I'm glad you wrote this, because for the past 5 years or so I thought I was imagining it.  I'm 26 and I feel left out in the cold too.  It seems like since 1999, everything in our pop culture is SO targeted to teenagers.  And I was only 21 in 1999, and at the time a mere 3 years removed from high school, but I remember feeling like an old guy already.

In the 80's and the 90's up till 1998, the teenage pop culture had it's own place, it didn't spill over and force itself onto the mainstream over 21 masses like it does now.  Teen stuff wasn't so in your face like it is now.  Say back in the mid 90's, you didn't see Alicia Silverstone, Claire Daines, or the cast of 90210 just EVERYWHERE you looked.  These days, teen stuff is everywhere whether you like it or not.  TV right now is just junk, call me old but it's junk.  And I consider "reality TV" to be more teenage programing. Reality TV's primary audience is bored teenagers that could actually find it entertaining and get into the private lifes of complete strangers.

 

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I'm glad you wrote this, because for the past 5 years or so I thought I was imagining it.  I'm 26 and I feel left out in the cold too.  It seems like since 1999, everything in our pop culture is SO targeted to teenagers.  And I was only 21 in 1999, and at the time a mere 3 years removed from high school, but I remember feeling like an old guy already.

In the 80's and the 90's up till 1998, the teenage pop culture had it's own place, it didn't spill over and force itself onto the mainstream over 21 masses like it does now.  Teen stuff wasn't so in your face like it is now.  Say back in the mid 90's, you didn't see Alicia Silverstone, Claire Daines, or the cast of 90210 just EVERYWHERE you looked.  These days, teen stuff is everywhere whether you like it or not.  TV right now is just junk, call me old but it's junk.  
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INo, Paul you are not imagining things. I feel like I'm 40 in terms of following pop culture. I wouldn't call you old because the reality show stuff is junk. When I was in the record store the last time it went to go look at compolation CD's of the 90's. I don't even think I looked at today's music CD's. I'm with you on the 1998 thing too. I just couldn't believe how the teen-pop was all over the place in 1999. Graduating in June of 1998 6 months later and I felt old as heck. I was 19 in 1999.

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I'm glad you wrote this, because for the past 5 years or so I thought I was imagining it.  I'm 26 and I feel left out in the cold too.  It seems like since 1999, everything in our pop culture is SO targeted to teenagers.  And I was only 21 in 1999, and at the time a mere 3 years removed from high school, but I remember feeling like an old guy already.

In the 80's and the 90's up till 1998, the teenage pop culture had it's own place, it didn't spill over and force itself onto the mainstream over 21 masses like it does now.  Teen stuff wasn't so in your face like it is now.  Say back in the mid 90's, you didn't see Alicia Silverstone, Claire Daines, or the cast of 90210 just EVERYWHERE you looked.  These days, teen stuff is everywhere whether you like it or not.  junk.TV right now is just junk, call me old but it's   And I consider "reality TV" to be more teenage programing. Reality TV's primary audience is bored teenagers that could actually find it entertaining and get into the private lifes of complete strangers.

 
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Gen. Y does have more money and teenagers than any of its predecessors. While not comparing other decades, I don't see how teenagers are taking over. With the exception of MTV, many television channels have programming for a more mature audience. I don't see how shows like Will & Grace or Survivor even are aimed at a teenage audience. I, for one, don't never will watch Survivor, nor do I watch any other reality show(even American Idol), with the exception of The Apprentice. Your life, or rather your decade is what you make it. And obviously you haven't seen the array of television choices out there, even on terrestrial television.

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OMG!...Being a 17-year-old, living in the '00s. The '90s were quite the age of boredom to me. I think the even utter the words '00s & boring in the same sentence is somewhat naive and favored. Have you listened to some of the music today. It has just as much musicality as that of the '90s, '80s, or '70s. I was looking at a previous thread, where they were comparing '90s rap & hip-hop to that of the '00s. It's extremely different, much less "bling-blingy" and more mature and full of message. There are some rappers(Chingy, Lil Jon, etc.) that are still stuck in the '90s. Yet believe me they aren't that popular. Television has its hits, just like the '90s. Will & Grace, Frasier, Friends, My Wife & Kids, CSI(CSI:Miami), and of course The O.C. and One Tree Hill, Just to name a few. I go to school often and talk about TV, music, you name it. I do think a lot of you are just beyond your years.

OH! And by the way! Fashion is so not similar to the 1990s. If you even look at what teenagers and even what adults are wearing. It has very noticable differences. The return of the flare, pastel and "off-key" colors, that were extremely popular in the '50s and early '60s. No one wore pastel in the '90s! Cords, stonewashing, and darker jeans. As well as sneakers(popular pre-'90s), especially the chucks, which have already made a major comeback. I actually have a pair of two-tone(baby blue, tan or light-brown, and dark brown) Nikes that are very cute and could be considered "retro." Besides the whole "ghetto-fabulous" apparel, colors are extremely vibrant, mixed, and coordinated. Not since the '50s have colors been so outly displayed I.M.O.
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i don't think you can really argue now is a less "bling blingy" time than the 90s, i mean up until puffy not that many popular rappers were just doing whole songs about their "mercedes and girls and yachts", and it wasn't even that bad until the end of 1999 when B.G. came out with "bling bling"...since then the "club party rap" has been on the rise and its even changed lots of r&b into wannabe rap(see Usher song/video "Yeah" for latest example)

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Look in the 50s it was elvis, hoola hoops, malts
60s: Beatlmania, drugs, sex, hendrix, hippie, tiedie shits
70s:Led Zeppelin, platform shoes, big hair, disco
80s: duran duran, magic johnson, beginning of rap, cosby, etc.
90s: Michael Jordan, Pearl Jam, Sienfeld, Dumb and dumber, 2pac.etc.
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What you might be saying is that the 2000s lacks a culture identity of it's own.

I think it's only looking back that we realise what a decade was all about. Did people of the 70s really think 'wow this is a vital period of time, man' while they were wearing big hair (also available in the 80s), platform shoes and listening to Led Zeppelin records?

Did the film 'Dumb and Dumber' really make the 90s such an important decade?

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If your happy, the 00s are bomb, if ure a depressed loser, it sucks.  When your mood is crappy, everything seems crappy, when your optimistic and open minded then everthing is cool

I am just saying that nothing is really new. There is no trademark thing.  I cant explain right now.
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What mood do you feel right now, Prodigy?

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If your happy, the 00s are bomb, if ure a depressed loser, it sucks.  When your mood is crappy, everything seems crappy, when your optimistic and open minded then everthing is cool
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What this guy said...

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Look in the 50s it was elvis, hoola hoops, malts
60s: Beatlmania, drugs, sex, hendrix, hippie, tiedie shits
70s:Led Zeppelin, platform shoes, big hair, disco
80s: duran duran, magic johnson, beginning of rap, cosby, etc.
90s: Michael Jordan, Pearl Jam, Sienfeld, Dumb and dumber, 2pac.etc.
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00s: Survivor, Big Brother, Evanescence, William Hung, Online Gaming, and Kazaa

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00s: Survivor, Big Brother, Evanescence, William Hung, Online Gaming, and Kazaa
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