Do any of you miss the 2000s?

[ForevrLonely29]

I am referring to the decade 2000-2009. Most of my school-age years were during this time. I would have to say my most favorite childhood year was 2004.

I believe the early-to-mid 2000s were the best, just prior to the Obama era. Most of this PC and SJW bullshit wasn't running rampant, and I feel there was order overall and everything held together fairly well. The divisiveness wasn't as apparent, but then again, I was an innocent child.

2004 was the year of the first SpongeBob Movie (before the show went to shit), mainstream pop and alternative was good, and I was rocking that GameCube, enjoying my Zelda Windwaker and Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of the Cortex. The town I grew up was a good, upper-middle-class family suburban town. It wasn't too crowded or crazy. The megachurch I went to had a good summer Vacation Bible School Program with state of the art performing arts with a Lord of the Rings theme. I had an awesome babysitter and we used to act goofy and make noises. Everything was still affordable and I didn't remember any money troubles. Kids still played outside and rode bikes and went trick-or-treating during Halloween. Christmas was still magical.

There are most certainly good things I have now that I wouldn't trade. Still, I reminisce about the good old days.

Yes

No

I was too young, not born yet, or don't remember

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Also, I will say that South Park peaked in the mid-2000s. Adult Swim had a good variety of shows. We had cell phones and handheld gaming devices, but it didn't rule our lives too much. Windows XP and Windows 7 (not mentioning Vista because it sucked). We had those iMacs in school with the big ass Cathode Ray Tube transparent monitors. That stupid Numa Numa dance. Napoleon Dynamite.

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Monsters Inc; The Incredibles; Courage The Cowardly Dog; Dexter's Lab; Ed, Edd, n Eddy; Codename Kids Next Door; Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends; Finding Nemo; Harry Potter; Jimmy Neutron; Time Squad; Danny Phantom; Scooby Doo Movies; Scary Movie series; Texas Chainsaw (w/ R. Lee Ermie); Boy Scouts Centennial

[nightdrot]

Not really. I loved my high school and college years. I graduated from the former in 1981 and the latter in 1985, and while much of the earlier period overlapped the late 1970s, the decade I remember most fondly was the 1980s.

The music, the advent of cable - see also MTV - and the earliest computers such that the old fashioned ways of socializing remain dominant, the clothing styles - although, to be fair, that was more of a mixed bag. All in all, though, there was a return to a sort of cultural normality after the tumult of the 1960s and 70s, and the generally good times were really appealing and had a flavor, so to speak, all their own.

By contrast the early 2000s were non-descript. Not without their colorful moments, but nothing like the 80s.

It is not that I actively disliked the 2000s - but much of what we had in the 80s had been lost by that time. So put me down as an 80s guy - with a touch of nostalgia for the late 70s in deference to high school years which I also loved.

[nightdrot]

P. S. Oh, by the way, as far as movies go, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", the original "Ghostbusters", and "Risky Business" - Tom Cruise's first big success. Nothing beats those three. Yes, there are more serious movies, but those three gave great laughs and captured the era.

[beefcakebradybatson]

"PC and SJW BS?" Meaning treating EVERYONE as equals instead of hating certain folk, especially those folk who resemble Yours Truly? Meaning Karens not calling the cops on inoffensive black men?

[ForevrLonely29]

@beefcakebradybatson No, back in the day where they weren't trying to alter your speech, when cancel culture wasn't going crazy, and when race and tranny shit wasn't being pushed down your throat except for racist jokes that were funny and people didn't take so personally.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Racist jokes are just that... RACIST, though yes, some ARE funny.

[ForevrLonely29]

@beefcakebradybatson I missed the days where people didn't have to feel like walking on eggshells to not be offensive. I miss the days where we could enjoy emerging tech without it dominating all aspects of our lives. I miss the days where men were desired for having masculinity and our everyday heroes like law enforcement, paramedics, and firefighters were admired and respected. I miss the days where people didn't feel so strapped in the wallet and kids actually went out trick-or-treating. I miss the days when shows were actually enjoyable to watch, didn't push leftist political propaganda, and channels like Discovery and Natgeo were actually interestingly educational and not full of reality.

[ForevrLonely29]

... and I guess that is the reality of "reality" television, it is not always reality.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Now every goober POS is pushing white supremacy in the form of fighting "woke."

[ForevrLonely29]

@beefcakebradybatson What the fuck are you even talking about? How does this relate to what I just said? All you fucking leftists trying to make everything about race or some other class of people.

[Filthy_Immigrant]

yeah only the year 2000 though. life started fucking up for all of us after 2001 thanks to Bush winning the 2000 election and orchestrating 9-11 months later. which of course he did not stop there he had to start the war on terrorism in 2003 and beyond, causing our economy to plummit and making it harder for us millenials to enter the job market and become independent

[ForevrLonely29]

While Bush and most other presidents sucked in the new milinnia, I have to say most people were still somewhat down-to-earth up until the 2007/2008. The Obama era really sparked the leftist social engineering, the political correctness movements, and the "social justice" warriors. Of course, I was still a young kid back in the early-to-mid 2000s, so maybe I was shielded or sheltered from a lot of things. I don't know...

