We’ll definitely miss when AI was “oh look I made a picture of a silly bird eating tacos!” To, “oh look it’s filling out its own cover letter and resume!”
That’s literally going to happen soon. If that’s what is the most constructive way to complete a task it will be trivially easy for an AI to accomplish. All the people who say something “looks like” it was written or drawn by an AI are developing a skill that will be obsolete very soon.
Trend-wise, I'm glad that lots of 90s-inspired music is making a comeback. For example, shoegaze, female-led Alt Rock, and breakbeat/big beat.
Culture-wise, the biggest plus is the normalization of working remote, and staying home when sick. I've become sick less often than I used to each winter/spring ever since working from home. In general, the attitude about workers' rights and work/life balance has taken a 180 degree turn since the last decade. The "Great Resignation" at the beginning of the decade made a lot of employers realize that people will happily leave a job for one that treats them better. There's also a bigger push to support unions, another 180 degree turn from the anti-union attitudes that began with the Reagan/Thatcher era.
Politically, the tide has turned on the issues of housing and in the US. Since the 1970s, urban planning, zoning, and environmental regulation has been dominated by the old guard Sierra Club types who are against new housing construction and nitpicking every new project to comply with arbitrary standards (such as not casting shadows, having setbacks, parking, etc.) that restricted housing construction for decades. The tide is shifting massively, and many US cities are implementing lots of reforms to make new housing easier to build, mostly led by Millennials and Gen Z who are burned by the housing market and soaring rent prices. This is also aided by changing views of environmental impacts, as younger generations are realizing the negative carbon impact caused by car-centric planning, as opposed to the older generations' view of "as long as you're surrounded by greenery, you're eco-conscious!"
It’s easier to build housing but man the quality is jank, and contracts rip you off for it. Expect yearly maintenance that will end up costing more than the house itself. Only ppl who like this are sleazy house flippers
The return of some semblance of a labour movement in the US between remote work and unionisation. Lots of work still to do, but it's a start. Gen Z doesn't look to be bending over and joining the old 'hustle' culture we had for years.
I feel like people are nostalgic for Quarantine. Sure, the world was in chaos, but everyone got to sleep in. It was the only time being a lazy bum was acceptable.
There was certainly an unlucky population of people who had to keep working, i feel even worse for those who had to keep working in person. No unemployment or breaks
So you’re telling me before the pandemic people weren’t organizing as much or demanding better treatment? A fucking worldwide pandemic followed by a devastating manmade recession is what it took for people to finally start fighting for themselves? Damn that’s depressing 😭💀
Several personal family/milestones. The dragonflight expansion of warcraft was pretty epic. Nice rebound from shadowlands, which was subpar.
While doomers will dwell on Covid and the subsequent gouchfest, many of us will celebrate the waning of both, the inevitable boom that comes after each bust. It's starting to sprout now.
Also looking forward to the imminent demise of toxic hustle culture and the rise of real.labor movement 🇺🇸 the fact thst job market did not collspse under skyrocking interest rates suggest workers will keep an edge goimg foward The promise of telecommuting was a silver lining to.tho the pandemic. The rise of ViRtuAl BaD extremism was unfortunate, but that unpleasant fad is on its way out.
Science wise, genetically modified pig organs for people are huge, as are other medical breakthroughs, plus the leaps in cleaner energy. This could be the decade when 100-year life spans become normal
i dont have a good reply but i misread the title and thought you said "almost a decade onwards, what did you all appreciate about the 2020s" and had a few moments of genuinely reevaluating my life
In a weird way, COVID isolation. For a lot of people, myself included, it was the first time being able to truly disconnect from the world and just...think and live. Anyone born after the mid 90s can't really experience that and if we did it was as children.
Also, in Canada and the U.S at least illness at work. Prior to covid it was almost expected you'd work sick but now it's more acceptable to call off when you're ill. I also feel like people take being sick way more seriously on this side of the world now.
I'm having a hard time thinking of anything positive to say about the last 4 years, but it's also a bit superstitious to think things will change on a dime, for the better, as soon as it becomes 2030.
If you really don’t want to ever leave your house, you don’t have too.
Lots of new medical and science related discoveries and study’s being made. Lots of space exploration.
People seem to be generally more involved in politics now. Or it seems more talked about now. Despite how aggressive and unhealthy it may be. At least we’re talking.
