The 2010s: A Reflection Back On A Wacky Decade

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

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  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub  4 года назад +9551

    2020 aint off to a great start. Just sayin'

    • @EricManzane
      @EricManzane 4 года назад +447

      can we go back to the 2010´s

    • @MattiavonSigmund
      @MattiavonSigmund 4 года назад +46

      *Yeap.*

    • @MrWhyGuy0
      @MrWhyGuy0 4 года назад +278

      Lets see
      1.wannabe WW3
      2.Virus
      3.Kobe Bryant's death
      The rest of the year
      Edit:Australia on fire

    • @kebryanhayes7757
      @kebryanhayes7757 4 года назад +112

      Me after 3 months of 2020: aight imma head out

    • @thekommunistkrusader3921
      @thekommunistkrusader3921 4 года назад +80

      Can we just go back to the 2000's where the internet was gaining traction so we can get popular?

  • @MrAxeswinger
    @MrAxeswinger 4 года назад +2033

    *"We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world was turning."*

    • @Razor-gx2dq
      @Razor-gx2dq 4 года назад +100

      We didn't start the fire, no we didn't light but we tried to fight it.

    • @alisaenthusiast9375
      @alisaenthusiast9375 4 года назад +30

      No, but you seem to desperatly try, to keep it lighting.

    • @SoulDevoured
      @SoulDevoured 4 года назад +15

      We did add our own accelerants though.

    • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez
      @LadyTylerBioRodriguez 4 года назад +71

      Hey in 2029 it will be 40 years since that song was released. The same amount of years covered in the song. Wonder if Billy Joel would make a sequel called We Still Didn't Start the Fire

    • @davyreznov1038
      @davyreznov1038 4 года назад +26

      It’s still burning cause the world keeps fucking turning

  • @jadenhiraga9519
    @jadenhiraga9519 4 года назад +2064

    I remember talking about the German migrant crisis over clash of clans clan chat in 2015. That pretty much summed up my 2010’s experience

    • @derpmcgerp8062
      @derpmcgerp8062 4 года назад +133

      I use to play that game all of the time in 2015 and 2016, and purposely try and get into political arguments on global chat. XD

    • @brxyann
      @brxyann 4 года назад +64

      I had some good convos on global chat in coc, too bad they removed it.

    • @tristanmcmorran3709
      @tristanmcmorran3709 4 года назад +5

      yep pretty much it

    • @Jokerboy1410
      @Jokerboy1410 4 года назад +23

      It literally tore Germany apart.

    • @cosmomari4669
      @cosmomari4669 4 года назад +3

      @@brxyann what they removed it

  • @cellostrings565
    @cellostrings565 3 года назад +2962

    “Well that was quite the decade”
    Me in 2021- well that was quite a year...

    • @kyleking3839
      @kyleking3839 3 года назад +63

      More like quite a month

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 3 года назад +25

      More like all of us when 2021 started.

    • @D00000T
      @D00000T 3 года назад +16

      lets just hope one of the huge powerful countries currently doesn't try to start a war against something super broad again thinking it'll be a good idea

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 3 года назад +17

      2020 was a dumpster fire

    • @comm154
      @comm154 3 года назад +9

      Me when 2022 comes around:
      “Phew we’re finally fin-“

  • @EmperorTigerstar
    @EmperorTigerstar 4 года назад +11688

    Cody next video: “What if the 2010s actually occurred in the 2020s instead?”

    • @danielsokolov4821
      @danielsokolov4821 4 года назад +77

      EmperorTigerstar I find your videos interesting

    • @cnlbenmc
      @cnlbenmc 4 года назад +180

      I remember a Time Magazine cover that called the 2000s "The Decade from Hell". I'm more of the opinion as a famous author put it; "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 года назад +11

      i am the best star of this decade

    • @adolfodef
      @adolfodef 4 года назад +43

      @@cnlbenmc If the 2000s where the "Decade from Hell"; I will say the 2010s was the "Tartarus Route" towards the "Elysian Fields" of the 2020s.
      -> We are still "running through" the OLD_god´s afterlife sandbox scheme; instead of making one for our own sake... [ _"...beter to rule in Hell..."_ ]

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 4 года назад +7

      @@_blank-_ dint kink shame a man with subs man

  • @jackrabbit4588
    @jackrabbit4588 4 года назад +2602

    We partyed like it was 1999 and then we had a 10 year hangover

  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub  4 года назад +4004

    Happy 2020 everyone, I'm back. I'm going to start doing shorter videos after this just so there's more frequent content. This took far too long.

    • @austy_whasty7941
      @austy_whasty7941 4 года назад +30

      AlternateHistoryHub is it because you have money from the book? We got hooked on the original.

    • @elchris8788
      @elchris8788 4 года назад +6

      No kidding

    • @GenBumbleBee
      @GenBumbleBee 4 года назад +18

      remember nord got hacked and didnt tell anyone about it for MONTHS! do NOT give them your money.....

    • @hadtrio6629
      @hadtrio6629 4 года назад +15

      here's my what if scenarios :
      1st what if The USSR joined the axis instead of the allies and what would a cold war between nazi-germany and the USSR would look like
      2nd what if at the 1st or 2nd time suleiman the magnificent besieged Vienna he took it
      3rd what if the ottomans had industrializes at the same time with Europe
      4th what if the 1st successful communist revolution was in the USA instead of Russia
      5th what if the Vikings in the scandinivian peninsula at the beginning of the viking ages were all united and start a conquest in Europe like the mongols and the Arabs
      6th what if Alexander didn't die till he become of old age and lead he supposedly planned campaign on the Arabian peninsula
      7th what if the kamikaze never happenned when the mongols invaded
      8th what if the irish were the ones that united all the island under irish rule first
      9th what if portugal won the battle of the 3 kings in morroco

    • @jack25244
      @jack25244 4 года назад +7

      WHAT IF EUROPE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL WAR

  • @james2be916
    @james2be916 10 месяцев назад +245

    The 20s recap gonna be crazy

  • @AragornRespecter
    @AragornRespecter 4 года назад +9875

    Time for the roaring 20s baby
    Edit: fucking hell this aged well

  • @icemachine79
    @icemachine79 4 года назад +2044

    Every decade tends to feel undefinable at the time or immediately afterward. But you did an excellent job attempting to thematize the 2010s.

    • @joey199412
      @joey199412 4 года назад +110

      I disagree. Everyone in the 1980s knew it was action movies, Malls and Punk. It was clear by half the decade that the decade would have this theme going forward.
      Same with the 1990s. Everyone knew it was jean jackets, loose fitting clothes, grunge and goth.
      Everyone knew the 2000s were pop metal bands, Emo and the Middle East wars
      Nobody knows what the fuck the 2010s are. There is no singular culture anymore because everyone lives in their own online cultural bubbles and experience different things now.

    • @nathansingleton7532
      @nathansingleton7532 4 года назад +22

      The Devil's Advocate Huh....I think you might be onto something there

    • @chip9649
      @chip9649 4 года назад +27

      @@joey199412 disagree culture changes by the late 90s grunge was dead and pop punk was the big thing.

    • @icemachine79
      @icemachine79 4 года назад +66

      @@joey199412 It really wasn't that simple from what I recall having lived through all those decades. I think it only seems that way now with the benefit of hindsight. I also think your impression of the 2010s as an outlier is colored by the increased amount of information readily available when compared to decades past, i.e. it _seems_ more diverse and disconnected but it really isn't. The 80s, 90s, and 2000s were actually just as diverse in style and thought while people were still experiencing them. But we've come up with shorthand ways of describing them in retrospect and the same will eventually be the case for the 2010s. Every decade feels like the rebel while you're in it but it always ends up being just another mark on the calendar in the end.

    • @joey199412
      @joey199412 4 года назад +8

      @@icemachine79 I specifically wrote my post as how I felt living through those decades. The 2010s is the only decade I can't give a true identity because it means something else to everyone.
      80s 90s 00s all felt solidified before the decades were over. The 10s are already over and still doesn't have an identity.

  • @mattmanh4242
    @mattmanh4242 4 года назад +1893

    i classified 2010s as the "we thought we fixed it but its now more broke" and 2020 is turning into "and then it got worse"

    • @yiyi3926
      @yiyi3926 4 года назад +55

      out of the frying pan, into the fire.

