I got this idea from the topic started by d90 on the '80s board and thought it would translate well to the '00s, since that was also a very transformative decade.

For those that grew up in the '00s, would you say that your overall childhood experience was, generally speaking, closer to that of a '90s kid or to a child of this decade? My guess would be that, since the chasm between the early '00s and late '00s is so large, it probably depends on what half of the decade your peak childhood years came in. After all, being an 8-year-old in 2009 was in many ways considerably different than being an 8-year-old in 2004 when their still was no YouTube, no modern social media, no smartphones, and a majority of the country was still without high-speed internet.

To me, 2000-2004 = closer to the late 90s

2004-2008, somewhere in the middle.

2008-2009 = closer to the 10s.

As a core/late Y cusper, my childhood was split between the late 90s and early 2000s, but regardless, I'd still say it was closer to the 90s as a whole, including the Bush '41 era, than the 2010s, without a doubt.  Like James Rolfe, who grew up at the dawn of millennial kid culture, I constantly played Nintendo home consoles for fun instead of mobile games, I read and embraced magazines and instruction guides instead of websites for my favorite video games or tv shows (I didn't even visit the Internet very much until about 5th grade, as I was about to enter adolescence), I strictly watched home movies on VHS, YouTube channels like Smosh and Tobuscus weren't even a thing yet, and I was extremely late to getting new mobile technology; I had a flip-phone from 9th to 11th grade, a Blackberry in 12th grade and freshman year of college, and finally my first iPhone coming into my sophomore year of college.  As a child, I was still living in the heart of the living room era of kid culture, which even late 80s were a part of, albeit with different generations of shows and games.

My early childhood was obviously closer to the 90's without a question. The 1st half of my core childhood was closer to the 90's but the 2nd half of my core childhood was probably suck in between in the transition. My late childhood was closer to the 2010's.

I guess it's closer to the late '90s due to growing mainly in the 1st half of the '00s.

To me, 2000-2004 = closer to the late 90s

2004-2008, somewhere in the middle.

2008-2009 = closer to the 10s.

Agreed. Except I'd cut the "closer to the 90s" category at 2003, since I started playing MMOs in 2004, as did the other kids in my neighbourhood, and that was unthinkable in the '90s.

And I'd extend the "closer to the 10s" down to 2006/2007. That's the Hannah Montna era and online console gaming took off.

Agreed. Except I'd cut the "closer to the 90s" category at 2003, since I started playing MMOs in 2004, as did the other kids in my neighbourhood, and that was unthinkable in the '90s.

And I'd extend the "closer to the 10s" down to 2006/2007. That's the Hannah Montna era and online console gaming took off.


In the late '90s there were MMOs that people played back then such as Everquest, Ultima Online, Asheron's Call, Lineage, and the Realm Online. To a person who started playing in around 1999 there may not have been much of a difference for him/her in 2004 (which is when World of Warcraft released if I recall correctly)

In the late '90s there were MMOs that people played back then such as Everquest, Ultima Online, Asheron's Call, Lineage, and the Realm Online. To a person who started playing in around 1999 there may not have been much of a difference for him/her in 2004 (which is when World of Warcraft released if I recall correctly)


True. "Unthinkable" is the wrong word. But there were no MMOs for kids in the late '90s/early 2000s -- most kids were still on dial-up so MMOs could never physically catch on, almost a technical impossibility. Starting 2002-2004 more families went on broadband, and it was beginning to change. Online gaming began to hit it big.

The particular MMO I'm talking about is Runescape. Came out of beta in March 2004.

True. "Unthinkable" is the wrong word. But there were no MMOs for kids in the late '90s/early 2000s -- most kids were still on dial-up so MMOs could never physically catch on, almost a technical impossibility. Starting 2002-2004 it was beginning to change and online gaming began to hit it big.

The particular MMO I'm talking about is Runescape. Came out of beta in March 2004.

Ah, I understand where you're coming from. And now that I think about it I don't remember many kids playing MMOs in 2003 or before. It was mostly just teens or adults. The only MMO I can think of that was aimed at kids is Disney's Toontown Online, but that's just 1 lone example that didn't get tons of users playing until the mid '00s anyways.

I would say I relate more to an 90's child than an 10's child by a LONG shot!

It's nothing against 10's kids, but when I talk about my childhood experiences with many 80's babies I know from my family, school, work, etc. we seem to relate a great deal. We both remember playing Gameboys (although they would of grew up more with the Original and Color while I grew up with Color and Advance), going to Blockbuster and renting VHS tapes, actually going to the store to buy music, when technology didn't consume our lives, playing outside, cartoons that were popular in both eras like Hey Arnold and DBZ, and all in all that general living room environment that seems to have been lost within the last 7-8 years.

While there are differences, obviously, I still could relate much better with someone born in say 1987 who would be the ultimate 90's kid than someone born in 2005 who would be a early-mid 10's kid. Equal age difference, but culturally I just feel closer to late 80's babies than most 00's babies.

This coupled with the fact that 10's kids are still kids and would be spending their teens in a much different era then I did while someone from the late 80's are in their mid-late 20's and while there are obvious age differences between myself a college student and someone who is post college age, it isn't THAT big, if you know what I mean.

Since I was born in 1995, my core childhood was 2000-2005, so OF COURSE it was closer to the 90s WITHOUT QUESTION!
Now if I was born in 1999, it  MIGHT be a different story. Also since my early childhood was in late 1998 and 1999, you already knew what my answer is going to be. Also I don't like referring to myself as a decade kid, I just tell people I MAINLY grew up in the 00s.

I felt like my early childhood was closer to the 90s, but my core childhood was more 2000s. I mostly grew up with shows and entertainment from the early-mid 2000s, so I would somehow relate to mid-late 90s babies.

I consider The Early 2000s as the extensive of my childhood since I was still heavenly into childhood things. 2000-2002. Was my childhood similar to a 90s version? My answer is too obvious for more wordings.

It depends the way you look at it. I was born in 1995 and if I had to pick I would say they were closer to the 10's for my late childhood. The main reason is because of the late 00's. Even though I was already in my early teens, the late 00's were the funnest time for me and 2008 and 2009 usually get associated with 2010's culture. But for early childhood it was of course closer the the 90s. But this is all theoretical, my childhood is the 00's and nothing more than that. Now enough with this decadology junk.  ;D

It depends the way you look at it. I was born in 1995 and if I had to pick I would say they were closer to the 10's for my late childhood. The main reason is because of the late 00's. Even though I was already in my early teens, the late 00's were the funnest time for me and 2008 and 2009 usually get associated with 2010's culture.

I had mentioned the exact same thing too. That would be 2007-2009 for me. I define late childhood as your middle school years. It's the complete opposite of your early childhood years in toddlerhood or preschool/pre-K life. Middle schoolers are the oldest kids or youngest teens but they are still considered as the oldest cohort of children who are still immature for most of the part. High school on the other hand, you are no longer a child, you are in the peak of your teenage (adolescence) years, and you start preparing for the real world.

But for early childhood it was of course closer the the 90s. But this is all theoretical, my childhood is the 00's and nothing more than that.

Depends on which part of the 2000's you spent your core childhood in. It's obvious that our early childhoods were closer to the 90's, but if most of your core childhood was throughout the 1st half of the 2000's decade, then I'd say closer to the 90's, but late 2004-mid 2006 seems like in between 90's and 2010's.

Now enough with this decadology junk.  ;D

Hahahahaha!!!

Yeah, I think the mid '00s is pretty core '00s to the point that I don't think it's closer to either '90s or '10s.

I was born in '89 what does that make me? My teenage years started in 2003. So my last childhood years would have been 2000-2003 I guess. I measure the end of childhood to be when masturbation starts ;D I would say that it was closer to the 90s, the mid 2000s is when it starts getting all high tech.

I was born in '89 what does that make me? My teenage years started in 2003. So my last childhood years would have been 2000-2003 I guess. I measure the end of childhood to be when masturbation starts ;D I would say that it was closer to the 90s, the mid 2000s is when it starts getting all high tech.


If we go by that rule, my childhood ended earlier than yours but I'm four years younger than you  ;D

Early 00s.. closer to the 90s, definitely. I was 12 in 2007.. and I'd say it was closer to the 2010s, as there was nothing remotely 1990s about the year, but 2007 and 2016 certainly seem nothing alike to me, so I'd say 2005-2008 in particular was in the middle, with 2009 closer to the 2010s by far.

The 2000s was its own thing. They weren't close to either the 90s or the 10's. Even the early 2000s weren't similar to the mid 90s at all.

The 2000s was its own thing. They weren't close to either the 90s or the 10's. Even the early 2000s weren't similar to the mid 90s at all.


Well the question was whether your childhood was closer to the 90's or 2010's in general. The early 2000's was closer to the late 90's, heck even the same era by a lot of people, so that period is still closer to the 90's than 2010's without a question. The mid 2000's was a transitional period, stagnant type culture that was so distant from both the 90's & 2010's it can't really be said whether it's closer to the 90's or 2010's, it's debatable. I think by the time you get to 2006 the culture is closer to the 2010's than 90's. Me being born in 1996, I'd say when I was 3-7 the culture was closer to the 90's, when I was 8 & 9 it was about even, but when I was 10-12 it was closer to the 2010's.

Well the question was whether your childhood was closer to the 90's or 2010's in general. The early 2000's was closer to the late 90's, heck even the same era by a lot of people, so that period is still closer to the 90's than 2010's without a question. The mid 2000's was a transitional period, stagnant type culture that was so distant from both the 90's & 2010's it can't really be said whether it's closer to the 90's or 2010's, it's debatable. I think by the time you get to 2006 the culture is closer to the 2010's than 90's. Me being born in 1996, I'd say when I was 3-7 the culture was closer to the 90's, when I was 8 & 9 it was about even, but when I was 10-12 it was closer to the 2010's.

Yeah but true 90s culture is from the mid 90s, not the late 90s. At least that's what I think.

Yeah but true 90s culture is from the mid 90s, not the late 90s. At least that's what I think.


All I remember about the mid-90s was playing Freddi Fish, Putt Putt, Pajama Sam and pinball on my computer, instead of checkers on Yahoo! Games in the early 2000s lol. Quite the fall from grace.

Does 1997 count as mid-90s? I think that's when my dad bought a computer. Or it might've been '96... can't really remember. I remember when the computer was brand new, but I don't ever remember it not being there  ;D

Yeah but true 90s culture is from the mid 90s, not the late 90s. At least that's what I think.


Well yeah you're correct. It's like how the mid '00s feels nothing like the '90s or '10s. Late '90s and early '00s have similarities. Similar to how the late '00s and early '10s have similarities.  The core '00s or '90s or '80s is where the peak of a decades culture would normally be.


Does 1997 count as mid-90s?


Hmm, I'm not entirely sure on that. Personally I thought 1997 was core '90s. It's late '90s, but still had that core feel I suppose (although keep in mind that my views on this are opinionated). And another I was also wondering if people saw 2007 as part of the core '00s in terms of culture or what?

Well yeah you're correct. It's like how the mid '00s feels nothing like the '90s or '10s. Late '90s and early '00s have similarities. Similar to how the late '00s and early '10s have similarities.  The core '00s or '90s or '80s is where the peak of a decades culture would normally be.

Hmm, I'm not entirely sure on that. Personally I thought 1997 was core '90s. It's late '90s, but still had that core feel I suppose (although keep in mind that my views on this are opinionated). And another I was also wondering if people saw 2007 as part of the core '00s in terms of culture or what?


I consider 2007-early 2008 to be late but still core 2000s. Maybe that's the same feel '97 had.

I guess I got no mid-90s under my belt  :\'(

I consider 2007-early 2008 to be late but still core 2000s. Maybe that's the same feel '97 had.

I guess I got no mid-90s under my belt  :\'(


WHAT THIS?!  :o No mid-90s under your belt!? >:( BEGONE! I hereby banish you to the dark corners of the internet that shall not be named. Come back when you've learned your lesson about missing out on the mid '90s you swine!

Trying to remember the mid-90s has brought back a lot of 1997 memories for me  :o I remembe when my dad bought the computer and I was totally obsessed with screensavers.

Like that Windows 95 maze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRL5durPleI

And the haunted house! My dad took me to his job and I guess I was pissing him off trying to play with a safe in his office, he opened this haunted house screensaver and I promised to be good.  :\'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWfq6BOBB2g

WHAT THIS?!  :o No mid-90s under your belt!? >:( BEGONE! I hereby banish you to the dark corners of the internet that shall not be named. Come back when you've learned your lesson about missing out on the mid '90s you swine!

I... I... can dance the Macarena! Please don't banish me  :\'(

I... I... can dance the Macarena! Please don't banish me  :\'(


The Macarena you say? Oh well it's all good then, mate.  8)

Trying to remember the mid-90s has brought back a lot of 1997 memories for me  :o I remembe when my dad bought the computer and I was totally obsessed with screensavers.

Like that Windows 95 maze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRL5durPleI

And the haunted house! My dad took me to his job and I guess I was pissing him off trying to play with a safe in his office, he opened this haunted house screensaver and I promised to be good.  :\'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWfq6BOBB2g

I don't


As a child I barely had any contact with computers except for moments where I was in school. I remember thinking that a screensaver was something that would prevent your monitor from malfunctioning.

The Macarena you say? Oh well it's all good then, mate.  8)


My junior kindergarten teacher's last name was literally Macarena. Whenever anyone asked what my teacher's name was and I'd tell them, they'd start dancing the Macarena.  And of course I'd attack them because I was sure they were making fun of her  >:(

As a child barely had any contact with computers except for moments where I was in school. I remember thinking that a screensaver was something that would prevent your monitor from malfunctioning.


LOL that actually makes a lot of sense given the name.  ;D

Yeah but true 90s culture is from the mid 90s, not the late 90s. At least that's what I think.


A comparison could be made about 2007 too, it's obviously not related to core 2010's culture around 2013-present, since it's still a late 2000's cultural year and part of the core 2000's, but 2007 is still overall closer to the 2010's than 90's though, that's the question of the thread.

Does 1997 count as mid-90s? I think that's when my dad bought a computer. Or it might've been '96... can't really remember. I remember when the computer was brand new, but I don't ever remember it not being there  ;D

Nope 1997 is definitely late, just not VERY late like late 1998 and 1999.

Mathematically speaking if we were to use the typical age 3-12 definition of childhood then this how it would look like for 2000's kids:

b. 1992: 10 years closer/within the 90's

b. 1993: 9 years closer/within the 90's, 1 year closer to the 10's

b. 1994: 8 years closer/within the 90's, 2 years closer to the 10's

b. 1995: 7 years closer/within the 90's, 3 years closer to the 10's

b. 1996: 6 years closer/within the 90's, 4 years closer to the 10's

b. 1997: 5 years closer to the 90's, 5 years closer to the 10's

b. 1998: 4 years closer to the 90's, 6 years closer/within the 10's

b. 1999: 3 years closer to the 90's, 7 years closer/within the 10's

b. 2000: 2 years closer to the 90's, 8 years closer/within the 10's

b. 2001: 1 year closer to the 90's, 9 years closer/within the 10's

b. 2002: 10 years closer/within the 10's


So those born from 1992-First Half of 1997 would've had most of their childhoods closer to and or within the 90's

While those born from Second Half of 1997-2002 would've had most of their childhoods closer to and or within the 10's

So those born from 1992-First Half of 1997 would've had most of their childhoods closer to and or within the 90's

While those born from Second Half of 1997-2002 would've had most of their childhoods closer to and or within the 10's

Pretty good man! :) I generally don't like to refer to myself as a decade kid, but I made a list. It's only my opinion.
1992-1995/96ers are older 00s kids
Late 1996-1998ers are true 00s kids
1999ers-2001/02ers youngest 00s kids

Pretty good man! :) I generally don't like to refer to myself as a decade kid, but I made a list. It's only my opinion.
1992-1995/96ers are older 00s kids
Late 1996-1998ers are true 00s kids
1999ers-2001/02ers youngest 00s kids


Same, it sounds pretty stupid saying '00s kid' or whatever. I just say that I grew up in the 2000's or the Bush 43' Era and came of age during the Obama Era.