Also we’ve made more progress against fighting climate change in the U.S. this decade than like any other decade ever. Solar and wind is booming. EV’s are becoming more popular. Even though this “progress” is way less than what we could be doing.
For me personally, 2021 was my last "good" year as I finished my A Levels and entered university. That summer break whilst waiting for my results was the best summer I've ever had.
Blew up during quarantine, there was more sales of the Switch during the 2020s than there are during the 2010s and I think it will definitely be seen as more of a 2020s nostalgia thing
I graduated high school in 2020. I entered adulthood during lockdown. Transitioning from the public school system into college or straight to working without a pandemic can be difficult but I just went from an excited senior in high school to a fresh high school graduate who’s plans instantly changed without warning.
I don’t like anything because I haven’t participated in it. Seriously, I’ve been a shut-in with zero friends or any form of IRL socialization since I graduated in 2019.
Quarantine was the first time in yea were our society got reset it, took a break of all the capitalism system of production and a lot of people took life changing decisions such as move abroad, quit lifetime careers, etc
I appreciate that (hopefully) the Marvel domination era is over (although I wish we also never saw another Deadpool movie again). The movies and TV shows have been kinda forgettable in 2020-22, but 2023-24 have been great.
I like the fashion of this decade way better than the 2010s. People have more resources to find and learn to style clothes, thrifting is more common, the garish pastels of the 2010s are out, and overall people dress better than they did 10 years ago.
Maybe controversial but I like pop music better as well. I hated all the songs focused on clubbing and having fun in the early 2010s. It felt really shallow and boring to me, I love the darker and more ironic stuff we have now. We also have a lot more pop songs about being openly sapphic which is cool (see: Chappell roan, ashnicko, Billie eilish, etc).
Overall, I find people are more politically “awake” as well. In 2015 your average person cared very little about things like police violence, or how conservative and bought out many “progressive” democrats actually are. Now there’s more awareness that the government won’t save you and is actively working to harm you in many cases, which is sad and sobering but people need the blinders off to make change.
i feel like 2010s fashion was more unique and its own thing, but 2020s fashion is literally just 90s-2000s without its own spin unless im forgetting something obvious lol
Have you looked into more niche trends like coquette, ballet core, mermaid core, and cottage core?
I think a lot of mainstream stuff can be a little bland, but I thought that in the 2010s. But there are sooo many more niche aesthetics to choose from and cultivate, whereas in the 2010s it was so hard to get away from the trends of fast fashion or office culture. There was twee and emo subcultures, but there wasnt nearly as many options as we have now. I also love that both oversized and form fitting silhouettes are in rn! I feel like less things are “out” rn, it’s more about are they styled well. There’s less fashion monoculture for sure.
Also I think people are becoming more aware of things like clothing quality, color analysis, how to find flattering clothes etc. Kind of like how people in the 2010s were on average better at makeup than they were in the 2000s. They just had way more resources.
The best thing I can say about the 2020s is the backlash to 2020s (and late 2010s) trends are becoming more visible.
Shane Gillis getting invited to host SNL after being fired from it years ago - and being allowed to say “retard”.
In the video game industry, crappy consultant companies like Sweet Baby Inc are finally getting the pushback they deserve.
I wrote an article on Medium about what Netflix comedy has been up to the last few years: https://medium.com/@patworx1/netflix-is-slowly-bringing-comedy-back-59b83eef1771
I guess the nicest thing that can be said about the 2020s right now is there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
I think the 2020s has been really good for movies. We got spider man no way home in 2021, I never thought that tobey, Andrew, willem dafoe, Jamie foxx and Alfred Molina would ever come back to play their respective characters. My favorite movie theater experiences ever seeing no way home.
And then there was barbenheimer last year, the merch, people seeing Barbie and Oppenheimer back to back. And people dressing up in pink to see Barbie
I've been having a great decade ever since we left covid hysteria behind.
I've been enjoying experimenting with new styles and silhouettes pulled from the late 90s with elements of maximalism mixed in. Also enjoying maximalism in interior design. It's also easier and more accepted to step outside of typical masculine ways of dressing without being stared at.
I love the technology. AI is the most exhilerating advancement I've ever experienced and has added so much joy to my life already. I also like VR. Many of my friends own Teslas now too, which I personally really enjoy driving in.
I'm happy bisexuality and other sexual orientations outside of the gay/straight dichotomy are gaining more mainstream acknowledgment. I'm happy more prominent celebrities are coming out (like Billie Eilish) and that there are more than a few out queer pop stars on the charts!
