What kind of culture would this decade be remembered for?

Good question.

Too bad I lack an answer.

****ing emos. :x

that is, if they are all extint by 2010

The explosion of the internet is clealy the defining "thing" about the 20-00's.

I mean, average Joe Schmoe was generally not online until maybe the very end of the 90's if that. Now even technophobes who still won't even go near a computer generally at least have some vague idea of what most of the major internet stuff is due to mainstream media coverage.

Speaking of that, another thing it will probably be known for is the degeneration of many news outlets into "infotainment," where ratings trump everything else.

Speaking of that, another thing it will probably be known for is the degeneration of many news outlets into "infotainment," where ratings trump everything else.

SpaceMoose

That's hardly new. That's been the case for pretty much as long as I can remember.

Bush (9/11) and Emos (Myspace)

/thread

I would say technology as a whole. Everything has advanced so much in the past decade. -Sluggo-

The explosion of the internet is clealy the defining "thing" about the 20-00's.

I mean, average Joe Schmoe was generally not online until maybe the very end of the 90's if that. Now even technophobes who still won't even go near a computer generally at least have some vague idea of what most of the major internet stuff is due to mainstream media coverage.

Speaking of that, another thing it will probably be known for is the degeneration of many news outlets into "infotainment," where ratings trump everything else.

SpaceMoose

Nah, we've been flooded with entertainmenews since at least the 1980's. Anyway, the 00's is going to be remembered for:

Music - Crappy pop songs that are mostly about sex
Politics - Post-9/11 hysteria, the Iraq War, and the shift from state-centered threats to faction-centered threat
Culture - Internet, plain and simple. Yeah, it was there before 2000, but it wasn't until the 00's (or at least 1998-1999) that it became anything more than a bunch of crappy webpages filled with tacky .gifs
Television - Reality TV shows
Cars - The rise and fall of the SUV
Fashion - I don't know what to put here, I'm completely oblivious to fashion

That's hardly new. That's been the case for pretty much as long as I can remember.

MrGeezer

It existed, but it is much worse now. Even CNN is starting to sound like a supermarket tabloid half the time.

emo's, guidos, american idol, myspace.

basically, the whole decade went to hell...

How about the change of political landscape? China and the rest of Asia are looking more like world powers every day, and Europe wants to unite into one superpower too. The past decades America was the military and economic leader of the world by far, and I quess after Bush's term things have changed.

Oh, and the next decade there may be some big anti materialistic movement.

It's already starting to be referred to as the Myspace Generation.

I was discussing this with my friends last week and we came up with:

iPods

Terrorism

Myspace

"Reality" Shows

Probably the Rap Decadepspdseagle

90s was the rap decade

I was discussing this with my friends last week and we came up with:

iPods

Terrorism

Myspace

"Reality" Shows

bradleybhoy

But thats everything hate about this decade:(.

[QUOTE="bradleybhoy"]

I was discussing this with my friends last week and we came up with:

iPods

Terrorism

Myspace

"Reality" Shows

tb254

But thats everything hate about this decade:(.

What will be the good stuff to remember? I honestly can't really think of much. Harry Potter?

[QUOTE="tb254"][QUOTE="bradleybhoy"]

I was discussing this with my friends last week and we came up with:

iPods

Terrorism

Myspace

"Reality" Shows

bradleybhoy

But thats everything hate about this decade:(.

What will be the good stuff to remember? I honestly can't really think of much. Harry Potter?

The second golden age of video-games.

I was discussing this with my friends last week and we came up with:

iPods

Terrorism

Myspace

"Reality" Shows

bradleybhoy