Over a decade later, why aren't the 2000s romanticized like the 90s were?

[Biscayne]

The 2000s is romanticized by people. I see it a lot more now than a couple years ago. There was literally a thread here not that long ago about how great 2003 was, and it went platinum. It also appeals to right-leaning people because it was the last decade where being politically incorrect was encouraged. They feel like SJWs came in the 2010s and ruined their fun.

Honestly, it depends on what decade you were born in/came of age. Previous decades always get looked on more favorably as time goes by, unless something drastic and chaotic happens that changes life as you know it. Back in the 90s, people were romanticizing the 70s. There was a Sister, Sister episode about how Tia and Tamera felt like they would have more freedom if they were 70s kids. 80s nostalgia was in the 2000s, 90s nostalgia came in the 2010s. Over the next decade, the 2000s is going to be looked at as by everyone who came of age then, or missed out on it.

And as much as everyone shyts on the 2010s, people are going to be begging for it to come back when the 2030s hit.

Pretty much this. 00s nostalgia is picking up steam. I was on Apple Music lookin at the various Apple Music playlist from 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 and it was like going down memory lane. Had me thinking about middle school crushes and stuff. But once you get to 2009, the nostalgia and romanticism starts to fade, since I was adult aged, and I remember everything from 2009 through the lens of adult realism rather then childlike romanticism ala my memories of the early 00s and the 90s. The early 00s just feel like an extension of the 90s to me. As recent as 2009 feels, 2000-2004 actually feels like a long ass time ago. 2001 really does feels like 20yrs ago.



Here me out tho....but... rappers who were once considered “New School/New Millennium/Ringtone Rappers”like Wayne, 50, Tip, Jeezy, Em, Nelly, etc <——Nowadays those artist feel closer to being contemporaries and peers of 90s Golden Era rappers like WuTang, Pac, Biggie, Nas, Cube, Dre, Snoop, etc, even though back in the 00s we’d NEVER associate those “new school” 00s artists with those sacred 90s artists. That’s how long ago 2000-2004 was.

 

[Majestyx]

00s was better for drama TV than the 90s.

thats the ONLY thing. sopranos and the wire ushered in some fire ass TV like breaking bad. other than that everything about mainstream 00's is and it might have even been better TV f not for the writers strike

 

[Cave Savage]

thats the ONLY thing. sopranos and the wire ushered in some fire ass TV like breaking bad. other than that everything about mainstream 00's is and it might have even been better TV f not for the writers strike

Yeah, before that it was all cop and doctor shows.

 

[Wild self]

Yeah, these fools. The Retro Kidz

The 80s will never die

I remember this. The "New era" single had me laughing

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

Even if people tried to romanticize things from the 2000s, sjw would just try and cancel it so what fun would it be.

 

[Days of Future Piff]

The 2000s were cool up until around 2005.
9/11 really messed a lot of things up, but things weren't all bad.
Movies and cartoons were still decent, video games were piff (the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox era ).
The anime boom still had a few years left and didn't really fall off until Toonami got cancelled*.
(* My only regret over the OG 2000s anime boom was how badly 4kids butchered the GOAT series One Piece. I still maintain to this day that it's better than Naruto and Bleach.)

Getting back to the subject, I think a lot of us are sleeping on the 80s. I can only imagine how dope it must have been seeing the Empire Strikes Back in theaters when it first came out, hearing Thriller and Purple Rain when they were first released, etc.
The 90s were the best for hip-hop, sitcoms, cartoons, and video games, but the the 70s and 80s were better when it came to movies and music IMO.

It feels like we really started falling off hard culturally after around 06-07. Movies fell off (except for the MCU). Music, fashion, cartoons, video games, anime, hip-hop, male-female relations... everything took a nosedive and just wasn't anywhere nearly as good as the 80s or 90s.
Social media is such a double-edged sword.

 

[Jim Cornette]

 

[im_sleep]

Yeah it was the middle of a general decline and there was a lot of bad shyt, but we had fun in the 2000’s I’ll say that much.


I don’t see how anyone could romanticize the 10’s tho.

 

[Ozymandeas]

The 2000s were weak once you got to the end but I do miss the early part sometimes (2001ish to 2006ish) with 2002 being my favorite year.

 

[semicko82]

Gen Z has already started the 00s nostalgia train.

 

[Mr Clean]

Early 2000s had Chappelle's Show, And1 was popping, Rap was still hard, wrestling was still kind of fire.

Only highlight of the late 2000s was the blog/mixtape wave

 

[bl2k8]

Hasn't been long enough. Coulda said this 10-15 years ago about the 80s and 90s. It's the 90's time right now. 2000s will get their run. Will be interesting to see how nostalgia goes when you get to the point where everything was documented and parsed to death in real time. Gonna be hard to "back in my day" some shyt that played out entirely on the internet that can easily be searched and confirmed.

90-99 nostalgia started popping around 08-10. They can’t even make 2000s nostalgia pop in 2021

 

[semicko82]

The 00s kicked off the life coach/ PUA/dating coach boom

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

The quality of the media declined but it felt more carefree compared to now.

Politics werent as divisive. Yeah we had the Bush years but mfs knew when to STFU about politics.

No social media so people had to stay in their lane which resulted in happier people.

I do look fondly on the comedies (40 Year old virgin, Anchorman, wedding crashers) and it was the last decade before rock fell off. I prefer 2010s hip-hop but I fukk with all genres and the indie rock wave produced somegreat music

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

Yeah it was the middle of a general decline and there was a lot of bad shyt, but we had fun in the 2000’s I’ll say that much.


I don’t see how anyone could romanticize the 10’s tho.

Nah I can see folk romanticizing pre-Trump 2010s. I'm already nostalgic for 2015

I def think kids who grew up on J. Cole, Kendrick, Drake, Tyler n nem, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Donald Glover, Marvel movies, Game of Thrones, Regular Show will be nostalgic for the 2010s. Those years will be seen as the calm before the storm