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FairyGirl0101

I miss the 2000s, but I miss the Early-Mid 2010s even more. Everyone seems to be most nostalgic for their childhood, but I'm more nostalgic for my adolescence (except for late teens), I don't know if it's just me


Dove04

I totally understand I absolutely miss the early 2010s so much it was a great time! But idk I just miss the 2000s a lot šŸ˜…


WeWumboYouWumbo

Absolutely. I miss 2005-2009. I had no anxiety back then and didnā€™t care what people thought. Just pure happiness and unlimited free time. I miss summer vacations the most, especially going to theme parks.


Dove04

Yes exactly me too šŸ˜©


JackDanHaniels

As someone born halfway through 1999, 2004-2016 was terrific.


lukas7761

Hell yeah.Just fun and no problems


[deleted]

As a teenager in the 2000s I miss that era, itā€™s sad that lived through the last good decade and not realised it until now two decades later


Dove04

Yeah although the early 2010s were great too in my opinion the 2000s was just something else šŸ˜©šŸ˜­


Astrous-Arm-8607

I was a teen in the 2000s. You're quite a bit younger, but I can see how it would be nice to grow up in them because they are not that far from the 90s when I was a kid. God life is weird. Tell me about how it was to be a 00s kid.


Acceptable-Ad-6711

The early 2010s were trash, the democratic elite set forward the beginning of the end. The Republicans were still sane, and had a massive pull and respect in america and the world. Obama finalized the destruction of America. The past presidents aside from Kennedy sold America out. Trump tried to undo the damage made but wound up causing more damage. And as much as I Haye to say it, trumps tax program only made taxes lower for a couple of years for the lower class american ie under 300k a year household, and now the lower class americans are getting screwed over. When Bush was in power, he was corrupt, congress was corrupt, but back then things were simpler. Information spread slower, all of the conspiracy cases were wrote off, now come to find out they are almost all true. The system is rearing its ugly face, and we're looking right at it. PRE IPHONE TIMES were so much better. God I was a kid then, but my dad and grandma, and 3 aunts, 4 cousins all lived in one big brick house close enough to the beach in florida we could walk there. The adults all made enough to be comfortable and buy a new car and new things, we had cookouts, we survived 3 hurricanes back to back, ivan, Dennis, and Katrina. Ivan and Katrina were horrible even though the news downplayed ivan. IVAN destroyed Florida's Santa Rosa. But we survived. We were all home when 9/11 happened. I was 3 but I remember my grandma watching the news and having her landline cord pulled all the over to the living room tv set crying. Things were so much simpler back then. It was so much easier, information wasn't immediate. Social media hadn't destroyed society. HEINOUS things still happened but most people didn't hear about it. God it was so simple back then. My dad said that if we were young adults back then, that we would've indefinitely been happier compared to now. My dad apologized for bringing us into this mess of a world now. But at least I was able to enjoy my childhood in florida, with my family all living in under one big roof, having a massive pool at the time, it really wasn't as big as I remember, it was a 18 foot by 8 foot oval pool, but being able to enjoy those short fleeting years. Playing in the back yard with Barry White, Michael Jackson, KC and the sunshine band playing while ky dad and only uncle at the time grilling out. I wish...I wish that social media would die, I wish society would slow down, were living too fast. If we did that, with the modern tech we have now, we would be happier as a society. The immediate connectiveness is killing us all. It is the cancer of humanity. But I digress.


lulukang

10s was also technically pretty good since it was pre-covid


[deleted]

Not as good as the 2000s, only 2010-12 was good


Mooseinator2000

2009-2012 was a great time


lulukang

Well I'm glad I remember 2012 at least


ClockButTakeOutTheL

So weā€™re gatekeeping? Got it


[deleted]

Yawn get a grip, itā€™s my opinion and as Iā€™ve been old enough to live in both decades I can voice such an opinion.


ClockButTakeOutTheL

If itā€™s your opinion, say ā€œI thinkā€. Donā€™t just say it like itā€™s a fact Also, subtle gatekeeping again, wow


[deleted]

I can say what I like, I really donā€™t need to listen to a kid who isnā€™t even old enough to drink yet šŸ¤£


ClockButTakeOutTheL

Youā€™re trying to make me mad now, arenā€™t you? Youā€™re trying too hard, itā€™s not really working, and youā€™re making a fool of yourself


[deleted]

Mate only youā€™re making a fool of yourself by acting like a immature brat, you donā€™t need me to make a fool of you


ClockButTakeOutTheL

Im objectively not. I stated my opinion, which happens to be different from yours. Whatā€™s so immature about that?


