I dunno if anyone mentioned this, but the 00's will definitely go down for another bad fashion thing: manscara, girlpants on dudes, and the overall feminized look for men. Ugh. Kids these days.
That and indie crap rock.
A lot of indie crap rock is actually pretty good. It's also so heavily based on the best of 70s and 80s rock as to be one step above being cover bands, but still pretty decent.
I've got friends who live in Williamsburg, NY, NY and have spent time there hanging out. The main thing that shocked me is that the overwhelming percentage of the hipsters at ground zero for the scene are actually in their late 20s and early 30s - people with jobs who can afford to live in one of NYC's trendiest areas. The entire core of the hipster worldview is made for and by children of the 90s who not so secretly worship the 70s.
For britain I feel 'chavs' will be remembered, though not fondly. It would take someone more versed in culture to describe these entities... but as far as i'm concerned, they used to be called 'yobs' or 'hooligans' in the '90s... and now they have some kind of pop-cultural status alongside the goths punks and emos.
X factor/ Strictly come dancing type reality shows will also be remembered and emphasised. Programs which make the already shallow practice of marketing/creating pop idols seem even shallower.
I agree with whoever said superhero movies too. True they existed before, but almost just as blockbusters or movies. Only recently does there seem to be the superhero in virtue of being a super hero = big bucks. TMNT and Superman were always popular, but no way would Daredevil have ever got made if it wasnt the focus on superhero movies as a genre (though its not really) rather than just 'popular potential blockbuster'.
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KageraImitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered Userregular
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Well if I Love the New Millennium on VH1 has anything to offer, I'd say pretty fucking cheesy.
Seriously, the decade isn't even fucking over VH1, you douchebags.
I should probably have said early 90s, attractive women began to reappear by the late 80s and were once again a common sight on TV and in films by 1993.
I'm sorry, but Ally Sheedy was HOT in the Breakfast Club... right up until the end when they turned her from gorgeous weird girl to their idea of 'pretty' --> hmm... maybe i just proved your point.
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Kids are gonna start using the internet to find porn at disturbingly young ages.
Kiddie porn will be porn for kiddies, by kiddies.
Related: I think parents should stop letting their daughters have webcams and camera phones. Also it's stupid when some 16 year old attention starved girl sends pictures of herself to someone and they go to jail.
I think the majority of this decade will be looked upon as some sort of idiocy singularity.
Related: I think parents should stop letting their daughters have webcams and camera phones. Also it's stupid when some 16 year old attention starved girl sends pictures of herself to someone and they go to jail.
I think the majority of this decade will be looked upon as some sort of idiocy singularity.
Well, for the most part i suppose its a question of 'what sort of conversation is this theoretical guy having to illicit such a response? Why does she have his email/number to send the photo to, and why is he talking to a sixteen year old girl anyway?'
I realise that some people look older, and no one thinks to ask how old someone is whilst chatting someone up for fear of offending them or just giving out an 'i want sex' vibe early, but really i don't think the system is wrong for finding such man suspicious. Maybe I could ask for a better legal system that takes such mistakes into account, but the phrase 'and hes the one who goes to jail' implies that it should have been her instead, rather than as well?
On a similar note. Why just ban girls from webcams. No comment on banning boys from cellphones for fear of watching this sort of thing or happy slapping etc.
Sorry if I sound tetchy and misinterpereted you. There was a lot more came out there than I was expecting when i started writing this.
Also: who is phoebe cates?
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Girls should really just be banned from all electronics really. Because that's the right way to stop internet pervs.
Girls should really just be banned from all electronics really. Because that's the right way to stop internet pervs.
if we just made women be naked all the time no one would have to worry about what age they were or whether pictures were taken or not. also there'd be less rape because they wouldn't be able to dress suggestively and get all us innocent men hot and bothered.
Girls should really just be banned from all electronics really. Because that's the right way to stop internet pervs.
if we just made women be naked all the time no one would have to worry about what age they were or whether pictures were taken or not. also there'd be less rape because they wouldn't be able to dress suggestively and get all us innocent men hot and bothered.
For a few minutes, I thought we'd actually get off fairly well. Most recent decades have at least one fashion misstep that is endlessly mocked in the future. The 90s did okay, but it had flannel. The 80s were practically defined by their goofy clothing. The 70s had bell bottoms and everything else disco. We seemed okay.