    • @stuffmorestuff6647
      @stuffmorestuff6647 4 года назад +3

      Yes

    • @thewingedhussar4188
      @thewingedhussar4188 4 года назад +9

      @@yiyi3926 An done thanks to a far right party claiming they want to make america great again.
      An make life hell for anyone (in their own country) who they saw as non white, non conservative, and non christian as the enemy. Even more then the guys who are the enemy. An were willing to undermined everything just so they did not have to listen to the other guy. Who is that other guy. Anyone that is not them.

    • @felipedaiber2991
      @felipedaiber2991 4 года назад +8

      Maybe things dont actually get better or worse just change the way they are shitty
      Unless we all actively decide to create a new world and win for a chance

    • @CancerGaming56
      @CancerGaming56 4 года назад +2

      There’s a quote by a British comedian that comes to mind (I forgot his name) that’s
      "It seemed like the good times would never end. But then
      *C H I N A H A P P E N E D*

  • @mammajamma4397
    @mammajamma4397 2 года назад +682

    The fact that he made this literally 30 days before the world basically ended is precious

  • @baronnolanvonstraya5743
    @baronnolanvonstraya5743 4 года назад +3420

    So this all started with one guy in Tunisia having his fruit confiscated. Talk about Butterfly effect.

    • @JoaoPedro-ki7ct
      @JoaoPedro-ki7ct 4 года назад +70

      Please. elaborate

    • @baronnolanvonstraya5743
      @baronnolanvonstraya5743 4 года назад +824

      João Pedro The Tunisian Revolution which caused the Arab Spring was caused by a fruit vendor in Tunis having his stock confiscated by the police which led to him commuting suicide in public by setting himself on fire which led to protests against corruption and government tyranny which led to riots which led to the Revolution.

    • @lilemont9302
      @lilemont9302 4 года назад +358

      I checked, and this is certainly true. It is insane how much of an impact relatively small actions can have, at the very least, as tipping-points for change.

    • @JoaoPedro-ki7ct
      @JoaoPedro-ki7ct 4 года назад +24

      @@baronnolanvonstraya5743 Thank you!

    • @jayb9194
      @jayb9194 4 года назад +353

      When life takes away your lemons, Scotland declares independence.

  • @nitrocharge2404
    @nitrocharge2404 4 года назад +5650

    I think 2020 managed to cram at least 50% of the insanity in the 2010s into a few short months

    • @furinick
      @furinick 4 года назад +211

      This decade is the end of the world promised for 2012

    • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
      @user-ft3jq5vi2l 4 года назад +105

      According to the traditional ethiopian calendar it is 2012

    • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
      @user-ft3jq5vi2l 4 года назад +101

      @skem well, that's arguable. If the virus causes a recession (which is quite likely) it could get way worse. Also, this year showed how the USA is really just a 3rd-world-country with a Gucci belt.

    • @iloveindomienoodle
      @iloveindomienoodle 4 года назад +37

      @@user-ft3jq5vi2l well, the virus DID cause a recession. Look up Coronavirus Recession on wikipedia

    • @willotter4503
      @willotter4503 4 года назад +23

      Yeah, but in 10 years u will say the same about the next decade, things seem far worse when u don’t know the effects of what’s happening

  • @DougFowlerYT
    @DougFowlerYT 4 года назад +3200

    2020 has outshined that entire decade in just 8 months

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 4 года назад +95

      It did it in less than 8 months.

    • @augustoalmeida8022
      @augustoalmeida8022 3 года назад +96

      And not in a good way

    • @yoridyse5411
      @yoridyse5411 3 года назад +25

      well i wouldnt say so i hate when people say its the worst year ever
      look i ma not saying its nothing to complain about but i hate self exaggeration people who say that dont even know half of history or even the recent ones i think just because there was a virus doesnt mean its the end of the world

    • @glntv5217
      @glntv5217 3 года назад +16

      @@yoridyse5411 it's more than just the virus

    • @SethGaming10102005
      @SethGaming10102005 3 года назад +1

      @@glntv5217 I mean. we haven't seen what this decade could bring.

  • @filkoutsodim
    @filkoutsodim 2 года назад +280

    I have a feeling for those of us that grew in the 2000s and 2010s that we will be thrust into a world far different than what we are used to towards the end of the 2020s. Just like people raised in the 50s grew up expecting one type of world but then found a whole new thing in the 7ps and 80s, us 2010s will find a new world in the 30s and 40s, significantly different than the one we were preparing for

    • @mohammadrickypratama6720
      @mohammadrickypratama6720 2 года назад +16

      Ain't that the truth

    • @buzzybeepopman2009
      @buzzybeepopman2009 2 года назад +3

      Yeah your right

    • @falsedavidbowie368
      @falsedavidbowie368 2 года назад +16

      And just like the boomers and Gen X’ers, we’ll complain about how much the 2030s/40s suck compared to the 2000s/10s.

    • @JJMHigner
      @JJMHigner 2 года назад +2

      I intend to ignore most of the rest of my life in the 21st century anyways Beyond this point.

    • @Gerishnakov
      @Gerishnakov Год назад +3

      Well Covid has already done that to my life, so it's already happening.

  • @shukitheconscious3150
    @shukitheconscious3150 4 года назад +1508

    *Millions die during the 2010's*
    Cody: Now a word from our sponsors!

    • @Apollorion
      @Apollorion 4 года назад +9

      We know of at least 1 planet on which several billions live. Knowing that, do you think that this is strange? -> "Millions die during the 2010's"

    • @Pleasestoptalkingthanks
      @Pleasestoptalkingthanks 4 года назад +6

      You’re laughing. A child was killed in a mass shooting and you’re laughing.

    • @Apollorion
      @Apollorion 4 года назад +21

      @@Pleasestoptalkingthanks Lack of suficient water, food or medical support can also cause deaths. And human agriculture also causes many non human deaths.

    • @holydoggo4822
      @holydoggo4822 4 года назад +9

      William See don’t pretend like you actually care yah keyboard warrior prick

    • @justanotherperson7774
      @justanotherperson7774 4 года назад +1

      *_LEGENDS OF THE SHADOW RAID_*

  • @darkwoodmovies
    @darkwoodmovies 4 года назад +677

    Why is it that no matter how recent the decade, the clips always look like they were shot in the 1980s on VHS tapes?

    • @lonelypinesroad9214
      @lonelypinesroad9214 4 года назад +24

      darkwoodmovies I guess camera quality is improving fast or something

    • @jakeleitten4117
      @jakeleitten4117 4 года назад +38

      My thoughts exactly, I was watching a clip from 2007 and thought that definition was better than that back then.

    • @hellboy6507
      @hellboy6507 4 года назад +28

      It’s for them A E S T H E T I C

    • @bandombeviews6035
      @bandombeviews6035 4 года назад +15

      SMS compression. At one point in time many videos would have been texted, which makes them super compressed, and look like crap

    • @artisticbuilding6852
      @artisticbuilding6852 4 года назад +19

      It's on purpose, he edited the visuals to look like that, it's an aesthetic that binds the video together

  • @wrifraff
    @wrifraff 4 года назад +633

    12:57 "If any one of those events happened in the age of social media, you'd think that the world is ending."
    *Looks back at the last few months*
    Yeah, I'd say that's true.

    • @TheChasedanger
      @TheChasedanger 3 года назад +9

      So, is that.. a good thing? are we overreacting? I'm not sure how to process this information.

    • @sitchreapotere1073
      @sitchreapotere1073 3 года назад +30

      @@TheChasedanger Yes, we are overreacting. History has seen worse than the Coronavirus and Trump's legacy.

    • @akephalos438
      @akephalos438 3 года назад +17

      As someone on the opposite side of the globe, i'd say the social media reaction to everything that happens is quite the overreaction

    • @Blackcivicsi1
      @Blackcivicsi1 3 года назад +3

      Covid definitely, trump's legacy could be a blip or the start of fascism in the usa. Oh the suspense is killing me! Cant wait for the 2030 video if we all aren't dead by then

    • @simonwyzik8661
      @simonwyzik8661 3 года назад +2

      (Laughs in bunker)

  • @laserkiwi1011
    @laserkiwi1011 2 года назад +182

    “If any of this were to happen in the age of social media, you would’ve thought the world was ending”
    -the 2020s 👀

    • @lol-ih1tl
      @lol-ih1tl 2 года назад +11

      how would you react to 9/11 if it happened today? Wouldn't you act like the world is ending?