My childhood spanned from 2002-2011, so there's no doubting that it was definitely closer to the '10s. However, in terms of what my childhood was like, I would say that it actually had more in common with the '90s. I think any person who experienced most of their childhood in the 2000's could lay claim to this. These are the reasons why I believe my childhood related more with the '90s:

* Smartphones and tablets simply weren't around when I was a kid. Granted, they did become popular in 2010 (when I was 11), but my core childhood had already concluded by that point and I was really more of a pre-teen/young teenager at that point anyway. As a collective cohort, I think those of us who were born close to the turn of the century, were the last to properly experience a childhood without smartphone or tablet devices.
* My first console was a PS1.
* I can vividly remember a time before Facebook, YouTube and Twitter existed.
* Analogue TV's and VHS were still popular during most of my childhood.
* I have vivid memories of the Early 2000's.
* Rock was a dominant mainstream genre throughout my entire childhood.
* I experienced one year of my childhood (2002) in the Y2K cultural period.
* I had (and still do have) a cassette player growing up and I know many people from my year group had one too.

Of course, that's not to say that my childhood was exactly like the '90s or anything like that. However, in terms of what my overall childhood experience was like, I would say that it did have a few more things in common with the '90s than it did with the 2010s.

My childhood spanned from 2002-2011, so there's no doubting that it was definitely closer to the '10s. However, in terms of what my childhood was like, I would say that it actually had more in common with the '90s. I think any person who experienced most of their childhood in the 2000's could lay claim to this. These are the reasons why I believe my childhood related more with the '90s:

* Smartphones and tablets simply weren't around when I was a kid. Granted, they did become popular in 2010 (when I was 11), but my core childhood had already concluded by that point and I was really more of a pre-teen/young teenager at that point anyway. As a collective cohort, I think those of us who were born close to the turn of the century, were the last to properly experience a childhood without smartphone or tablet devices.
* My first console was a PS1.
* I can vividly remember a time before Facebook, YouTube and Twitter existed.
* Analogue TV's and VHS were still popular during most of my childhood.
* I have vivid memories of the Early 2000's.
* Rock was a dominant mainstream genre throughout my entire childhood.
* I experienced one year of my childhood (2002) in the Y2K cultural period.
* I had (and still do have) a cassette player growing up and I know many people from my year group had one too.

Of course, that's not to say that my childhood was exactly like the '90s or anything like that. However, in terms of what my overall childhood experience was like, I would say that it did have a few more things in common with the '90s than it did with the 2010s.


It's a question of which it is more similar to, rather than to which it is identical. For example, of course you didn't have a tablet or a smartphone in the 2000s, but a lot of kids had a laptop or a cellphone in the mid-late 2000, and having a portable computer or phone is more similar to the 2010s than the 1990s, when almost no kid had a portable computer or a cellphone.

This is a fascinating topic because of how much technology has advanced since the '00s. As a teen during the '00s, the '90s always seemed ancient because of how advanced tech was then, but things have advanced so far during the '10s that it now makes me notice how much closer the '00s were overall to the '90s that I knew at the time.

There are some areas, particularly when it comes to the explosion of phones and social media during the second half of the '00s, where '00s kids might feel closer to the '10s than the '90s overall, but I do think there are clearly some areas, like SDTV still being dominant, VHS still being on store shelves, consoles like the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 still having a following, where certainly older '00s kids that can remember the early '00s would feel that their childhoods had quite a bit that was common with the '90s.

This is a fascinating topic because of how much technology has advanced since the '00s. As a teen during the '00s, the '90s always seemed ancient because of how advanced tech was then, but things have advanced so far during the '10s that it now makes me notice how much closer the '00s were overall to the '90s that I knew at the time.

There are some areas, particularly when it comes to the explosion of phones and social media during the second half of the '00s, where '00s kids might feel closer to the '10s than the '90s overall, but I do think there are clearly some areas, like SDTV still being dominant, VHS still being on store shelves, consoles like the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 still having a following, where certainly older '00s kids that can remember the early '00s would feel that their childhoods had quite a bit that was common with the '90s.


Well if a 00 kids childhood mainly took place in the first half of the 2000s then I can see how their childhood isn't too different from those who grew up in the late 1990s. I mean when you really boil down to it technology in the early 00s was only slightly more advance than late 90s tech. The gap between late 90s tech and early 00s tech is quite small vs the gap between early (and even mid) 00s tech to late 10s tech is very noticeable.

I see myself as a 00s teen and a late 90s and early 00s kid so my childhood is more closer to the 90s.

Up until 2006, pretty similar to the 90s, at least on the surface level. From 2007 onward, more similar to the 2010s.

I was born in 1995 and overall I'd say it was more similar to the 90's

Up until 2006, pretty similar to the 90s, at least on the surface level. From 2007 onward, more similar to the 2010s.


I was 7 in 2006, so I guess you could say that my childhood was half-and-half. Although overall, I would personally say that it slightly relates more with the '90s. Even though social media, HDTV and blackberries were popular towards the end of my childhood, I still think the absence of smartphones, tablets and streaming services is a key difference. I see those three things as being very influential on the childhood someone would experience in the 2010s.

It's a question of which it is more similar to, rather than to which it is identical. For example, of course you didn't have a tablet or a smartphone in the 2000s, but a lot of kids had a laptop or a cellphone in the mid-late 2000, and having a portable computer or phone is more similar to the 2010s than the 1990s, when almost no kid had a portable computer or a cellphone.


I never said that my childhood was identical to someone experiencing their childhood in the '90s. My original post was talking about similarities, yes, but the point wasn't too say that it was identical. In regards to your last sentence, it's interesting that you should mention that, because most people my age didn't get their first phone until they were around 11-13. I also didn't get my first laptop until I was almost 12. Most people my age would have most likely spent their time on a desktop PC growing up, which their whole family would have used. I personally don't know anyone (my age) who owned their own laptop during the Mid-Late 2000's.

I don't know why people think that growing up in the late '00s was so different than growing up in the mid '00s. They were 98% the same...it wasn't until 2010 or 2011 when the changes happened and by that time my childhood was pretty much over.

I never said that my childhood was identical to someone experiencing their childhood in the '90s. My original post was talking about similarities, yes, but the point wasn't too say that it was identical. In regards to your last sentence, it's interesting that you should mention that, because most people my age didn't get their first phone until they were around 11-13. I also didn't get my first laptop until I was almost 12. Most people my age would have most likely spent their time on a desktop PC growing up, which their whole family would have used. I personally don't know anyone (my age) who owned their own laptop during the Mid-Late 2000's.

I agree 100%.

Closer to the 2010s.

I never said that my childhood was identical to someone experiencing their childhood in the '90s. My original post was talking about similarities, yes, but the point wasn't too say that it was identical. In regards to your last sentence, it's interesting that you should mention that, because most people my age didn't get their first phone until they were around 11-13. I also didn't get my first laptop until I was almost 12. Most people my age would have most likely spent their time on a desktop PC growing up, which their whole family would have used. I personally don't know anyone (my age) who owned their own laptop during the Mid-Late 2000's.


I meant it's not identical to the 2010s. The late 2000s weren't identical to the 2010s, but them being more similar to the 2010s than the 1990s is what was being argued in this thread.

Also, I got a laptop in 2004 when I was 11. ;D I wanted to get a cellphone for my 12th birthday (in 2005), but my dad asked "why?" and I said "so I can take pictures", so he bought me a digital camera instead. ;D But my brother who was 10 that year got a phone, so it was pretty normal in 2004/2005. By the late 2000s it must have certainly been even more common.  :o

No they weren't. There was no Cartoon Network live-action shows, Flapjack, Chowder, Wii, PS3, iPhones, etc. until the late 2000s (late 2006-2009).

Yes they were. Also, those differences are mostly minor differences besides the PS3 (PS2 was still popular in the late '00s though). Every year there are new cartoons that debut and the iPhone was a novelty at the time and most certainly not used by kids. C'mon Zelek ::).

I don't know why people think that growing up in the late '00s was so different than growing up in the mid '00s. They were 98% the same...it wasn't until 2010 or 2011 when the changes happened and by that time my childhood was pretty much over.


Eh, they were pretty different in my eyes. I began high school in 2005 and graduated in 2009. The changes from year to year were gradual, but the differences between the two ends of that timeline are quite noticeable.

What I will agree with you on is that the late 00s were the late 00s, not the premature early 10s.

Eh, they were pretty different in my eyes. I began high school in 2005 and graduated in 2009. The changes from year to year were gradual, but the differences between the two ends of that timeline are quite noticeable.
That's because you were a teenager. Your childhood was long gone by then. The core of my childhood was the years 2004-2009 and while yes I exaggerated earlier with the "98% the same" claim...the differences between being a kid in the mid '00s and being a kid in the late '00s weren't that different as you guys are claiming.


What I will agree with you on is that the late 00s were the late 00s, not the premature early 10s.

Yep.

Eh, they were pretty different in my eyes. I began high school in 2005 and graduated in 2009. The changes from year to year were gradual, but the differences between the two ends of that timeline are quite noticeable.

What I will agree with you on is that the late 00s were the late 00s, not the premature early 10s.


I think ReignMan was referring more to technology usage and how it wasn't too different from the Mid 2000s. A lot of people tend to forget that just because the iPhone was released in 2007, it doesn't mean that everyone suddenly bought one and it completely changed everything.

I think ReignMan was referring more to technology usage and how it wasn't too different from the Mid 2000s. A lot of people tend to forget that just because the iPhone was released in 2007, it doesn't mean that everyone suddenly bought one and it completely changed everything.

Yes that was one point I was trying to make. Also, kid culture in the late '00s, in general, aside from some different cartoons wasn't really different from kid culture in the mid '00s.

Yes that was one point I was trying to make. Also, kid culture in the late '00s, in general, aside from some different cartoons wasn't really different from kid culture in the mid '00s.


Fair enough. To be honest, i'm not even all that familiar with the kid culture of the Late '00s, because 2007 was the last year where I watched "new" cartoons (with the exception of Spongebob). I still watched cartoons in 2008 and 2009, but I was only watching shows from the past, such as Sheep in the Big City, early episodes of Spongebob, The Flintstones, Wacky Races and Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies. :P

That's because you were a teenager. Your childhood was long gone by then. The core of my childhood was the years 2004-2009 and while yes I exaggerated earlier with the "98% the same" claim...the differences between being a kid in the mid '00s and being a kid in the late '00s weren't that different as you guys are claiming.

I've always thought that one was more perceptible to change at a younger age due to brain development. I define my core childhood years as 1996-2002. When you're 10-11 years old, six years is an eternity because it's basically your entire cognizant lifetime. Fast forward to today, and it's a different story; 2011-2017 is just one big blur.

I've always thought that one was more perceptible to change at a younger age due to brain development. I define my core childhood years as 1996-2002. When you're 10-11 years old, six years is an eternity because it's basically your entire cognizant lifetime. Fast forward to today, and it's a different story; 2011-2017 is just one big blur.

2013-present has felt like one big blur to me for the most part.

I didn't think it would be controversial to say that 2007 (let alone 2009) is more similar to 2010 than to 1999. We had Xbox 360s, HDTVs, broadband Internet, YouTube, Facebook, Call of Duty, etc. by then.

There was definitely social media, online video, and "smart"phones in 2004, though that depends on how smart you think cell phones of the 00's are.


Yes they were. Also, those differences are mostly minor differences besides the PS3 (PS2 was still popular in the late '00s though). Every year there are new cartoons that debut and the iPhone was a novelty at the time and most certainly not used by kids. C'mon Zelek ::).

Do people not remember the phenomenon of media overhype in the late 00s? CNET put out a video in 08/09 saying that the while it was doing moderately well, the BlackBerry and Motorola were both still dominating worldwide cell phone userbase despite media-generated popularity for the iPhone. Same thing with Twitter. The media kept reporting on it in 2009, but a quick google search of articles and forum posts from 2009 reveals that people even back then were mentioning that Twitter had more presence on TV and celeb gossip programs than it did in the average western household.

There was definitely social media, online video, and "smart"phones in 2004, though that depends on how smart you think cell phones of the 00's are.


Yes there was, but that's not the point. The first PC computer was introduced in 1975, but it didn't just suddenly change the way people lived out their lives. Just because some things were invented or already existed at a certain time, it doesn't mean that they were widely adopted by the public at that time. The Google search engine was launched in September 1998, but it's not like everyone suddenly switched over to Google just after it was launched to the public.

There was definitely social media, online video, and "smart"phones in 2004, though that depends on how smart you think cell phones of the 00's are.
Do people not remember the phenomenon of media overhype in the late 00s? CNET put out a video in 08/09 saying that the while it was doing moderately well, the BlackBerry and Motorola were both still dominating worldwide cell phone userbase despite media-generated popularity for the iPhone. Same thing with Twitter. The media kept reporting on it in 2009, but a quick google search of articles and forum posts from 2009 reveals that people even back then were mentioning that Twitter had more presence on TV and celeb gossip programs than it did in the average western household.


Yeah, 2004/2005 is when things started getting really modern. VHS was dead and buried (I definitely got the Spongebob Movie on DVD lol), kids in my classroom started getting cellphones, our school installed WiFi and we had to bring laptops to school (or they'd give you one), the PSP/iPod took off and the Walkman was history, MMOs like Runescape and Habbo (or Club Penguin for the little ones) were popular, MySpace took off (although probably not among little kids like Facebook) etc.

But overall I'd say there were almost no signs of the 2010s coming in, even though the '90s were clearly history. That's why 2004, 2005 and I'll got out on a leg and say 2006 as well, are neither like the '90s nor the '10s. They're just pure, unadulterated 2000s. I mean, yeah, we had laptops, but instead of paying attention in class, we used them for LAN parties on Counterstrike. Does it really get more 2000s than that? ;D

Also, I'm not sure if you remember, but the precursor to YouTube was Yahoo! Music, but along with that, MuchMusic (or MTV in the US) still had strong ratings and sway on pop culture, so sometimes you have 2010s-like things coexisting with 1990s-like things too.

The most recent '00s year that seems completely new school to me is 2008. That was when I finally got an HDTV, an iPhone, first found Twitter, and when Facebook started to overtake the competition as the dominant social media platform. Also, George W. Bush was nearly forgotten as Obama became the most talked about US politician, which gives that year a more modern quality.

