What does everyone think about the fact that the 00s decade is almost over? How does everyone feel about the next decade being called the 10s? Am I the only one that thinks the 10s sounds weird? What advances to you think that we will have in the upcoming decade? Anyone looking foward to the 20s?

It does sound crazy.  I'm too young to be living in the 10's.  ;D

Strangely enough when I was a kid, "1999" and "the 2000s" never sounded that futuristic to me when they were ahead of us. They seemed like they were some time ahead, but it was the recent future nonetheless. Like from a late 1980s or early '90s perspective I logically knew it wouldn't be that long before they eventually got here and I'd still be really young. For instance, whenever I listened to that Prince song, it seemed like an exaggeration and I never really thought the world would cease to exist or any other doomsday prediction would actually come true.

But "the tens" really does sound almost sci-fi futuristic! I guess because it's PAST the first decade of the millenium, so it seems more unexplored.

Where are the goddamned flying cars!?!?!  >:(

^ No offense man, but I pray that NEVER happens. What we have is fine and I'm comfortable with ground cars. This is also why I love analog tech, and everything else I grew up with in my first, say 13-15 years. There's something old school and comforting about that.

I can't believe people as recently as the 1980s actually thought that sci-fi world would exist by now. You need like at least 50 years for that stuff and probably way more, not twenty!

^ You fear change.

Flying cars would never happen.  There wouldn't be enough people in the world to be air traffic controllers

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Flying cars would never happen.  There wouldn't be enough people in the world to be air traffic controllers

Yeah I do fear change lol. ;)

I just get comfortable with the way things already are. The things that HAVE changed are hard enough to deal with, so I find solice in the few bits that haven't. I mean the basic way we live has been unchanged since the late 1960s, and pop culture developed the earliest traces of its current state around 1982. People even still dress in T shirts and jeans like they did back then, so I take comfort in that.

The way I see it, if you don't NEED to change, what's the point? I think having sci-fi elements and everything being electronic takes away from the human element and makes the world seem cold.

personally I'm the opposite... I love looking at movies/shows from the sixties and seeing what they thought the time we live in would be like....

you know a couple of twilight zones were set in the 80s

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes was set in 1991...

its just funny....

personally I'm the opposite... I love looking at movies/shows from the sixties and seeing what they thought the time we live in would be like....

you know a couple of twilight zones were set in the 80s

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes was set in 1991...

its just funny....




Do you realize that when the superpowers decided that it was time for men to walk on the moon, it only took something like 12 years to make it happen?  That's human progress for ya.

And the Colosseum was built in just 8 years.  Romans on steroids!

But a lot of the stuff from TV shows have become reality, like cell phones and lasers and even some robots. 

Do not fear change.

You might as well live in a cave if you fear change. Without change, life as we know it would come to a standstill and we'd all be blubbering idiots banging rocks with sticks and picking our noses. :)

Things will always progress, but they do so in a logical way. Like advances in medicine, technology and, of course shifts in smaller things like fashion, music and other pop culture. That kind of stuff is hard to predict (albeit fun) beyond about 2-3 years from whatever the present time is.

Don't get me wrong, some progression is good, but if the quality of life works as it is, what's the point of changing it? I think too many people are anxious for a science fiction world of moving sidewalks, flying cars and robots who do all their housework. If you notice, almost any movie or publication that predicts the future always exaggerates it to how it really ends up being. This goes back as far as the old Jetsons cartoons from the 1940s (and they were predicting only about 30 years in the future, so we're long past that now!).

Also, Back to the Future II - although they knew they would be off with their predictions, so they purposely tried to make it comical and exaggerated. We're not far away from the real 2015 now, and of course it's nothing like they depicted it. If Doc and Marty (or, for that matter anyone else) from 1985 were here, they'd probably only guess it to be around the late '90s.

You might as well live in a cave if you fear change. Without change, life as we know it would come to a standstill and we'd all be blubbering idiots banging rocks with sticks and picking our noses. :)


True, and I'm not suggesting we stagnate or stay in the horse and buggy days, but come on, you've gotta admit the '80s and '90s were the best. :)

For one, technology felt much less "obnoxious" and pervasive in daily life, probably because it was far less portable, outside of the Walkman.