    • @kevinaguilar7541
      @kevinaguilar7541 2 года назад +4

      You proved his point.

    • @laserkiwi1011
      @laserkiwi1011 2 года назад +5

      @@lol-ih1tl Ik I’m saying he’s right

    • @kevinaguilar7541
      @kevinaguilar7541 2 года назад +3

      @@laserkiwi1011 oh, Ok

    • @jimmyalfonda3536
      @jimmyalfonda3536 10 месяцев назад +1

      It did though. Things are clearly shittier now than they were then.

  • @Lloyd_lyle
    @Lloyd_lyle 4 года назад +4385

    People in late 2010s: “God this was a crappy decade I can’t wait for the 2020s”
    People in 2020: *”GO BACK! GO BACK!”*

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 4 года назад +127

      For me, the second half of the 2010s was horrible. The first half was great. Graduated high school in 2010 and graduated college in 2014. I'll take just the first half of the 2010s.
      To me, 2020 is the child of 2015 and 2018.

    • @lucasfamdec3157
      @lucasfamdec3157 4 года назад +56

      2009- end of 2016 were the days.

    • @chinrys06
      @chinrys06 3 года назад +41

      Same. 2010-2015 was good for me. 2016-2020 not so much with 2017 being a really shithole tear for my personal life.

    • @thebester
      @thebester 3 года назад +14

      Wow for me the best years in my life have been 2015 and 2018. I didn't think so many people hated these years.

    • @slovvak9588
      @slovvak9588 3 года назад

      Oh just you wait, buddy

  • @Chalupa_bruh
    @Chalupa_bruh 4 года назад +1364

    I feel bad for the children of gen z that's gonna have to learn this in history class, but hey, at least they have this video to give them brief notes.
    Edit: It seems as if a lot of people don't realize this, but I'm talking about the offspring of generation z, not generation z themselves. Yes, I know generation z is in school right now, and that's why I never said generation z themselves. In other words, I'm talking about the generation after gen alpha.

    • @KingPancat
      @KingPancat 4 года назад +183

      Imagine if memes are used as subjects of history

    • @nowhereman6019
      @nowhereman6019 4 года назад +243

      @@KingPancat oh they will. Pepe will find his way into the textbooks somehow.

    • @musicoruu
      @musicoruu 4 года назад +62

      b-but we’re in school right now

    • @nowhereman6019
      @nowhereman6019 4 года назад +47

      @@musicoruu shut up zoomer. Go eat a tide pod.

    • @squeaky9715
      @squeaky9715 4 года назад +38

      @@nowhereman6019 how a meme got hijacked by racists and how you can do it too. Social studies 101!

  • @ultra-papasmurf
    @ultra-papasmurf 4 года назад +662

    I'd say the late 2010s has been the Anti-Media Half-decade. People have stopped relying on news, people have started questioning like never before and we finally can watch Hen- I mean anime in 4k quality

    • @HistoryNerd808
      @HistoryNerd808 4 года назад +73

      I agree with that but I'd push back on the questioning bit. We've questioned the established media but the questioning and fact-checking of blogs and other newer media is practically nonexistent.

    • @Hoyadoy
      @Hoyadoy 4 года назад +6

      This needs to bet pinned so ppl of 2100 can know

    • @Robb1977
      @Robb1977 4 года назад +26

      The push back against media isnt as wide spread as it appears. It seems to be younger people, but the chains of partisanship have not been broken on scummy news. Righties still worship fox, lefties still worship CNN. Both are corrupt, but their viewers are convinced they have the only fair and balanced source... both are horribly deceived and hopefully theyll realize it soon.

    • @themiraculousbug6541
      @themiraculousbug6541 4 года назад +7

      @@Robb1977 I've give up on having a political opinion.

    • @vedant9378
      @vedant9378 4 года назад +2

      @@Robb1977 'Lefties worship CNN' is just ridiculous. CNN is out and out liberal. There is nothing leftist about it.

  • @oilybat3269
    @oilybat3269 2 года назад +226

    Looking back on the 2010s is like looking nostalgically to a dumpster fire while being in a bigger and hotter dumpster fire.

  • @adamtrott78
    @adamtrott78 4 года назад +2684

    I feel like the moment 2019 was over, history just ended and we’ve all been living in purgatory since.

    • @deerdeerdeerdeer9698
      @deerdeerdeerdeer9698 4 года назад +87

      Just wait into the mad Max era starts

    • @worstusernameintheworld9871
      @worstusernameintheworld9871 3 года назад +43

      people have been saying that time has gotten "more insane than the past year" since the 21st century, so idk the world could get crazier as time passes on and I wouldn't be surprised

    • @icarusablaze1831
      @icarusablaze1831 3 года назад +74

      Our simulation wasn't programmed to run past 2019.

    • @copperpolice9650
      @copperpolice9650 3 года назад +10

      No 2020 is just... no 2020 is still conituning what the 2010's are doing this is still happening but there is just some breaks.

    • @comm154
      @comm154 3 года назад +4

      Oh crap! I SHOULD’VE PAID THE PRIEST!

  • @genesisera8364
    @genesisera8364 4 года назад +1270

    Basically:
    Francis Fukuyama: “it’s the end of history”
    2010s: **YEET**

    • @F22onblockland
      @F22onblockland 4 года назад +75

      History: "The report of my death was... greatly exaggerated."

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 4 года назад +3

      What an apt way to put it. Thank you.

    • @aaronclift
      @aaronclift 4 года назад +35

      I had to read that book in my international relations class back in 1999, and I thought that Fukuyama's premise was ridiculous and would quickly become outdated. Boy was I right.

    • @bigusdickus9903
      @bigusdickus9903 4 года назад +1

      @@aaronclift Well, it was less challenging for me when I took that class in 2016, the Clash of Civilizations was already in full swing.

    • @aaronclift
      @aaronclift 4 года назад +2

      Bigus Dickus I read that book for my class as well and thought that it more accurately reflected what was going on in the world than Fukuyama’s book.

  • @Amesang
    @Amesang 4 года назад +730

    I'm still wondering what we even _call_ the decade. "The Tens?" "The Teens?"

  • @anaanton3438
    @anaanton3438 2 года назад +275

    1910s: A war to end all wars
    1920s: Roaring 20s
    1930s: Economic crash
    1940s: NEVER AGAIN
    1950s: Golden Age and Cold War
    1960's: Vietnam, Space, Civil Rights, Rock, and Hippies
    1970s: Absolute Chaos (oh and Star Wars)
    1980s: A lot of chaos with a sprinkle of pop culture
    1990s: Getting better (not really though) and internet
    2000s: Technology boom, terrorism, and an economic recession
    2010s: Watch the video
    2020s: If you thought the 70s were bad, you ain't seen nothing yet son

    • @MorphMV
      @MorphMV Год назад +8

      This tops the 50s now since we're in far worse situation than the cold war.

    • @donaldtrumplover2254
      @donaldtrumplover2254 Год назад +1

      ⁠@@MorphMV no we are not

    • @MorphMV
      @MorphMV Год назад +5

      @@donaldtrumplover2254 funny thing you say that little one.
      An **very** funny comment to say at all.

    • @donaldtrumplover2254
      @donaldtrumplover2254 Год назад +10

      @@MorphMV unlike the Cold War we aren’t actually threatened by any other nations. It took a very small percent of the US peacetime stockpiles of old equipment to stagnate Russias offensives. And China isn’t in much of a position to do anything. We are living in the most peaceful and prosperous time period in human history. Your basically saying a few small wars are worse than the peak of US and Soviet imperialism.

    • @AJVillanueva2030
      @AJVillanueva2030 11 месяцев назад +3

      2030s: ?

  • @spitfiremk26
    @spitfiremk26 4 года назад +626

    I lived in Egypt through the 2011 Revolution before returning back to my home country of Scotland in summer, 2012. Hearing you draw the connection between the Arab Spring, Brexit, and the debate of Scottish Independence - three of the most defining events in my short 22 years - was quite the mindfuck. Even if they are all just a line of dominoes knocking eachother over, it's crazy to think of how these events can come back to bite you even on a more personal level, years after your involvement with them was thought to be finished.
    10/10 video - I now have an existential crisis inbound. Would watch again.