Okay, maybe I wasn't clear enough in my original post. I don't think my childhood was anything like a '90s childhood. I don't think the 2000's were exactly like the '90s or the 2010's. The question of this thread is if we thought our childhood was closer to the '90s or the '10s. In terms of when it occurred, my childhood was obviously closer to the '10s. However, when it comes to what my overall childhood experience was like, I would say that it has slightly more in common with the '90s. That doesn't mean that I don't think it has anything in common with the 2010s. Does that clear things up?

The most recent '00s year that seems completely new school to me is 2008. That was when I finally got an HDTV, an iPhone, first found Twitter, and when Facebook started to overtake the competition as the dominant social media platform. Also, George W. Bush was nearly forgotten as Obama became the most talked about US politician, which gives that year a more modern quality.


Jeesh, just thinking about Ex-President Bush makes pre-2008 seem old.

Was born in 2002. I grew up in the late 2000's and early 2010's, so my childhood is undeniably closer to the 2010's. But if we are going by how it was like, then it's a mixture of both.

When I was 3-9 years old, I didn't have a smartphone, social media, or a YouTube account. Most of my time was spent playing outside or playing with toys inside my basement. What makes it more like the '10's though is that I sometimes would play online games back in 2009 and I would watch YT videos, especially ones that were about club penguin. My late childhood (10-12) was definitely more 2010's than 90's. I had a YT account and started making my own videos, I got a Samsung tablet for Christmas when I was 11 and I started to download all the new and cool trending apps, I got my first smartphone at age 12 because that was the age that I no longer needed a babysitter.

In conclusion, I'd say ages 3-6 were more like 90's, ages 7-9 is in between, ages 10-12 were more like 10's.

I think ReignMan was referring more to technology usage and how it wasn't too different from the Mid 2000s. A lot of people tend to forget that just because the iPhone was released in 2007, it doesn't mean that everyone suddenly bought one and it completely changed everything.

In my opinion i think the biggest differences between mid and late 2000s kids were
1.the amount of time they could spend online and the fact that dial up in 2003 and 2004 was slower and more expensive than wireless broadband in 2008 and 2009.
2. The animated movies kids were seeing in the late 2000s are very similar to those made this decades;While animated kids movies in 2003, 2004 and early 2005 were more similar to those made in the early 2000s.
3. Late 2000s kids were more likely to see violent movies and play violent games at earlier ages than mid 2000s kids.

Was born in 2002. I grew up in the late 2000's and early 2010's, so my childhood is undeniably closer to the 2010's. But if we are going by how it was like, then it's a mixture of both.

When I was 3-9 years old, I didn't have a smartphone, social media, or a YouTube account. Most of my time was spent playing outside or playing with toys inside my basement. What makes it more like the '10's though is that I sometimes would play online games back in 2009 and I would watch YT videos, especially ones that were about club penguin. My late childhood (10-12) was definitely more 2010's than 90's. I had a YT account and started making my own videos, I got a Samsung tablet for Christmas when I was 11 and I started to download all the new and cool trending apps, I got my first smartphone at age 12 because that was the age that I no longer needed a babysitter.

In conclusion, I'd say ages 3-6 were more like 90's, ages 7-9 is in between, ages 10-12 were more like 10's.


That's really more with my case.

I was 3-6 in 2002-2005, 7-9 in 2006-2008, and 10-12 in 2009-2011.

In my opinion i think the biggest differences between mid and late 2000s kids were
1.the amount of time they could spend online and the fact that dial up in 2003 and 2004 was slower and more expensive than wireless broadband in 2008 and 2009.
2. The animated movies kids were seeing in the late 2000s are very similar to those made this decades;While animated kids movies in 2003, 2004 and early 2005 were more similar to those made in the early 2000s.
3. Late 2000s kids were more likely to see violent movies and play violent games at earlier ages than mid 2000s kids.


The biggest difference to me is the video games, with the 7th gen going into full force in 2007 and online console gaming taking off. I remember there being way too many kids playing Halo 3 in the late 2000s ;D 7th gen was in until 2013, so it's very much a 2010s thing as it is 2000s.

All of my early childhood and I would say a big amount of my core childhood was closer to the 90s then the 10s, however numerically my childhod was closer to the 10s overall.

The first part of my childhood, ages 4-6 which was 1991 to 1993, was more like the '80s, the peak years, ages 7-9 which was 1994 to 1996, was still not too different than the '80s, and even my late years, ages 10-12 which was 1997 to 1999, were arguably closer to the '80s than 2009.

Well a chunk of my childhood was in the '90s. But if we're talking age 5 and up, my childhood was probably right in the middle or maybe closer to the '10s. However I relate a lot more to '90s kids as I have older siblings and rarely ever talked to anyone born younger than me.

For me, ages 3/4, in 1996 and 1997 was closer to the '80s than the 2000s, just for me personally, since I had an Atari and NES with a dial-tune TV complete with bunny ears ;D 1997 was getting kind of 2000s though, since I got a Windows Computer with dial up Internet, and I played CD ROM games on it (but also floppy disk games).

Ages 5/6 in 1998 and 1999 was obviously leaning towards the 2000s though. They started teaching how to use the Internet in school. My dad also got a cellphone in '99.

Ages 7-9 from 2000 to 2002 is leaning more towards the '90s than the '10s. Still had dial-up Internet with Windows 98, getting CD games in my cereal box, blowing my N64 cartridges to get them to work, going to the video store to rent video games and movies on VHS, had a tiny tube TV with a VHS player attached to it, still used film cameras, still use those giant VHS camcorders, my car didn't even have CD player so my parents still bought their music on cassette, etc. I can really go on forever. It was a high tech '90s.

In 2003 (when I was 10) is when it got really modern, because I got broadband Internet along with Windows XP and an LCD monitor. I started going online almost everyday instead of once or twice a week like in the early 2000s. I also got a DVD player (I still rented VHS though). And the GBASP with its backlit screen also came out; no more buying batteries for me lol. I'd say it was leaning a little bit towards the '90s, but any trace of the '90s were on their death bed at that point. In 2004, like I explained above, it was all gone, and 2005 was even more high tech.

So to answer the thread title, as a 2000s kid, for me it was
Ages 3-6 = literally '90s
Ages 7-10 = closer to the '90s
Ages 11/12 = not like the '90s at all, but YouTube didn't exist yet. In between.

I don't think a lot of younger forum members get the point of the question. Mathematically speaking if you had most of your childhood, aka ages 3-12, in 2005 & later, yes your childhood is closer in comparison to that of a 10's kid then a 90's kid. Its just a fact. Even if you want to talk about the more fluid nature on pop culture and trends, if you had most of your core childhood (ages 5-10) post 2005, that means you were a kid when:

Web 2.0 was clearly more dominant than Web 1.0

VHS was practically irrelevant and a relic of the past

Online gaming was now much more common

Most kid channels had started to lean more towards Z kid culture, rather than Y kid culture

Cell phones now ubiquitous, smartphones starting to gain traction

HDTVs becoming viable to most people, thus rising in popularity

Among other trends. Now, and please lets try to be as honest as possible, does this really sound more aligned with the 1990's or the 2010's? I genuinely would like to hear your guys opinions on this, because to me it seems more 10's.

I don't think a lot of younger forum members get the point of the question. Mathematically speaking if you had most of your childhood, aka ages 3-12, in 2005 & later, yes your childhood is closer in comparison to that of a 10's kid then a 90's kid. Its just a fact. Even if you want to talk about the more fluid nature on pop culture and trends, if you had most of your core childhood (ages 5-10) post 2005, that means you were a kid when:

Web 2.0 was clearly more dominant than Web 1.0

VHS was practically irrelevant and a relic of the past

Online gaming was now much more common

Most kid channels had started to lean more towards Z kid culture, rather than Y kid culture

Cell phones now ubiquitous, smartphones starting to gain traction

HDTVs becoming viable to most people, thus rising in popularity

Among other trends. Now, and please lets try to be as honest as possible, does this really sound more aligned with the 1990's or the 2010's? I genuinely would like to hear your guys opinions on this, because to me it seems more 10's.

Yes these are good points.

I don't think a lot of younger forum members get the point of the question. Mathematically speaking if you had most of your childhood, aka ages 3-12, in 2005 & later, yes your childhood is closer in comparison to that of a 10's kid then a 90's kid. Its just a fact. Even if you want to talk about the more fluid nature on pop culture and trends, if you had most of your core childhood (ages 5-10) post 2005, that means you were a kid when:


I understand the question, very clearly. I have already stressed more than once that my childhood was closer to the 2010s than it was to the '90s. Like I mentioned in my earlier post, I don't think my childhood experience was exactly like that of a '90s childhood or a '10s childhood, for that matter. However, when it comes to what my overall childhood experience was like, I would say that it has slightly more in common with the '90s. That doesn't mean that I don't think it has anything in common with the 2010s.

Web 2.0 was clearly more dominant than Web 1.0

I do agree with this.

VHS was practically irrelevant and a relic of the past

VHS wasn't a "relic of the past" in the Mid-Late 2000s. In fact, plenty of people still used VHS during that time, even if it no longer was the dominant format in home entertainment. I can remember going to a DVD rental store in 2006 and most of the kids movies were still on video. Even if you wanted to be nit-picky and base it off when the last major Hollywood movie came out on VHS, I was already 7 by that point.

Online gaming was now much more common

Online gaming may have surged in popularity during the Mid 2000s, but it was actually already quite popular and readily available in the Early 2000s. The Playstation 2 and Xbox both offered online functionality. But I suppose that doesn't count, because it was before Late 2006 (when supposedly everything went 'downhill' and 00's culture died off).  ::)

Most kid channels had started to lean more towards Z kid culture, rather than Y kid culture

That is very subjective. The boundaries for both generations are not set in stone, so I don't know how you can pinpoint when Y kid culture ended and Z kid culture started. It was a gradual transition, not an overnight one. I do agree that by 2008/2009, kids culture was geared towards a new generation (Gen Z, if you will), but I was almost at the end of my core childhood by that point and I had personally stopped watching new kids shows anyway.

Cell phones now ubiquitous, smartphones starting to gain traction

That is just blatant ageism. ::) I'm not even going to argue my point here, because it's a waste of my time. Smartphones became widespread and adapted by the general population around 2010/2011 and I was already out of my core childhood and more of a pre-teen/tween by that point.

HDTVs becoming viable to most people, thus rising in popularity

HDTVs started to become viable to the general population around 2008/2009. Most channels still broadcast in 4:3 ratio prior to that and they were still too expensive for a lot of people. Although I was still in my core childhood at the time, I had already experienced over half of it prior to when HDTVs started to become adapted by most of the population.

I don't think a lot of younger forum members get the point of the question. Mathematically speaking if you had most of your childhood, aka ages 3-12, in 2005 & later, yes your childhood is closer in comparison to that of a 10's kid then a 90's kid. Its just a fact. Even if you want to talk about the more fluid nature on pop culture and trends, if you had most of your core childhood (ages 5-10) post 2005, that means you were a kid when:

Web 2.0 was clearly more dominant than Web 1.0

VHS was practically irrelevant and a relic of the past

Online gaming was now much more common

Most kid channels had started to lean more towards Z kid culture, rather than Y kid culture

Cell phones now ubiquitous, smartphones starting to gain traction

HDTVs becoming viable to most people, thus rising in popularity

Among other trends. Now, and please lets try to be as honest as possible, does this really sound more aligned with the 1990's or the 2010's? I genuinely would like to hear your guys opinions on this, because to me it seems more 10's.


Nahhh, I wouldn't use 2005 as just a cut off date, instead I think being a child during the 2004-2007 core 2000s period is sort of in the middle and could lean either way. During this time you did have lots of new technology emerging like you said, however there was ALOT of old stuff from the 90s still used during this time, and people got these new things at different times so I would just say during that period it depends on the person. 2004-2007 was the last period where VHS and dialup were still quite common, while new social media was slowly becoming more influential that's why I wouldn't say it wasn't until 2008 that it was well and truly closer to the 10s then the 90s.

In my opinion i think the biggest differences between mid and late 2000s kids were
1.the amount of time they could spend online and the fact that dial up in 2003 and 2004 was slower and more expensive than wireless broadband in 2008 and 2009.
2. The animated movies kids were seeing in the late 2000s are very similar to those made this decades;While animated kids movies in 2003, 2004 and early 2005 were more similar to those made in the early 2000s.
3. Late 2000s kids were more likely to see violent movies and play violent games at earlier ages than mid 2000s kids.


I actually experienced my core childhood between 2004-2009, so i'm both a Mid 2000's and a Late 2000's kid. I do agree with the points you raised. :)

Nahhh, I wouldn't use 2005 as just a cut off date, instead I think being a child during the 2004-2007 core 2000s period is sort of in the middle and could lean either way. During this time you did have lots of new technology emerging like you said, however there was ALOT of old stuff from the 90s still used during this time, and people got these new things at different times so I would just say during that period it depends on the person. 2004-2007 was the last period where VHS and dialup were still quite common, while new social media was slowly becoming more influential that's why I wouldn't say it wasn't until 2008 that it was well and truly closer to the 10s then the 90s.
What old 90s things were still used in New Zealand?

My childhood was....closer to the '00s. How about that? 8)

My childhood was....closer to the '00s. How about that? 8)
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Nice joke!

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No problemo ;).

Yes there was, but that's not the point. The first PC computer was introduced in 1975, but it didn't just suddenly change the way people lived out their lives. Just because some things were invented or already existed at a certain time, it doesn't mean that they were widely adopted by the public at that time. The Google search engine was launched in September 1998, but it's not like everyone suddenly switched over to Google just after it was launched to the public.

Yeah if everyone started watching T'V's when they were invented in 1927 it would have had a big effect on late 1920s, 1930s and 1940s culture.

What old 90s things were still used in New Zealand?


Well I did state a few things such as dialup, VHS etc, but I was just thinking becasue a few days ago I saw an article on TV about the use of technology in primary schools across the country and I got me thinking about how much different it is to be in primary school now vs when I was there which wasn't even that long ago. You know wayyyyy back when I was a kid at school,  we were writing with a pencil and a book like kids for decades had been doing, all of a sudden writing and doing work now means going on their iPads or laptops. I could go on forever but I really can't be bothered........no I'm not saying I was a 90s kid LOL

Well I did state a few things such as dial-up, VHS etc, but I was just thinking because a few days ago I saw an article on TV about the use of technology in primary schools across the country and I got me thinking about how much different it is to be in primary school now vs when I was there which wasn't even that long ago. You know way back when I was a kid at school,  we were writing with a pencil and a book like kids for decades had been doing, all of a sudden writing and doing work now means going on their iPads or laptops. I could go on forever but I really can't be bothered........no I'm not saying I was a 90s kid LOL
Oh. I know the feeling man. It making lots of people old these days. Oh, and how long did the old tech last in your country?

Well I did state a few things such as dialup, VHS etc, but I was just thinking becasue a few days ago I saw an article on TV about the use of technology in primary schools across the country and I got me thinking about how much different it is to be in primary school now vs when I was there which wasn't even that long ago. You know wayyyyy back when I was a kid at school,  we were writing with a pencil and a book like kids for decades had been doing, all of a sudden writing and doing work now means going on their iPads or laptops. I could go on forever but I really can't be bothered........no I'm not saying I was a 90s kid LOL


But for argument's sake, lets say in NZ 80's/90's tech like CDs, VHS, Dial up, etc. continued being common up until the late 2000's. That means that theoretically, even some 10's kids could claim that their childhood was somewhat or in part influenced by the 90's. Someone born in 2005 in NZ would've been 5 in 2010, just (going based on your knowledge and what you claim) a few years after VHS was supposedly relevant. Thus it wouldn't be hard to believe that someone even born in the mid 2000's would have some first hand memories of things like VHS, CDs, etc.

