I was born in late 86 and was much influenced more by the politics than the pop culture. I was often glued to the news stations checking for updates on the invasions of Iraq (I was against the Iraq war) and Afghanistan. I watched news channels far more I did anything else in the early 00s. Pop culture didn't influence me much but the elections, wars, and controversy did.

Because the defining trends of the 2000s pretty much revolved around hip hop, and because I never cared for that genre, I guess I paid more attention to current events. I never had a defining style during my teen years, but I did go through a phase wherein I wore a lot of t-shirts with snarky sayings on them. Also, I was a little late in getting a MySpace - late in 2007.

I can tell you that I paid a lot of attention to the 2008 elections. What a year that was!  :D

Because the defining trends of the 2000s pretty much revolved around hip hop, and because I never cared for that genre, I guess I paid more attention to current events. I never had a defining style during my teen years, but I did go through a phase wherein I wore a lot of t-shirts with snarky sayings on them. Also, I was a little late in getting a MySpace - late in 2007.

I can tell you that I paid a lot of attention to the 2008 elections. What a year that was!  :D


I think people don't get that we're more influenced by the politics of our teenhood than pop culture, at least in our later teen years. I don't care for the rap explosion. I can remember the Bush Gore Election as if it were yesterday. Over and over again Al Gore demanded recount after recount. Florida was the swing state. I also recall that many seniors said they were confused about the ballots in Florida.

I think people don't get that we're more influenced by the politics of our teenhood than pop culture, at least in our later teen years. I don't care for the rap explosion. I can remember the Bush Gore Election as if it were yesterday. Over and over again Al Gore demanded recount after recount. Florida was the swing state. I also recall that many seniors said they were confused about the ballots in Florida.


I vaguely remember the Bush vs. Gore election. I remember seeing the two debate each other on television, and I also remember hearing about Florida. My parents both told me that Gore was demanding a vote recount. That's all I remember.

The first election I really remember and paid attention to was the 2004 election.

I think i was more interested  in pop culture in the mid 00s. In the late 00s, i was hooked on politics.

i wasnt exactly teen until 2007 (teenagers are from 13 yo) but i was 10 since 2004... mehh i wasnt really into political stuff back then but i watch the news so i do understand a lot of political things that goes on :)

Yeah well like Bush winning and then 9/11, then the War On Terror and so on is really what truly makes the image of the '00s. I've been following politics well I could say going back to the mid '90s, going back to say the Oklahoma City Bombing which is when I started figuring out what was going on in the world at age 8. Later I followed the Clinton impeachment very actively, and the air strikes on Iraq in the late '90s and the Kosovo War, the Embassy Bombings. But yeah politics is definitely more important than pop culture.

Yeah well like Bush winning and then 9/11, then the War On Terror and so on is really what truly makes the image of the '00s. I've been following politics well I could say going back to the mid '90s, going back to say the Oklahoma City Bombing which is when I started figuring out what was going on in the world (at age 8). Later I followed the Clinton impeachment very actively, and the air strikes on Iraq in the late '90s and the Kosovo War, the Embassy Bombings. But yeah politics is definitely more important than pop culture.


agreed ;)

i received a lot of information about terrorism acts in south east asia when i was younger as well... politics are inevitable

Popular culture was hard to follow starting around 2001.

After that it was when my obsession with inthe00s began ;), but movies were still good until about 2005.

After that it was when my obsession with inthe00s began ;), but movies were still good until about 2005.


some movies are still good today... inception was good... but yes i would agree with you on that note