True, and I'm not suggesting we stagnate or stay in the horse and buggy days, but come on, you've gotta admit the '80s and '90s were the best. :)


No.

True, and I'm not suggesting we stagnate or stay in the horse and buggy days, but come on, you've gotta admit the '80s and '90s were the best. :)


I liked the music and movies.  I did not like the part where I couldn't drive nor drink.  Therefore, now is the best because I can drink and drive (though not at the same time), while also listening to 80s music :D

Some years ago, my dad told me (when I was similarly complaining about time passing), that "no matter when you were born, you'd always favor how the world was in your first 13 or 15 years".

I guess he's got a point. :)

Some years ago, my dad told me (when I was similarly complaining about time passing), that "no matter when you were born, you'd always favor how the world was in your first 13 or 15 years".

I guess he's got a point. :)


Not I. My first 15 years were filled with bullschitt and taunts about my weight and molestation. Why the hell would I want to favor that crap?

The internet didn't exist in my first 15 years because Al Gore hadn't invented it yet :(

The internet didn't exist in my first 15 years because Al Gore hadn't invented it yet :(


Yes, and without the internet, I would have never met my wittle snookum wookums Wicey Cube.

All hail Al Gore!

All hail Al Gore!


Al Gore also invented Global Warming.

Al Gore also invented Global Warming.


No, I did when I threw my globe into a campfire!

No, I did when I threw my globe into a campfire!


That was so......bad.

That was so......bad.


Not as bad as Al Gore getting the Nobel Peace Prize over Bono.

Bono > Al Gore.

Not as bad as Al Gore getting the Nobel Peace Prize over Bono.

Bono > Al Gore.


Well, this has been a fascinating convo, but I need to go get my dinner out of the oven. I'd rather have the pork taste like it was from 2007 rather than 1487....you know, all tough and leathery and mummified.

I definitely prefer 2007 pork than 1487 bubonic plague pork.

Not I. My first 15 years were filled with bullschitt and taunts about my weight and molestation. Why the hell would I want to favor that crap?


On a serious note, that's horrible and I'm really sorry to hear you went through that. No one deserves that sh*t. I can understand how (for example) if a certain time reminded you of it, that you'd want to forget it.

I actually went through some crap in the early-mid '90s too (although I admit nothing on that level), like my parents temporarily splitting up, us moving around all the time, losing alot of the money we'd had before (long story), and my mom being with a jerk boyfriend on and off, so I get where you're coming from.


P.S. On the personal side, I suppose I meant it more from the standpoint of that most of the music I listen to (growing up as well as now) is from the '80s and first half of the '90s. Same for video games, TV shows and movies. It's also the time I first became acquainted with the world, so there's some comfort in what I'm familar with.

Do you realize that when the superpowers decided that it was time for men to walk on the moon, it only took something like 12 years to make it happen?  That's human progress for ya.

And the Colosseum was built in just 8 years.  Romans on steroids!

But a lot of the stuff from TV shows have become reality, like cell phones and lasers and even some robots. 

Do not fear change.


there's an ep of twilight zone... its an hour long one. I need to see it again but basically they described being able to access information "digitally" and buying things... it seemed like they were describing the internet... I don't remember how it was phrased but I'm sure sci fi will run it again if they do the annual New Year's marathon so I'll get back to you in a couple of days...



Well, this has been a fascinating convo, but I need to go get my dinner out of the oven. I'd rather have the pork taste like it was from 2007 rather than 1487....you know, all tough and leathery and mummified.


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um aren't you guys like int he same house? interesting how people converse now a days...couldn't do that back in the day!!!  ;D

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um aren't you guys like int he same house? interesting how people converse now a days...couldn't do that back in the day!!!  ;D


Yes, but it makes us feel like we're dating again when we converse through the website. ;D

Nah, we were just being stoopid. :D

Yes, but it makes us feel like we're dating again when we converse through the website. ;D

Nah, we were just being stoopid. :D


Well I found it entertaining...

Well I found it entertaining...


We aim to please. ;D

On topic, I don't even want to think about 2010. I'll be thirty. :P

In 2010 there will be a flying car...when I realize I have to fix my car for the 80289347th time and drive it off a cliff :D

Flying cars already exist, they just aren't on the market and are still being developed.  Heard about it on the news back over the summer.  if I can find a video of it ill edit this post.