Am I wrong?

Am I wrong?

No you're right

No you're right


Yeah um can you not speak for me.... You don't know my life or my experiences so...

What old 90s things were still used in New Zealand?


It wouldn't have been drastically different from the US. It's not like New Zealand is a third-world country or anything. :P

Oh. I know the feeling man. It making lots of people old these days. Oh, and how long did the old tech last in your country?


Basically I would say 2004-2007 was kind of this old tech from previous decades mixed with new emerging technology during this time which didn't takeover until later in the very late 2000s or early 2010s. In primary School I remember around the last few months of my time there (mid-late 2010), was when things started to change. for example all the old Computers from the Laboratory were thrown out and replaced with new laptops/computers in every classroom, also new smart boards were introduced which were a bit of a disaster, all of this new stuff made around the last half of the year at my primary school feel quite different to all the other years there, particularly from when I started in February 2005.

also new smart boards were introduced which were a bit of a disaster


We got interactive whiteboards installed at my primary school in 2008. It's interesting to hear that your primary school didn't get them until 2010!

We got interactive whiteboards installed at my primary school in 2008. It's interesting to hear that your primary school didn't get them until 2010!

We got those in 2006

It wouldn't have been drastically different from the US. It's not like New Zealand is a third-world country or anything. :P
So I say that Australia and NZ had their transitions between 2004/05 and '08?


In Primary School I remember around the last few months of my time there (mid-late 2010), was when things started to change. for example all the old Computers from the Laboratory were thrown out and replaced with new laptops/computers in every classroom, also new smart boards were introduced which were a bit of a disaster, all of this new stuff made around the last half of the year at my primary school feel quite different to all the other years there, particularly from when I started in February 2005.
That's what happened with my school district. In the middle of the 2009-10 year, we had received brand new laptops where everyone had an account and password where they used them along with those smart boards; however, only math classes had them in my school district. All the others still used the regular white boards.

We got those in 2006


My school had one of those in 2006, in IT class. The rest were regular black boards though. Laptops, we started using in 2004 (when I was in Grade 7) and used it throughout high school in the late 2000s.

We got those in 2006


We got those in 2010.

So I say that Australia and NZ had their transitions between 2004/05 and '08?



Pretty much ;)

I could believe it. The PS3 cost a grand down there. Everything is so expensive, wouldn't surprise me if DVD players were too ;D

I could believe it. The PS3 cost a grand down there. Everything is so expensive, wouldn't surprise me if DVD players were too ;D


Not sure if it was like this in New Zealand, but I remember back in 2007, the PS3 was close to $1,000. Even when I bought my PS3 back in 2012, they were still around $200-$250. :P

I think my childhood was more closer to both 1990's and 2010's. I was born in 1997, so I was an ultimate 2000's kids. I was 2 years old in the beginning of 2000, and 12 years old at the end of 2009. I remember watching movies through a VCR, and having a Gameboy Advance SP. I remember the old Microsoft computers, and playing usually tycoon games, along with the early Sims franchise. I grew up around a huge influence of core late 1990's, 2000's music. I remember the old and classic MTV. I remember the MySpace trend. The release of the Wii and the PS3. I remember having memories recorded on a video camcorder instead of a phone. I remember the W. Bush administration, and witnessing the rise of the Obama administration. I began witnessing a transformation in the zeitgeists during middle school when club dance house and electro-pop started becoming popular, and the everyone started getting smartphones. I would say I was caught up in the middle. As for adolescence, I would definitely say I'm more of a 2010's teenager since I spent my whole teens in this decade.

Neither. 00s kids had different childhoods from both 90s kids and 10s kids.

Neither. 00s kids had different childhoods from both 90s kids and 10s kids.

Well obviously. However, the question was a matter of similarity not exactness.

Well obviously. However, the question was a matter of similarity not exactness.

I guess so.
Personally, my childhood was closer to the 90s even though I was born in 2002, because I have 6 older siblings born between 1986-1998.

I guess so.
Personally, my childhood was closer to the 90s even though I was born in 2002, because I have 6 older siblings born between 1986-1998.

Damn, you have siblings born in the 80’s? That’s kind of shocking tbh. I didn’t know people my age had siblings of that age range.
I have an older brother born in late 1993 and an older sister born in late 1996. I’m the youngest.

Damn, you have siblings born in the 80’s? That’s kind of shocking tbh. I didn’t know people my age had siblings of that age range.
I have an older brother born in late 1993 and an older sister born in late 1996. I’m the youngest.


One of my friends has a (half) sibling born in the 60s! :o

Damn, you have siblings born in the 80’s? That’s kind of shocking tbh. I didn’t know people my age had siblings of that age range.
I have an older brother born in late 1993 and an older sister born in late 1996. I’m the youngest.

I didn't realize that was rare tbh :o ;D.

I didn't realize that was rare tbh :o ;D.

Well I personally don’t know anyone my age that has a sibling born in the 80’s. You guys are so far apart in age though. They’re like 13-16 years older than you depending on the year. People around that age range are probably having their own kids, and then there’s the 2000’s babies who are still in school. Do you have baby boomer parents?

Well I personally don’t know anyone my age that has a sibling born in the 80’s. You guys are so far apart in age though. They’re like 13-16 years older than you depending on the year. People around that age range are probably having their own kids, and then there’s the 2000’s babies who are still in school. Do you have baby boomer parents?

I am not your age, but my sister was born in 1988 and my brother was born in 1990. I am the youngest in my family. My cousins were also born in 1989 and 1991 respectively. and all the rest were born before the '80s. I am literally the youngest in my entire extended family by a good mile.  ;D Not to mention a lot of my friends were older. Maybe that's why I relate a lot more to early '90s borns more than late '90s borns.

My cousins/siblings are mostly my age. My two brothers are born 1994 and 1995. Then the cousins I grew up were born 1990, 1992, 1993, two in 1994 and another two in 1995. I also hang around with my cousins born 1977, 1982, 1984, two in 1985, 1986 and 1987 a lot. They're a lot older than me though, I find it hard to say I "grew up with them". ;D

I have many more cousins older/younger than me (you can tell my parents were part of the Baby Boom...)  but I don't talk to them that often.

My cousins/siblings are mostly my age. My two brothers are born 1994 and 1995. Then the cousins I grew up were born 1990, 1992, 1993, two in 1994 and another two in 1995. I also hang around with my cousins born 1977, 1982, 1984, two in 1985, 1986 and 1987 a lot. They're a lot older than me though, I find it hard to say I "grew up with them". ;D

I have many more cousins older/younger than me (you can tell my parents were part of the Baby Boom...)  but I don't talk to them that often.

I have two cousins on my dad's side, the children of my father's sister, born in the late 1960s (not sure the exact years but they are almost 50 years old now). And one of them has a kid (sort of like my niece I guess) and even SHE is older than me by 4 years.  :o

I am the youngest out of my siblings, the youngest of my 22 direct cousins and the youngest of my 50+ extended cousins by quite a big amount of time! :-\\

My cousins/siblings are mostly my age. My two brothers are born 1994 and 1995. Then the cousins I grew up were born 1990, 1992, 1993, two in 1994 and another two in 1995. I also hang around with my cousins born 1977, 1982, 1984, two in 1985, 1986 and 1987 a lot. They're a lot older than me though, I find it hard to say I "grew up with them". ;D

I have many more cousins older/younger than me (you can tell my parents were part of the Baby Boom...)  but I don't talk to them that often.


That's a lot of young people!  ;D  ;D  ;D

I have two cousins on my dad's side, the children of my father's sister, born in the late 1960s (not sure the exact years but they are almost 50 years old now). And one of them has a kid (sort of like my niece I guess) and even SHE is older than me by 4 years.  :o


Oh, I have a f*cked up family tree like that too. My great grand-uncle (my grandmother's uncle) had a kid that's two years younger than me (dat fertility). Technically, that kid is my granduncle even though he's younger than me.

Do you get your niece to call you uncle? ;D

My sister was born in 1983.

However, 90% of my cousins were born between 1995-2000.

That's a lot of young people!  ;D  ;D  ;D


My mom had, like, 14 siblings (I don't know the exact number tbh). A lot of them have passed away (three as kids/teens, that I know of, two as adults), 9 of them are alive. My dad had 6 siblings (two passed away, one as a kid).

Oh, I have a f*cked up family tree like that too. My great grand-uncle (my grandmother's uncle) had a kid that's two years younger than me (dat fertility). Technically, that kid is my granduncle even though he's younger than me.

Do you get your niece to call you uncle? ;D

Haha that's funny. Nahh I don't talk to her that often because she lives in another city.  :P

On my mom's side most of my first cousins were born in the 80's, with one close to my age born in 94'. Conversely, on my dad's side while most of my first cousins were also born in the 80's, I also have plenty born in the 90's. About 6 or 7 of us were all born from about 1992-1996. I also have tons of second cousins on both sides of my family that are close in age.

Well I personally don’t know anyone my age that has a sibling born in the 80’s. You guys are so far apart in age though. They’re like 13-16 years older than you depending on the year. People around that age range are probably having their own kids, and then there’s the 2000’s babies who are still in school. Do you have baby boomer parents?

That's nothing compared to my mom and my aunt though. My mom's 26 years older than her. And yeah, you're right. My sister's actually pregnant with her first kid.

2000-2006 closer to 90s. 2006-2009 closer to 10s.

2000-2006 closer to 90s. 2006-2009 closer to 10s.


I don't know about 2005 (or even 2004). Kids started carrying around iPods then, kids started getting cellphones, PSP brought online gaming to consoles (and DS at the end of the year), online gaming was huge (Runescape, World of Warcraft, etc.), kids were doing a lot of their homework online etc. The '90s looked very quaint.

I don't know about 2005 (or even 2004). Kids started carrying around iPods then, kids started getting cellphones, PSP brought online gaming to consoles (and DS at the end of the year), online gaming was huge (Runescape, World of Warcraft, etc.), kids were doing a lot of their homework online etc. The '90s looked very quaint.


I would say 2000-2003= closer to 90s. 2004-2007= in between. 2008-2009= closer to 10s.

I don't know about 2005 (or even 2004). Kids started carrying around iPods then, kids started getting cellphones, PSP brought online gaming to consoles (and DS at the end of the year), online gaming was huge (Runescape, World of Warcraft, etc.), kids were doing a lot of their homework online etc. The '90s looked very quaint.


Yes, however 2004 seems very, very quaint compared to the 2010s doesn't it ;D

Based on my childhood:

*2001-2003 felt more like the '90s.

*2004-2007 felt like an intermediate period.

*2008-2009 felt more like the '10s but still very distinct from the 2010s. I don't get people who say that 2008-present is "one big era".

I don't remember anything from 2000, therefore, it is not on this chart.

2001-2004: More like the 90's

2005-2007: Neither more like the 90's nor 2010's

2008-2009: More like the 2010's

Based on my childhood:

*2001-2003 felt more like the '90s.

*2004-2007 felt like an intermediate period.

*2008-2009 felt more like the '10s but still very distinct from the 2010s. I don't get people who say that 2008-present is "one big era".


Yup, I agree. While 2008/9 were defiently more like the 10s than the 90s, it doesn't mean they actually were apart of the 2010s smh

Yup, I agree. While 2008/9 were defiently more like the 10s than the 90s, it doesn't mean they actually were apart of the 2010s smh

Yep, exactly.

Yup, I agree. While 2008/9 were defiently more like the 10s than the 90s, it doesn't mean they actually were apart of the 2010s smh

No they were part of the 2010s. Late 2008 and 2009 were cultural 2010s years.

for me now that i look back at it i feel more connection to the 90's, my childhood was dial up internet, vhs tapes, mtv & lots of 90's tv (friends, seinfeld, fraser)..

No they were part of the 2010s. Late 2008 and 2009 were cultural 2010s years.


Come on, why do you have to bring up this argument again. Can't you just understand that we have different opinions that we don't need to force onto eachother.

Yo GH1996! I haven't seen you on this forum in like 3 years.

Come on, why do you have to bring up this argument again. Can't you just understand that we have different opinions that we don't need to force onto eachother.


The argument never ends because it is decadeology, which has been explicitly banned on this forum for over a decade now. jfc.

Ant

Yo GH1996! I haven't seen you on this forum in like 3 years.


Yo! not on as much as i used to be, just moved to australia earlier this year so i've been a little busy... gonna try & be a little more active in 2018 haha

Yo GH1996! I haven't seen you on this forum in like three years.
Yeah, me either. He used to be active and contribute to discussions when he first signed up and somewhat disappeared in 2015-16. It's nice to know he still comes on here.


Yo! not on as much as I used to be, just moved to Australia earlier this year so I've been a little busy... going to try & be a little more active in 2018 haha
How is it down there in Australia? And are you from Canada? I remember reading that you lived there for some time.

Yup born and raised on the west coast of Canada, just recently moved to australia in april on a 2 year holiday/working visa.

Pretty hot down here even at 6am christmas morning it's about 18c

Yup born and raised on the west coast of Canada just recently moved to Australia in April on a 2-year holiday/working visa.

Pretty hot down here even at 6 am Christmas morning it's about 18c
Nice! Have you been to other counties aside from Australia?

I just read your other post on that it feels weird it's hot on Christmas down there, and I agree! It would take time to get used to that. ;D

Nice! Have you been to other counties aside from Australia?

I just read your other post on that it feels weird it's hot on Christmas down there, and I agree! It would take time to get used to that. ;D


Been to Mexico, the US (visited 12 states), France & the UK..

Australia is by far my favourite behind the US. Everything's just pretty laid back here and the people are great, only downside is that everything is extremely expensive and they drive on the other side of the road which im still getting used to haha

Been to Mexico, the US (visited 12 states), France & the UK..

Australia is by far my favourite behind the US. Everything's just pretty laid back here and the people are great, only downside is that everything is extremely expensive and they drive on the other side of the road which im still getting used to haha
Awesome man!

Oh yeah, i forgot that some countries drive on the left. Once I travel to other places, I'll keep that in mind especially since it looks weird too!

Oh, I have a f*cked up family tree like that too. My great grand-uncle (my grandmother's uncle) had a kid that's two years younger than me (dat fertility). Technically, that kid is my granduncle even though he's younger than me.

Do you get your niece to call you uncle? ;D
That's crazy that your great grandparent's sibling had a kid who is younger than you :o

As a late 2000's / early 2010's hybrid kid, it was a mixture of both, but if I had to pick it would be 2010's. I was already on YouTube by 2009 which didn't even exist in the 90's. I got a laptop at age 10 and a Samsung phone and tablet at age 11. My early childhood was more 90's like (ages 3-6)

The argument never ends because it is decadeology, which has been explicitly banned on this forum for over a decade now. jfc.

