I'd probably say one of the things that you could easily get away with in the early 2010's that you can't now is owning the very first iPhone. It's ancient as hell by today's standards.  ;D

- Being a Hipster unironically
- Making electronic heavy music
- Making Top-text and Bottom-text memes
- Having Scene-ish hair
- Making a Hip Hop song without Trap beats
- Having a Facebook
- Having a Blackberry
- Doing the Harlem Shake
- Blurred Lines
- Playing Angry Birds

- Doing the Gangnam Style dance
- Rooting for Yao Ming
- Discussing Girls on HBO if you were a female
- Having a Twitter
- Wearing a “Duh, Winning” Charlie Sheen shirt

Making jokes about race, gender, and sexual orientation.  I'm in no ways a hateful person, but up until the mid-2010's I felt like we could openly talk about anything honestly and not take ourselves too seriously.

-Gangnam Style and LMFAO songs
-Electropop
-Artists like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Kesha, etc.
-Steve Jobs Era iPhones (Now technically obsolete)
-Pre-iOS 7 era apps like Angry Birds, prank apps, and silly games like Talking Tom
-Neon fashion or any forms of 80s fashion
-Looking hipster and acting like it
-Using Facebook and Twitter
-Bronze Age Rap music, cleaner and fluent lyrics and voices, unlike the dirty gross mumble rap of today
-Windows Vista/7
-Skeuomorphism
-XBOX 360 and PS3
-Playing Call of Duty games before Ghosts
-Having late generation flip phones or candy bar phones
-Watching Smosh and Ray William Johnson, or lets plays on YouTube
-Playing Club Penguin, Miniclip, Y8, Animal Jam, etc.
-Hating Justin Bieber
-Having a shaggy hairstyle
-Slangs like Pwn, Swag, YOLO, Noob, H8ER, SK8ER Boi, Epic Fail, Cray Cray, etc.
-Skyrim
-Having respect for Barack Obama

The phrase "I haven't used Facebook in awhile" is so common nowadays. That would have been unthinkeable in the early 2010s.

Also, Swag culture

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2442/6463/products/swag-hat-black-gold_2048x.JPG?v=1508738383

Gave away to the Lit culture, but on itself it's irrelevant.


- Having a Twitter

Sounds like the opposite to me? I remember Twitter being depicted as a more serious social media for adults, but nowadays everyone's on it for the memes.

I think Twitter has replaced Tumblr as being ''that one place with SJW's and porn."  :D

My neon blue/cyan hoodie, skin tight skinny jeans and neon orange shoe laces.

The phrase "I haven't used Facebook in awhile" is so common nowadays. That would have been unthinkeable in the early 2010s.

Also, Swag culture

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2442/6463/products/swag-hat-black-gold_2048x.JPG?v=1508738383

Gave away to the Lit culture, but on itself it's irrelevant.
Sounds like the opposite to me? I remember Twitter being depicted as a more serious social media for adults, but nowadays everyone's on it for the memes.


I miss 2008/2009 Twitter  before the far right trolls and general population were on it:\'( It was just me and my fellow hipster blogger friends.

Making jokes about race, gender, and sexual orientation.  I'm in no ways a hateful person, but up until the mid-2010's I felt like we could openly talk about anything honestly and not take ourselves too seriously.


We're living in this PC culture that almost everything now, people get offended. ::)

- Taking the Cinnamon and Ice Bucket challenges.

- Boasting about owning an iPad.

- Watching Disney Channel almost all day during the summer if you’re a Gen Zer.

- Saying FML, cray, and breh.

- Buying merchandise with “Keep Calm and Carry On” on it.

- Buying merchandise with “Keep Calm and Carry On” on it.


Not to mention all the knockoffs of it, like "Keep Calm and Love Shopping".  :D

- Being an Angry Birds fan.

- Holding discussions about Kimye.

Owning a Blackberry

Owning a Blackberry


I have a friend that's a huge BlackBerry fanboy and still uses one ;D

I have a friend that's a huge BlackBerry fanboy and still uses one ;D

They are very out of style now. Even when they tried coming back with new phones it wasn't good.