    • @TheLuckystrike2000
      @TheLuckystrike2000 4 года назад +10

      I don't know if you'll ever read this but if you do...
      This decade coming up will see the effects of Brexit come in - whether it will be under 'No Deal' terms or not is something to wait for.
      We both know (as a fellow Scot!) that the country rejected Brexit alongside Northern Ireland and should the warnings of Brexit turn out to be true, e.g. lorries going to the continent will need to wait longer than they otherwise would under prior conditions, supplies of food and medicine from the mainland takes longer to reach the shelves of British shops, clearly the case for Scottish Independence I would imagine would get louder.
      Assuming that next year returns an Independence majority Scottish Government, what would relations be like between Scotland and the rest of the UK be like in the event that the UK Government grants permission of holding another referendum and this time 'Yes' wins?

    • @JustCoNa
      @JustCoNa 4 года назад +21

      @@TheLuckystrike2000 Not the guy you responded to but I have a "fantasy" if you can call it that, where Scotland leaves the UK, and soon after so does Wales, then Scotland, Wales and potentially NI form a "celtic union", which is essence would be the same as booting England out of the UK lol

    • @cucumber623
      @cucumber623 4 года назад +4

      as a fellow jock i still think we shouldve jumped ship before boris sinks the whole thing

    • @OnlyGrafting
      @OnlyGrafting 4 года назад +4

      Still wouldn't vote for Scottish independence until the Scottish Libertarian party replaces the shambles called the SNP.

    • @kamanashiskar9203
      @kamanashiskar9203 3 года назад +1

      @@JustCoNa The Celtic Union will just become an English vassal.

  • @timotheelegallic3496
    @timotheelegallic3496 4 года назад +671

    "The 2010s is a transition into a better time"
    Kid who grew up during the biomolecular war of 2025 : Say sike right now

    • @shakypro
      @shakypro 4 года назад +21

      Nuketown 2025

    • @gawkthimm6030
      @gawkthimm6030 4 года назад +51

      2029, the crises of the billionair space warlords

    • @SuperSMT
      @SuperSMT 4 года назад +14

      All of that kid's friends: what a dead meme, that's like ten years old

    • @solsol9515
      @solsol9515 4 года назад +1

      The Boogaloo kid

    • @11555Rambler
      @11555Rambler 4 года назад +1

      Did he say "better time" though?

  • @mackenziecoleman8103
    @mackenziecoleman8103 4 года назад +3424

    2010s: damn that sucked
    Only 2020: holy shit this is so much worse
    2021: *p a i n*

    • @Speed001
      @Speed001 4 года назад +33

      @@williamfraser4566 But we'll grow from this. We'll be more prepared and lots of places are being forced to update and upgrade.
      This is another push for automation and a nail in the coffin for the luddites... I mean grocery clerks.

    • @ununun9995
      @ununun9995 4 года назад +7

      Maybe its the opposite that will happen worse at the beggining and best in the end idk

    • @GigglesClown
      @GigglesClown 4 года назад +13

      Eh compared to a hundred years ago its not to bad

    • @nolananderson6139
      @nolananderson6139 4 года назад +3

      I wanna go back.

    • @kidkangaroo5213
      @kidkangaroo5213 4 года назад +11

      @@williamfraser4566 If a time traveller told me that 2020 was in fact only the calm before the storm, I'd just grab a noose and dangle from the ceiling fan.

  • @Theprinceofithilien
    @Theprinceofithilien 3 года назад +651

    We skipped the roaring twenties and went straigth into depression
    _i don’t like where this is headed_

    • @michaelhummer9491
      @michaelhummer9491 3 года назад +69

      Keep an eye on Europe guys I think they're getting overexcited again

    • @Lubecgeo
      @Lubecgeo 3 года назад +24

      WW3 IN 2025? That's about where a copy of the 1900's would be going

    • @michaelhummer9491
      @michaelhummer9491 3 года назад +27

      @@Lubecgeo And after that's over we'll skip the '50s boom and dive straight into the Vietnam and the protests

    • @michaelhummer9491
      @michaelhummer9491 3 года назад +11

      It'll be like the boom-bust cycle but without the bust

    • @fettegurke2447
      @fettegurke2447 3 года назад +32

      The roaring 20s began after the "spanish" flu was over.

  • @skittybug6937
    @skittybug6937 4 года назад +1001

    Cody: "Any take I have will probably not age well."
    Also Cody: "The 2020's will be a better decade."
    Right on, buddy.
    EDIT: I made this comment _before_ the protests and riots began.

    • @nicholascordero6600
      @nicholascordero6600 4 года назад +23

      I mean, it's only been a few months

    • @skittybug6937
      @skittybug6937 4 года назад +50

      @@nicholascordero6600 And it's already worse than all of the 2010s combined

    • @AureliusLaurentius1099
      @AureliusLaurentius1099 4 года назад +28

      @@skittybug6937
      2020 is technically still part of the 10s so we can say the 2010s finished with a bang.

    • @gmbrusselsprout
      @gmbrusselsprout 4 года назад +15

      @@AureliusLaurentius1099 Not according to the Gregorian Calendar M8

    • @dark_messiah8183
      @dark_messiah8183 4 года назад +48

      @@AureliusLaurentius1099 no, that is a stupid way of conceiving it. Its 2000-2009, 2010-2019, 2020-2029, etc

  • @paulolucero9864
    @paulolucero9864 4 года назад +691

    The 2010s *_TRUE_* Argentinian experience:
    *_-Got out of a major crisis and debt hell_*
    *_-Got into another crisis and even deeper debt hell_*
    Pretty much the same as always

    • @maxheller7815
      @maxheller7815 4 года назад +11

      nos ven como boludos..

    • @miliba
      @miliba 4 года назад +50

      -Still not owning the Falklands

    • @maxheller7815
      @maxheller7815 4 года назад +14

      @@miliba dont even start with the malvinas (falklands)
      :(

    • @agustinbaletti
      @agustinbaletti 4 года назад +1

      HAHAHAHA damn right

    • @theholmes8308
      @theholmes8308 4 года назад +5

      Argentina has defaulted on its debt more than any other country in history, it’s hilarious 😂

  • @jamessanford2991
    @jamessanford2991 4 года назад +287

    2010s remind me of the Gilded Age/Reconstruction period in the US because of the bad politicians, the great technological improvements, the few businesses running the country/economy and the political arguments of just focusing on the opponent's negative aspects with political divides

    • @jakesmith8438
      @jakesmith8438 4 года назад +53

      James Sanford We need a new Teddy Roosevelt.

    • @josemaria1035
      @josemaria1035 4 года назад +4

      They dont learn

    • @josecipriano3048
      @josecipriano3048 4 года назад +9

      James Sanford also the mass concentration of wealth in the hands of a few.

    • @gaiangalaxy3198
      @gaiangalaxy3198 4 года назад +24

      Jake Smith his name is Bernie Sanders

    • @Iceaxe2020
      @Iceaxe2020 4 года назад +1

      We need progressivism lmao

  • @nathanbrady8529
    @nathanbrady8529 3 года назад +84

    I'd argue one of the worst things to come out of the 2010s is this idea that facts are opinions and opinions are facts.

    • @formulaendurance
      @formulaendurance 2 года назад +10

      That’s fact

    • @adamdavis1648
      @adamdavis1648 Год назад +2

      I remember that being a thing to some degree in the 2000s as well. It does feel like it became more prevalent with the rise of Trump, though.

    • @denverrsouthers5531
      @denverrsouthers5531 Год назад

      It's a fact that I feel like a woman, it's a fact that I live as a woman, it's a fact that for a 28 year old male I look like a woman. And it's a fact you triggered snowflakes ain't going to do shit about it but cry. Fact's DON'T care about your feelings, and you will never make the world your safe space where LGBT people don't exist.

    • @donaldtrumplover2254
      @donaldtrumplover2254 Год назад +2

      Bro that idea has been around since humanity came into existence. A lot of people tend to think our thought patterns are different from other generations. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

  • @TheHylianJuggalo
    @TheHylianJuggalo 4 года назад +385

    "If you want a vision of the future imagine a boot stomping on a human face forever but the face is apologizing to the boot for what it's going through" - revised Orwell quote for the 2010s
    Selfish edit, can someone give me the music at 13:57 ?