And then one word hit me: "emo." Yeah, we'll be hearing Fallout Boy jokes for the next 30 years.
I'm not sure if anyone has brought these three items up that will be looked back on as kinda silly:
Commercials where multiple people say the same thing... "And that's why I" "AND THAT'S WHY I" "and that's why i use oxycotton!" Really, there are about five different commercials running that do this, from insurance commercials to medicine.
The Frank Miller look: Okay we had Sin City, then 300, now the Spirit (which I think has Wil Eisner spinning in his grave). The speed up- slow down- speed up laid over obvious green screen backgrounds with washed out colors are the 00's equivalent of the lens flare.
Songs that suddenly stop about 3/4 of the way through, start back up with just the singer singing over a single strumming guitar, then the whole instrumental aspect comes crashing back in. This has become such an annoying formula and it's found in nearly every genre of music, but mostly in country, pop, and alternative.
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edited November 2008
"e-mancipate" what, your inner awful?
in all honesty i quite like the long shirt/short dress + tights + boots (just not furry boots, fuzzy boots are okay) of this decade. Boots only look good on the outside with nothing, tight pants or tights anyway. Otherwise you get all that bunching of pant leg at the top.
Crocs. What the hell is up with everyone wearing molded plastic slippers?
Oh god.
I forgot about those.
And they're fucking everywhere.
Also earlier this decade people were wearing incredibly hideously long-toed womens shoes. Which is apparently 50s retro. But they had fucking square point ones too.
Songs that suddenly stop about 3/4 of the way through, start back up with just the singer singing over a single strumming guitar, then the whole instrumental aspect comes crashing back in. This has become such an annoying formula and it's found in nearly every genre of music, but mostly in country, pop, and alternative.
Anyone else think that the 00's have become the decade of "random"? Family Guy is the main offender here, and possibly even started the trend, but a lot of what is on TV has foregone being clever for being random and weird, commercials especially.
Also earlier this decade people were wearing incredibly hideously long-toed womens shoes. Which is apparently 50s retro. But they had fucking square point ones too.
Oh god I remember those. I think the clique of the girl I crushed on in sixth form wore them. They were nasty. Maybe its just local to me as I don't know fashion, but there has also been a great abuse of green eye shadow.
My goodness. That man... I don't really have a problem with the purple tights in and of themselves, but with denim shorts and a baggy tee shirt? WTF?
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God, I'd forgotten about those pointy motherfuckers. Worst thing this century.
Songs that suddenly stop about 3/4 of the way through, start back up with just the singer singing over a single strumming guitar, then the whole instrumental aspect comes crashing back in. This has become such an annoying formula and it's found in nearly every genre of music, but mostly in country, pop, and alternative.
A breakdown? That's nothing new.
And are pretty darn cool when used well, especially at a concert.
Meh, the emo look isn't too bad, as in the syle itself. Maybe it's jsut because alot of my friends look like that, but there is sometimes quite a bit of creativity that can go into some of the looks and hairstyles. The whole stereotypical whiny crap though? Yeah, that's annoying.
I think the way technology has changed our lives in the last ten years will come up as well. Mass spread of info and all.
I think the way technology has changed our lives in the last ten years will come up as well. Mass spread of info and all.
I suspect that convergence will make future generations giggle at the way we used dozens of large, clunky boxes to do the same things they do with a pocket-sized gadget.
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A lot of indie crap rock is actually pretty good. It's also so heavily based on the best of 70s and 80s rock as to be one step above being cover bands, but still pretty decent.
I've got friends who live in Williamsburg, NY, NY and have spent time there hanging out. The main thing that shocked me is that the overwhelming percentage of the hipsters at ground zero for the scene are actually in their late 20s and early 30s - people with jobs who can afford to live in one of NYC's trendiest areas. The entire core of the hipster worldview is made for and by children of the 90s who not so secretly worship the 70s.
So you can't really blame the kids.
X factor/ Strictly come dancing type reality shows will also be remembered and emphasised. Programs which make the already shallow practice of marketing/creating pop idols seem even shallower.
I agree with whoever said superhero movies too. True they existed before, but almost just as blockbusters or movies. Only recently does there seem to be the superhero in virtue of being a super hero = big bucks. TMNT and Superman were always popular, but no way would Daredevil have ever got made if it wasnt the focus on superhero movies as a genre (though its not really) rather than just 'popular potential blockbuster'.