I can see why its frowned upon..... Causes alot of feelings! (Like Politics)

I was born in 1994, meaning my childhood extended from 1997-2006 (age 3-12).
Overall, I'd say my childhood was closer to the 90s, though part of that comes from having a lot of older cousins who handed me down older things from the 80s and 90s.
I also mostly grew up in Oregon, we tend to hold on to more anachronisms than more urban states.
My teenage years, on the other hand, felt like a hybrid of 00s and 10s, mostly 10s since I graduated in 2013, but early 10s specifically. It's crazy that's it's only been 5 years but being a teenager is so different now from when I was.

I was born in 1994, meaning my childhood extended from 1997-2006 (age 3-12).
Overall, I'd say my childhood was closer to the 90s, though part of that comes from having a lot of older cousins who handed me down older things from the 80s and 90s.
I also mostly grew up in Oregon, we tend to hold on to more anachronisms than more urban states.
My teenage years, on the other hand, felt like a hybrid of 00s and 10s, mostly 10s since I graduated in 2013, but early 10s specifically. It's crazy that's it's only been 5 years but being a teenager is so different now from when I was.


Yeah, I would say my teen years (2006-2012) are closer to the 2010s without question. Although maybe an interesting question is whether they're closer to the early 2000s or the mid-2010s. I'd say being a teen in 2006-2008 was definitely closer to the early 2000s (some listicles place 2006/2007 as "early 2000s teen" things LOL).

With 2009 it's kind of iffy, but I'll say that 2008-2009 high school year feels very old school compared to today. 2010 onwards might be more similar to the mid-2010s, I got an iPod Touch for my 17th birthday in February 2010.

Yeah, I would say my teen years (2006-2012) are closer to the 2010s without question. Although maybe an interesting question is whether they're closer to the early 2000s or the mid-2010s. I'd say being a teen in 2006-2008 was definitely closer to the early 2000s (some listicles place 2006/2007 as "early 2000s teen" things LOL).

With 2009 it's kind of iffy, but I'll say that 2008-2009 high school year feels very old school compared to today. 2010 onwards might be more similar to the mid-2010s, I got an iPod Touch for my 17th birthday in February 2010.


Haha, I got one in 2012 :P. I think my teen years were closer to the mid 2010s (2013-2019) becasue they literally were the mid 10s lol

My teen years were closer to the early 2010s, even though I was a teen in 2008 and 2009. But ages 15 to 18 were from 2010 to 2013.

Haha, I got one in 2012 :P. I think my teen years were closer to the mid 2010s (2013-2019) becasue they literally were the mid 10s lol

Yeah, my teen years are undeniably closer to the 2010’s, both numerically and culturally. Even though I’ll still technically be a teen in 2020-2021, I don’t consider myself a 2020’s teen at all, since I’ll be 18 by 2020. I consider myself a mid-late 2010’s teen.

If you think about it though, us 2002 borns are actually in fact the perfect late 2010’s teens. We are turning 16 right in the middle year of the late 2010’s, and age 16 is mathematically in the middle between ages 13-19.

Yeah, my teen years are undeniably closer to the 2010’s, both numerically and culturally. Even though I’ll still technically be a teen in 2020-2021, I don’t consider myself a 2020’s teen at all, since I’ll be 18 by 2020. I consider myself a mid-late 2010’s teen.

If you think about it though, us 2002 borns are actually in fact the perfect late 2010’s teens. We are turning 16 right in the middle year of the late 2010’s, and age 16 is mathematically in the middle between ages 13-19.


Your just as much a 2020s teen as you are a mid 2010s teen as you will be 18/19 in 2020/21 and you were 13/14 in 2015/16. Numerically, I was a mid 2010s teen as I became 13 in the early 2010s and 2019 will be my last year, and also I turned 16 in 2016

Yeah, my teen years are undeniably closer to the 2010’s, both numerically and culturally. Even though I’ll still technically be a teen in 2020-2021, I don’t consider myself a 2020’s teen at all, since I’ll be 18 by 2020. I consider myself a mid-late 2010’s teen.

If you think about it though, us 2002 borns are actually in fact the perfect late 2010’s teens. We are turning 16 right in the middle year of the late 2010’s, and age 16 is mathematically in the middle between ages 13-19.


I think when it actually comes, you will consider yourself an early '20s teen. Your last year of high school/first year of university tend to be the most memorable of your life, or at least that's how it was for me.

I think when it actually comes, you will consider yourself an early '20s teen. Your last year of high school/first year of university tend to be the most memorable of your life, or at least that's how it was for me.

That's how it was for me too. 2013 was one the most memorable years of my life definitely and that's the year I graduated. But I started university in 2015, I was still in college in 2013. For those Americans who are confused by this, college and university are two different things in Canada. College is a two year diploma usually taken at a polytechnic institution. University is for a four year bachelors degree. I first went to college then I transferred to a university and I will graduate in 2019.

1998-2000 are the Ultimate 2010s teens

I think when it actually comes, you will consider yourself an early '20s teen. Your last year of high school/first year of university tend to be the most memorable of your life, or at least that's how it was for me.

Teens are usually associated with middle school and high school though, not university. We'll only spend the first half of the first year of the 20s in high school.

I see core childhood as elementary. Preteen/early teen is middle school. And main teen years as high school. I don't count college/university since 18+ year olds aren't treated the same way as minors who are 17 and younger.

I think when it actually comes, you will consider yourself an early '20s teen. Your last year of high school/first year of university tend to be the most memorable of your life, or at least that's how it was for me.

Sorry, but just one year in high school in the 2020’s  compared to three in the 2010’s isn’t going to help.

I consider myself to be an Early-Mid 2010s teen.

I consider myself to be an Early-Mid 2010s teen.


Bruh how you an early 2010s teen if you 16 in '15 doesn't make no sense bro

Sorry, but just one year in high school in the 2020’s  compared to three in the 2010’s isn’t going to help.


Bruh I had 7 years in the 2010s how will that help

Bruh I had 7 years in the 2010s how will that help

What?  ???

Bruh how you an early 2010s teen if you 16 in '15 doesn't make no sense bro

He was 13-14 in the early 2010’s and 15-17 in the mid 2010’s. Sure he’s still technically a teen, but a 13 and 14 year old are more of a teenager than an 18 and 19 year old.

He was 13-14 in the early 2010’s and 15-17 in the mid 2010’s. Sure he’s still technically a teen, but a 13 and 14 year old are more of a teenager than an 18 and 19 year old.


No, just no

What?  ???


Bruh u literally 17-19 in the early 20s, you also 29s teen

He was 13-14 in the early 2010’s and 15-17 in the mid 2010’s. Sure he’s still technically a teen, but a 13 and 14 year old are more of a teenager than an 18 and 19 year old.


Yep. I started High School in Early 2012 and I also wasn't in my core childhood during the Early 2010s, so I don't really view it as belonging to my childhood. To be honest, I don't even really view myself as still being a teenager, even though I technically am. I've been a legal adult since March last year and I feel more like a young adult now, rather than a teen.

Yep. I started High School in Early 2012 and I also wasn't in my core childhood during the Early 2010s, so I don't really view it as belonging to my childhood. To be honest, I don't even really view myself as still being a teenager, even though I technically am. I've been a legal adult since March last year and I feel more like a young adult now, rather than a teen.

True. IMO ages 14-17 are your real teenage years.

That's how it was for me too. 2013 was one the most memorable years of my life definitely and that's the year I graduated. But I started university in 2015, I was still in college in 2013. For those Americans who are confused by this, college and university are two different things in Canada. College is a two year diploma usually taken at a polytechnic institution. University is for a four year bachelors degree. I first went to college then I transferred to a university and I will graduate in 2019.


Ah, I didn't go to college but I took a year off. So 2010 was the last year of high school, and 2011-2012 was my first year of university. I guess you could say I had most my teen memories 2010-2012 ;D

Teens are usually associated with middle school and high school though, not university. We'll only spend the first half of the first year of the 20s in high school.


But that's not how you're going to see it when it actually happens. You'll live through 2020 as a teenager and it will most likely be your most memorable year. You'll listen to early '20s songs and associate it with you teenage years/last year of high school, those are the songs they'll play at prom and they'll remind you of high school. Just like I associate Taio Cruz, Keisha with my teenagehood even though they came out only at the very end of my high school career.

I'm just saying, let's wait and see. ;)

But that's not how you're going to see it when it actually happens. You'll live through 2020 as a teenager and it will most likely be your most memorable year. You'll listen to early '20s songs and associate it with you teenage years/last year of high school, those are the songs they'll play at prom and they'll remind you of high school. Just like I associate Taio Cruz, Keisha with my teenagehood even though they came out only at the very end of my high school career.

I'm just saying, let's wait and see. ;)


I agree. While I'm at University from now on, Ill still consider myself a teenager for the next two years, even though Ive already graduated high school.

When I turned 18, I didn't see myself as a teenager anymore. Even though I technically still was. I felt like my teen years were finished then. But looking back in terms of my teen years I personally would say the most memorable was when I was 13 and 14. And the reason I say that is that was before my life fell apart. It's different for everyone but the years when I was 15 - 17 were terrible for me and when I was 13 and 14 it was really fun and I did most teenage things during that time. My mid teen years were so depressing and I had no fun but my early teen years I hung out with friends, went to the mall, and generally did a lot of teen things and I was happy. I would say all the way up to mid 2010 when I was a few months into being 15 and I graduated junior high school, those teen years were the most memorable to me so even though I am predominately a early 2010s teen for sure, I will always consider myself a late 2000s teen because that's when I had the best time and the best memories.

On the subject of age, I cannot believe I am 23 years old now. I truly feel old now like I left my early 20s behind. 23 is one of the weirdest ages I've experienced yet. It's like I'm still young, but feel like I need to get my life together by now at the same time.

When I turned 18, I didn't see myself as a teenager anymore. Even though I technically still was. I felt like my teen years were finished then. But looking back in terms of my teen years I personally would say the most memorable was when I was 13 and 14. And the reason I say that is that was before my life fell apart. It's different for everyone but the years when I was 15 - 17 were terrible for me and when I was 13 and 14 it was really fun and I did most teenage things during that time. My mid teen years were so depressing and I had no fun but my early teen years I hung out with friends, went to the mall, and generally did a lot of teen things and I was happy. I would say all the way up to mid 2010 when I was a few months into being 15 and I graduated junior high school, those teen years were the most memorable to me so even though I am predominately a early 2010s teen for sure, I will always consider myself a late 2000s teen because that's when I had the best time and the best memories.

On the subject of age, I cannot believe I am 23 years old now. I truly feel old now like I left my early 20s behind. 23 is one of the weirdest ages I've experienced yet. It's like I'm still young, but feel like I need to get my life together by now at the same time.


I felt so old at 23, old like never before. You feel like you should have your life together at that point, but you usually don't ;D

24/25 is the same. 24 is when you feel disassociated with the under 21 age group, but at work/older adults they still see you as a senior teenager, so in a way you'll feel younger at 24 than 23. I'm just few weeks shy of 25 now, officially a full grown adult in most people's eyes. I don't know how I'll feel about that.

What I find unfair is that this year in Ontario, everyone under 25 has free drug insurance from the government. They only started that this year and I only get it for one month.  :\'( Got damn, even the government is telling me I should have my life together at this point lmao.

I felt so old at 23, old like never before. You feel like you should have your life together at that point, but you usually don't ;D

24/25 is the same. 24 is when you feel disassociated with the under 21 age group, but at work/older adults they still see you as a senior teenager, so in a way you'll feel younger at 24 than 23. I'm just few weeks shy of 25 now, officially a full grown adult in most people's eyes. I don't know how I'll feel about that.

What I find unfair is that this year in Ontario, everyone under 25 has free drug insurance from the government. They only started that this year and I only get it for one month.  :\'( Got damn, even the government is telling me I should have my life together at this point lmao.

Yeah age 25 they say is when your brain finally becomes fully developed. Time is going by so fast now.  :(

Haha that's a good plan they made though, it's a start. Even here in Alberta we don't have that and even if you're young you still need insurance for drugs and dental.

Yeah age 25 they say is when your brain finally becomes fully developed. Time is going by so fast now.  :(

Haha that's a good plan they made though, it's a start. Even here in Alberta we don't have that and even if you're young you still need insurance for drugs and dental.


I'm going to vote NDP. They want to extend the plan to everybody. That way I won't feel old.

Being born late during a decade has it's advantages, as I've never had to argue that I was anything besides an '00s teen. Being 13 after mid 2000, and 20 after mid 2007, is pretty much ultimate early to mid '00s teen territory.

There is a bit of a difference after you start college, though, and I could see if somebody considers those years separate from their core teen years. Though I was still a teen, the mid '00s seem a bit different from, for example, 2002 or 2003, which was when I was during my peak teen years.

Being born late during a decade has it's advantages, as I've never had to argue that I was anything besides an '00s teen. Being 13 after mid 2000, and 20 after mid 2007, is pretty much ultimate early to mid '00s teen territory.

There is a bit of a difference after you start college, though, and I could see if somebody considers those years separate from their core teen years. Though I was still a teen, the mid '00s seem a bit different from, for example, 2002 or 2003, which was when I was during my peak teen years.

I agree.

To answer this question from a teen point of view, I would say that my teen years were overall closer to the '90s than they were to the '10s, though it began to slant more '10s later on. I was a teen from 2000 to 2007. During those early teen years, things obviously leaned more to the '90s side. Modern social media wasn't a thing yet, HD was still a luxury item, dial-up was still king, VHS was still relevant, and teens with mobile phones was not common. By the time I got to college, though, social media was taking off, YouTube was becoming big, and mobile phones were becoming pretty much a must have item, so things had shifted quite a bit.

I don't know about 2005 (or even 2004). Kids started carrying around iPods then, kids started getting cellphones, PSP brought online gaming to consoles (and DS at the end of the year), online gaming was huge (Runescape, World of Warcraft, etc.), kids were doing a lot of their homework online etc. The '90s looked very quaint.

I believe we are the same age (or close), so this is very strange.

In 2004 & 2005, I didn't ANY person my age with a cellphone. It would be ridiculous to get an 11/12 year old a cellphone. I still think it's weird that kids today get cellphones that young. Also, I personally have never ever had online homework in grade school. I also don't know anyone else in my age group who has had a considerable amount of online homework. Even in the computer classes I took in high school, we did not have online homework.

I believe we are the same age (or close), so this is very strange.

In 2004 & 2005, I didn't ANY person my age with a cellphone. It would be ridiculous to get an 11/12 year old a cellphone. I still think it's weird that kids today get cellphones that young. Also, I personally have never ever had online homework in grade school. I also don't know anyone else in my age group who has had a considerable amount of online homework. Even in the computer classes I took in high school, we did not have online homework.


Keep in mind that Slowpoke is from Canada, which is more technologically advanced than the United States. So, in 2004/2005 it would've likely have been more common for 12 years old to have cell phones and do homework online in Canada than in the U.S

I believe we are the same age (or close), so this is very strange.

In 2004 & 2005, I didn't ANY person my age with a cellphone. It would be ridiculous to get an 11/12 year old a cellphone. I still think it's weird that kids today get cellphones that young. Also, I personally have never ever had online homework in grade school. I also don't know anyone else in my age group who has had a considerable amount of online homework. Even in the computer classes I took in high school, we did not have online homework.


My then 10 year old brother got a cellphone in 2005. It was a Samsung flip phone with a camera. My then 11-year old brother also got one, but he won it in one of those grocery store scratch cards. I waited until I was 14 in 2007, it was forced on me though, I didn't really have many friends to have any use for a cellphone.  :-X Are you sure you don't remember anyone having one? That would be surprising. It wasn't a large amount, but I think maybe 10-20% of the kids in my class had a cellphone in 2004-05 school year.