    • @Journey_to_who_knows
      @Journey_to_who_knows 4 года назад +21

      "Imagine a strong Independent female stomping on a alt right nazi
      Edit thanks for the likes"

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 4 года назад +33

      @@Journey_to_who_knows you didn't edit the comment and there is a single like, probably your own.

    • @Journey_to_who_knows
      @Journey_to_who_knows 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/rfsqEO-WQHc/видео.html
      bro you just exposed yourself so hard

    • @datboi9994
      @datboi9994 4 года назад +7

      @@speedy01247 Bro you're so epic dude here's a medal

    • @user-vs6oe8fl3m
      @user-vs6oe8fl3m 4 года назад +7

      Reminder that Orwell was a socialist that fought in the Spanish Civil war

  • @mateoherrera3320
    @mateoherrera3320 4 года назад +358

    "Those censorship friendly countries" and a picture of Winnie the Pooh. I love you.

  • @wacky518thetoastmage8
    @wacky518thetoastmage8 4 года назад +256

    And the 2020’s start with one hell of a bang

  • @matei8master8
    @matei8master8 2 года назад +317

    January 2020 - That was quite the decade.
    July 2020 - FUCK GO BACK
    July 2021 - I SAID GO BACK
    July 2022 - *Air raid sirens*

    • @The-rp6do
      @The-rp6do 2 года назад +3

      How about 2021-2022 🤪

    • @albertalberto2288
      @albertalberto2288 Год назад +13

      2023-*Zombies roaming*

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew Год назад +11

      2024: people go back!

    • @beans00001
      @beans00001 Год назад +7

      So much for the Roaring 20s

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew Год назад +2

      @@beans00001 more heading towards a bad outcome and it’s waiting for us

  • @Critical1ce
    @Critical1ce 4 года назад +1112

    Coming out of the 2010s, hair disheveled, eyes bloodshot: “Hoo boy, that was close!”
    *2020 coming in like a freight train*
    “OH SHI-“

    • @cursedmicrophone3687
      @cursedmicrophone3687 4 года назад +27

      Naw man, it's more like this:
      *2010's people coming out looking like complete and total shit* "At least 2020 can't possibly be worse"
      *2020 slamming into the ground like a cargo plane*

    • @lucasharvey8990
      @lucasharvey8990 4 года назад +6

      @Hanta Kun ... nah he's got a point.

    • @liker-qd4fz
      @liker-qd4fz 4 года назад

      what is the intro song?

    • @HeadCannon19
      @HeadCannon19 4 года назад

      People at the end of the 2010s: there's no way 2020 could possibly be worse than this
      2020: hold my Corona
      (Also other stuff but Corona's a beer)

  • @ralphize5153
    @ralphize5153 4 года назад +782

    2010: the wacky zany century (*decade)

  • @camphipps10
    @camphipps10 4 года назад +396

    I know this sounds weird, but this is easily the best video you've ever made. Really resonated with me for some reason.

    • @lukedetering4490
      @lukedetering4490 4 года назад +33

      Probably resonated with you because you have lived to see these events and therefore more relatable.

    • @bahe_4058
      @bahe_4058 4 года назад +3

      Agreed

    • @twistedpixel756
      @twistedpixel756 4 года назад +2

      agreed, very well done, both thoughtfully and aesthetically.

    • @francismendy1398
      @francismendy1398 4 года назад

      Agreed

  • @therealmmaster4766
    @therealmmaster4766 Год назад +144

    Watching in 2023: the 2010s were the transition from bad to a lot worse.

    • @Catonator
      @Catonator Год назад +16

      I'm surprised by how many people are still so depressed about the 2020s. I think we're heading up at the moment.
      Arguably the big unrests of the early decade were stuff left over from the 2010s - the George Floyd riots, the Capitol Hill riots, the covid culture, all really heavily tied into the zeitgeist of the mid-to-late 2010s. But now that that's over, I think 2023 has comparatively been a lot more hopeful. There's a slow shift in how people view the internet and the world currently, which will probably blossom as the years push on.
      Most decades don't really gain their cultural significance until some ways into them. The 90s started in 1991 or 1992, the 2000s started on 9/11, etc., and I think that's the way future historians will look at the 2020s. They started in 2022 or 2023.
      inb4 "aged horribly"

    • @curtiswfranks
      @curtiswfranks Год назад +5

      ​@@Catonator: Reserving my right to be terribly wrong, I think that you might be right. Really, 2022 and 2023 are big improvements over 2020 and 2021.

    • @MaaveMaave
      @MaaveMaave Год назад

      ​@@CatonatorI do think we're heading up but I'm still shook and there's an election coming up 😂

    • @MorphMV
      @MorphMV Год назад +1

      prepare for WW3

    • @connaltnow1
      @connaltnow1 Год назад

      Hahah it’s gotten worse more global conflict now with the Middle East

  • @dean1039
    @dean1039 4 года назад +536

    2010's: The decade in which being born in the 1990's went from feeling really young, to feeling ancient.

    • @jaywest3734
      @jaywest3734 4 года назад +25

      Shit dude, I was born in the 80s.

    • @shakypro
      @shakypro 4 года назад +5

      What if this comment survived for people born in the 2990s to see it during the 3010s (if we survive to)?
      edit: don't take it to literal

    • @declannewton2556
      @declannewton2556 4 года назад +14

      The 2010's: The decade GenZ went from being the kids of the day to having an existential crisis that adulthood is upon us.

    • @progect3548
      @progect3548 4 года назад

      @@declannewton2556 very true.

    • @MementoDespair
      @MementoDespair 4 года назад +1

      @@declannewton2556 Yes I was 10 at the start of the decade now I'm 19 I turn 20 in April

  • @ethanodell8044
    @ethanodell8044 4 года назад +573

    The 2010's looks like a kid accidentally bumping us with his tricycle, and the first few months of 2020 just ran us over with a train

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 4 года назад +30

      More like all of 2020 running us over with a train. And then doing it a couple of more times.

    • @MrLeary73
      @MrLeary73 3 года назад +5

      More like they just kept going backwards and forwards and still haven’t gotten bored of it

    • @akilangandhichidambaranath3920
      @akilangandhichidambaranath3920 3 года назад +8

      And 2021 is an airplane filled with elephants crashing on you

    • @vermas4654
      @vermas4654 3 года назад +1

      It's sad how accurate that is. And 2021 is also not the best.

    • @abyssstrider2547
      @abyssstrider2547 3 года назад

      @@akilangandhichidambaranath3920 what will 2022 be like? Meteor crashing down or something lmao

  • @louisschildknegt5165
    @louisschildknegt5165 4 года назад +522

    I can just imagine someone playing super Mario bros and the news just says:
    “Today five thousand men died in a battle in Iran”
    Mario: “LETS A GO!!”

    • @rico6546
      @rico6546 4 года назад +3

      Official FBI yeah.

    • @punctuationman334
      @punctuationman334 4 года назад +2

      Official FBI iraq

    • @Nverdis
      @Nverdis 4 года назад +1

      Does this count as impersonating a police officer?

    • @nunyabeeswax7111
      @nunyabeeswax7111 4 года назад

      iran?

    • @GreenBlueWalkthrough
      @GreenBlueWalkthrough 4 года назад +1

      I was playing Modern warfare 2 and had CNN on when we killed Osama Bin Ladin it felt just like any other day.

  • @subtlewhatssubtle
    @subtlewhatssubtle 3 года назад +47

    The 2010s was the era when everyone had the chance at making themselves heard. It was a time where any person could state their opinions... *regardless of their qualifications to discuss the topic.*

  • @yamashiro1442
    @yamashiro1442 4 года назад +400

    2010s was one chaotic decade

    • @nubnubnubnubnubnubnubnubnu4769
      @nubnubnubnubnubnubnubnubnu4769 4 года назад +13

      Akagi 144 especially for puerto ricans

    • @AcidTripOk
      @AcidTripOk 4 года назад +5

      I'd say it was quite calm and boring, if compared with any other previous decade.

    • @legoworksstudios1
      @legoworksstudios1 4 года назад +1

      Yep. And before that there was the chaos of the 1960s, but at least during that period we had a rockin' soundtrack.

