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(03-21-2015, 09:14 PM)retrolinkx Wrote: [ -> ]
(03-21-2015, 08:05 PM)Psychospacecow Wrote: [ -> ]Skyrim

Eh?

How would anyone remember Skyrim from this time, maybe as some early WRPG in this decade, but I doubt it'd be the thing everyone mentions when they say "video games from the 10's" or something.

I mean, the video game picking for this decade are kinda slim still but I doubt Skyrim would be that game people would mention as being "defining".

Dude, people are STILL talking about it like it came out yesterday on Reddit.

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Oh Reddit, I guess they just talk about the mods they can play with using the pcmasterrace board or something.

The age of quit-your-bullshit. With the Snowden Leaks and massive protests in the Ukraine and China, not to mention the ongoing UK pedophile ring revelations. It hasn't made too huge of a dent, but it's definietley making waves in the '10s.

Oh and I am officially calling it the "apostrophe tens" from now on.

The Age of Entitlement. That's what I call it. Kids suing there parents for college education that their parents may not be able to afford, and some lazy, lazy workers who "ain't feelin' it" so they quit and try to find a high paying job with no skills at all. The first is from a news story I read, the second one is just how it is nowadays. I watch people quit because they expect to make more than me at my job, yet they don't even know how use quick change pneumatic tools or your standard 18 volt screw gun/drill. It's not so bad that they don't know how, but they don't even make an effort to learn how to do their jobs.

The growing of DDOS attacks, trying to end Net Neutrality, minimum wage increases the like we've never seen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10

Draconian and ineffective crossbow legislation.

(03-23-2015, 05:54 PM)Arjahn Wrote: [ -> ]Oh and I am officially calling it the "apostrophe tens" from now on.

Oh, whoops I've been calling 'em the "twenty teens"

(03-21-2015, 06:22 PM)SERIOUSLY THOUGH Wrote: [ -> ]Lots and lots of revolutions and uprisings and civil wars and terrorism.

this guy's pretty much on point here. Ukraine and ISIS are pretty much gonna be the topics you'll see in geography textbooks for sure. The London, Ukraine, and St. Louis riots are probably gonna be tucked in somewhere there, too.

I'd go on a limb and say that the other things that're definitely worth mentioning is the age of tablet computing, the steady legalization of marijuana, the explosion of social media hitting the mainstream [Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr], and increased openness in one's sexual identity; gender identity awareness in particular
(actually, on the topic of sexual identity, isn't same-sex marriage in the US really picking up steam now as opposed to the mid-2000's when it was just like, 5 states?)

...and dubstep. Hoo boy it's gonna be so much fun telling my children just how much fun 2012 was, when Skrillex, "the dubstep dad", entered the mainstream

Just because I can.

All revolutions and rebellions since 2000.

Spoiler

Among those,
Revolutions of the 2010s being
Nirgeria, Kyrgyz, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Mali, CAR, Guinea-Bissau, Egypt again, Ukraine, Thailand, Abkhazia (which auto-correct doesn't even recognize), Burkina Faso, and Yemen again.

I don't have anything to add to this thread (that hasn't been already mentioned) other than the "apostrophe tens" (as Arjhan called them above) also being the golden age of super hero movies.

This thread was actually one of the very first I discovered on this page. I wasn't until now that I decided to post here.

(03-22-2015, 08:41 AM)Psychospacecow Wrote: [ -> ]
(03-21-2015, 09:14 PM)retrolinkx Wrote: [ -> ]
(03-21-2015, 08:05 PM)Psychospacecow Wrote: [ -> ]Skyrim

Eh?

How would anyone remember Skyrim from this time, maybe as some early WRPG in this decade, but I doubt it'd be the thing everyone mentions when they say "video games from the 10's" or something.

I mean, the video game picking for this decade are kinda slim still but I doubt Skyrim would be that game people would mention as being "defining".

Dude, people are STILL talking about it like it came out yesterday on Reddit.