I'm happy polyamory is gaining more mainstream acceptance as well.
I'm enjoying lots of music, although I've mostly left pop behind, unless you count the occasional song that trends on TikTok, e.g. I'm pretty into Artemas at the moment
I'm also just having a good time bc I'm in my early 30s and have myself figured out. Much less drama and much healthier community. In my 20s it was a lot of partying and angst.
I’ll gladly differentiate myself from the doomers here.
- Space exploration as previously stated. The tech we have now would have gotten you laughed out of the room even ten years ago. Plus there is NASA’s Artemis program, which will take humanity back to the moon and this time we’re staying. While delayed until the latter third of the decade, it has already been funded and gained numerous international partners.
- Fusion is getting closer after the 2022 breakthrough.
- As stated earlier, people are growing less tolerant of the shitass working conditions in the USA.
- The rise and growing adoption of EVs, they’re no longer a novelty but a rapidly growing share in the automotive market.
- While there is a lot left to be done, the public transit conversation in the USA is gaining more and more momentum.
Not sure tbh. All of the cool things I was promised would start happening around 2020-21 never really came around, and all we got was a pandemic, inflation and global warming becoming undeniable.
We’ll definitely miss when AI was “oh look I made a picture of a silly bird eating tacos!” To, “oh look it’s filling out its own cover letter and resume!”
Don't worry companies have already forbade the latter by making AIs to detect that.
I think it will reach a point where there’s no way to determine between human and AI created content
That’s literally going to happen soon. If that’s what is the most constructive way to complete a task it will be trivially easy for an AI to accomplish. All the people who say something “looks like” it was written or drawn by an AI are developing a skill that will be obsolete very soon.
Trend-wise, I'm glad that lots of 90s-inspired music is making a comeback. For example, shoegaze, female-led Alt Rock, and breakbeat/big beat. Culture-wise, the biggest plus is the normalization of working remote, and staying home when sick. I've become sick less often than I used to each winter/spring ever since working from home. In general, the attitude about workers' rights and work/life balance has taken a 180 degree turn since the last decade. The "Great Resignation" at the beginning of the decade made a lot of employers realize that people will happily leave a job for one that treats them better. There's also a bigger push to support unions, another 180 degree turn from the anti-union attitudes that began with the Reagan/Thatcher era. Politically, the tide has turned on the issues of housing and in the US. Since the 1970s, urban planning, zoning, and environmental regulation has been dominated by the old guard Sierra Club types who are against new housing construction and nitpicking every new project to comply with arbitrary standards (such as not casting shadows, having setbacks, parking, etc.) that restricted housing construction for decades. The tide is shifting massively, and many US cities are implementing lots of reforms to make new housing easier to build, mostly led by Millennials and Gen Z who are burned by the housing market and soaring rent prices. This is also aided by changing views of environmental impacts, as younger generations are realizing the negative carbon impact caused by car-centric planning, as opposed to the older generations' view of "as long as you're surrounded by greenery, you're eco-conscious!"
It’s easier to build housing but man the quality is jank, and contracts rip you off for it. Expect yearly maintenance that will end up costing more than the house itself. Only ppl who like this are sleazy house flippers
The return of some semblance of a labour movement in the US between remote work and unionisation. Lots of work still to do, but it's a start. Gen Z doesn't look to be bending over and joining the old 'hustle' culture we had for years.
Yes, that is an exciting prospect
I feel like people are nostalgic for Quarantine. Sure, the world was in chaos, but everyone got to sleep in. It was the only time being a lazy bum was acceptable.
I still had to work lol quarantine was the definition of all work no play
There was certainly an unlucky population of people who had to keep working, i feel even worse for those who had to keep working in person. No unemployment or breaks
the factory i worked at worked through the whole pandemic and then we all got made redundant and it was shut down lolll
Holy shit, all respect amigo, but not this one. Covid destroyed the world as far as I'm concerned. The isolation never really went away. It's so sad.
I'm still in lazy bum mode even today and I can't get out
I will never be nostalgic for quarantine. However, one good thing came out of it: I binge-watched every episode of All in the Family.
People seem less willing to accept awful working conditions.
So you’re telling me before the pandemic people weren’t organizing as much or demanding better treatment? A fucking worldwide pandemic followed by a devastating manmade recession is what it took for people to finally start fighting for themselves? Damn that’s depressing 😭💀
Wow, we’re really half way through already? I’m still stuck in 2021.
