What is the Concept of this Decade?

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

So, the 80's were the 'Me' Decade. 90's saw the Birth of PC. the 2000's were... guh. I don't know. Trash? The best I can say is that it was the Vapid Culture.

In just 5 months, we'll hit January 2020. So, what concept do you think will best define this culture?

To me, it can only be one idea. And with a happy heart will I say goodbye to the 2010's, the Echo Chamber [https://www.techopedia.com/definition/23423/echo-chamber] culture.

It took a lot for us to get here, but we finally reached a point where we can be in the real world, but still live inside our realm of influence happily. Nothing matters more than our feedback loop. The power of judgement, the satisfaction of reassurance about how correct you are by those who "get it and get you"... there is no other movement, ideal, or situation that happened more in this decade than the Birth and wholehearted acceptance of the Echo Chamber.

Even if this is the decade we lost the earth due to not wanting to change our ways, a lot of that will have to do with Echo Chambers saying that "Climate Change isn't real" or "Yeah, the Earth is nice, but what about our markets? Should we just let them falter for the planet?"... and enough people agreeing with those people they choose to listen to than actual scientists who are very intelligent, yelling to us that we need to do something now.

In short, I'm calling it now. If the world ends due to this decade's inaction, we can place it straight at the feet of people like Mark Zuckerburg.

Thanks, Mark!

 

[Saelune]

I think defining decades is outdated, for now anyways. Things go too fast to do this anymore I think.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

Neo fascism.

 

[Kwak]

Don't know, but the next decade will be The Decade Of Logical And Unavoidable Consequences, otherwise known as The Collapse.

 

[Baffle]

Pretty sure this is the decade of being angry on the internet, or not being willing to agree to disagree (on the internet). And you're wrong about the 2000s, they were awesome. It was the age of nu metal and I was young enough to go clubbing. And the internet, with my lovely rose-tinted specs on, was nicer and much more collaborative. And fedoras weren't a thing. Or neckbeards. Or a combination of the same.

 

[Baffle]

Don't know, but the next decade will be The Decade Of Logical And Unavoidable Consequences, otherwise known as The Collapse.

Probably only for poor people.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

Neo fascism.

Everything is getting a reboot. Super heroes, movies, and failed 20th century ideologies.

In short, I'm calling it now. If the world ends due to this decade's inaction, we can place it straight at the feet of people like Mark Zuckerburg.

I 'unno, I think the Zuccmeister and his platform are more a symptom than the underlying disease.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

Neo fascism.

Everything is getting a reboot. Super heroes, movies, and failed 20th century ideologies.

In short, I'm calling it now. If the world ends due to this decade's inaction, we can place it straight at the feet of people like Mark Zuckerburg.

I 'unno, I think the Zuccmeister and his platform are more a symptom than the underlying disease.

Eh, a comorbidity, at best. Like, there were OBBs before the social media boon. But really, it's the fact that everyone has a piece of plastic that can tell you the new flavor of the month 12 thousand miles away and have 20 different people give you a thumbs up for saying it looks nasty that's the real cause.

There's no way to unplug any more.

I say to you at work.

Pretty sure this is the decade of being angry on the internet, or not being willing to agree to disagree (on the internet). And you're wrong about the 2000s, they were awesome. It was the age of nu metal and I was young enough to go clubbing. And the internet, with my lovely rose-tinted specs on, was nicer and much more collaborative. And fedoras weren't a thing. Or neckbeards. Or a combination of the same.

Sir. Exhibit A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_uDcCZDrxg].

Case Rested.

The only thing that came from the 2000's that makes me not want to bomb it from orbit is "The Weekenders [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Weekenders]"

 

[Chessrook44]

Neo fascism.

I'm going to say no, because you forget... for a majority of this decade, we had a black man as president, and there wasn't really as much of the whole issue with racism and the like in common society with the whole SJW and Nazi war that's been going on. That really only took off with Trump and his run for president, which was.... 2016. 3 years ago.

It's been a really long three years, hasn't it?

 

[Baffle]

Sir. Exhibit A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_uDcCZDrxg].

Case Rested.

They won't stop whispering!

But I see your whispery men and their buttocky ladies, and I raise you ... a very sad thing [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_v1SLIt01Q] (in retrospect).

 

[Kwak]

The only thing that came from the 2000's that makes me not want to bomb it from orbit is "The Weekenders [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Weekenders]"

Samurai Jack? Arrested Development? 30 Rock? Powerpuff Girls? Cowboy Bebop? Samurai Champloo? Jeez, you're hard to please.

ETA. Not to mention these. At least something decent must be in there somewhere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_in_video_gaming

 

[Eacaraxe_v1legacy]

Second Gilded Age?

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Anti-cooperation.

Because why would you work with people unless you agree on absolutely everything?

Republicans refuse to work with Democrats because of guns and abortions, Democrats refuse to work with other Democrats because they're wearing a slightly different shirt they don't like.

If you have a slightly different opinion than someone else you're "literally Satan" or on this website a "Nazi bigot."

 

[Baffle]

If you have a slightly different opinion than someone else you're "literally Satan" or on this website a "Nazi bigot."

I disagree, and you know what that makes you?

Ah man, I remember when Habbo Hotel wasn't just paedophiles. It was also people who stood in the exit so no one could leave.

 

[McElroy]

C'mon now think about 2010. Everything was so innocent back in the day. Outrage culture is one of the things that steadily came about during the past ten years. I see #MeToo as a recent peak and towards the end of the decade I feel some people have become incredibly sensitized to sexism, racism, and eco-anxiety. Yeah, when it comes to those issues people have constructed echo chambers around themselves and people who think alike, and every time somebody attempts to breach it they get replied with the same one-liner and get told to buzz off.

 

[Bedinsis]

To focus on less sociological aspects (partly because other people in this thread already have done so, partly because it makes me sad): video games and smartphones. In 2009 the global revenue for video games was twice that of films, a gap that has since only increased. I'd argue video games in general is mainstream now, a change that happened during the 2010s. And the smartphone broke through with the first iPhone in 2007, since then acquisition and functionality has increased to the degree that the default Internet browsing experience is through a smartphone. That also happened in the 2010s.

If I am straying off topic please say so.

 

[stroopwafel]

Nothing really stood out for me in the '00s or '10s as particularly unique for the decade. It feels more like we're just living in a really long 1999 xD Same technology but evolved and better but also more obtrusive and annoying. And society 'progressed' along the exact same line.

 

[Marik2]

Mass shootings, alt right, and chaos in general. We are in the middle of a transition period where people are just going into extreme sides cuz they don't know how to adjust in general.

 

[09philj]

Digital hellscape?

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

C'mon now think about 2010. Everything was so innocent back in the day. Outrage culture is one of the things that steadily came about during the past ten years. I see #MeToo as a recent peak and towards the end of the decade I feel some people have become incredibly sensitized to sexism, racism, and eco-anxiety. Yeah, when it comes to those issues people have constructed echo chambers around themselves and people who think alike, and every time somebody attempts to breach it they get replied with the same one-liner and get told to buzz off.

Breach it how? As in terms of trying to make a discussion about the topics or as an attempt to dissuade the movement?