You know looking back, I wouldn't have thought, but now with Todd Howard releasing like the 3rd port of Skyrim in the past 3 years, I'm willing to bet it'll be relevant.

Another thing that has defined the 2010's was all of the advancements on space travel, including (but not limited to) reusable rockets, as in, rockets that can actually be launched to space and then return/land on earth.

Another thing that I believe has defined the 2010's (at least when it comes to Anime) is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure becoming "mainstream" in most of the west (it was already popular in Italy and France), mostly thanks to the new 2012 anime made by David Production, although I believe the All Stars Battle game also had some influence on this. Before the Anime and ASB game, JoJo was obscure as hell in the Americas and 98% of Europe. Only hardcore manga hipsters and the five people who watched the OVAs knew about JoJo's existence...

And before anyone decides to bring that up... NO. Knowing about JoJo's existence because of the 1998 Capcom 2D fighter and then living all of your life believing that JoJo's was a Capcom IP instead of a licensed game does NOT count! And yes, this was sadly something common back in the day. This reached a point in which you could actually see people asking for DIO and Jotaro to be included in Marvel vs Capcom 3. LMFAO!!

Just to recap, the only WESTERN demographics who knew about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure before the year 2012, those who knew what JoJo actually is (here's a hint: is not a Capcom IP, but rather a manga series that at the time of writing it's three-decades old) were: hardcore manga hipsters, a handful of folks who bought the 90s OVAs either legally or on a flea market (AKA people whose first exposure to the series were the OVAs), the French, and the Italians. At first this may sound like a lot of people, but trust me, it is not.

Now, some of you may argue that this overlaps with the crapton of re-adaptantions/retellings that Kakariko already mentioned a page ago but look at it from this perspective: the only story arcs of the JoJo series that got adapted into Anime before the year 2012 were Part 3 (the OVAs by Studio APPP) and Part 1 (the movie that seemingly everyone in Japan hated, also made by APPP), in that order. So no, not all of the new Anime is about adapting the same story again. All of the other parts in the series did not receive an animated adaptation before.

EDIT: I know what some people reading this might be thinking... "oh, I am French/Italian yet I never heard of JoJo's until recently. Therefore, that means JoJo's wasn't popular in my country back then"

>"my knowledge is the only one that matters. If I don't know something, then no one does!"

You see that? That's how stupid you sound.

Just because YOU (and your small group of friends) didn't knew about a specific subject doesn't mean that said subject is unpopular. Ignorance is not a valid argument.

Another thing that I believe has defined the 2010's are some long-running series coming to an end. Examples include the comedy manga Kochikame, with a publication period spanning across 40 years, making it the longest running series in Shonen Jump's history. The series finally received an ending on September 17, 2016.

Another thing that has defined the 2010's is the Cubs winning the 2016 World Series. That was the first time the Cubs won a world series since 1908. That's 108 years! Even if you are not a fan of baseball, you gotta appreciate that historical victory. Let's hope we don't have to wait another 108 years for another Cubs victory at the World Series!

Dank memes.

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Yeah, memes being big is sadly the worst part of this decade because of how it's now cool and hip to be ironic about everything and not actually care about things you like.

I could honestly go on about it, but man. I miss when memes were just about having fun, and not political or ironic just something as simple as LONGCAT IS LONG XD

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The so-called "ironic" culture is about NOT having sincerity, they also take themselves way too seriously. You can only be happy in sarcastic, sardonic ways or else someone might call you *gasp* cringe!

May God forbid there are people out there who actually enjoy things and show excitement.

Alright, this is gonna be my last contribution to this thread... I think.

1. Pokémon GO. Pretty much everyone had its eyes on the game back when it was released on the Summer of 2016. EVERYONE.

https://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/11383/

2. Undercuts.

3. Side-shaves.

4. Bearded men wearing suits.

5. Golden age of Internet Stardom.

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6. The age of disposable information. People learn things as quickly as they forget them.

7. Creppy clown sightings

8. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Even the big names politicians like Barack Obama did the challenge.

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