Does anyone else miss the early 2000s?
>>24058287
no one on this board had even been born in 2000
>>24058287
not really desu i was ten and 10 year olds are shitheads
Fuck no, my waifu was Avril Lavigne and I liked edgy music like Evanescence and Linkin Park. I was only a stupid teen but holy fuck just remembering makes me cringe hard.
>>24059757
I still do all of this
>>24058287
Looking back, newgrounds wasn't very funny. Everything was either some shitty sprite animation with no voices or Mario vs sonic. Or super Mario ball z or jack Mathews action cop. They were great for their time but way better content is being produced now.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/164193
I miss the early 2010s more honestly
>>24058287
>87260>>24058301 >>24059718 >>24059804
>Does anyone else miss the early 2000s?
i really miss it desu senpai baka
MAYBE WE'RE JUST TRYIN TOO HARD
9/11. 3 Olympic games, PS2, iraq wars, teen metal, slow internet, flash animations everywhere.
10 pretty good years.
ogrish spamming
>>24058287
I miss call of duty 5 on Xbox live and RuneScape when I was younger bit later than early 2000s though
>>24058287
Yeah, even the AOL dial-up internet access. The world moves too fast these days.
if it was actually good we'd still all be watching the flash movies and games there.
It was just the best at the time, and you were a lot younger.
It was probably an intensely relieving respite in school so you think it was better than it really was.
Whenever firefox started becoming shit and chrome started getting unanimous acceptance is around the time everything went to shit.
Anything that allows you to amass large numbers of social responses like instagram or youtube basically sucked all the life out of other websites.
>>24058287
>No smartphones
>Social media wasn't a thing
>Nerd hobbies weren't completely and utterly polluted by normie shits
>You were made fun of for using the internet as a method of escapism
>The Big Bang Theory wasn't even conceived yet
Good times, I truly miss them
>>24062376
Continuing off of what this anon said:
>Let's Play weren't a thing. Vidya uploads were actually entertaining
>Mario, Zelda, and other childhood games were still treasured and parodies held more value
>4chan, Newgrounds, and Something Awful made the Trinity of the Internet instead of Facebook, Twitter, and Buzzfeed
>Sites like Buzzfeed weren't around to rape and exploit your childhood treasures
>The Internet was just a means of escape and simple entertainment. You didn't have faggots making their entire living off of shitty YouTube videos
>Snacks was still around and kept the newfaggotry out
Simpler times...
>>24061898
>tfw you sill payer runescape.
>>24062596
1 last thing:
>Jokes/Memes on the early Internet were just as bad if not worse, than what they are today. Only difference is that you didn't have fags trying to monopolize off of it. Memes were just used as an inside joke instead of every fag with a FaceBook account to post whenever they are to lazy and/or stupid to reply to someone with a different opinion than their's
Seriously, fuck this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWR4UA7OFeM
I only miss the cartoons and games. That was just escapism though. My childhood outside if that was shit
>>24062709
Jesus Christ I could even last a minute. Is that a whole fucking channel dedicated to memes?
>>24058287
>tfw social justice doesn't exist yet
Good times senpai
>>24062632
Its aged pretty well
>tfw I'm maxed on RS3
>>24062801
Unfortunately, anon. And it's 1 of the main reasons that "normalfags" (or rather, faggy trend followers that exist IRL) have turned the Internet into an unfathomable place of shit content.
Again, quality jokes/memes on the Internet weren't that good back in 2003-2007, but at least people weren't taking it seriously or trying to score a buck off of them.
>tfw a smartphone game keeps newgrounds alive
I'm not sure how I should feel about that .
>>24062994
Agreed, when I see how popular Pepe has become among normalfags and fucking shirts and shit with memes on them I really just don't even know what to think anymore.
>>24062994
This. It was a diffrent time where things on the internet felt more genuine.
I dont know if its always been like this and ive been oblivious, but people have become disgustingly self centered. You can feel it anywhere you go on the web now.
i miss the days before ubiquitous internet connectivity
i miss the way the days felt longer
i miss the way you actually had to wait for a tv show you wanted to watch
i miss the way you had to pick up a newspaper to read the news
i miss the way cultural trends weren't determined by this speedy shallow meme culture
i miss the 90s for this reason more than the 00s, because it had some of the good of the 00s without any of the bad
the 10s are the worst of all
we're fucking drowning in data and everybody is screaming for attention
please make it stop
>>24063093
People have always been like that anon. Happened when vidya became popular as well.
For the Internet, as I and others have said, it used to be a place to escape. Then when every trendy, preppy faggot out there realized that social media was a thing and that they could spread their stupid-fuck opinions to a much larger audience on a world wide level of people who A) don't give a shit or B) think it's "cool" because it's the "hip new thing"... Like everything else... Genuine content goes away and a majority of content becomes some artificial, pre-packaged BS.