[Filthy_Immigrant]

yeah Obama did a good job a fooling us all. if it wasn't for him we probably would of never had Biden fucking things up right now

[electromagnetic]

I think I miss what music used to be. Music was amazing before 2010. I was still in high school until 2009, and life was so much simpler then. Tech especially handheld items were still relatively new before 2009. I didn’t get my first mp3 player until maybe 2007 and you were the cool kid of your parents allowed you to have a cellphone.

[ForevrLonely29]

Yes! Exactly. They did have smartphone in the 2000s, but they were more like Palm Treos, Blackberry's, and Windows Mobile PDA phones mainly used for business or productivity purposes. It was uncommon for kids to have those, and flip phones like moto razrs and Nokia were more common. You also had those phones that unfolded horizontally with the tiny keyboard. I believe the hype was more for iPods than generic mp3 players, and before iPods we had portable CD players.

I remember when WiFi was spotty. I had one of those Palm Tungsten E2s (later a Palm LifeDrive) and I was constantly fishing for signal. I was also seen as the nerdy tech kid way before my time too.

[Apple1996]

Not really I prefer current times. Back then sucked. Only thing I'm glad about is there wasn't much proof of shit sticking around on the internet like now. Like my MySpace and some Facebook pics all magically disappeared and thank God for that lol

[ForevrLonely29]

But wasn't it more simple and "real" in many ways? The only uprightness were teachers keeping rigid discipline at school, not so much the snowflakes and SJWs that exist today.

[Apple1996]

Nah I prefer it now with people being able to express their emotions and show who they really are. Back then people seem to fake themselves to fit in

[Dnice1]

Sometimes yes, I miss how big Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving were growing up and going to run places with my aunt. I remember also remember playing in my wii, the GameCube and 64 and when I first discovered Zelda. Those were good days. The only thing I don't miss from those days was school because those were the years I was bullied.

[ManOnFire]

The early 2000s were great years, yes. But I still miss the 90s even more, seeing as I was an 80s baby and feel that the 90s were one of the best decades to be alive in. Early 2000s had better music and better TV and movies. But @filthy_immigrant made a strong point with Bush destroying the world with 9/11 and after. It was because of him that America and the whole global dynamic changed with the wars he started.

[PeachyPie93]

Yes!! I miss my teen years.. my friends, how the internet was better, the sites, movies, music, the clothes style, anime, games, no responsibility besides getting myself to school and being home alone.

[SeriouslyNotSerious]

All of those cartoons, DVDs, and music in 2000s.. just amazing. Makes me feel grateful to grow up in that era. It was so simple back then.

I can't imagine growing up in these modern times where even toddlers use tablets/smartphones! 🥺

[DryGermanGuy]

Imagine the 80s. No internet, no mobile phones and just three TV channels. :-)

[SeriouslyNotSerious]

@DryGermanGuy aaaand good music? 😍

[DryGermanGuy]

Rock n‘ Roll, baby! 😄🤘 On vinyls:

[convo_king89]

There was some good things and bad things. The good was seeing the girls with the low rise jeans and girls my age wore regular panties unlike today it seems all thongs. At that time I was like 14 and I kept seeing their panties showing in the back.

The bar was the slow internet, having cable internet was a big deal or you had to go to school/work/library and to have fast internet. I remember the 56k modem dial up.

[MemeSupreme]

a little but i was too young to even experience it properly lol

like i don't think being a kid counts bc you're not in charge of your experiences and life

[ForevrLonely29]

You were born in the 2000s. I was born in the mid-90s, so by the time year 2000 rolled around, it was around the time I started kindergarten.

[Nikki1989]

No, the 90s and the 2000s sucked ass, especially for me being a big music geek. There were very few new bands around that time worth listening to.

[ForevrLonely29]

Averill Levine, Ashley Simpson, t. A. T. u, Panic! At the Disco, Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Ludacris, little Wayne, Chris Brown, Missy Elliot, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Darude, Tiesto, Coldplay, umm... trying to think of more notable artists...

[ForevrLonely29]

*little Wayne... damn I hate spell correct

[ForevrLonely29]

Fuck... did it again... you know what I mean l

[Nikki1989]

Notable artists?

Good Grief!

[ForevrLonely29]

You know... kind of the mainstream artists of that time I guess. What else? Sugar Ray, Black Eye Peas, Fergie, Outcast...

[ForevrLonely29]

Oh yeah, Eminem... can't forget him

[ForevrLonely29]

What about Blink 182, Lincoln Park, the Gorillaz?

[beefcakebradybatson]

My sister passed away in 2000 and my mother three years later, so no.