And the next decades actually going to be called the "Twenty-tens", as this decades called the "Twenty-Hundreds".  I hate being politically correct and all, but calling this decade the "Ohs" sounds really retarded. 

Anyway, hopefully the 2010's wont suck as bad as this decade and life will return to sort of a pre-9/11 state.

Edit:  Here it is.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ElS9BKSsezw

And yes, it actually goes forward.  I think I remember hearing that it can go up to about 50 mph or something.  Don't quote me on that though.

True, and I'm not suggesting we stagnate or stay in the horse and buggy days, but come on, you've gotta admit the '80s and '90s were the best. :)

For one, technology felt much less "obnoxious" and pervasive in daily life, probably because it was far less portable, outside of the Walkman.


Hey Marty, long time no speak! I hope you've been enjoying the jokes I've emailed to you over the last year and a half! Apologies everyone, I'll get back on topic shortly. As you no doubt know, Marty, the last year and a half have been pretty horrible for me, and I haven't had much time for message boards. Things are improving now and I hope to be a regular here.

As promised, back on topic: the 80s and 90s the best? For what? For me personally, the 80s were the best, but that was because my football team (Everton) won everything in sight and I met and fell in love with the love of my life. For music I prefer the 60s (although I would say that music peaked in the early 70s). For technology, you can't beat the present. I can listen to CDs in the car instead of listening to cassettes getting chewed up in the mechanism of a car stereo; I can listen to music on MP3 while I'm in the gym; and perhaps best of all, I've just bought a Sat-Nav system. Despite teaching advanced driving on Sunday mornings, I have absolutely no sense of direction and that Sat-Nav system is going to save me so much money in wasted petrol it will pay for itself in no time!

The best decade(s) depends entirely of one's personal priorities. I don't think you can say the 80s and 90s were the best for everyone.

stupid Sci Fi Channel didn't show the episode I wanted to see so now I have let my fingers do the searching....

And the next decades actually going to be called the "Twenty-tens", as this decades called the "Twenty-Hundreds".  I hate being politically correct and all, but calling this decade the "Ohs" sounds really retarded. 



This decade is called the twenty hundreds? Most people I know are still referring to (for example)  "two thousand and eight". There is one newsreader on BBC radio who refers to (for example) "twenty oh eight" and it sounds most strange, because she's the only one.

I quite like this decade being called the noughties: retarded sounding or not, it's an amusing play on words with naughties. Perhaps the next decade could be the teens.

Tens will be great for me!
I am going to finish school and university and get a job in tens. Maybe I'll also have children or get married. ::)

I definitely prefer 2007 pork than 1487 bubonic plague pork.


;D ;D ;D

That's probably hidden in some cavern, still inside a ceramic vase, waiting to be eaten  ;D

The Tens should give me a more rewarding career, possibly married (or not - shan't matter) and possibly with kids (or not)  ;D

I hope to do some world traveling after I hit my 30's (that will be in 2012).

The 2010s will be a rather interesting time for me.  It'll be the decade that I truly become an adult, getting a real career, getting married (hopefully), etc.  Its something that I am both somewhat looking forward to and somewhat dreading.

It will be a very interesting time for society as well.  While video games and the internet continue to grow in terms of popularity, tv, movies, books, and even music (sales-wise at least...illegal downloading means that even if the mainstream music acts were as popular as they were in 2000, sales would still decrease every year) are on the downslide.  Add to this the growing conflict between "Old Media" (news companies, record labels) and "New Media" (un-affiliated online news sources, selling music online independently like Radiohead did and Nine Inch Nails might do) and we may just see the "digital revolution" revolutionize things in ways unimaginable to us now.

I also look forward to 2012 if only to see the internet explode with cries of "Mayan apocalypse in December 2012!" and have a Y2K style scenario with nothing happening in the end.

I'll put all my speculation aside though and say I hope the 2010s will be a good decade.  Of course, knowing me and this board, we'll probably be complaining about how bad 2014 is and how much better 2008 was.

2010 will not be any different than 2008... early 2006 is not much (a little, not much) different than early 2008.

2006 = 1979 - 1927 + (1066*SQR(1941))/(1861-1865)  :P

2010 will not be any different than 2008


How do we really know that right now? For all we know 2010 could be way different.