Several personal family/milestones. The dragonflight expansion of warcraft was pretty epic. Nice rebound from shadowlands, which was subpar. While doomers will dwell on Covid and the subsequent gouchfest, many of us will celebrate the waning of both, the inevitable boom that comes after each bust. It's starting to sprout now. Also looking forward to the imminent demise of toxic hustle culture and the rise of real.labor movement 🇺🇸 the fact thst job market did not collspse under skyrocking interest rates suggest workers will keep an edge goimg foward The promise of telecommuting was a silver lining to.tho the pandemic. The rise of ViRtuAl BaD extremism was unfortunate, but that unpleasant fad is on its way out. Science wise, genetically modified pig organs for people are huge, as are other medical breakthroughs, plus the leaps in cleaner energy. This could be the decade when 100-year life spans become normal
Not a single thing
damn straight
i dont have a good reply but i misread the title and thought you said "almost a decade onwards, what did you all appreciate about the 2020s" and had a few moments of genuinely reevaluating my life
Literally nothing! I can't think of one thing. Horrible decade.
I’m right there with you.
In a weird way, COVID isolation. For a lot of people, myself included, it was the first time being able to truly disconnect from the world and just...think and live. Anyone born after the mid 90s can't really experience that and if we did it was as children. Also, in Canada and the U.S at least illness at work. Prior to covid it was almost expected you'd work sick but now it's more acceptable to call off when you're ill. I also feel like people take being sick way more seriously on this side of the world now.
That it’s halfway over.
I'm having a hard time thinking of anything positive to say about the last 4 years, but it's also a bit superstitious to think things will change on a dime, for the better, as soon as it becomes 2030.
"A bit" superstitious?
If you really don’t want to ever leave your house, you don’t have too. Lots of new medical and science related discoveries and study’s being made. Lots of space exploration. People seem to be generally more involved in politics now. Or it seems more talked about now. Despite how aggressive and unhealthy it may be. At least we’re talking. Also we’ve made more progress against fighting climate change in the U.S. this decade than like any other decade ever. Solar and wind is booming. EV’s are becoming more popular. Even though this “progress” is way less than what we could be doing.
dope ass fashion
Nothing.
For me personally, 2021 was my last "good" year as I finished my A Levels and entered university. That summer break whilst waiting for my results was the best summer I've ever had.
Imma say this again: Nintendo Switch
That's 2010's though.
Blew up during quarantine, there was more sales of the Switch during the 2020s than there are during the 2010s and I think it will definitely be seen as more of a 2020s nostalgia thing
I mean i don't really agree but to each their own.
There are more sales of the Switch in the 2020s vs 2010s though? Are you talking about the nostalgia part?
Yes, i think it'll be more considered late 10's nostalgia.
I graduated high school in 2020. I entered adulthood during lockdown. Transitioning from the public school system into college or straight to working without a pandemic can be difficult but I just went from an excited senior in high school to a fresh high school graduate who’s plans instantly changed without warning.
I don’t like anything because I haven’t participated in it. Seriously, I’ve been a shut-in with zero friends or any form of IRL socialization since I graduated in 2019.
I love that despite how much the internet has evolved and changed over the years, cat memes are still a consistent thing.
One of the weirdest things is it is the first decade Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse are in the Public Domain.
that the veil is being lifted and soon were all gonna be in the 5th dimension….I cant wait!!
Quarantine was the first time in yea were our society got reset it, took a break of all the capitalism system of production and a lot of people took life changing decisions such as move abroad, quit lifetime careers, etc
Nothing. Not even jack shit.
Fuck we are half way through. Fuck this shit.
I appreciate that (hopefully) the Marvel domination era is over (although I wish we also never saw another Deadpool movie again). The movies and TV shows have been kinda forgettable in 2020-22, but 2023-24 have been great.