[ForevrLonely29]

I am sorry to hear, sir. God Bless.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Thanks for your condolences, ForeverLonely29.

[Anonymous]

hate to break it to ya but its a long way to the mid 2000s i mean if you think about it the mid 2000s would be around 2500 and even then thats over 500 years from now so unless your from the future we really can't miss them

[ForevrLonely29]

I am talking about the decade, not the millennium or the century. So yes, 2000-2009 is the 2000s. Just like 2010-2019 is the 2010's.

[Opinion Owner]

ok then id say 2009

[Gold618]

No, I don't miss the 2000's, simply because the picture of it you've painted here just isn't accurate. At all.

[ForevrLonely29]

How is it not accurate? Is it just because I am looking back with rose-colored glasses? Was the experience different for you?

[Gold618]

I'm old enough to remember the 2000's, and your claim that "most of this PC bullshit wasn't running rampant" isn't true, because I remember that even back then the PC BS was a problem. Not as big a problem as it later on became, but it was still there, still a huge annoyance.
"Everything held together fairly well" - What planet were you living on? Presumably not Earth.

[ForevrLonely29]

I assure you the PC nonsense was not nearly as bad. We used to say phrases like "that's retarded" or "that's so gay" without the fear of retaliation. You even had that black eyed peas song "Let's Get Retarded". We could tell racist jokes without it being taken personally. Today, you would be crucified for saying such things.

[ForevrLonely29]

... to add, during the Obama era, beginning in 2008, things started to go downhill. You had that "Think Before You Speak" campaign;

en.m.wikipedia.org/.../Think_Before_You_Speak_(campaign)

And this:
https://youtu.be/z8fiwbR96j0?si=aH_FZrluVVHX5mul

[MysticDevice]

Honestly, I miss it so much. The vibe, the atmosphere, the aesthetics, the relative simplicity yet at the same time odd complexity, Nu-Metal, just enough internet, good times.

[llorando]

I do, but I miss the 90s more. Life was a lot better and less toxic back than, and no surprise social media didn't exist yet.

[ForevrLonely29]

I remember when MySpace was around before Facebook was even heard of. I had a MySpace, but it wasn't something I logged into until the evenings and I was not heavily involved with it. In fact, it was even toxic too because I was cyberbullied.

But yes, I agree, heavy involvement in social media and the reliance on modern tech has fucked society over so badly.

[paledreams]

I'm happy and adapted since 2020 - so my answer is No.
Smartphones, tech, change, more

[Yannae]

The music. The music now is great, but I miss it. Simple bangers.

[LiamJHayden]

I do mainly because my parents were still alive.

[Sabretooth]

better shows back then. thinking about watching Zoey 102 -- it's the missing cast members that is stopping me.

[Anonymous]

The era that started all the women started chasing darker man.

[ForevrLonely29]

Actually, in the 2000s, I couldn't recall any peers that were coal burners. I noticed that happening more in the 2010s.

[Skyros]

I miss 2008. Tons of great movies came out and best of all Miley Cyrus was on top of the world.

[FunkyMonkee]

I miss the early `80's and the `60's.

[ForevrLonely29]

Of course, you are more my parent's age. You probably listen to the classic rock radio channel like my dad does.

[FunkyMonkee]

In the `70's, it was the local progressive rock station. By the early `80's, they started localizing on the same 12 records and stopped progressing, for the most part. By the late `80's, they didn't progress at all! "Gimmie Three Steps", "Free Bird", "Stairway To Heaven", "Band On The Run", "Tom Sawyer" and every day at 3:00, they HAD to play Billy Joel!! NO other artists existed and none of these artists ever made another record! They BECAME the classic rock station so, I switched to the oldies channel who were playing early `60's stuff that I hadn't heard since I was a kid. BUT, within 10 years, they started playing THE SAME 12 RECORDS the other station had been playing since the late `70's! So, I stopped listening to radio at all. Haven't bothered with it in the past 15 years. One of the reasons I have over 62,000 records in my collection is for variety. Radio just doesn't have that. They've all firmly locked into just one genre and REFUSE to budge from that.
The short answer is, No, I don't. Radio doesn't play what I like to hear. Most of the popular records I bought in the late `70's, I don't ever have to listen to again because radio played them to death.

[ForevrLonely29]

What's that song "Goodbye Stranger"? My dad liked that song as he said it was on his earliest albums as a kid. I remember my dad playing the song on the way to my Boy Scout trip. He was born in 69.

[FunkyMonkee]

If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's Supertramp.
https://youtu.be/9aykOwwRf-Q?si=qjMeiEMlRa7rP4dl

[morganherrel]

It was before all of the women ballooned

[dragoblack]

1990s, yes. 2000s, no.

[Tomisworthless]

I miss my childhood

[rachel776]

i was 0 to 5

[CarolinaGirl5]

The style yes