Also, I have bad news for you on the cellphone ownership of 12 year olds in 2018. I remember my little sister was as young as 9 (in 2014) when she was begging for a phone because "everyone at school has one!" She says kids don't even write notes in some of her classes, they just take a picture of what's on the blackboard. :o

Do you mean to say you didn't have any online homework at all, or just a small amount? That would be surprising because in 2009 technology was advanced enough for me to have my Dropbox account with 500MB of data (a lot of my high school homework is still on there). But in 2004, my school installed Wi-fi (I remember dumb parents going NUTS about the 'Wifi radio waves cause cancer!!'), and kids brought laptops to school. You could hand in homework through the schools intranet drive (you can consider that proto-cloud computing) or kids came in with USB drives to stick into a school computer and drop it into the intranet that way.

Keep in mind that Slowpoke is from Canada, which is more technologically advanced than the United States. So, in 2004/2005 it would've likely have been more common for 12 years old to have cell phones and do homework online in Canada than in the U.S

It may have been common for most kids. But for me, I didn't get a cell phone until I was 16 years old, and I thank my parents for that. If I were to get a cellphone at that young of an age I would probably be so dependent on it today. But now I can easily go without my phone for days no problem.

Keep in mind that Slowpoke is from Canada, which is more technologically advanced than the United States. So, in 2004/2005 it would've likely have been more common for 12 years old to have cell phones and do homework online in Canada than in the U.S

Ok, well that makes sense. Thanks for letting me know.

I apologize to Slowpoke for saying that it would be ridiculous for a 12 year old to have a cellphone. I didn't realize you were from Canada. It's just that here in the U.S. people my age weren't really getting devices like cellphones and laptops until about 8th/9th grade.

My then 10 year old brother got a cellphone in 2005. It was a Samsung flip phone with a camera. My then 11-year old brother also got one, but he won it in one of those grocery store scratch cards. I waited until I was 14 in 2007, it was forced on me though, I didn't really have many friends to have any use for a cellphone.  :-X Are you sure you don't remember anyone having one? That would be surprising. It wasn't a large amount, but I think maybe 10-20% of the kids in my class had a cellphone in 2004-05 school year.

Also, I have bad news for you on the cellphone ownership of 12 year olds in 2018. I remember my little sister was as young as 9 (in 2014) when she was begging for a phone because "everyone at school has one!" She says kids don't even write notes in some of her classes, they just take a picture of what's on the blackboard. :o

Do you mean to say you didn't have any online homework at all, or just a small amount? That would be surprising because in 2009 technology was advanced enough for me to have my Dropbox account with 500MB of data (a lot of my high school homework is still on there). But in 2004, my school installed Wi-fi (I remember dumb parents going NUTS about the 'Wifi radio waves cause cancer!!'), and kids brought laptops to school. You could hand in homework through the schools intranet drive (you can consider that proto-cloud computing) or kids came in with USB drives to stick into a school computer and drop it into the intranet that way.

Yeah, I know kids nowadays are getting cellphones really young. It still a little strange to me but it's becoming more commonplace and I'm getting used to it. In 5th grade I didn't know of any kids with a cell. In 6th grade, there may have been a few(?) but it was really uncommon. We used homephones to speak to each other.

I never did homework online in grade school. I didn't even start using dropbox, google drive etc until college. But we did use flashdrives in high school. However, in 6th and 7th grade I was still using floppy disks.

In high school, If we needed to turn in homework we would simply send it over an email to our teachers. But we were only allowed to do this if the homework was late and we received an extended deadline. 

I am honestly baffled that you guys could bring laptops to school! Especially in 2004-2005. That would never be allowed at my school! I didn't even have a laptop until about 8th grade. But even in high school they would never allow us to bring our own laptops because they would be a "distraction." If we did, we would definitely get in trouble. During my senior year there were talks of bringing more technology (such as laptops) into the classroom but there was strong reluctance. It's crazy how we have had vastly different experiences. :)

It may have been common for most kids. But for me, I didn't get a cell phone until I was 16 years old, and I thank my parents for that. If I were to get a cellphone at that young of an age I would probably be so dependent on it today. But now I can easily go without my phone for days no problem.


I'm the opposite haha. My parents forced me to get a phone. I didn't want one! I was hanging out at my friend's house late, until 10/11PM and my parents would get worried so my dad hand-me-down his 2005 Motorola phone. I wasn't even that far, they could have literally walked 3 minutes and knocked on my friend's door and I'd be there.  ::) It was this crap phone, I had it until September 2010 LOL.

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That screen is microscopic by today's standards. I remember even back then I was annoyed that you can literally see the pixels.


Ok, well that makes sense. Thanks for letting me know.

I apologize to Slowpoke for saying that it would be ridiculous for a 12 year old to have a cellphone. I didn't realize you were from Canada. It's just that here in the U.S. people my age weren't really getting devices like cellphones and laptops until about 8th/9th grade.


Oh, you don't need to apologize, no offence taken. ;)

I'm surprised you didn't start seeing cellphones before that though. I think actually Canada's cellphone ownership rate was actually slightly lower than the US/Europe back then.

Yeah, I know kids nowadays are getting cellphones really young. It still a little strange to me but it's becoming more commonplace and I'm getting used to it. In 5th grade I didn't know of any kids with a cell. In 6th grade, there may have been a few(?) but it was really uncommon. We used homephones to speak to each other.

I never did homework online in grade school. I didn't even start using dropbox, google drive etc until college. But we did use flashdrives in high school. However, in 6th and 7th grade I was still using floppy disks.

In high school, If we needed to turn in homework we would simply send it over an email to our teachers. But we were only allowed to do this if the homework was late and we received an extended deadline. 

I am honestly baffled that you guys could bring laptops to school! Especially in 2004-2005. That would never be allowed at my school! I didn't even have a laptop until about 8th grade. But even in high school they would never allow us to bring our own laptops because they would be a "distraction." If we did, we would definitely get in trouble. During my senior year there were talks of bringing more technology (such as laptops) into the classroom but there was strong reluctance. It's crazy how we have had vastly different experiences. :)


Yeah, in Grades 5 and 6 (which was 2002-2004 for me), I didn't know any kid with a cellphone. It started in Grade 7 (2004-05). To be fair, those kids (including my brother!) were rather spoilt. It took a few more years before normal kids started owning one.

I could believe you for using floppy disks in 7th Grade. Actually, at the beginning of 2004-05 school year, I did some homework on my computer, and I asked my dad if we had a USB stick, and he told me to just use a floppy disk, which I did. But when I went to school that day with my floppy in hand, the teacher looked at me like I was crazy and the other kids were laughing. His laptop didn't have a floppy drive, so I had to go buy a USB stick that night.  :-[

Yeah, kids started bringing in laptops in 2004, and it was encouraged. In some classes laptops were 'mandatory', so a person would come in with a tray of laptops for kids who didn't have one, and hand them out (and you had to give it back at the end of class). I agree honestly they were distracting and hurt more than they helped. Kids just played Counterstrike in class (those were the days...). The teacher would periodically ask "what's with all the clicking?" ;D

Yeah, in Grades 5 and 6 (which was 2002-2004 for me), I didn't know any kid with a cellphone. It started in Grade 7 (2004-05). To be fair, those kids (including my brother!) were rather spoilt. It took a few more years before normal kids started owning one.

I could believe you for using floppy disks in 7th Grade. Actually, at the beginning of 2004-05 school year, I did some homework on my computer, and I asked my dad if we had a USB stick, and he told me to just use a floppy disk, which I did. But when I went to school that day with my floppy in hand, the teacher looked at me like I was crazy and the other kids were laughing. His laptop didn't have a floppy drive, so I had to go buy a USB stick that night.  :-[

Yeah, kids started bringing in laptops in 2004, and it was encouraged. In some classes laptops were 'mandatory', so a person would come in with a tray of laptops for kids who didn't have one, and hand them out (and you had to give it back at the end of class). I agree honestly they were distracting and hurt more than they helped. Kids just played Counterstrike in class (those were the days...). The teacher would periodically ask "what's with all the clicking?" ;D


When I was in Intermediate (Year 7 & 8 ), everyone had cellphones by then but bassically no one had and iPhone.

Yeah, in Grades 5 and 6 (which was 2002-2004 for me), I didn't know any kid with a cellphone. It started in Grade 7 (2004-05). To be fair, those kids (including my brother!) were rather spoilt. It took a few more years before normal kids started owning one.

I could believe you for using floppy disks in 7th Grade. Actually, at the beginning of 2004-05 school year, I did some homework on my computer, and I asked my dad if we had a USB stick, and he told me to just use a floppy disk, which I did. But when I went to school that day with my floppy in hand, the teacher looked at me like I was crazy and the other kids were laughing. His laptop didn't have a floppy drive, so I had to go buy a USB stick that night.  :-[

Yeah, kids started bringing in laptops in 2004, and it was encouraged. In some classes laptops were 'mandatory', so a person would come in with a tray of laptops for kids who didn't have one, and hand them out (and you had to give it back at the end of class). I agree honestly they were distracting and hurt more than they helped. Kids just played Counterstrike in class (those were the days...). The teacher would periodically ask "what's with all the clicking?" ;D

Wow your experience makes me feel like I was so slow to technology lol.

Yeah, I know kids nowadays are getting cellphones really young. It still a little strange to me but it's becoming more commonplace and I'm getting used to it. In 5th grade I didn't know of any kids with a cell. In 6th grade, there may have been a few(?) but it was really uncommon. We used homephones to speak to each other.

I never did homework online in grade school. I didn't even start using dropbox, google drive etc until college. But we did use flashdrives in high school. However, in 6th and 7th grade I was still using floppy disks.

In high school, If we needed to turn in homework we would simply send it over an email to our teachers. But we were only allowed to do this if the homework was late and we received an extended deadline. 

I am honestly baffled that you guys could bring laptops to school! Especially in 2004-2005. That would never be allowed at my school! I didn't even have a laptop until about 8th grade. But even in high school they would never allow us to bring our own laptops because they would be a "distraction." If we did, we would definitely get in trouble. During my senior year there were talks of bringing more technology (such as laptops) into the classroom but there was strong reluctance. It's crazy how we have had vastly different experiences. :)

Your experience is the same as mine. At that time, I don't remember most people having a cell phone either, and if they did they certainly were not on it daily compared to today. I feel the same way with laptops. I don't recall anyone bringing one to school or even doing online homework. Everything was practically done in person and on paper. It's amazing how much technology has changed in the past 13-14 years. :o

When I was in Intermediate (Year 7 & 8 ), everyone had cellphones by then but bassically no one had and iPhone.


Was that 2011/2012?

Was that 2011/2012?


Yup :P

When I first entered high school barely anyone had iphones, majority had blackberry or flip/slide phones.

By the time I graduated in 2014 at least 80% of my class had iPhones & the rest had Samsung etc.

2000-Sept. 10, 2001 = for sure closer to 90s
Sept. 11, 2001-Early 2004 = still closer to 90s
Mid 2004-Mid 2006 = neither
Late 2006-2009 = closer to 2010s

Yeah, I know kids nowadays are getting cellphones really young. It still a little strange to me but it's becoming more commonplace and I'm getting used to it. In 5th grade I didn't know of any kids with a cell. In 6th grade, there may have been a few(?) but it was really uncommon. We used homephones to speak to each other.

I never did homework online in grade school. I didn't even start using dropbox, google drive etc until college. But we did use flashdrives in high school. However, in 6th and 7th grade I was still using floppy disks.

In high school, If we needed to turn in homework we would simply send it over an email to our teachers. But we were only allowed to do this if the homework was late and we received an extended deadline. 

I am honestly baffled that you guys could bring laptops to school! Especially in 2004-2005. That would never be allowed at my school! I didn't even have a laptop until about 8th grade. But even in high school they would never allow us to bring our own laptops because they would be a "distraction." If we did, we would definitely get in trouble. During my senior year there were talks of bringing more technology (such as laptops) into the classroom but there was strong reluctance. It's crazy how we have had vastly different experiences. :)


Laptops didn't become legal in my school system until the year after I graduated high school lol. However, you had to use their internet so a lot of sites you could go to in your own home were blocked. I talked to my sister who was 2 years under me.

Early 2000s (2000-2003) = More like 90s / Post 90s era
Mid 2000s (2003-2006) = Core 00s (neither like 90s or 10s)
Late 2000s (2006-2009) = More like 10s / Pre 10s era

1989-1991 = More like 90s, obviously because they're 90s/00s kid hybrids leaning towards the 90s.
1992 = 1997-2003 = More like 90s.
1993 = 1998-2004 = More like 90s.
1994 = 1999-2005 = More like 90s.
1995 = 2000-2006 = More like 90s, with 10s influences.
1996 = 2001-2007 = More like 90s, with 10s influences.
1997 = 2002-2008 = More like 10s, with 90s influences.
1998 = 2003-2009 = More like 10s, with 90s influences.
1999 = 2004-2010 = More like 10s.
2000 = 2005-2011 = More like 10s.
2001 = 2006-2012 = More like 10s.
2002-2004 = More like 10s, obviously because they're 00s/10s kid hybrids leaning towards the 10s

I'm sorry but this makes NO SENSE.

I'm sorry but this makes NO SENSE.


He was probably doing it numerically, with people born in 1992-1994/95 graduating in the early part of this decade, people born in 1995/96-1998 graduating in the mid part of this decade, and people born in 1999-2001 graduating in the late part of this decade.

Ten years before you graduate high school is the absolute peak of your childhood as well.

He was probably doing it numerically, with people born in 1992-1994/95 graduating in the early part of this decade, people born in 1995/96-1998 graduating in the mid part of this decade, and people born in 1999-2001 graduating in the late part of this decade.

Ten years before you graduate high school is the absolute peak of your childhood as well.


Holy f*ck, my "peak childhood" was 17 years ago. 2001 was 17 years ago...

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I'm sorry but this makes NO SENSE.


It seems pretty logical to me... If you spent most of your childhood mathematically in 2005 or later, then your childhood was closer to the 2010s. Vice versa if you spent most of your childhood before 2005.

He was probably doing it numerically, with people born in 1992-1994/95 graduating in the early part of this decade, people born in 1995/96-1998 graduating in the mid part of this decade, and people born in 1999-2001 graduating in the late part of this decade.

Ten years before you graduate high school is the absolute peak of your childhood as well.

EDIT: Read comment below.

You know what let me revise my statement. Certain parts of WiiFan's post makes no sense in my opinion.

My childhood is closer to the 2000's. :P
You know what let me revise my statement. Certain parts of WiiFan's post makes no sense in my opinion.

Mathematically speaking, any year before 2005 is closer to 1999 than 2010, and any year after 2004 is closer to 2010 than 1999.

Everyone born after 1997 had a childhood that was mathematically closer to the 2010's. 1997 borns are just stuck in the middle and their childhood is as 2000's as you can get. Everyone born before 1997 had a childhood mathematically closer to the 90's. :P

My childhood is closer to the 2000's. :PMathematically speaking, any year before 2005 is closer to 1999 than 2010, and any year after 2004 is closer to 2010 than 1999.