I guess I have a huge fucking itch when it comes to things being done out of personal enjoyment and interest as opposed to because it will sell.
Especially when it happens to my precious 4chan ;_;
>>>24063222
I feel exactly like this.
>i miss the way the days felt longer
They probably felt longer because you where younger and less busy.
>i miss the way you actually had to wait for a tv show you wanted to watch
That one got me familia.
Nostalga thread.
>is slow as fuck
This board is dead family. The normies won.
>>24063222
>>24063093
I think the end of last decade and this one has truly awakened people up to how incredibly lonely they are, hence why social media is so rampant and successful, but yes, things now compared to back in early 00s have less or none of a genuine feeling towards them, everything feels hollow, phony, staged, etc. It's going to get even worse in years to come if things are like this now, can you imagine what they'll be 5 or 10 years from now?
>>24063676
Im scared for the future anon.
>>24063791
Me too anon, me too, I don't know if it's because the internet is leaking more and more into reality, becoming more commonplace in everyday life why things don't feel as genuine as they do but it terrifies me a fuck tonne what the future will be like.
>>24063871
What scared me probably the most, is this generation and the upcoming generation, its all about "me me me me".
And honestly in the current world, thats the last thing we should be thinking of.
We are past the point of no return probably though.
>>24063933
You can blame celebrity culture and morons buying into the "JUST LIKE US", influence for all of that, now because of it everyone with a mobile suddenly think they matter and are a celebrity when really it's just a case of monkey see; monkey do.
>What scared me probably the most, is this generation and the upcoming generation, its all about "me me me me".
I saw an advert on TV for a young children's toy which is basically just a mobile but that worried me how much they are being pushed onto kids at such a very young age. God knows how this is going to badly effect them, for example, one of my nephews can't even talk yet but he somehow knows what an Apple iphone is by recognizing the logos and stuff. We're truly fucked when we get old.
>>24064158
> for example, one of my nephews can't even talk yet but he somehow knows what an Apple iphone is by recognizing the logos and stuff. We're truly fucked when we get old.
Jesus Christ. This shit makes me feel physically ill .
When 4chan was good.
Oh wait.
>>24064257
That may be a shit post. But for some reason, it feel more genuine and slightly funnier.
There is a difference between. Good, and not complete garbage same shit erry day/
>>24064158
Remember when CoD kiddies used to be a joke and showed the undeniable proof of bad parenting? Well, society saw this, let it happen, let their kids irresponsibly browse the Internet and shape its demographics...
And now this exists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Uh-AGcKGg
I don't know what to make of this, man... So many things wrong in our generation with 1 little piece of plastic...
>>24062709
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWR4UA7OFeM
I laughed. I laughed a terrible blood curling laugh, like staring into the abyss.
That's it. It's over. That's it for civilization. There's no recovering from this.
>>24064534
see
>>24064528
Your tour of Hell has only just begun...
>>24064528
>>24064534
Holy fuck. These people are our future.
Welp.
>>24058287
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kFPM3sZ2WA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2MK5jTm3-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyd7moA_Q_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJ6KFkJZBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZfKWO92oM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4MGKeQgS-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOA_HAVoqU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGJ9wuk_Yyw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZDOJkFBqE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrQSbGoRrnM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0y2huQoOnw
>>24064599
I just hope they are playing it smart, realizing how much money they can make from this and don't genuinely act like that, but God help them if they do.
>>24058287
I do.
Back then I still had potential to achieve something and have a great life.
By '07 it had gone to shit.
>>24064528
HOLY
FUCKING
SHIT
You could write pages, essays, and even books at how messed up this is. From the God-awful parenting of this generation to the limitless extent to which the USA's fucking greed will go.
I am genuinely enraged and disturbed by your post anon.
>>24064633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkR7zClEkAo
>>24058287
I do, it was the true golden age of the Internet, a real Wild West of user creativity. It was a time you could just google something and be fucking entertained with the first 20 results. Now there's only like 5 websites worth visiting regularly. It fucking sucks.
>>24064528
>children playing with toys is a sign of the downfall of society you guys!
confirmed for never having interactions with children while being an adult. they're stubborn disgusting idiots.
you can write a million goddamn essays any which way and you'll still just be a whining asshole
The 2000s were the worst part of my life, so no.
>>24062376
>>No smartphones
Nokia 7650, I had one.
>>24064918
Let's look at this situation, shall we?
These toys exists
How?
Because of a video game.
A video game that became incredibly popular due to the Internet and places like YouTube
Some YouTubers don't play this game just for fun. They play at as a source of income. They're LIVES depend on millions of little kids watching them day after day play the SAME video game with little to no new content.