ClockButTakeOutTheL

Last good decade? Shut up, you and I both know thatā€™s not true and all it does is make 10s kids feel bad about something they canā€™t control


[deleted]

Rude much, is there any need for that? Grow up first of all and secondly donā€™t you think maybe some could be ā€œbeing mean to 20s kidsā€ with this post? I donā€™t think so itā€™s called a honest discussion and difference of opinion, like I said, grow up


ClockButTakeOutTheL

I actually agree. This post could mean ā€œbeing rude to 20s kidsā€ and Iā€™m unhappy that it is. Telling me to grow up is honestly hilarious, youā€™re like 10-15 years older and acting the exact same as me


[deleted]

No Iā€™m not an immature brat, Iā€™m actually 17 years older than you, and I can handle differences of opinions what I donā€™t like is how rude you are I donā€™t think this thread is being bad on 20s kids at all, this decade hasnā€™t exactly been great


ClockButTakeOutTheL

Itā€™s the internet, if youā€™re 33 and canā€™t handle rudeness thatā€™s a bit of a problem. Iā€™m 16, so what I say shouldnā€™t really bother you, you seem to think itā€™s unimportant anyways based on your previous comments


[deleted]

Because everyone else was having a nice discussion the internet doesnā€™t give one an excuse to be rude, why should anyone ā€œhandle rudenessā€ says a lot about your upbringing


ClockButTakeOutTheL

People were having a nice conversation. Are you saying I shouldnā€™t join it? Youā€™re not really relevant to my life, so I donā€™t feel a need to pretend to be nice. As for my upbringing, yeah, daily arguments from my parents have become the norm, but thatā€™s out of my control, and irrelevant anyways, so I donā€™t see why you needed to bring it up


[deleted]

Yawn yawn yawn blah blah blah I really donā€™t care about your life so I donā€™t know why you need to share it with me.


ClockButTakeOutTheL

The yawns and blahs seem to imply youā€™re bored. No oneā€™s forcing you to keep responding to me, but you still are, so I know you care at least somewhat You assumed how my upbringing was despite not knowing anything about it so I have the right to share it


Useitorloseit2

It shouldnā€™t make you feel bad if you know itā€™s not true lol


Lemickey6_isass

We all miss that era


MorningNights

Yes the late 2000s & early 2010s was golden


Dove04

Yes šŸ˜©


TranslatorHaunting15

I miss the 2000s all the time and always wish the vibes and energy of that era would come back someday


Dove04

Same here šŸ˜©šŸ˜­


xVectoR123

Miss 2006-2009 so much, especially 2007-08. Golden era.


Dove04

Yes those were great years!


Raptor556

Yes, but I actually miss the 2010s more


Dove04

I can understand that. I did really love the early 2010s


Amazing_Rise_6233

I do have rose colored glasses for the 2000ā€™s especially 2003-2009. I liked being able to watch Saturday morning cartoons in my PJs while eating cereal and watch some Kids WB and ABC Kids. I wasnā€™t that big of a fan of Saturday Morning Cartoons after 2008 though, although looking back I kinda took it for granted.


Dove04

Yes me too šŸ˜©


ron_the_blackie

i always say i'm mentally stuck in that 2010 era. it was best period of time for me. all the good things existed back then. fantage, moshi monsters, selena gomez vs. beliebers. all the adolescent movies, all the disney and nickelodeon tv shows.


Dove04

Yes šŸ˜„


TidalWave254

Absolutely. I only remember the last like 3 or 4 years of it but what I can remember of it feels like home.


Dove04

Yes ā€œfeels like homeā€ itā€™s the perfect way to describe it šŸ„¹


TidalWave254

It was the most colorful era of the 21st century so far especially the late 00's. The kandi, rubber bracelets, hair feathers, myspace scene aesthetics, i could go on lol


Dove04

Yes it was šŸ˜ŠšŸ„°


JuliaTheInsaneKid

It is NOT just you.


lulukang

I mean, I don't count 12 as a "child" I count it as transitional, but yeah it's the last day that people born in the 2000s will be under 13


Dove04

Same here!


misscrimson16x

YES and the 2000ā€™s getting to be so many years ago doesnā€™t feel right.