2006 = 1979 - 1927 + (1066*SQR(1941))/(1861-1865)  :P


How are these numbers significant

1979 - beginning of terrorism
1927 - basically the flapper era
1066 - wtf?
1941 - Pearl harbor was in 1942
1861-1865:  Civil War

:P :P :P :P

How are these numbers significant

1979 - beginning of terrorism
1927 - basically the flapper era
1066 - wtf?
1941 - Pearl harbor was in 1942
1861-1865:  Civil War

:P :P :P :P

All right... 666+1337=2003

How are these numbers significant

1979 - beginning of terrorism
1927 - basically the flapper era
1066 - wtf?
1941 - Pearl harbor was in 1942
1861-1865:  Civil War

:P :P :P :P




Pearl Harbor being bombed happened on December 7, 1941. Get your facts straight.

Pearl Harbor being bombed happened on December 7, 1941. Get your facts straight.


I will like to argue with Chuck Miller... Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1942

I will like to argue with Chuck Miller... Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1942



Better explain that to all the historians, the Japanese, the Hawaiians, and the Americans then.

1066 was the norman conquest of the british isles. if it hadn't happened we'd all have been descended from the vikings or native americans or some such.

little known fact: the battle of hastings never actually happened. when the indigenous peoples of the british isles saw the invading hordes they simply poured them a pint and greeted them with an affable cry of "norm!" and a friendly pat on the back.

I will like to argue with Chuck Miller... Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1942

is this like how the church of the subgenius claims it's still 1998? as we all know in the 1980s the USS nimitz found a wormhole and time-traveled back to late november 1941, immediately sought to thwart the sneak attack on pearl harbor but only managed to postpone it to january 1942.

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history's a trickier subject than you might think!

1066 was the norman conquest of the british isles. if it hadn't happened we'd all have been descended from the vikings or native americans or some such.

little known fact: the battle of hastings never actually happened. when the indigenous peoples of the british isles saw the invading hordes they simply poured them a pint and greeted them with an affable cry of "norm!" and a friendly pat on the back.


The Normans were essentially Vikings, displaced to Northern France for a couple of hundred years.. but you're right, that's exactly what happened at Hastings.

How are these numbers significant

1979 - beginning of terrorism
1927 - basically the flapper era
1066 - wtf?
1941 - Pearl harbor was in 1942
1861-1865:  Civil War

:P :P :P :P




I think there were terrorists way before 1979.

Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941.

I think there were terrorists way before 1979.

Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941.


Yep, I agree. 1941 was the year.  ;)

Flying cars already exist, they just aren't on the market and are still being developed.  Heard about it on the news back over the summer.  if I can find a video of it ill edit this post.

And the next decades actually going to be called the "Twenty-tens", as this decades called the "Twenty-Hundreds".  I hate being politically correct and all, but calling this decade the "Ohs" sounds really retarded. 

Anyway, hopefully the 2010's wont suck as bad as this decade and life will return to sort of a pre-9/11 state.

Edit:  Here it is.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ElS9BKSsezw

And yes, it actually goes forward.  I think I remember hearing that it can go up to about 50 mph or something.  Don't quote me on that though.

Actually, I call this decade "the two-thousands".

1066 was the norman conquest of the british isles. if it hadn't happened we'd all have been descended from the vikings or native americans or some such.

little known fact: the battle of hastings never actually happened. when the indigenous peoples of the british isles saw the invading hordes they simply poured them a pint and greeted them with an affable cry of "norm!" and a friendly pat on the back.


I used to like Western Civilizations and I got a B out of it... I probably was sleeping during that lecture about the British conquest in 1066, or I'd might of been sick, even though I was really healthy in Winter 2006.

I used to like Western Civilizations and I got a B out of it... I probably was sleeping during that lecture about the British conquest in 1066, or I'd might of been sick, even though I was really healthy in Winter 2006.


You were also sleeping during the discussion about the start of the us involvement in WWII...  Pearl Harbor was 1941.... I'm a dec. 7th baby... I have lived knowing this historical date my whole life...

I think there were terrorists way before 1979.

Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941.