The reason why so many little kids watch these people is because of their parents not taking the responsibility and being a decent parent. Hell, would it kill these parents to just play the game with there kids for a while or set some standards?
These YouTubers who attract little kids have become so popular, they now have their own toyline.
Think about that...
People who do nothing but play the same game all day for a matter of income on the Internet have THEIR own toyline (not the game, but the people who PLAY the game) because of irresponsible parents.
That's kinda scary, anon.
>>24064528
>Youtube let's players have their own toylines.
>Kids today don't play with spiderman action figures, they play with pewdiepie action figures
>>24064780
The updated track sounds so much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJFwPq6rBk
>>24065041
This. I cannot get my head around how people playing a game instead of the game itself have a toyline
Honestly what happened to Newgrounds? I remember Tom Fulp gradually making the interface more casual and stupid, and I've also heard he became an SJW or something?
>>24065149
>>24064528
THIS IS BAD...
Congrats murricans...
>>24065288
Newgrounds has pretty much become Shadman's #1 advertising place. Otherwise it's mostly a boring vidya parody here, a crappy flash there, and every once in a while there's something cool that stands out.
Most of the old Newgrounds users (save for the SleepyCast except Zach (seriously, I never hated Zach so much until I started watching SleepyCabin)) have turned into huge fags.
When did everything go to shit?
>>24065390
2008-2010 desu
the world is dead now. it's over. this is hell.
>>24065447
Why 2008-2010?
>>24059891
Same desu but then again I only started seriously using the internet at the time, I can't speak on pre-2009/10 internet experience, however during that time I would occasionally visit ebaums or whatnot to look at flash animations, I thought I was so edgy.
>>24065509
reddit and normies
>>24065386
I thought I was the only 1 who hated Zach too.
He started out as a low quality, cheap laugh animator and I never expected anything else out of him. Then whenever he talks on SleepyCabin he constantly shits on other people talking about the quality of animation and the quality of entertainment. Yet most of his content, especially his recent stuff, has been nothing more than him deepthroating and screaming into his mic like a raging autist.
I guess there just comes a point where I've had enough of the pot calling the kettle black.
>>24063093
>It was a diffrent time where things on the internet felt more genuine.
Memes were spontaneous then, and also not called memes.
Now it seems all creations on the internet are contrived and attempting to be "lel le internet".
>>24065599
Agreed and checked.
>>24063093
This is the scariest thing. If it were one site that went to shit, it'd be one thing.
But it feels like all of them have gotten worse. Youtube, Facebook, 4chan, Newgrounds. You name it.
>>24065599
ths i like. is good post
>>24058287
>2000 was 15 years ago
>2015 is to 2000, as 2000 was to 1985
>>24063502
Not yet, anon... Not yet...
>>24064314
Shitposting was never funny, anon.
>>24065599
How the mighty have fallen. Socks he had to be such a major faggot in the end
>>24066690
Holy fuck I'm old.
>Early 2000's
>Team Fortress Classic was at its peak of popularity.
>Most fun I've ever had in a multiplayer game.
>Life in general was much simpler back then.
I sure do miss it.
>>24064528
now i feel old.....
bumpy bumps bumpity bump
>No smartphones
>Social networking barely existed, closest thing we had was MSN
>No shitty forced memes that appear on TV, video games and merchandise, old memes were just silly inside jokes that were used ironically and weren't taken seriously
>SJWs were mostly laughed at
>Video games were still mostly good
>Tons of creative content on the Internet, done out of love and genuine interest, not profit
>No Youtube Let's Players making tons of money by screaming into microphones, no people desperate for fame trying to emulate them
>There was still the impression that the War on Terror was only temporary and would end in a few years, surveillance state was smaller
>Economy wasn't perfect, but was better than now
>Everyone knew not to put personal info on the Internet, it's the complete opposite now, no one even cares about privacy anymore
>Everyone glued to their shitty phones now, people can't separate real life from Internet anymore, Internet bleeds into the real world and vice-versa
>Internet is no longer an escape
Why are the 2010s so terrible? Everything from 2008 onwards has been utter garbage. The whole world just feels like dark satire now, nothing feels real anymore. I now constantly have a sharp feeling that things aren't supposed to be this way, that at some point in 2006 or 2007 everything went horribly wrong. Maybe I'm just going crazy.
>>24066690
I remember being 14 in 2000 thinking how long ago 14 years was. 15 years later, it feels yesterday. Tomorrow I'll wake up and be middle aged.
2000-2005 was awesome in the spirit of the late 90s (97-99)
2006-2009 sucked
What happened?
>>24068033
The end is coming, anon. Wait patiently.
>>24058301
underrated postarino, amigo
2005-2010 were objectively the best years desu senpai
It all went downhill from there
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/284306
>>24068033
I feel you. We hit some kind of fucked up warp in reality after the economic crash.
