This has nothing to do with politics at all, just casual thoughts, I had to vent somewhere. Maybe it’s just me being a bit doomer or something, but my siblings, almost all of my friends and most of the people I know usually agree. You know how older people say that they miss 1980s for example, that’s basically how I view first half of 2010s for newer generation.
Everything was so much better then: internet, movies, TV shows, games, popular stuff, as for the internet, most of popular trash today was non existent including cringe ‘‘trends’’ etc, reddit wasn’t as popular and as talked about as today, there was Google+ and YouTube was best with Markiplier playing horror games being mainstream, Balkan YouTube being at it’s peak(anyone who is from countries of ex-Yugoslavia will know about what I’m talking about), Minecraft, GTA V, ARK Survival Evolved, Creepypastas, indie games, Pokemons everywhere, you name it. Movies were better and better every year (props to Cocaine Bear and few more recent movies which are actually good ofc), while today most of the movies are either boring sequels, ruining originals or terrible remakes, with newer games also doing the same thing.
It was 2017 when everything started going to shit on the internet, very early 2017 started good, but then in about mid 2017 everything changed: dramas and cringe trends started on internet, open racism on social media started becoming more frequent, people complaining about everything etc, reddit and TikTok becoming more popular, good social media getting shut down or ruined with updates, cringe games becoming popular while old ones including literal Minecraft went into irrelevancy(it came back later thankfully) etc.
And life was so much better then in general, not everyone was complaining and depressed irl, I remember every day after school going with siblings and friends on sports center across the street from school and spending whole day there. Today, it wouldn’t be even possible since almost everyone I know is depressed and very closed in, including new people I meet, everyone is basically just looking after themselves closed and not giving a shit about anyone or anything if you know what I mean. People are just becoming depressed shells more and more, what is up with that? Not so long ago before a few years, this would be unimaginable and here we are. I’m saying 2012-2016 since that was the best time imo. As I said, my siblings agree with me, most of my friends also but they just kind of don’t know why is that.
Does anyone else feel the same or similar about that time?
You know what’s funny? I had the exact same in mind with regards to Despacito in 2017. I was never a real big fan of the song, but it’s probably the last real song that fits into the aforementioned bracket of ‘songs I heard and can remember where I was when I heard them’.
And even though there are games that have come out I really enjoy, I find it extremely difficult to get into games these days. I often find myself playing games pre-2017. The only real exception to that was Red Dead Redemption 2, but again, that was a sequel to a concept that already existed. That said, it did take that universe to whole new heights, and had a much different feel; it didn’t feel as Western as the first one, ironically, in spite of its earlier setting. Not a criticism by any means however.
I’ve definitely fallen behind on what’s ‘current’. I don’t even use TikTok at all, yet I know it’s probably the most popular social media now. For the longest time I was confined to just Facebook which appears to have gained status as popular amongst boomers now.
2017 was before my last year of actual ‘school’, so I was still within the same environment I had been until my last year. 2017 was the year of this massive cultural change for me, and it certainly hasn’t helped that my early 20s have been entirely dominated by the Covid pandemic.
Fr, I just play classics before 2017, in early 2017, there were many promising horror games which were coming out and all of them turned out to be disappointment when they came out, because they were marketed towards little kids instead of going with original plans, story etc. No memorable songs past 2017, just few dozen good movies and nothing new interesting.
Same with social media, it’s either shit or old ones got deleted or ruined with updates.