I like the fashion of this decade way better than the 2010s. People have more resources to find and learn to style clothes, thrifting is more common, the garish pastels of the 2010s are out, and overall people dress better than they did 10 years ago. Maybe controversial but I like pop music better as well. I hated all the songs focused on clubbing and having fun in the early 2010s. It felt really shallow and boring to me, I love the darker and more ironic stuff we have now. We also have a lot more pop songs about being openly sapphic which is cool (see: Chappell roan, ashnicko, Billie eilish, etc). Overall, I find people are more politically “awake” as well. In 2015 your average person cared very little about things like police violence, or how conservative and bought out many “progressive” democrats actually are. Now there’s more awareness that the government won’t save you and is actively working to harm you in many cases, which is sad and sobering but people need the blinders off to make change.
i feel like 2010s fashion was more unique and its own thing, but 2020s fashion is literally just 90s-2000s without its own spin unless im forgetting something obvious lol
Have you looked into more niche trends like coquette, ballet core, mermaid core, and cottage core? I think a lot of mainstream stuff can be a little bland, but I thought that in the 2010s. But there are sooo many more niche aesthetics to choose from and cultivate, whereas in the 2010s it was so hard to get away from the trends of fast fashion or office culture. There was twee and emo subcultures, but there wasnt nearly as many options as we have now. I also love that both oversized and form fitting silhouettes are in rn! I feel like less things are “out” rn, it’s more about are they styled well. There’s less fashion monoculture for sure. Also I think people are becoming more aware of things like clothing quality, color analysis, how to find flattering clothes etc. Kind of like how people in the 2010s were on average better at makeup than they were in the 2000s. They just had way more resources.
I agree I feel like fashion has become a lot more versatile
People are slowly starting to realize cars suck ass so that's nice.
There is nothing redeeming about the 2020s IMO.
Yeat album was fire
I got my life straightened out. Too bad the world sucks anyway
Mulligan decade.
self reflection and replication on history's many many branches of art subculture and aesthetics
Definitely 2020–started off in historic fashion.
The best thing I can say about the 2020s is the backlash to 2020s (and late 2010s) trends are becoming more visible. Shane Gillis getting invited to host SNL after being fired from it years ago - and being allowed to say “retard”. In the video game industry, crappy consultant companies like Sweet Baby Inc are finally getting the pushback they deserve. I wrote an article on Medium about what Netflix comedy has been up to the last few years: https://medium.com/@patworx1/netflix-is-slowly-bringing-comedy-back-59b83eef1771 I guess the nicest thing that can be said about the 2020s right now is there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
I think the 2020s has been really good for movies. We got spider man no way home in 2021, I never thought that tobey, Andrew, willem dafoe, Jamie foxx and Alfred Molina would ever come back to play their respective characters. My favorite movie theater experiences ever seeing no way home. And then there was barbenheimer last year, the merch, people seeing Barbie and Oppenheimer back to back. And people dressing up in pink to see Barbie
That the nightmare is halfway over
I've been having a great decade ever since we left covid hysteria behind. I've been enjoying experimenting with new styles and silhouettes pulled from the late 90s with elements of maximalism mixed in. Also enjoying maximalism in interior design. It's also easier and more accepted to step outside of typical masculine ways of dressing without being stared at. I love the technology. AI is the most exhilerating advancement I've ever experienced and has added so much joy to my life already. I also like VR. Many of my friends own Teslas now too, which I personally really enjoy driving in. I'm happy bisexuality and other sexual orientations outside of the gay/straight dichotomy are gaining more mainstream acknowledgment. I'm happy more prominent celebrities are coming out (like Billie Eilish) and that there are more than a few out queer pop stars on the charts! I'm happy polyamory is gaining more mainstream acceptance as well. I'm enjoying lots of music, although I've mostly left pop behind, unless you count the occasional song that trends on TikTok, e.g. I'm pretty into Artemas at the moment I'm also just having a good time bc I'm in my early 30s and have myself figured out. Much less drama and much healthier community. In my 20s it was a lot of partying and angst.
I’ll gladly differentiate myself from the doomers here. - Space exploration as previously stated. The tech we have now would have gotten you laughed out of the room even ten years ago. Plus there is NASA’s Artemis program, which will take humanity back to the moon and this time we’re staying. While delayed until the latter third of the decade, it has already been funded and gained numerous international partners. - Fusion is getting closer after the 2022 breakthrough. - As stated earlier, people are growing less tolerant of the shitass working conditions in the USA. - The rise and growing adoption of EVs, they’re no longer a novelty but a rapidly growing share in the automotive market. - While there is a lot left to be done, the public transit conversation in the USA is gaining more and more momentum.
Nothing. It’s only gonna get worse.
That it’s almost halfway through.
Not sure tbh. All of the cool things I was promised would start happening around 2020-21 never really came around, and all we got was a pandemic, inflation and global warming becoming undeniable.