Everyone born after 1997 had a childhood that was mathematically closer to the 2010's. 1997 borns are just stuck in the middle and their childhood is as 2000's as you can get. Everyone born before 1997 had a childhood mathematically closer to the 90's. :P


Yup, however just because your childhood leans toward the 2010s numerically, it doesn't always mean that your childhood would have been anymore like that. My childhood is from 2003-2012 so obviously leans 2010s numerically. Regardless, I don't really see the point in this thread, can't we just be happy we were 2000s kids lol (I mean let's be real, our childhoods were way better than 90s & 10s :P ;D)

It seems pretty logical to me... If you spent most of your childhood mathematically in 2005 or later, then your childhood was closer to the 2010s. Vice versa if you spent most of your childhood before 2005.


The one thing that I somewhat disagree with him about is that he said that 1995 is "more like 90's but with 10's influence".

Basically, he is saying 2003 (a 1995 born's peak childhood) is mid 2000's rather than early 2000's.

The one thing that I somewhat disagree with him about is that he said that 1995 is "more like 90's but with 10's influence".

Basically, he is saying 2003 (a 1995 born's peak childhood) is mid 2000's rather than early 2000's.


I think he may have been taking the entire core childhood (I'm assuming he alluded to ages 5-11 being core, which seems fair to me) into account. Meaning for 1995 borns, ages 5-9 were spent during the first half of the decade, which clearly puts them into more on the 90s side in general. However, they spent ages 10 & 11 in 2005 & 2006 respectively, meaning 95ers had a minuscule 10s influence as well.

The one thing that I somewhat disagree with him about is that he said that 1995 is "more like 90's but with 10's influence".

Basically, he is saying 2003 (a 1995 born's peak childhood) is mid 2000's rather than early 2000's.

It actually is, numerically speaking. The mid-2000's started on May 1, 2003. It was the early 2000's for 4 months and the mid for 8 months that year.

You know what let me revise WiiFan's chart, going by ages 5-11 as core childhood to see where people would land:

Born in 1993 & before: Entire Core Childhood closer to and or within the 1990s

Born in 1994: 6 years closer/within the 1990s, only 1 year closer to the 2010s

Born in 1995: 5 years closer to the 90s, 2 years closer to the 10s

Born in 1996: 4 years closer to the 90s, 3 years closer to the 10s

Born in 1997: 3 years closer to the 90s, 4 years closer to the 10s

Born in 1998: 2 years closer to the 90s, 5 years closer to the 10s

Born in 1999: only 1 year closer to the 90s, 6 years closer/within the 10s

Born in 2000 and after: Entire Core Childhood closer to and or within the 2010s


If this is taking solely core childhood into account then that would mean those born in 1996 & before had a childhood more akin to the 1990s, while those born after 1996 had a childhood more akin to the 2010s.

However, if we were to take the entire childhood period into account (ages 3-12), which is vital to understanding where one's childhood would empirically and culturally align more towards, then those born in the First Half of 1997 & before would've had a childhood akin to the 1990s, while those born in the Second Half of 1997 and onwards would've had a childhood more akin to that of the 2010s.

Thus its fair to say when dealing with us 2000s kids, that those born from Late 1992-Mid 1997 had more of a 90s influenced childhood, while those born from Late 1997-Mid 2002 had more of 00s influenced childhood.



It actually is, numerically speaking. The mid-2000's started on May 1, 2003. It was the early 2000's for 4 months and the mid for 8 months that year.


Good points. I think what Ty was saying was that 2003 was culturally early 2000s. Regardless if it was early or mid 00s though (I've had countless debates on this dreaded topic, but I digress), 2003 is still safely within the first half of the decade. Since ages 7 & 8 are the epitome of one's childhood, someone born in 1995 being ages 7 & 8 in the years 2002 & 2003 respectively clearly mathematically (and arguably culturally) had their childhoods closer to the 1990s than the 2010s. That is just a fact.

It's pretty easy tbh, if we classify 2000s kids as anyone born between 1993-2001 then you can split them into three even groups:

1993/1994/1995: Early 2000s kids (Closer to 90s)

1996/1997/1998: Mid 2000s kids (Equal)

1999/2000/2001: Late 2000s kids (Closer to 10s)

Let's stick to the numerics to avoid going into decadology territory.  :P

Let's stick to the numerics to avoid going into decadology territory.  :P


Coming from you of all people... ::)

You know what let me revise WiiFan's chart, going by ages 5-11 as core childhood to see where people would land:

Born in 1993 & before: Entire Core Childhood closer to and or within the 1990s

Born in 1994: 6 years closer/within the 1990s, only 1 year closer to the 2010s

Born in 1995: 5 years closer to the 90s, 2 years closer to the 10s

Born in 1996: 4 years closer to the 90s, 3 years closer to the 10s

Born in 1997: 3 years closer to the 90s, 4 years closer to the 10s

Born in 1998: 2 years closer to the 90s, 5 years closer to the 10s

Born in 1999: only 1 year closer to the 90s, 6 years closer/within the 10s

Born in 2000 and after: Entire Core Childhood closer to and or within the 2010s


If this is taking solely core childhood into account then that would mean those born in 1996 & before had a childhood more akin to the 1990s, while those born after 1996 had a childhood more akin to the 2010s.

However, if we were to take the entire childhood period into account (ages 3-12), which is vital to understanding where one's childhood would empirically and culturally align more towards, then those born in the First Half of 1997 & before would've had a childhood akin to the 1990s, while those born in the Second Half of 1997 and onwards would've had a childhood more akin to that of the 2010s.

Thus its fair to say when dealing with us 2000s kids, that those born from Late 1992-Mid 1997 had more of a 90s influenced childhood, while those born from Late 1997-Mid 2002 had more of 00s influenced childhood.


Good points. I think what Ty was saying was that 2003 was culturally early 2000s. Regardless if it was early or mid 00s though (I've had countless debates on this dreaded topic, but I digress), 2003 is still safely within the first half of the decade. Since ages 7 & 8 are the epitome of one's childhood, someone born in 1995 being ages 7 & 8 in the years 2002 & 2003 respectively clearly mathematically (and arguably culturally) had their childhoods closer to the 1990s than the 2010s. That is just a fact.


How come you went by halves earlier (like when you brought up about January-June 1997 and July-December 1997)?

Coming from you of all people... ::)

Yes, I don't like decadology I only like sticking to numeric dates.

It's pretty easy tbh, if we classify 2000s kids as anyone born between 1993-2001 then you can split them into three even groups:

1993/1994/1995: Early 2000s kids (Closer to 90s)

1996/1997/1998: Mid 2000s kids (Equal)

1999/2000/2001: Late 2000s kids (Closer to 10s)

96ers are lucky. They're half 90s, half 2000s.

96ers are lucky. They're half 90s, half 2000s.


You mean 2010's?

Yes, I don't like decadology I only like sticking to numeric dates.


Then explain to me why you think late 2008 & 2009 are early 2010s, last time I checked they were numerical 2000s years.

Then explain to me why you think late 2008 & 2009 are early 2010s, last time I checked they were numerical 2000s years.

They are pop culturally speaking.  :) Numerically of course they are late 2000s.

Now, I see why some of the older memebers are annoyed by decadeology and now I see why it was banned in the first place. Decadeology is ABSOLUTELY REPULSIVE 8-P :-X.

You guys need to stop.

Now, I see why some of the older memebers are annoyed by decadeology and now I see why it was banned in the first place. Decadeology is ABSOLUTELY REPULSIVE 8-P :-X.

You guys need to stop.


Needs to stop

Then explain to me why you think late 2008 & 2009 are early 2010s, last time I checked they were numerical 2000s years.


We do not need another explanation of that ;D

They are pop culturally speaking.  :) Numerically of course they are late 2000s.

Yep, I agree. 2009 definitely felt early ‘10s especially with Lady Gaga, electropop, Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Glee, and Obama becoming president. I don’t consider 2009 a 2000s year.

Yep, I agree. 2009 definitely felt early ‘10s especially with Lady Gaga, electropop, Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Glee, and Obama becoming president. I don’t consider 2009 a 2000s year.

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Yep, I agree. 2009 definitely felt early ‘10s especially with Lady Gaga, electropop, Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Glee, and Obama becoming president. I don’t consider 2009 a 2000s year.

Yeah, it felt like the beginning of the new decade. Most notably the music.

We do not need another explanation of that ;D


I didn't want another explanantion obviously, I wanted to show him how hypocritical he is sounding right now.

I didn't want another explanantion obviously, I wanted to show him how hypocritical he is sounding right now.

Well you're wrong lol. I do prefer numeric dates but saying some years are culturally part of a decade or era isn't decadology.

Yep, I agree. 2009 definitely felt early ‘10s especially with Lady Gaga, electropop, Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Glee, and Obama becoming president. I don’t consider 2009 a 2000s year.


There were still late 2000s influences (I.e. - Heroes, Ghost Whisperer, Numbers) in ‘09. 2009 was the second to last year of the late 2000s.

Are childhoods of the early 2000s more similar to childhoods of the late 1980s or late 2010s; now that's an interesting question. 2000 is just as close to 1982 as it is to 2018.  :o

Are childhoods of the early 2000s more similar to childhoods of the late 1980s or late 2010s; now that's an interesting question. 2000 is just as close to 1982 as it is to 2018.  :o


Nooooooo, please just noooo

Are childhoods of the early 2000s more similar to childhoods of the late 1980s early 1980s or late 2010s; now that's an interesting question. 2000 is just as close to 1982 as it is to 2018.  :o

Nooooooo, please just noooo

No what?  ???

Nooooooo, please just noooo


Did you mean to quote another post? :P




To me it feels obvious that the early 2000s would be similar to the late 2010s in this case, since we had cable TV and computers in the early 2000s while most kids in the early '80s didn't. "Computer" won TIME's Person of the Year in 1982, but I think it wasn't until the late 1980s/early 1990s that it became common to have one, and definitely not until the Y2K era before a majority of households owned one.

Did you mean to quote another post? :P

Nope :P


To me it feels obvious that the early 2000s would be similar to the late 2010s in this case, since we had cable TV and computers in the early 2000s while most kids in the early '80s didn't. "Computer" won TIME's Person of the Year in 1982, but I think it wasn't until the late 1980s/early 1990s that it became common to have one, and definitely not until the Y2K era before a majority of households owned one.

My family got one in 1998

Nope :P
My family got one in 1998


My dad had one before I was born. We got a Windows 95 computer in 1997 though, I consider that my first computer.

Did you mean to quote another post? :P

I got confused about why they said "no please no" too lol.

Are childhoods of the early 2000s more similar to childhoods of the late 1980s or late 2010s; now that's an interesting question. 2000 is just as close to 1982 as it is to 2018.  :o

I think childhoods of the early 2000s are closer to the 2010s because of the internet. Having said that, I know many people who lived in rural areas had very slow internet or no internet at all in the early 2000s and if you were in that situation, I would say those childhoods would be more similar to the 1980s.

Are childhoods of the early 2000s more similar to childhoods of the late 1980s or late 2010s; now that's an interesting question. 2000 is just as close to 1982 as it is to 2018.  :o

Definitely a lot closer to the late 2010s. the 00s and the 10s are relatively similar, but the 00s and the 80s are definitely not.

Definitely a lot closer to the late 2010s. the 00s and the 10s are relatively similar, but the 00s and the 80s are definitely not.


There are some similarities though. For example, both late '80s and early 2000s kids grew up with VHS tapes and video rental stores, we both watched TV on cable (there was no streaming yet) 2000 was the peak year for CD sales, we were still far away from streaming/digital download world. MTV/MuchMusic/radio was still the main way to discover new music instead of streaming.

The early 2000s had Internet, but in 2000/2001 at least it was almost all dial up, and there's not much you can do with that. Most kids used their computers the same way late '80s kids did: to play games on it (although they were 3D games on CD instead of 2D games on floppy). Console gaming was 3D, but still not online like today. Cellphones were just starting to get popular in the early 2000s, but even the majority of our parents were yet to own one, and kids owning them was unheard of. Also Yu-Gi-Oh/Pokémon cards is basically the same thing as the baseball card trend. ;D

Those are some of the things I can think of.

Definitely a lot closer to the late 2010s. the 00s and the 10s are relatively similar, but the 00s and the 80s are definitely not.


Yes, the Late 00s and Early 2010s are obvioulsy similar, however I don't see the similarities between the late 2010s and the early 2000s.

There are some similarities though. For example, both late '80s and early 2000s kids grew up with VHS tapes and video rental stores, we both watched TV on cable (there was no streaming yet) 2000 was the peak year for CD sales, we were still far away from streaming/digital download world. MTV/MuchMusic/radio was still the main way to discover new music instead of streaming.

The early 2000s had Internet, but in 2000/2001 at least it was almost all dial up, and there's not much you can do with that. Most kids used their computers the same way late '80s kids did: to play games on it (although they were 3D games on CD instead of 2D games on floppy). Console gaming was 3D, but still not online like today. Cellphones were just starting to get popular in the early 2000s, but even the majority of our parents were yet to own one, and kids owning them was unheard of. Also Yu-Gi-Oh/Pokémon cards is basically the same thing as the baseball card trend. ;D

Those are some of the things I can think of.


Honestly all of those reasons are why I'd say early 2000's kids are culturally more similar to Late 80's kids rather than Late 10's kids. Just the mere fact that much of the technology of the late 80s like VHS tapes, cartridge based consoles (Late 80s being mainly the era of NES, and the early 00's being the era of the Gameboy Color/Advanced), physical music formats (cassettes for 80s, CDs for early 00s), among other things, were still the norm and standard in the early 2000's. The early portion of the decade was also still within the era of 'Living Room Culture', and the whole 'Family Values' movement was still very strong at the time (you could thank GWB and ABC Family/Fox Family and family sitcoms still being prominent in that era for that).

Even though the internet was around by this point, most people still had dial up. Even then, there wasn't much to do on the internet back then, especially since social media didn't exist. Other modern trends, like kids owning cell phones, having social media accounts, tablets, among other things would've been seen as a sort of bizzaro like futuristic world to a kid in the early 2000's.

I think it's just a matter of perspective. If you place more emphasis on the standardized status quo elements of the early 2000s, then I'd say it leans heavily towards the Late 80's. However, if you place more emphasis on the invigorating and exciting new trends (at the time), then it would probably lean more towards the Late 10's (the commercialization of the internet being a notable example).

Yes, the Late 00s and Early 2010s are obvioulsy similar, however I don't see the similarities between the late 2010s and the early 2000s.

He said late 2010s, not late 00s.

Honestly all of those reasons are why I'd say early 2000's kids are culturally more similar to Late 80's kids rather than Late 10's kids. Just the mere fact that much of the technology of the late 80s like VHS tapes, cartridge based consoles (Late 80s being mainly the era of NES, and the early 00's being the era of the Gameboy Color/Advanced), physical music formats (cassettes for 80s, CDs for early 00s), among other things, were still the norm and standard in the early 2000's. The early portion of the decade was also still within the era of 'Living Room Culture', and the whole 'Family Values' movement was still very strong at the time (you could thank GWB and ABC Family/Fox Family and family sitcoms still being prominent in that era for that).

Even though the internet was around by this point, most people still had dial up. Even then, there wasn't much to do on the internet back then, especially since social media didn't exist. Other modern trends, like kids owning cell phones, having social media accounts, tablets, among other things would've been seen as a sort of bizzaro like futuristic world to a kid in the early 2000's.

