I decided to make this thread for fun. How different would it be if you were in 2018 one day and teleported to 2010 the next day?
The first noticeable difference for me is I would look in the mirror and see an 8-year-old little girl instead of a 15-year-old teenager. I would see that my room has more dolls, and I'd have way more toys. I would have wondered where my Snapchat and Instagram went, and why I don't have an iPhone 6+. I would probably wonder why people are using Slide phones and digital cameras instead of just iPhones. I would probably wonder why trap music isn't popular. I would notice that there are hardly any hipsters around and I would notice that more guys have long hair. If I did the whip nae nae or dab in 2010, people would probably think I need help. I wouldn't even have a pet yet unless it was Christmas of 2010 and I'd wonder why he is so small compared to when I went to bed in 2018. And of course, I would look at the date on my phone or calendar and it would say 2010.

Geesh...if I could have one wish it would be for this to happen.

My personal life is an irrecoverable wreck largely due to decisions I made in 2010 and the rabbit trail they led me down. 

I miss everything about 2010.  I miss the fact that we had social media but it was less all-encompassing than it is today.  I miss the much more liberal culture and that things like science and education were valued back then instead of looked down on like they are today.  I miss the fact that Trump being President would be thought of as a joke.  We didn't have gay marriage back then but we also didn't have as much of the extreme hatred and anger towards the LGBTQ community that we have today.  The prominence of Westboro Baptist Church and their extreme caricature of homophobia was ironically promoting tolerance.  Today, mainstream ideas aren't far from Westboro.  It was an overall less uptight era.  I still had my youth and good looks.  What I would give to relive it.

If I woke up then, I would find myself back in employment, and earning money again, which would come in very useful for me.

2010 was a horrible year for me. I would be in a nightmare!  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

Leave my law career for another go at college? Yes please!

Also 2010 is when my now-wife and I started our relationship, so it might be fun to get back to those days.

I would be turning 11 instead of turning 19. I would have graduated from elementary school in June 2010 and started middle school in September 2010. I would have not gone on vacation for the second summer in a row. It would be the last summer of my childhood. My favorite shows and cartoons either were coming to an end or already did in the few years prior to 2010. Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon & Disney Channel were all changing and focusing on a new target demographic in 2010.

2010 was an OK year for me but I wouldn't want to go back to that year though.

Geesh...if I could have one wish it would be for this to happen.

My personal life is an irrecoverable wreck largely due to decisions I made in 2010 and the rabbit trail they led me down. 

I miss everything about 2010.  I miss the fact that we had social media but it was less all-encompassing than it is today.  I miss the much more liberal culture and that things like science and education were valued back then instead of looked down on like they are today.  I miss the fact that Trump being President would be thought of as a joke.  We didn't have gay marriage back then but we also didn't have as much of the extreme hatred and anger towards the LGBTQ community that we have today.  The prominence of Westboro Baptist Church and their extreme caricature of homophobia was ironically promoting tolerance.  Today, mainstream ideas aren't far from Westboro.  It was an overall less uptight era.  I still had my youth and good looks.  What I would give to relive it.

What are you talking about? Lgbt are more accepted now than 8 years ago.

What are you talking about? Lgbt are more accepted now than 8 years ago.


Overall yes.  However, since the SCOTUS decision on gay marriage, those who are against it are much angrier and much more vocal.  Average "Christians" are saying the kind of things that you once only heard from groups like the Westboro Baptist Church.  I remember after the Orlando shooting I had to hear people saying things like "I wish the shooter would have killed more" and that "those abominations deserved it" and stuff like that.  As somebody who lives in an extremely religious, conservative, and Trump supporting area I have to experience this on a daily basis.  The country right now is extremely divided.  You have one America that has seen tremendous progress and the other America that has gone backwards.  The latter America is currently in control of the overall culture.

If I woke up in 2010, most likely I would've said no to working in a different area and I'm referring to Pathmark.

I would either be a high schooler or a 17 year old office worker depending on which month it is. I graduated high school in June 2010.

I would honestly be upset. Don't get me wrong, I loved 2010 as it was ongoing and it would be cool to see my high school friends in one place again, but I can't live without the friends I made at university and I love my current job a lot more. Going back to 2010 would be a huge downgrade, like going from Windows 10 to Windows 98 or something haha. Being 24/25 beats being 17 any day of the week.

I would either be a high schooler or a 17 year old office worker depending on which month it is. I graduated high school in June 2010.