I have a friend that's a huge BlackBerry fanboy and still uses one ;D


You said you're Canadian right? Probably a national pride thing.  ;D

-Be into RayWilliamJohnson and Tobuscus
-Watch movies on Blu-Ray
-Make rage comics
-Still think Amnesia: The Dark Descent is the scariest game ever made
-Use Windows 7
-Make politically incorrect jokes
-Playing mainly on 7th gen consoles like the PS3 and Xbox 360, plus Wii U

Planking

Mentioning anything political
Going out without a mask
Doing crazy things to save gas
Buying cheap property or building supplies
Watching c-band on a crt tv
Complementing a woman or asking her out
Mentioning or assuming age, sex, or color
Expecting a $100 car to run
Having a campground to myself
Using a desktop computer
Writing checks
Using a dedicated device such as an iPod, digital camera, handheld game, calculator...

Posting every single thought and moment of your day on Facebook, including pics of what you had for dinner and the daily "Good night, Facebook" and "Good morning world" posts.

Mentioning anything political
Going out without a mask
Doing crazy things to save gas
Buying cheap property or building supplies
Watching c-band on a crt tv
Complementing a woman or asking her out
Mentioning or assuming age, sex, or color
Expecting a $100 car to run
Having a campground to myself
Using a desktop computer
Writing checks
Using a dedicated device such as an iPod, digital camera, handheld game, calculator...


People used to be able to innocently flirt Now you need seven lawyers just to ask somebody on a date! Soon the human race will have to reproduce by budding.  ;D

When Carrie Fisher died, Steve Martin (I think it was) posted "she was a beautiful woman" on his Twitter. He was shamed by the Twitterverse into taking it down and issuing an apology because apparently it is unacceptable to call a woman beautiful now.

People used to be able to innocently flirt Now you need seven lawyers just to ask somebody on a date! Soon the human race will have to reproduce by budding.  ;D

When Carrie Fisher died, Steve Martin (I think it was) posted "she was a beautiful woman" on his Twitter. He was shamed by the Twitterverse into taking it down and issuing an apology because apparently it is unacceptable to call a woman beautiful now.


Thanks to the #MeToo movement. In the past all people had to fear was rejection and some humiliation. Now they have to worry about catching a SH case.

Early 2010s had its fair share of stupidity too. In fact that's where all the stupidity we see today originated.

Posting every single thought and moment of your day on Facebook, including pics of what you had for dinner and the daily "Good night, Facebook" and "Good morning world" posts.


These can become so annoying.

Planking

LMAO yeah I remember in 2010 that was everywhere.

LMAO yeah I remember in 2010 that was everywhere.


Really? I only first learned about it in 2012 when adoseofbuckley made a video on it.

So there was this Dance in the early 2010s...I can't remember the name of it. But it was really bizarre ha ha! ;D

So there was this Dance in the early 2010s...I can't remember the name of it. But it was really bizarre ha ha! ;D


Gangnam style? Harlem shake?

Gangnam style? Harlem shake?


I'm sure it was one of those two! They seem dated now. Well, to me anyway.

Really? I only first learned about it in 2012 when adoseofbuckley made a video on it.


You can get away with planking now, it's harmless.

You'd be seen as a weirdo if you did it now but back in the early 10s it was a trend.

You can get away with planking now, it's harmless.


I was just thinking that.


You'd be seen as a weirdo if you did it now but back in the early 10s it was a trend.


...and I was just thinking that too. You're both on point! Hmm. I never cared for planking anyway lol.

I’ve never heard the word planking until right now.

I’ve never heard the word planking until right now.


Planking was strange. My cousin would teach it to me. But it was so boring. I never did try it.

I was just thinking that.

...and I was just thinking that too. You're both on point! Hmm. I never cared for planking anyway lol.


I thought planking was about getting your back straighten out?

I thought planking was about getting your back straighten out?

Me too

So there was this Dance in the early 2010s...I can't remember the name of it. But it was really bizarre ha ha! ;D


The Doogie ?

The Doogie ?


The what? Lol

Aw man I must have missed that one....I missed the doogie :( This is awful!

The what? Lol

Aw man I must have missed that one....I missed the doogie :( This is awful!


The only Doogie I know of is Doogie Howser. I know it’s old when it doesn’t even show up in my typing suggestions.

The what? Lol

Aw man I must have missed that one....I missed the doogie :( This is awful!


The Dougie, is probably what you meant:

https://media0.giphy.com/media/3otPoq61zGUfMHWwZq/giphy.gif

People used to be able to innocently flirt Now you need seven lawyers just to ask somebody on a date! Soon the human race will have to reproduce by budding.  ;D

When Carrie Fisher died, Steve Martin (I think it was) posted "she was a beautiful woman" on his Twitter. He was shamed by the Twitterverse into taking it down and issuing an apology because apparently it is unacceptable to call a woman beautiful now.