I think it's just a matter of perspective. If you place more emphasis on the standardized status quo elements of the early 2000s, then I'd say it leans heavily towards the Late 80's. However, if you place more emphasis on the invigorating and exciting new trends (at the time), then it would probably lean more towards the Late 10's (the commercialization of the internet being a notable example).

I'd say we're right in the middle. In between the primitive times and when technology took over everyone's lives. So we had a unique childhood that had a mix of the old and the new.

There are some similarities though. For example, both late '80s and early 2000s kids grew up with VHS tapes and video rental stores, we both watched TV on cable (there was no streaming yet) 2000 was the peak year for CD sales, we were still far away from streaming/digital download world. MTV/MuchMusic/radio was still the main way to discover new music instead of streaming.

The early 2000s had Internet, but in 2000/2001 at least it was almost all dial up, and there's not much you can do with that. Most kids used their computers the same way late '80s kids did: to play games on it (although they were 3D games on CD instead of 2D games on floppy). Console gaming was 3D, but still not online like today. Cellphones were just starting to get popular in the early 2000s, but even the majority of our parents were yet to own one, and kids owning them was unheard of. Also Yu-Gi-Oh/Pokémon cards is basically the same thing as the baseball card trend. ;D

Those are some of the things I can think of.


It was 1999 in the US. Sales were still HUGE in 2000, but it went down just a bit in 2000. I think that, worldwide, 2002/2003 and after, was when albums really went down, worldwide. I read somewhere that 2001 was the peak of album sales, worldwide.

He said late 2010s, not late 00s.


Wow really? Why do you never actually read someone's post properly before trying to correct them!

It was 1999 in the US. Sales were still HUGE in 2000, but it went down just a bit in 2000. I think that, worldwide, 2002/2003 and after, was when albums really went down, worldwide. I read somewhere that 2001 was the peak of album sales, worldwide.


Digital sales only really started growing around 2004 and then exploded after 2005, surpassing physical copies in 2010.

Wow really? Why do you never actually read someone's post properly before trying to correct them!

Well because you said "Yes, the Late 00s and Early 2010s are obvioulsy similar" even though he said late 2010s, not late 00s. The late 00s weren't even in discussion at all. Anyways it's fine I just wanted to let you know in case you made an error.

Growing in the '80s was very different from growing up in the '00s. This decadeology thing is really stupid and extreme. Disgusting 8-P.

Growing in the '80s was very different from growing up in the '00s. This decadeology thing is really stupid and extreme. Disgusting 8-P.

Uh nobody denied it was different... The question was whether it was more similar than growing up in the late 2010s. Obviously both are different, but one can be more similar than another. Most people here think early 2000s kids are more similar to late 80s kids than they are to late 2010s kids, and I do agree with that. We are more similar to them than late 2010s kids even though we are more in the middle, the technology was a lot more primitive back in the early '00s.

Well because you said "Yes, the Late 00s and Early 2010s are obvioulsy similar" even though he said late 2010s, not late 00s. The late 00s weren't even in discussion at all. Anyways it's fine I just wanted to let you know in case you made an error.


I know what I said, I didn't make an error. You clearly just don't understand what I was saying.

Growing in the '80s was very different from growing up in the '00s. This decadeology thing is really stupid and extreme. Disgusting 8-P.


Ermm chill. 2000 and 1989 are 11 years apart and 2000 and 2017 are 17 years apart, it's not like we're talking about before when cars were invented.

Digital sales only really started growing around 2004 and then exploded after 2005, surpassing physical copies in 2010.


Makes sense. By the mid-00's it became hard to sell albums, even for popular artists!  :o

Ermm chill. 2000 and 1989 are 11 years apart and 2000 and 2017 are 17 years apart, it's not like we're talking about before when cars were invented.

Well, obviously. However, my point is that comparing growing up in the '80s and growing up in the '00s is just silly...POINT BLANK, PERIOD.

They were two mostly different worlds. Only baseline similarities and not much else. Also, decadeology in general is bad...this forum is infested with it. Bleh 8-P.

Well, obviously. However, my point is that comparing growing up in the '80s and growing up in the '00s is just silly...POINT BLANK, PERIOD.

They were two mostly different worlds. Only baseline similarities and not much else. Also, decadeology in general is bad...this forum is infested with it. Bleh 8-P.


We're 00s kids more similar to the late 1970s or early 2020s kids(predictions) do you think?

Well, obviously. However, my point is that comparing growing up in the '80s and growing up in the '00s is just silly...POINT BLANK, PERIOD.

They were two mostly different worlds. Only baseline similarities and not much else. Also, decadeology in general is bad...this forum is infested with it. Bleh 8-P.


Bro its not that serious...

We're 00s kids more similar to the late 1970s or early 2020s kids(predictions) do you think?

Neither.

Bro its not that serious...

It's not but I'm just voicing my criticism of this forum's fascination with decadeology.

Once in a while is fine but everyday and some of these asinine comparisons is just bad IMO. Obviously, I can't stop any of you from saying whatever you want but I can also freely say whatever I want.

I have nothing against any of you guys BTW (except one user), so don't take it personal.

Well, obviously. However, my point is that comparing growing up in the '80s and growing up in the '00s is just silly...POINT BLANK, PERIOD.

They were two mostly different worlds. Only baseline similarities and not much else. Also, decadeology in general is bad...this forum is infested with it. Bleh 8-P.

No it really isn't silly. It's just a comparison. They were only 17 years apart anyway. "Mostly different worlds" is completely subjective, and the comparisons are not silly at all and are fine to make if comparing with childhoods of the late 2010s, which is at an equal distance. And I don't get why you have to capitalize on that when it is not that silly at all.

Being born late during a decade has it's advantages, as I've never had to argue that I was anything besides an '00s teen. Being 13 after mid 2000, and 20 after mid 2007, is pretty much ultimate early to mid '00s teen territory.

There is a bit of a difference after you start college, though, and I could see if somebody considers those years separate from their core teen years. Though I was still a teen, the mid '00s seem a bit different from, for example, 2002 or 2003, which was when I was during my peak teen years.

What do you consider peak teen years machinhead?

What do you consider peak teen years machinhead?


Around 15 or 16. To me, after you turn 18, things just change so much after you finish high school and start college that I don't consider that era to be your teen years in the same way that 14-17 are.

Around 15 or 16. To me, after you turn 18, things just change so much after you finish high school and start college that I don't consider that era to be your teen years in the same way that 14-17 are.


I think the last year of high school (whenever it is) is usually your peak teen year because that's when you have your senior prom and graduation. It just seems like the most memorable teen year to me. I have a hard time remembering what I was doing at 15 and I don't relate to my 15 year old self much ;D

Around 15 or 16. To me, after you turn 18, things just change so much after you finish high school and start college that I don't consider that era to be your teen years in the same way that 14-17 are.


18-19 is considered teen years, but I don't see them as core teen years. To me 18-19 is more young adult than teen as when you turn 18+ you're now even seen as an adult by law. You can become a guardian for a kid, do jobs that require 18+ workers, you're in college, you're tried as an adult, can get into clubs etc etc. To me the core teen years are pretty much your high school years (14-17 or 15-18 for those who were born in the late part of a year).

Elementary school (5-10 or 6-11) is your core childhood.
Middle School (11-13 or 12-14) is your transitional older childhood/pre-teen years (where your life is mixing in teen culture with your childhood)
High School (14-17 or 15-18) is your core teen years
College 18+ is pretty much your adult years.

If I were to see my where my childhood was closet to decade/culture wise I just look back on my elementary school days.

I have never considered 18 and 19 being teen years even though they technically are "teen" years as they have the teens in them lol but I mean at 18 you can drink,vote, move out, smoke weed (very soon), gamble, etc. You are an adult in all ways. Very different from being 17. In some places in the U.S. you have to be 21 to do those things so that's why some people may consider those years still you teens but here you are just as much an adult as someone in their 20s legally speaking.

I have never considered 18 and 19 being teen years even though they technically are "teen" years as they have the teens in them lol but I mean at 18 you can drink,vote, move out, smoke weed (very soon), gamble, etc. You are an adult in all ways. Very different from being 17. In some places in the U.S. you have to be 21 to do those things so that's why some people may consider those years still you teens but here you are just as much an adult as someone in their 20s legally speaking.


19 in Ontario :P

19 in Ontario :P

Yeah I know, it depends where you live. Here it is 18.

I have never considered 18 and 19 being teen years even though they technically are "teen" years as they have the teens in them lol but I mean at 18 you can drink,vote, move out, smoke weed (very soon), gamble, etc. You are an adult in all ways. Very different from being 17. In some places in the U.S. you have to be 21 to do those things so that's why some people may consider those years still you teens but here you are just as much an adult as someone in their 20s legally speaking.


Here in NZ, you become a legal adult at age 20, even though you can do most things at 16-19.

Here in NZ, you become a legal adult at age 20, even though you can do most things at 16-19.


I moved out when I was 15, although it was only for a year. :P

I honestly don't care and it's been a long time like that (especially after the very obnoxious 90s nostalgia craze of 2012-2014 which is easily bottom 5 internet moment). Put me closer to the "glorious" 90s or the "filthy" snapchat-filled 2010s, I wont a damn :)

(but you know what, I like the "underdogs" better, so I will go with the 2010s :P)

Are the kids of the 90s more similar to the 80s kids or the 00s kids?

Are the kids of the 90s more similar to the 80s kids or the 00s kids?

Are the kids of the 80s more similar to the 50s kids or the 10s kids?

I honestly don't care and it's been a long time like that (especially after the very obnoxious 90s nostalgia craze of 2012-2014 which is easily bottom 5 internet moment). Put me closer to the "glorious" 90s or the "filthy" snapchat-filled 2010s, I wont a damn :)

(but you know what, I like the "underdogs" better, so I will go with the 2010s :P)

Thinking of it, my childhood would be closer to the 2010s despite being an ultimate 2000s child (being born in '97). And while I did grow up with supposedely 90s things like VHS and whatnot, I'm just more familiar with the 2010s overall than the 90s (maybe less the late 90s because a lot of it was still relevant in the early 2000s, but the early-mid 90s are a total mystery to me). My sister was born in 2005 so I have a 2010s kid with me and I actually see a lot of similarities as the kid culture of this decade is no real stranger to me. Despite not having spend a single year as a child in the 2010s (well like 1 month and a half in 2010 if that counts).

My childhood was closer to the 90s. The simple reason being I grew up in the early 2000s.

My childhood was closer to the 90s. The simple reason being I grew up in the early 2000s.


Not to mention a portion of the '90s itself :P

I was actually a kid in the late 1990s and in 2010 I was 15 so obviously my childhood would be more similar to the 1990s given I was born in the middle of that decade. I think this question is more for people born around the late '90s and early 2000s as then it would be more of an equal distribution in both decades.

My childhood was closer to the 2000s, since my childhood ended in 2015 (if you're using the 3-11 defintion) plus all of my childhood was closer to 2009 than it is to 2020.

My childhood in the early and mid 2000s had similarities to the late 90s. But definitely not similar to the early 90s, which are alien to me (No internet as kids not even dial up? Say it ain't so. Plus 2D games, neon colors, and synth music! Which didn't factor much into my early 2000s childhood).

My childhood in the early and mid 2000s had similarities to the late 90s. But definitely not similar to the early 90s, which are alien to me (No internet as kids not even dial up? Say it ain't so).

Even though they are very vague I do have memories of life without internet/home computers. I was only 2 years old though. It's weird I think I remember the day we got the internet and home computer even though I was only 3 years old it looked like the coolest thing ever. But like I said, very vague memories. My memories became clear in 1999 when I was 4 years old and the internet was well established by then (relatively speaking of course).

For me it's the 90s since I was already 3 in 99. 10s kids grew up with so much tech in there hands it's hard to fathom having  a smartphone and social media in elementary school. Growing up around 80s borns, i always felt more connected to the 90s despite only being a baby in that era.

For me it's the 90s since I was already 3 in 99. 10s kids grew up with so much tech in there hands it's hard to fathom having  a smartphone and social media in elementary school. Growing up around 80s borns, i always felt more connected to the 90s despite only being a baby in that era.


The one way 2000s kids are similar to 2010s kids though is that we both had Internet access growing up.

But then again, I had Internet access in 1997, so it's not strictly a 21st century thing. :P

The one way 2000s kids are similar to 2010s kids though is that we both had Internet access growing up.

But then again, I had Internet access in 1997, so it's not strictly a 21st century thing. :P
Yea most 90s kids brag about how they experienced their childhoods without the internet.

Yea most 90s kids brag about how they experienced their childhoods without the internet.

Which is a lie. My Sister was a core 90s kid born in '85 and we had internet back in '97 and she was on it 24/7.

Some 2000s kids who live in rural areas may have had an internet-free childhood (at least part of their childhood) as well. I lived in the city and when I was little I think one or two people in my class didn't even have the internet or a computer in the early 2000s.

I had the internet but didn't use it too much until I was like 5.

Some 2000s kids who live in rural areas may have had an internet-free childhood (at least part of their childhood) as well. I lived in the city and when I was little I think one or two people in my class didn't even have the internet or a computer in the early 2000s.

I had the internet but didn't use it too much until I was like 5.


My best friend in elementary school (and my boyfriend for all of 3 weeks ;D) still didn't have a computer when I last saw him in summer 2004. His dad was an alcoholic though (among other unsavoury qualities), so he didn't have much free money.  :-X

Yeah, I think the mid '00s is pretty core '00s to the point that I don't think it's closer to either '90s or '10s.


For that reason alone, I consider my childhood more similar to those who were raised in the early 2000s and early 2010s. I was born in 98 and the bulk of my later childhood where most of my memorable memories are were during the mid-late 2000s

I consider myself a late 90s and early 00s kid, as I became a teenager in 2004. By the time I became a teen, social media as we know it today was still a long way off, the iPhone was still 3 years away and myself and my friends were only just starting to move to texting instead of using the household landline! We couldn't stream videos or music, or even read an e-book (or at least not as easily as we could in the 2010s). The latest tech must've been the iPod and it was still a novelty to not have to carry a personal CD or cassette player. If you wanted to rent a film it was just as likely to be on VHS as DVD. Blu-ray hadn't been launched, let alone online streaming.

Most of my childhood was spent without access to the internet or anything other than a landline phone. Our cameras had film in them, and I watched films on VHS and listened to music on cassette!

2010s for me I cannot even remember the 00s, I was VERY young (a child) and I wasn't even allowed to use/touch a computer until the early 10's (2012) (shhh I snuck on onetime in 2011... however) so cannot comments on the internet/culture of the 00s. as of TV , I was more of the video game person soo.... and the TV that I did watch I did not like tbh those kids shows weren't memorable to me and I always wanted to watch youtube instead because I hate how TV would show crap reruns (for example I remember sometime in 2010/2011 it would always annoy the hell out of mom/me when spongebob would show every FKING 24/7 with reruns), ATT I wasn't allowed to watch youtube until late 2016 or so..... I guess my "childhood" would be the 2010s even though I was a teenager at time I have so much more memories from that decade than the former decade

I guess the only memory of 00's I have is playing driver for the GBC but thats about it 🤷🏻‍♂️