The first rise of terrorism that is known on the mainstream news was on 1979...of course, even in Roman times there had must of been some type of terrorism.  Cain and Abel and Noahs ark sounds so terroristic, but it was unknown til 1979.

Strangely enough when I was a kid, "1999" and "the 2000s" never sounded that futuristic to me when they were ahead of us. They seemed like they were some time ahead, but it was the recent future nonetheless. Like from a late 1980s or early '90s perspective I logically knew it wouldn't be that long before they eventually got here and I'd still be really young. For instance, whenever I listened to that Prince song, it seemed like an exaggeration and I never really thought the world would cease to exist or any other doomsday prediction would actually come true.

But "the tens" really does sound almost sci-fi futuristic! I guess because it's PAST the first decade of the millenium, so it seems more unexplored.


When I was in the third grade, 2009 sounds so futuristic and even 2004.  Now, that was third grade... anything past 2003 to me was sci-fi.

You were also sleeping during the discussion about the start of the us involvement in WWII...  Pearl Harbor was 1941.... I'm a dec. 7th baby... I have lived knowing this historical date my whole life...


Yeah I was wide awake... it was probably that boring discussion on Nov. 30 about gay marriage before that that put me to sleep before th important WWII discussion.

The first rise of terrorism that is known on the mainstream news was on 1979...of course, even in Roman times there had must of been some type of terrorism.  Cain and Abel and Noahs ark sounds so terroristic, but it was unknown til 1979.


wow...even I wouldn't challenge Rice on something political... and I challenge everyone on everything...  :o

Lets see hostages were taken (by terrorists) at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972...
I know I suck at math but I am pretty sure that 1972 was before 1979?

What does everyone think about the fact that the 00s decade is almost over? How does everyone feel about the next decade being called the 10s? Am I the only one that thinks the 10s sounds weird? What advances to you think that we will have in the upcoming decade? Anyone looking foward to the 20s?


Hmm...what did people of the 1910s think?  And the 1920s?

As for as 2010 goes...only God knows; because no one else can predict a culture that changes every nanosecond.

Well, I hope all decades after the 2000s are more like the 1990s. Especially for fads and trends. And 1990s music was much better: http://www.vbox7.com/play:111508a1. Actually when I was not into music it seems to me that it has been better, and when I was really into it it sucked to me. However, since the beginning of 2008 I decided to 'unplug' myself from music fads and it may become better. Who knows?  8)

The Tens should give me a more rewarding career, possibly married (or not - shan't matter) and possibly with kids (or not)  ;D

I hope to do some world traveling after I hit my 30's (that will be in 2012).



Yeah, I'll be in my 30s in the 2010's as well. That once seemed like it was a long time away, but now it's just a few years down the road.

In a way i'm excited about the next decade, but at the same time I hate to see the '00s and '90s(the two decade's of my youth) become older and farther away. As much as I hate to think about it, the more years that go by the closer I get to becoming the old guy that goes around talking about how much the 'music that today's kids listen to sucks', and how much better it was 'back in my day'. :(

Lol wow. It's cool to see how people thought the 2010's would be back in the 2000's. ;D

Lol wow. It's cool to see how people thought the 2010's would be back in the 2000's. ;D


In 2007, I made a school presentation about how by 2012 we would have hydrogen powered cars, and also everyone would own a PDA (personal digital assistants, proto-smartphones like the Palm Pilot, you could say). Overshot one and undershot  the other :P

In 2007, I made a school presentation about how by 2012 we would have hydrogen powered cars, and also everyone would own a PDA (personal digital assistants, proto-smartphones like the Palm Pilot, you could say). Overshot one and undershot  the other :P

Lol wow. I remember back in 2011 thinking about how 2020 will be like and I always thought there would be robots everywhere. ;D

Lol wow. I remember back in 2011 thinking about how 2020 will be like and I always thought there would be robots everywhere. ;D


Lol in 1999 I thought we'd have airplane that go to Mars in 2000. My dad told me it was happening ;D

Lol in 1999 I thought we'd have airplane that go to Mars in 2000. My dad told me it was happening ;D
I can just see people in the 2020's laughing at our 2020's predictions. Most of them probably won't be even close. ;D

Well, I hope all decades after the 2000s are more like the 1990s. Especially for fads and trends.

You were wrong my friend. :-[