    • @escuadronhechizopr9861
      @escuadronhechizopr9861 4 года назад

      @@nubnubnubnubnubnubnubnubnu4769 ya

    • @erik-ic3tp
      @erik-ic3tp 4 года назад +1

      @@AcidTripOk, why?

  • @nokia8707
    @nokia8707 4 года назад +219

    "Libya, the world's biggest battle royale."

    • @adolfhitler2026
      @adolfhitler2026 4 года назад +12

      Thanks obama

    • @tenkosen
      @tenkosen 4 года назад +1

      Lol *civil war* I love it

    • @thegodofbob
      @thegodofbob 4 года назад

      You got the same profile picture as my friend lol

    • @1000eau
      @1000eau 4 года назад

      @@adolfhitler2026 *Sarkozy (french president 2007-2012)

    • @adolfhitler2026
      @adolfhitler2026 4 года назад

      @@1000eau France is not the leader of NATO, the US is. It was Washington that authorized the destruction of Libya. France only made the suggestion.

  • @jamzee_
    @jamzee_ 4 года назад +591

    “Those things we think are horrendous now, might not be the worst thing ever” - Cody Feb 2020,
    Hmm

    • @garymarkow7005
      @garymarkow7005 3 года назад +34

      C’mon, I mean things are pretty bad now but we still haven’t hit post WW1 Germany levels of bad.

    • @hidof9598
      @hidof9598 3 года назад +4

      @@garymarkow7005 , thx.
      Something newi

    • @garymarkow7005
      @garymarkow7005 3 года назад +7

      @@EETDUK yeah, people stormed the capitol and there were riots in the streets, I get it. I don’t see any evidence it’s going to get any worse, it’s nowhere near how antebellum USA was and the political violence kind of fizzled out since January.
      Also, r u sure about that? Riots in 68-69 were pretty bad as were the bombings by leftist terrorist organizations like the Symbionese Liberation Army in the 70s and rightist lone wolves like the Oklahoma City Bomber in the 90s.

    • @Neglected-Nostalgia
      @Neglected-Nostalgia 3 года назад +7

      @@garymarkow7005 pre WWII in Germany was lit for a few years if you were German

    • @robezy0
      @robezy0 3 года назад +1

      @@Neglected-Nostalgia and not Jewish, or disabled, or a woman, or...

  • @permafrost8322
    @permafrost8322 11 месяцев назад +11

    This will be very interesting to look back on in 6 years…

  • @hughchester
    @hughchester 4 года назад +1125

    2010's: The decade where literally everyone lost their minds.

    • @Dylan_Sterling
      @Dylan_Sterling 4 года назад +127

      It truly can only be described as “What the fuck happened here?”

    • @xxvaltielxx1789
      @xxvaltielxx1789 4 года назад +5

      Nah, that happened when Proto humans came down from their trees and started living in the ground

    • @itzfusionplex4266
      @itzfusionplex4266 4 года назад +32

      2010s: the decade humanity really ended in 2012

    • @Ozzey23
      @Ozzey23 4 года назад +21

      2010’s: The decade where the public continued to misuse the word ‘literally’

    • @hughchester
      @hughchester 4 года назад +1

      @@Ozzey23 I'm sorry you think there's people still out there with their wits about them.

  • @Bob-lr2xp
    @Bob-lr2xp 4 года назад +661

    "Grandpa, what were the 2010s like?"
    "Well it all started with this goddamn gorilla..."

    • @feragosmyxixarashtra7948
      @feragosmyxixarashtra7948 4 года назад +13

      Bruh, I felt that. 😥👊

    • @-et37-
      @-et37- 4 года назад +100

      Not really, Harambe died halfway through the decade.

    • @derptank3308
      @derptank3308 4 года назад +90

      “Grandpa, what were the 2020s like?”
      “IT ALL STARTED IN IRAN...”

    • @TheBoostedDoge
      @TheBoostedDoge 4 года назад +45

      @@derptank3308 and then came the plague

    • @bjorntheviking6039
      @bjorntheviking6039 4 года назад +15

      Dicks out, RIP Harambe

  • @crusader7659
    @crusader7659 4 года назад +413

    Turks fighting in Libya? Wait a minute, I’ve seen this one before... Italy, it’s your time to shine.

    • @skysthelimitvideos
      @skysthelimitvideos 4 года назад +69

      Crusader It’s never Italy’s time to shine let’s be honest

    • @crusader7659
      @crusader7659 4 года назад +18

      @@skysthelimitvideos yeah, even in libya *looks at mussolini *shudders

    • @AndrewNalle
      @AndrewNalle 4 года назад +24

      @@crusader7659 wElL bE lIKe tHe rOmAnS oR sOmEsHiT gUyS

    • @lukedetering4490
      @lukedetering4490 4 года назад +17

      Italy: But the Ethiopians destroyed me. When I actually succeeded the second time, the allies destroyed me. That oil ain't worth it
      USA: Oil? LETS GO!
      Italy: Oh no!

    • @adrianshephard378
      @adrianshephard378 4 года назад +4

      @@lukedetering4490 Us is world's biggest oil manufacturer tho

  • @supremeleadersmeagol6345
    @supremeleadersmeagol6345 3 года назад +221

    2020 was like the entirety of the 2010s condensed into a single decade.

    • @fabianmichaelgockner5988
      @fabianmichaelgockner5988 3 года назад +24

      And then 2021 be like: "It gets worse the longer you look at it!"

    • @roomyhaddock3245
      @roomyhaddock3245 2 года назад +1

      @@fabianmichaelgockner5988 I feel like the 2020's would only be like the 2010's but different and worse

    • @xdlolfam2713
      @xdlolfam2713 2 года назад +9

      You mean year?

    • @I_am_somebody_1234
      @I_am_somebody_1234 2 года назад +2

      And then 2022 happened (f for ukraine and Somalia)

    • @MrMah-zf6jk
      @MrMah-zf6jk 2 года назад

      @@I_am_somebody_1234 what happened in Somalia (besides the usual?)

  • @johnmoloney1996
    @johnmoloney1996 4 года назад +397

    *crying internally cause we’re only 6 months into the 2020s*

    • @jbingart3009
      @jbingart3009 4 года назад +3

      I'm crying externally at this point

    • @wp12mv
      @wp12mv 4 года назад

      @Nadia Blue November too is nearly done

    • @nicholasbryson1271
      @nicholasbryson1271 4 года назад

      We’re almost there we’ll make it

    • @FakeSchrodingersCat
      @FakeSchrodingersCat 4 года назад

      Only one month left. Does anyone else have a countdown clock running already?

    • @PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN
      @PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN 4 года назад +2

      Idk what 2021 is gonna bring, have any of yall seen knowledge hub's video about the 2020s?

  • @striver2180
    @striver2180 4 года назад +435

    Cody back then: “I wanna stay away from anything political.”
    Cody now: “I’m doing stuff that political”
    Edit: As I predicted the comment section... is a mess.

    • @loah_1
      @loah_1 4 года назад +37

      I at least applaud his decision not to talk about Trump just yet, though I would like to hear his thoughts on the current US administration

    • @alaskamark4562
      @alaskamark4562 4 года назад +33

      James Harrison. Actually, he he has talked about Trump. He made a fairly biased video about how Trump pulled U.S. troops out of northern Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president erdogan where he said he was going to invade part of Syria. Cody babbles about how it was "probably the worst geopolitical decision this decade" and how Trump supposedly "sold the Kurds out" as if it would've been better to just leave American soldiers to get caught up with the invading forces of one of our NATO allies. Just think of those poor, totally helpless Kurds, what are they gonna do without our Army acting as a meat shield for them? He does seem to be getting more political.
      ruclips.net/video/NGijp9jGdUU/видео.html

    • @loah_1
      @loah_1 4 года назад +7

      @@alaskamark4562 Oh yes, I did forget about that.

    • @Admiral_Jezza
      @Admiral_Jezza 4 года назад +40

      @@alaskamark4562 Yeah it's interesting how no one cared about the Kurds until they could use them to rag on Trump.

    • @ultimatetadpole9607
      @ultimatetadpole9607 4 года назад +4

      @@Admiral_Jezza Rojava is my world

  • @Azoth86730
    @Azoth86730 4 года назад +1038

    People in 1910: 1910's will be a peaceful decade.