I would honestly the upset. Don't get me wrong, I loved 2010 as it was ongoing and it would be cool to see my high school friends in one place again, but I can't live without the friends I made at university and I love my current job a lot more. Going back to 2010 would be a huge downgrade, like going from Windows 10 to Windows 98 or something haha. Being 24/25 beats being 17 any day of the week.


Does it really? Should I look forward to being 25 lol?

Does it really? Should I look forward to being 25 lol?


Work hard, make good choices and you will reap the benefits. ;D

Work hard, make good choices and you will reap the benefits. ;D


Hmm last time I heard you were skipping math classes at university... ;D ;D

On the other hand, I worked hard in 2010-2016 and studied in an area that should assure me success. Now I'm a lawyer. I make a good amount of money but I do not like my job.

Hmm last time I heard you were skipping math classes at university... ;D ;D


Hey, hey, hey, I passed that course. D+ is a pass. ;D

And when I was being interviewed for my job, I got asked how my math was like, and I said "I love math! I got top marks in Calculus in high school!" and he was impressed. Where is the lie? ;D


On the other hand, I worked hard in 2010-2016 and studied in an area that should assure me success. Now I'm a lawyer. I make a good amount of money but I do not like my job.


Ouch, that sucks. Do you think it might be your employer? Or are you self-employed as a lawyer?  I think I would hate my job if it wasn't in such a supportive environment.

At my job in 2010, my manager would take advantage of my natural inclination to be harmonious/non-confrontational. Good grief, nag nag nag. Everything's an argument. That's a memory from 2010/2011 I've been supressing.  :(

Geesh...if I could have one wish it would be for this to happen.

My personal life is an irrecoverable wreck largely due to decisions I made in 2010 and the rabbit trail they led me down. 

I miss everything about 2010.  I miss the fact that we had social media but it was less all-encompassing than it is today.  I miss the much more liberal culture and that things like science and education were valued back then instead of looked down on like they are today.  I miss the fact that Trump being President would be thought of as a joke.  We didn't have gay marriage back then but we also didn't have as much of the extreme hatred and anger towards the LGBTQ community that we have today.  The prominence of Westboro Baptist Church and their extreme caricature of homophobia was ironically promoting tolerance.  Today, mainstream ideas aren't far from Westboro.  It was an overall less uptight era.  I still had my youth and good looks.  What I would give to relive it.


I think LGBT acceptance still had a long way to go in 2010. I remember there was a kid in the lower grades who was into Lady Gaga and fashion, and the gossip about him at school was brutal. I don't know if he got roughed up like I did but I wouldn't be surprised. I remember when my teacher brought in free candy and he had a lot of spare left, he asked if anyone wanted more  and a girl said "Oh I'll take some for my girlfriend". Then and there the class fell radio silent and people were giving each other weird looks and even the teacher looked confused. LGBT visibility was not as high back then even if attitudes were starting to become more tolerant.

For transgender people it was way worse in 2010, no question about it. It wasn't at my school, but I remember walking in the mall late at night with my cousin and he was talking to me about how there's this freaky tranny at his school. "One day he was a weird quiet guy and the next day he came in a skirt and thought he was a girl. It was so f*cked up" is roughly what I remember him saying. I think that was around Christmas 2010 or it might have been 2011. I remember on New Years Eve 2011 (end of 2010), me and my friends were walking around Downtown Toronto and one of my friends passed by a trans person and said "Yoooooo did you see that? No way. There was a guy wearing a wig and high heels. Did you see it?" and they jumped back into the crowd in search of this "freak of nature". Thankfully they didn't find her.

There was also that Family Guy episode centred on a transgender character that aired in 2010. Watch and be disgusted  8-P It's just an absolutely cruel portrayal, but this is the kind of sh*t that was on the public airwaves. Maury Povich also aired a segment called "Man or Woman?" in 2009 or 2010 where there's a game show out of guessing whether a person is a "man" (transgender woman) or a woman. I remember my cousin (the same who made the transphobic comments) trying to catch every episode of that. Its funny because in 2016, we were watching Cheaters and one of the mistresses was genderqueer in some way, and the camera man said "What is that? Is it a man or a woman? You're sleeping with a transvestite? What are you?" and my cousin shook his head and said "that's so homophobic ". I remember him sitting on the same couch and having an entirely different attitude just 6 years prior.

Writing out this post makes me realize just how far we come. In many ways, the 2010s  really are the most transformative decade since the 1960s. We came in from one world and went out another. :o

Edit: I also remember a gross rumour about Lady Gaga actually being a man, that was making the rounds in 2009/2010. I actually believed in it.  :-[