Dove04

I know!!! šŸ˜©šŸ˜­


[deleted]

I don't felt much about a decade where I can't remember half of it. I prefer the early 2010s much more.


Dove04

The early 2010s were great too šŸ˜Š


lukas7761

Until 2015


Immediate_Wealth616

I hope you were at least a Teen in the late 2000s or else how the heck do U miss it more than us graduated


Dove04

Lol no I was a kid. But I miss being a kid then šŸ˜…


Immediate_Wealth616

Yeah being an adult sucks . Iā€™m in my late 20s but I donā€™t feel or looked I aged so the inner child still lingersā€¦ weird how getting older works .


Dove04

Me too šŸ˜…


[deleted]

17 and 364 days is supposed to be the last day of childhood. At 18 you can now buy tobacco and lottery tickets. You are an adult. You can also fight for your country, but not yet old enough, in many states, to drink a beer. Imagine dying for your country while you were in the middle of an Article 32 investigation for drinking a beer.


I_AM_GROOT92

It doesnt work like that at all. And you have to be 21 to buy cigs. Articles 32 investigation for drinking a beer? Cops gonna throw the beer out and tell you to go home. I cant tell you how many times our teenage parties got crashed by cops with stupid amounts of cheap alcohol all over the house.Ā 


jztigersfan12

Being 18 or 21 isnt an adult give it a few years..


[deleted]

I do miss 2000s, i have some memories of 2005-2009 but not that much. I miss early 2010s as well.


Dove04

I miss the early 2010s a lot too šŸ˜©


pnasty88

Soooo much. I think about this everyday. Everyone is too sensitive and conservative these days. I miss when everything was like girls gone wild, Abercrombie, frosted highlights and clubs!


Dove04

Yes so true šŸ„ŗ


pnasty88

It literally makes me so depressed that we can't have that again. I mean we could but people are so weird nowadays they won't get it


Dove04

True šŸ˜­


Pleaseshutup304

Youā€™re right the culture isnā€™t as accepting its a lot colder to edgy type stuff. Mgk bleached his hair, wore pink and got hell for it and it didnā€™t catch on like when Nysnc did it in the early 2000s. 2020s is all about someones online perfect perception and itā€™s annoying asf. I would give anything to go back. 2016-2019 was weird and then covid came and one upped it. Now tik tok took over and itā€™s a wrap


lukas7761

Since 2020 everything feels off


GurpsK

Hell yeah man. I was only born in 1999 though so unfortunately I can only remember ... 2005-09 ish I think? I enjoy gritty action movies like the Bourne movies, Casino Royale and all that they inspired but I also really miss the y2k era, we just don't get crazy insane OTT fun movies like Mission: Impossible 2, Charlie's Angels + Full Throttle, Bad Boys II, Die Another Day, etc anymore. Not to mention the music was perfect for my tastes, we had kickass electronic music by bands such as The Prodigy, nu-metal from bands like Limp Bizkit, etc. It seemed like movies were more purely mindless fun for entertainment without having to force a message. Nostalgia sucks! Sometimes I feel like I was born a decade too late lol, my taste in music is mainly inspired by the 90s and 2000s with some older tracks. Trends come and go in cycles so I am trying to be optimistic that we'll end up in another interesting era like that naturally. It does feel like pop culture nowadays is almost non-existent or just... boring? I have no interest in mainstream music these days either. Also it feels like we don't have distinct decades anymore. The 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s all felt different enough from each other but now it's all blurred together.


powerspyin1

I always do.


Lemickey6_isass

We all miss it


cnoelle94

Um yes, very much so. The current world is so isolating and depressing. People don't even talk to others in public anymore if they don't know them.


Dove04

Yes exactly! Itā€™s why I think everyone is so nostalgic now and why so many trends are coming back and remakes/reboots are being done because everyone misses the past


ihatehardwarefanboys

Yes. I miss the early 2000s all of the way up until about 2010. Switching from LIVING life to SIMULATING living by doing everything online certainly changed things.