    • @douggoldwater1734
      @douggoldwater1734 4 года назад +173

      People in 1920: Man that decade sucked, we'll never see another world War like that again

    • @xayvieracosta7326
      @xayvieracosta7326 4 года назад +81

      @@douggoldwater1734 1940s enters the chat

    • @nunyabeeswax7111
      @nunyabeeswax7111 4 года назад +30

      it's always in hindsight, that we see how much history repeats itself and how little we have progressed on a social and human level...

    • @flybeep1661
      @flybeep1661 4 года назад +47

      Actually, in early 1910 people were very aware something was on the brink to happen. Especially on a political level people knew because of all the alliance treaties made and the growing influence of Germany that something was going to happen and happen soon. What they didn't know was just how bad it would become.

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 4 года назад +14

      1930s was a really depressing era. None of them never knew what was gonna happen to them in 1940s.

  • @benjaminengslev4261
    @benjaminengslev4261 Год назад +32

    I will say, we are 3 years into the 2020's and we're not really doing well

  • @patapax7033
    @patapax7033 4 года назад +96

    10:43 I like how this narwhal tusk is actually related to this one Polish guy who used it as a weapon to stop a terrorist attack in the UK.

    • @TheGorillaMan412
      @TheGorillaMan412 4 года назад +18

      Patapax the winged hussars arrived that day

    • @ultimatetadpole9607
      @ultimatetadpole9607 4 года назад +15

      Virgin Brexiteer vs. Chad Polish Immigrant

    • @notasoviet1016
      @notasoviet1016 4 года назад +1

      The polish guy didn’t use the narwhal tusk he used a pole (lol) to fight him off i believe, but then started using just his hands. Someone else used the narwhal tusk

  • @PandaOnParole
    @PandaOnParole 4 года назад +1809

    the 2010s: i love social media
    the 2020s: billionaires are funding civil war and buying presidential elections
    the 2030s: i live in a chinese colony now

    • @kurros1270
      @kurros1270 4 года назад +139

      The 2040s: Orwell's 1984 becomes a complete reality In the U.S.

    • @jerrardtate5112
      @jerrardtate5112 4 года назад +137

      My American children have Chinese names and speak Russian and Mandarin in their school in AliExpress City

    • @AFellowCyberman
      @AFellowCyberman 4 года назад +17

      The 2020s thing already happens.

    • @AFellowCyberman
      @AFellowCyberman 4 года назад +7

      @KeroBero. It already is a reality.

    • @fabriziogarreta7160
      @fabriziogarreta7160 4 года назад +7

      PizzaAndFirearms lol I hope this doesn’t happen sad part is though is 99% sure of happening

  • @benjamin3044
    @benjamin3044 4 года назад +117

    This was actually an incredibly well thought-out and rational take on the 2010s. Nice work Cody.

  • @shade3430
    @shade3430 Год назад +20

    2020: "Twitter, you're in trouble buddy"
    2022: ha ha ha.......yeah

  • @Sniperskilfaker
    @Sniperskilfaker 4 года назад +509

    I can’t wait for memes to be in my kids history tests

    • @thesherlockhound
      @thesherlockhound 4 года назад +40

      We'll see memes in the culture of the 2010s as music in the 1970s

    • @lukeb1663
      @lukeb1663 4 года назад +21

      I can’t wait to help them understand memes and go on a massive nostalgia trip

    • @Zarysazane12345
      @Zarysazane12345 4 года назад +4

      Nah theyll be banned by than and sensored know your wrong think bigot 😉👍. Lol jk who knows

    • @omegaaesir9447
      @omegaaesir9447 4 года назад +2

      Are memes are about to become primary sources.

    • @lukeb1663
      @lukeb1663 4 года назад +4

      Omega Aesir they are definitely going to, but at least for high school it won’t happen for around 50 years

  • @b4s1l1sc
    @b4s1l1sc 4 года назад +2400

    ah yes, the good ol' times when we thought the 2020's would've been a decent/good decade

    • @victuz
      @victuz 4 года назад +63

      Dude we're not even in the 2020s yet. Just finishing the the 2010s today.

    • @orionfoxx1954
      @orionfoxx1954 4 года назад +33

      Ha jokes on you, 2020 will never end

    • @DSkehan2004
      @DSkehan2004 4 года назад +42

      The decade? It's only been a year. Every decade doesn't start out good in the 1 or 2 years.

    • @victuz
      @victuz 4 года назад +10

      ​@Nuke Friend We are at the end of the 2010s because there isn't year 0, you know... The 21th century didn't start in 2000 but in 2001. The Gregorian calendar started from year 1, not year 0.
      So according to that we're still in the 2010s, officially entering 2020s when 2021 comes.

    • @seanvasquez523
      @seanvasquez523 4 года назад +14

      @@victuz, Um i'm sorry but the 2010's did past and we are in the 2020's already. HOWEVER at the same time we are also in a decade that hasn't ended yet which is the 202nd decade or just the 2nd decade of the 21st century. The 202nd decade will end in December 31st 2020 but we are NOT in the 2010's anymore in 2020. It's just that both decades (2010's 2010-2019, 2020's 2020-2029 is a popular culture term, and 202nd decade 2011-2020, 203rd decade 2021-2030 which is a historian term) are not coexisting this year because of how the rules are laid out in these term (which is funny that no year 0 gives us two terms to work with which in their own right they're both right). But this whole talk thing will be completely irrelevant once 2021 comes in the picture because then both the 2020's and 203rd decade will be coexisting at the same time until 2030. So when we were looking back on the decade in 2019 we were looking back on the 2010's not the 202nd decade.
      Even then the 202nd decade has almost the same amount of years except 2010 is not there and 2020 is in there instead (which the 2010's is a decade however it's in a term that not a full 10 years in the first few years that happened but that only happened ONCE in the years AD 1 to AD 9. After that everything else was a full 10 years and this term doesn't care about no year zero because it's uses something else with the digit rollover an same number group of ten. And then the 202nd decade which is also a decade but it's trying to be divisible by AD 1 so that makes the 1st decade AD AD 1 to AD 10 a full ten years).
      If you want to look back on the 202nd decade by December 31st 2020 then go ahead but it's just nearly the same like the 2010's it just include 2020 and excludes 2010. So to put it simply the 2010's lasted from 2010 to 2019, the 202nd decade/2nd decade of the 21st century lasted from 2011 and is going to end in 2020, the 2020's is going to last from 2020 to 2029, and the 203rd decade/3rd decade of the 21st century is going to start in 2021 and going to end in 2030. So in 2021 both decades will be coexisting and that's all I have to say about that.

  • @viniciusgomes5147
    @viniciusgomes5147 4 года назад +200

    2000s nostalgia is going to be big in the 2020s

    • @jonatanlj747
      @jonatanlj747 4 года назад +12

      @Astrotrain52 Reviews Agreed, even through my rose-tinted nostalgia-glasses the 2000s weren't good.

    • @heroslippy6666
      @heroslippy6666 4 года назад +2

      already beating you to it, irc and geocities. been using them for the past year or two

    • @HunsWithGuns
      @HunsWithGuns 4 года назад +12

      I liked the 2000s

    • @jacklong1844
      @jacklong1844 4 года назад +1

      Astrotrain52 Reviews Don’t worry, it would end at some point

    • @FokkerTISM
      @FokkerTISM 4 года назад +2

      Robbie Williams' music was everywhere in the 2000s. I can see his music being played at 2000s nostalgia parties. The original Xbox would also be part of those, even if it wasn't as popular as the PS2.

  • @ghazghkullthraka9714
    @ghazghkullthraka9714 3 года назад +55

    ‘Perceptions of the 2010’s will change’
    Me in 2021: yep

  • @jacobarmour6325
    @jacobarmour6325 4 года назад +1003

    History teacher in 2100: *and see they thought the 2010's were bad wait till they see the 2020's*

    • @brianbrush5107
      @brianbrush5107 4 года назад +4

      200th like

    • @lesigh3410
      @lesigh3410 4 года назад +16

      With the split of DanPlan, Australia on fire and the batshit insanity that was the impeachment trial, I won't be surprised.

