Looking back, were the early 2000s really that bad?
no anon, they were good days.
I was happy....
>>28879404
Better than all of this political shit in society nowadays. I just wanna go back.
Yes.
Anyone who disagrees was a kid back then.
Early 2000's still had that air of the 90's, so it was all good. It wasn't till mid 2000's when things were on the slow decline to what we have now.
No. We didn't have smartphones, therefore facebook wasnt as big therefore there were very few normies on the internet.
Smartphones brought the masses here and since then the internet has been ruined, even 4chan. I miss 90s - early 00s internet.
Other than a weird obsession with the 70s they were okay.
Yes, the dot com bubble, george bush, 9/11, wars
>>28879523
The 2000's would've just been an extension of the 90's. People thought of GWB as a do-nothing president. They joked that all he did was go to the ranch.
Then 9/11 happened. In comes the 24 hour news channel ticker at the bottom of the screen. Constant coverage. Everyone started screaming patriotism and support our troops bullshit. American flags everywhere. Regular people even pretended to like Nascar for a while.
That was the beginning of the end.
>>28879404
The music was shit, but life was good.
>>28879501
No it was better.
Anyone who disagrees was a kid back then.
>>28879550
>90s internet
Really?
>computers were expensive as hell, even most of the cheaper ones
>internet was slow as hell, and most ISP packages were pretty shitty / expensive
>Someone calling you on the phone? Pucker your asshole up.
>enjoy spending over a minute trying to view that picture you found on a website
90s era internet was barebones, slow, and pretty fucking painful to try and use. I remember having our first computer constantly crash nonstop, which made browsing the internet a nightmare.
>>28879487
>political shit in society nowadays
kek. Born in the 90s confirmed.
Yes it was shit, I was fucking 16. Fucking normie children.
>>28879621
I think we can blame Bush being hated so badly on the rampant liberalism for the past 8 years. Basically the birth of SJWs was the backlash of oil wars.
>>28879404
It feels like it peaked in 2006, then in blew up and the normies invaded the internet
Degeneracy became rampant thanks to the cellular jew
>>28879665
right on. politics has always been the same shitfest since its inception
also
>tfw some people born in 1998 (3 on 9/11) can browse 4chan and not be underage
>>28879404
who the fuck said they were?
>>28879696
People hated Bush when he was in office. Are you 16?
Also, society and the internet is becoming more conservative. see: Trump.
>>28879658
I don't remember it like this at all, I remember playing counter-strike and unreal coop with no issue at all, and chatting with people over IRC.
>>28879478
fuck off outta here you '90's kid' scum
>>28879733
Ah, fuck, I said that backwards. I meant the Obama years as a response to Bush. Now we see the Conservative movement growing again, the cycle repeats.
>>28879733
>Also, society and the internet is becoming more conservative.
lol
try getting out of your bubble for once
>>28879404
I didn't have a great childhood
2000's felt bad in my mind
>>28879404
Yes. 9/11 ruined everything for everyone. Mid-late 2000s were cool, until the fucking economy crashed and still hasn't recovered.
>>28880296
It isn't going to recover.
>>28879404
Yes, but it doesn't stop me from romanticizing them
>>28879404
I was in highschool. They were pretty shit.
I think 2012 was still cool, before feminism-all-over-your-face-everywhere-all-the-time happen.
>people will call 201x a great times 30-40 years later
>life will be worse
>>28880408
That's because the 2010s actually will look good compared to what's coming.
>>28880396
>early 2000s
>e a r l y
>2012
>>28880371
>implying that life got better since highschool
stop lying to yourself
>>28880732
This is what i mean
ehh why live
>>28879404
Early 2000's were pretty bad. 2006-2011 were the golden days. Fun times, made friends online, shitposted all day everyday. Was mentally ill in a way that sort of made me enjoy the carefree life I was living. Played vidya so fucking much, even fapped with some girl from /adv/ on webcam.
Sometime after that I became even more of a shutin and lost all joy in living, everything became frustrating.
>>28880894
You have it reversed. 2006-2011 was the downhill phase.
>>28880834
It did.
I might be a wizard, but at least I live alone now and make enough money to drink any time off I get away.
>>28879733
>conservatism
>growing
Anti establishment feeling are growing, but not conservatism. Sanders would rape trump in a general. You lost the culture war, see the reaction to trans people in bathrooms. Conservative millennials are a small minority, in 20 years conservatism is going to become more and more fringe as the youth start taking office and are basically younger Bernie Sanders.
>>28881158
Libertarianism is growing not conservatism. That's a good thing.
It was truly a golden age.
Skateboarding culture has a real vibe to it
CKY and jackass was a phenomen
bubblegum punk was topping the music charts.
>>28879658
wasnt like that for me. played 10six all day and kicked the bobo on online final fantasy forums while i waited for my phantasy star rom to download.
>>28879404
Yes. Things were always this bad. Literally every generation looks back to the area they were born and sees it as the good times because they were kids ignorant to the way the world is. People have said the same thing about the 90s 80 70s etc, and kids born in 2017 will same the same thing about the 2010s.
>>28883750
It's funny, we're already starting to see it for like 2005-2011
>>28884005
But that was the golden age of the internet.
>>28884433
And people who are five years older than you would say 2000-2005 was.
>>28879404
the golden age ended in 2001
>>28884540
That was the year we surrendered our currency for the European Union coin.
I wish we never did.
>>28880732
This.