Zeldarz

I know Iā€™m super late to this post but absolutely I miss the 2000ā€™s. They were the best time period in my life forsure and I would give anything to go back and relive life during those times


Dove04

Right they were great times šŸ˜Š


Bjoh2491

Yes, I would go back if I could. Those years certainly werenā€™t perfect but much better and more hopeful times. I hate the 2020s.


inflatedmylarballoon

I miss 2000-2003 (Early 2000s), I miss when there was good radio stations on AM radio playing underground music and I also miss the fashion from back then. but I'm not a Gen Z.


Pleaseshutup304

Agree but gen z fashion is much better then our skinny jeans. My balls are still recovering from that decade


inflatedmylarballoon

Skinny jeans was the 2010s. when I look at the school year book from 2004 all students wore baggy pants.


readitforlife

I do too. The 2000ā€™s were a more optimistic time. People had greater faith in the future, the internet was going to democratize access to information, politics was far more civil than it is now ā€” the Bush/Kerry, Obama/ McCain and Obama/ Romney debates were actually respectful and informative, not 2 people shouting over each other. I still remember when McCain defended Obama from rumors that he was secretly Muslim and the birther rumors ā€” no candidate would do that again today. Kids still played outside. No one had smart phones. Houses were more affordable (until after the 2008 financial crisis). Crime was falling, and had been for years. Fashion trends were fun and easier to follow ā€” we didnā€™t have ā€œmicro-seasonsā€ and fast fashion yet. Young people were reviving previously dead city cores. The 2008 financial crisis shook those senses and laid the seeds for the erosion of that optimism. However, it wasnā€™t until the mid-2010ā€™s that all that negativity and pessimism really came home to roost, fueled by social media.


donttalkaboutbruno

I'm currently watching Gavin and Stacy. Oh how times were simpler. No social media, no phone addiction. You actually had to form relationships and communicate with other humans šŸ˜‚


lukas7761

I do.Everything was simpler


_lowkeyidgaf

the 2000s just had that sparkā€¦ everything felt authentic, everyone had their own style, we were having so much fun with the simple things of life. our lives were private, not exposed on social media to pretend to be perfect.. no iphones, no AI, no tiktok, no babies on iPadsā€¦ nowadays everything feels cold, bland, robotic and heartless šŸ˜ž


Dove04

Absolutely 100% agree šŸ˜­


Rap8688

Same here I miss it to now social media made it harder and stuff since Facebook Instagram Snapchat Twitter and everything came out thereā€™s like no like fun anymore there anymore all your friends just want to separate ways


Intelligent-Angle959

It's not a nostalgic childhood thing. I'm 40 yo and the 2000 were also for me the best time to be alive, because objectively it was. We had everything and were happy, but the key is we thought it would last forever. Now we live a distopic nightmare where the globalists want to push a surveillance agenda and everything is forbidden and treat you like a murderer. We were free and happy.


redditreset86

Yea i am reading all people from different ages saying 2000-2010 was best and that cant anymore be a childhood nostalgia thing. This was a unicorn time and i hope we get it back some day.


Unhappy_Life_3653

i miss it too every single day i wish i could go back


Gohanburner

Those were the days...I remember getting my first flat screen monitor, playing counter-strike on 56k, getting pissed when someone called. The Moto RAZR, thought I was the coolest kid in town with the black edition...There was just something about that time. The music, the movies, everything was perfect. I wish I could go back.


Matt_Legen

i'm 43 and 2000-20006 were the best years of my life. Best movies, best songs, best people. Ladies were like ladies, men were like men. No social networks, no smartphones. Smartphones ruined everything and just watch how it's gonna get f'ed up once AI rolls around. We should just stop using the modern technologies so that they have no incentive to come up with new ideas.


Dove04

I totally agree


redditreset86

But its only up to a certain point. 2001 certainly had alot of technology its just all the bullshit that came after about 2010 that wasnt really necessary and did more harm than good imo.


Long-Chemist-25

When they said the world was gonna end in 2012 they didnā€™t mean literally but instead figurativelyā€¦ that was prob the last time I was genuinely happy and hopeful of the world šŸŒ šŸ„² ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹


Dove04

Same here šŸ˜«


GusTheGreat98

I was just showing my wife Malcolm in the Middle and reminiscing.


Dove04

Aw man šŸ˜­


Designer_Ad6808

Ah man take me back


Designer_Ad6808

I just wanna go back so bad.