Seriously, the decade isn't even fucking over VH1, you douchebags.
I'm sorry, but Ally Sheedy was HOT in the Breakfast Club... right up until the end when they turned her from gorgeous weird girl to their idea of 'pretty' --> hmm... maybe i just proved your point.
Yep, I saw the one for 2005.
That was only THREE YEARS AGO.
Man, remember when I made that post about Phoebe Cates? Good times.
I can't wait until their special on the 20'teens next year.
Related: I think parents should stop letting their daughters have webcams and camera phones. Also it's stupid when some 16 year old attention starved girl sends pictures of herself to someone and they go to jail.
I think the majority of this decade will be looked upon as some sort of idiocy singularity.
Well, for the most part i suppose its a question of 'what sort of conversation is this theoretical guy having to illicit such a response? Why does she have his email/number to send the photo to, and why is he talking to a sixteen year old girl anyway?'
I realise that some people look older, and no one thinks to ask how old someone is whilst chatting someone up for fear of offending them or just giving out an 'i want sex' vibe early, but really i don't think the system is wrong for finding such man suspicious. Maybe I could ask for a better legal system that takes such mistakes into account, but the phrase 'and hes the one who goes to jail' implies that it should have been her instead, rather than as well?
On a similar note. Why just ban girls from webcams. No comment on banning boys from cellphones for fear of watching this sort of thing or happy slapping etc.
Sorry if I sound tetchy and misinterpereted you. There was a lot more came out there than I was expecting when i started writing this.
Also: who is phoebe cates?
if we just made women be naked all the time no one would have to worry about what age they were or whether pictures were taken or not. also there'd be less rape because they wouldn't be able to dress suggestively and get all us innocent men hot and bothered.
Wow, it's almost like I intentionally left that out, in some kind of way denoting the ridiculousness of blaming internet predators on teenage girls.
Less rape? But rape is a myth.
watch "fast times at ridgemont high"
dear god, do you have to ask at this point?
Then again, 24 hours is a tough toll...
One fashion misstep? The decade isn't over yet.
http://www.e-mancipate.net
Commercials where multiple people say the same thing... "And that's why I" "AND THAT'S WHY I" "and that's why i use oxycotton!" Really, there are about five different commercials running that do this, from insurance commercials to medicine.
The Frank Miller look: Okay we had Sin City, then 300, now the Spirit (which I think has Wil Eisner spinning in his grave). The speed up- slow down- speed up laid over obvious green screen backgrounds with washed out colors are the 00's equivalent of the lens flare.
Songs that suddenly stop about 3/4 of the way through, start back up with just the singer singing over a single strumming guitar, then the whole instrumental aspect comes crashing back in. This has become such an annoying formula and it's found in nearly every genre of music, but mostly in country, pop, and alternative.
in all honesty i quite like the long shirt/short dress + tights + boots (just not furry boots, fuzzy boots are okay) of this decade. Boots only look good on the outside with nothing, tight pants or tights anyway. Otherwise you get all that bunching of pant leg at the top.
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Oh god.
I forgot about those.
And they're fucking everywhere.
Also earlier this decade people were wearing incredibly hideously long-toed womens shoes. Which is apparently 50s retro. But they had fucking square point ones too.
A breakdown? That's nothing new.
I mean hell. Pee Wee's Playhouse.
Oh god I remember those. I think the clique of the girl I crushed on in sixth form wore them. They were nasty. Maybe its just local to me as I don't know fashion, but there has also been a great abuse of green eye shadow.
My goodness. That man... I don't really have a problem with the purple tights in and of themselves, but with denim shorts and a baggy tee shirt? WTF?
also the 2000's have had the best music and range of music available in history.
And are pretty darn cool when used well, especially at a concert.
Meh, the emo look isn't too bad, as in the syle itself. Maybe it's jsut because alot of my friends look like that, but there is sometimes quite a bit of creativity that can go into some of the looks and hairstyles. The whole stereotypical whiny crap though? Yeah, that's annoying.
I think the way technology has changed our lives in the last ten years will come up as well. Mass spread of info and all.
I suspect that convergence will make future generations giggle at the way we used dozens of large, clunky boxes to do the same things they do with a pocket-sized gadget.