>the west is going to go to shit
>the third world will be picking over it's corpse
>America will probably Balkanize
>the SJW and all that shit will either leader to a hard swing right into literaly fascism or it will continue go to shit the way it it, in either case it's still going to suck
>normalfags didn't ruin everything with smartphones
>feminists didn't shove their vagina into everything
>transgenders were still seen as mentally ill faggots
>call of duty didn't ruin video games yet
They were pretty damn good times.
>>28884453
I've never heard that, though.
>>28879404
Males faced the largest deprecation of their value to women with the advent of social media. The average female now receives the amount of male attention a thousand wan would revive a generation ago. Keep hoping for the "one" though. Hit the gym and get that STEM masters so you can get a female once she's 30.
>>28880296
We're above full employment retard
>>28880146
>what is the pendulum
>>28885361
I don't know if it's a real quote, but Tesla allegedly once said
>You will live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.
>>28885388
Exactly there's like 10 anti-sjw,feminist videos for everyone of the opposite. And they are just as annoying.
>>28885490
I can't believe how the west remains so stable. You'd think with these social attributes we'd be in a Syria scenario by now. But somehow it's rainbows and sunshine.
All memes aside, people forget how much this fucked our future up
>>28885619
The U.S seems to only be growing more powerful.
The 00's and 10's have been the most vapid eras ever. Absolutely no culture. Nothing of interest. Corrupt politics that are so fucked up it's hard to get fired up about fixing. (you can't)
Really, it's the end of the world foax. God is dead, nobody values anything but their own self satisfaction, the internet has destroyed the binds of nationality and culture, war has been reduced to a doomsday gamble, and we have treated the planet so poorly it is literally falling apart around us.
This is the end kiddos. I hope your memes were worth it
>>28884978
>literaly fascism
A man can dream
>>28885361
>Hit the gym and get that STEM masters so you can get a female once she's 30.
What the actual fuck are you talking about? I've had girlfriends since I was 18.
I'm actually doing a Masters, but a shitty humanities one, and never even entered a gym, I'm balding too, a bit skinny fat. I still have no problem having sex.
>>28886018
The propaganda bots are here again with the same old shit.
>holy shit dude I'm a homeless crack addict that's missing an eye and the left pinky finger and I've had no problem banging chicks
>>28885619
all memes aside, how does an aeroplane crashing into a building cause such a big explosion?
>>28886141
Go put on tin foil and head back to pol you little shit
>>28886169
careful with that edge kiddo. And i wasn't implying anything learn to fucking read
>>28879404
Yeah, but they were sure as shit better than today. Hindsight is twenty twenty.
>>28879550
>there were very few normies on the internet
>at any point during the 2000's
kek, what 3rd world shithole are you from?
>>28886097
homeless men get laid all the time normal ass nigga. Being homeless doesn't mean women won't have sex with you. Especially if you have hygiene and only a mild drug habit
>>28886097
the reactionary bot retards are at it again
>bwah i'm not getting any action so anyone getting sex is lying!!
>>28884453
I'm 29, 2004 was the start of the golden age of the internet
>>28886408
Predictable counter. I have you now bot. Time to completely destroy you and the botnet you came from.
I remember back in the day you had to buy minutes and use dial up which tied up the phone, Newgrounds was the shit, feels nostalgic man.
That being said I like our Internet now, so vast with so much info everywhere, dumbfucks putting their entire lives down to the minute detail.
I just hope we don't have some heavily controlled shit tier Internet by the next generation.
>>28879733
Bush was such a fucking doofus, only through ridiculous levels of nepotism could such an unqualified candidate ever make it to office.
And I'm not talking about his governance, many more people were involved behind the scenes there, his job was to be the face of the government and he completely lacked the required charisma.
>>28886467
the only thing you have isyour virginity, Dorkenstein
>>28879404
the early 00s were a mixed bag, like any five year period
>some music sucked (numetal, Nickelback)
>some music was awesome (white stripes, beastie boys' later stuff)
>people were still picking on me
>my only friend was still home
>video games were pretty good
>sitcoms weren't complete shit (the office, etc)
>the internet kinda sucked, but the memes were good
9/11 literally ruined everything
Nah, it was pretty terrible. But it's become worse since social media made the internet just another part of public life.
>>28879404
you mean from 9/11 till 2004?
it was shit
Early 2000s were good, late 2000s were ok, since 2010 been worse than shit tier
>>28884978
>America will probably Balkanize
hahahahaha, no. you guys are to calm an pussies to do that+you all think of yourself as American first
the biggest internal problem you have is the rise of right wing militias and they are growing fast
>>28887118
You never know what the future could hold, just because America was the dominant economic power for a few generations doesn't mean it will be forever.
A well developed shipping infrastructure and instant communication have changed the way business is done.
We were born in the infancy of the Internet and it is one of the biggest game changers in all of human history, rapid change and advancement is occurring.
>>28879707
>white wimmin dindu nuffin it was da jooos
take responsibility for your own degeneracy fag
>>28879733
Most Conservatives I know in real life are not the racist alt right dipshits /pol/ wants
Ever since 9/11 america changed drastically.
I was pretty young at the time but growing up I can see a huge difference in everything now compared to back then.
>>28888311
How so? Please elaborate on the changes.
>>28879404
it was only good if you were a kid
>>28879404
Reading threads like these makes me realize that I'm too old to be on this site.
I would have migrated to wizchan already but it's too slow.
Somewhere around late 2007 was when things started to get weird for me, the groundwork for this had been laid much earlier by my parents tho. Ironically enough this was also the exact time i really got into imageboards for the first time in my life
>>28882590
Lel yeah i remember playing THPS3 all day and then going out practicing kickflips afterwards with some other kids from the neighbourhood and shit