Also to expand on this, in this day and age where homosexuality is more widely accepted, it seems like a heterosexual male who displays his attraction toward a female gets more shamed by being labeled as a creeper or a pervert. And it wasn't long ago that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was still in effect in the US military.

Using a desktop computer

I think people still use a desktop computer, Don't they? ???

I think people still use a desktop computer, Don't they? ???

I do. But it's really only gamers or content creators who use it. Most people are fine with just a phone or tablet today.

The Dougie, is probably what you meant:

https://media0.giphy.com/media/3otPoq61zGUfMHWwZq/giphy.gif


He said Doogie.

He said Doogie.


I don't know what The Doogie is?  ???

I do. But it's really only gamers or content creators who use it. Most people are fine with just a phone or tablet today.


I got a 34" curved ultrawide monitor a few weeks ago and I'm in heaven. I wish I could've got a 49" but I'd need a whole new desk since I don't have space.

One way I'm stuck in the early 2010s is that I can't for the life of me see why tablets would be useful. "iPad? Isn't that just a bigger iPhone?"

I got a 34" curved ultrawide monitor a few weeks ago and I'm in heaven. I wish I could've got a 49" but I'd need a whole new desk since I don't have space.

One way I'm stuck in the early 2010s is that I can't for the life of me see why tablets would be useful. "iPad? Isn't that just a bigger iPhone?"


Some people feel that a phone should be a phone and a computer a computer and never the Twain shall meet. So they have a regular old style mobile phone for making calls and sending texts and using some form of tablet for web browsing etc.

Some people feel that a phone should be a phone and a computer a computer and never the Twain shall meet. So they have a regular old style mobile phone for making calls and sending texts and using some form of tablet for web browsing etc.

I have two phones and one desktop computer. One phone as an activated SIM and the other I just use as a smaller tablet / backup Wi-Fi phone 

Writing checks
No one writes checks, I don't think they do, most people probably pay bills online now.

No one writes checks, I don't think they do, most people probably pay bills online now.


There's 2 places I still have to write checks to. No option for online or PayPal, Cash App, Venmo, etc.

No one writes checks, I don't think they do, most people probably pay bills online now.


I rarely write them any more because the last few places I would use them now accept bank transfer. My mother in law still uses them. We all get cheques for Christmas, Easter and birthdays.

I got a 34" curved ultrawide monitor a few weeks ago and I'm in heaven. I wish I could've got a 49" but I'd need a whole new desk since I don't have space.

One way I'm stuck in the early 2010s is that I can't for the life of me see why tablets would be useful. "iPad? Isn't that just a bigger iPhone?"


I know people who don't have a data plan for their phone, and don't want a computer, so they use a tablet to fill that void.  I have a tablet that I barely use and the only reason I even have it is because it was free as part of a promotion when I upgraded my phone a few years ag.  Plus, I seem to enjoy owning technology that I never use, just to have as a backup, kind of a failsafe if everything else one day fails lol

There's 2 places I still have to write checks to. No option for online or PayPal, Cash App, Venmo, etc.


And you pay bills too?

You could have gotten away by saying YOLO in the early 2010s but today you would be made fun of.

Sagging pants is another one.

You could have gotten away by saying YOLO in the early 2010s but today you would be made fun of.


Why would you be made fun of?

And you pay bills too?


Most of the other bills for the two properties I own are online and set to autopay.

Using a dedicated device such as an iPod, digital camera, handheld game, calculator...

I guess you could get away with it, I still have a calculator.

I guess you could get away with it, I still have a calculator.


I still have all of those, except for the iPod which I never had to begin with. I still use CDs.

But pretty much everyone else I know just does everything on their phone.

I still have all of those, except for the iPod which I never had to begin with. I still use CDs.

But pretty much everyone else I know just does everything on their phone.


My husband doesn’t have a smart phone. He uses either a desktop or iPad depending on what he is doing and which room he wants to be in. I have a smartphone but find it easier to use an iPad for most browsing. I don’t use my phone to check emails or anything.

I still have all of those, except for the iPod which I never had to begin with. I still use CDs.

But pretty much everyone else I know just does everything on their phone.

I don't own an iPod, I used to have a digital camera and I still have a few handheld games somewhere in my room. 

The what? Lol

Aw man I must have missed that one....I missed the doogie :( This is awful!


“Teach me how to Dougie” ?

This song
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He said Doogie.


Yeah my mistake I misspelled it

Yeah my mistake I misspelled it

It was a dance, maybe it was some sort of victory dance?  ???

It was a dance, maybe it was some sort of victory dance?  ???

Yes it was a popular dance