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 4 года назад +2

      Gonna wait until 2030

    • @Av0l1tion
      @Av0l1tion 4 года назад

      Ture

    • @albiesnyder412
      @albiesnyder412 4 года назад +10

      Bold of you to assume the human race will survive till 2100

  • @rprince418
    @rprince418 4 года назад +282

    It is so weird to in a few years be able to say "back in the 20's" and mean the 2020s, and not the 1920s.

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 4 года назад +22

      And the same will be said regarding the 2030s, 2040s, 2050s, etc.

    • @kosmique
      @kosmique 4 года назад +19

      i know, when ppl say "back in the 70s" its kinda hard to not think 1870

    • @lightthrudarkness6319
      @lightthrudarkness6319 4 года назад +1

      That's not a big deal since most people don't give a fuck about the 20s, heck we only care about the 1940s onwards
      whats weird is that in a few years that people will say "back in the 40's" and mean 2040s, and not the 1940s

    • @Spartanübermensch
      @Spartanübermensch 4 года назад

      They'll probably just say the 2020's instead of the 20's.

    • @FreshAsianSwagg
      @FreshAsianSwagg 4 года назад +1

      @@lightthrudarkness6319 The 1920s were a defining decade lmfao, with art deco being prominent to this day. Most award traditions, modern media, music influence, etc etc come from the 20s. It is a BIG decade and that's why its known as 'the roaring 20s'. wtf are you talking about?
      the most popular decades are the 20s, 50s, 60s/70s, and of course the two more 'recent' ones (80s-90s)

  • @kevinolmedo675
    @kevinolmedo675 4 года назад +160

    This has a somewhat EmpLemon's downward spiral feel. Cool.

    • @GrexTheCrabasitor
      @GrexTheCrabasitor 4 года назад +2

      reverse uno card

    • @naturegirl1999
      @naturegirl1999 4 года назад

      What is EmpLemons? A RUclips channel?

    • @kevinolmedo675
      @kevinolmedo675 4 года назад +14

      @@naturegirl1999 A youtube channel about a guy who talks about random stories, *the state of the Internet ecosystem* and some other things.

    • @michaelrichardson3834
      @michaelrichardson3834 4 года назад +2

      @Jeffrey Blosser YTP isn't just funny editing, it is the peak of parody and public mockery and something we are sorely missing on RUclips as of late. Oh how I miss the simplier time of poops.

  • @benjaminaraya8073
    @benjaminaraya8073 8 месяцев назад +11

    4 years on, Cody was right that the 2010’s was a transition decade, but it was a transition into something worse

  • @Taxs1
    @Taxs1 4 года назад +506

    Cody: "The 2020s will be a better decade"
    2 months later the world is on fire

    • @nikolaibuscho5881
      @nikolaibuscho5881 4 года назад +25

      And five months later the world is "recovering" from a disease and on the brink of a possible depression, and a terrible repression at the best, as well as "murder hornets," a possible flare up in Korea, and who knows what else is to come...
      Alas, behold the year.

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 4 года назад +6

      Hopefully, the chaos from this year won't represent the theme of the 2020s. As for 2020, just throw the whole year away!

    • @jerrell1169
      @jerrell1169 4 года назад +3

      @@giantrunt I'm thinking it's gonna be closer to the 80s, with the U.S crawling out of a lot of issues in the beginning and then comes an era of financial ease and social connection. Though there will certainly be issues during that time I expect it to not be so bad.

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 4 года назад +7

      *"SEYMOUR!! The WORLD is on FIRE!!"*
      _"No Mother, it's just the Arab Spring."_

    • @Ostalgie658
      @Ostalgie658 4 года назад

      What on earth is wrong with people, “killer hornets” man that’s the only information you remember?

  • @christophert8419
    @christophert8419 4 года назад +357

    The 2010s, a decade when we all came to realize WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 4 года назад +6

      Today's Tom Sawyer, he gets high on RUclips...

    • @daelinblack6681
      @daelinblack6681 4 года назад +3

      @@E4439Qv5 changes aren't permanent, but change is

  • @marinis717
    @marinis717 4 года назад +281

    Spot on about the media. Ethics is gone. They're just competing fot clicks. Its very sad.

    • @axelnils
      @axelnils 4 года назад +7

      Were there ever ethics there to begin with?

    • @kaphizmey6229
      @kaphizmey6229 4 года назад +41

      @A X S actually, yes there were. unfortunately, the rise of yellow journalism (a precursor to today’s clickbait) in the early 1900s started the mainstream media down a dangerous path of informational commodification: people started to sell information simply to make a profit. the “4th estate” died when money and viewership became the primary concern.

    • @zacharysmith4787
      @zacharysmith4787 4 года назад +15

      The news has been weaponized by both the Left and Right in the U.S., and that's 'bad news' for all of us.

    • @maxwelljarowey2612
      @maxwelljarowey2612 4 года назад

      It died a long time ago look at cnn in the 1980s it was like Fox News now that is why old people like it
      4 decades of red scare and hippie hatting has made the hole country see hate change even for the better
      Old people want a past that never was

    • @albertjackinson
      @albertjackinson 4 года назад

      ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS are what's left of old-fashioned journalism. Sadly, CNN, Fox, and other sources that are extremely biased seem to be more popular

  • @johnathonking7033
    @johnathonking7033 7 месяцев назад +13

    Rewatching this in 2024, I don't have words to describe how it not only butterflied, but got so much worse

    • @AirSmellerThe3rd
      @AirSmellerThe3rd Месяц назад

      2024 September 29th 2:25 AM
      We live in a society

    • @MasterBotttle
      @MasterBotttle 17 дней назад

      He's back.
      This is the worst decade to live in.

  • @npacebg
    @npacebg 4 года назад +195

    The 2010s: when ads became smart and started dismantling democracies to get more views.

  • @seamuscallaghan8851
    @seamuscallaghan8851 4 года назад +246

    Cody: "... better at counterterrorism."
    *Shows picture of narwhal*
    "Unrelated"

    • @gangsta74110
      @gangsta74110 4 года назад +8

      YES GOD Y'ALL KNOW HOW RELATED THAT NARWHAL ACTUALLY IS AND ITS BRILLIANT

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 4 года назад +2

      I don't get it. Please help

    • @seamuscallaghan8851
      @seamuscallaghan8851 4 года назад +27

      @@jeffbenton6183 There was an incident last year in Britain where a terrorist was thwarted by a bystander brandishing a narwhal tusk.

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 4 года назад +6

      @@seamuscallaghan8851 that's awesome

    • @gangsta74110
      @gangsta74110 4 года назад +2

      @@seamuscallaghan8851 lmaoooo I don't even know where that fucker found it, geez it was in a middle of a bridge, that video of him swinging it around is fuckin golden

  • @XxCheese69xX
    @XxCheese69xX 4 года назад +292

    Someone eventually: gUH bUT cOdY, tHE dECadE haSN't eNDed yEt.
    Everyone else: *is the suffering not over yet?*

    • @prophetrocket237
      @prophetrocket237 4 года назад +1

      What?

    • @deviladvocate21
      @deviladvocate21 4 года назад +10

      @@prophetrocket237 because the year 0 doesn't exist, the first decade started on 1 January 1AD and ended 10 years later on 31 December 10AD, causing the next decade to be 11AD-20AD and so on until you get to the current decade between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2020.

    • @fclp67
      @fclp67 4 года назад +8

      Technically a decade is 10 years. But we're not talking about the 202nd decade of this era, like we're talking about the 21st century, but about the decade we call the 2010s. We signify this decade as the first day of a year that has a 10 at the end so January the 1st 2010 from there it takes 10 years to end so January 1st 2020 is the end of this decade. Now get out with your bs.

    • @EdricoftheWeald
      @EdricoftheWeald 4 года назад +2

      @@deviladvocate21 Or....
      Just that the first decade was 9 years...

    • @deviladvocate21
      @deviladvocate21 4 года назад

      @@EdricoftheWeald I was just trying to explain the point. Obviously, we'll never need to realistically talk about the first decade anyway, so we just say we are in the 2020s as it's more intuitive.

  • @kalkuttadrop6371
    @kalkuttadrop6371 Месяц назад +6

    What are you looking forward to more?
    1. The February 2030 video about the 2020s. (basically just this video again for that decade).
    2. The December 2031/January 2032 video on the 2010s that views them again now with far far more context as alluded to here.

  • @AuroraIceFlame
    @AuroraIceFlame 4 года назад +585

    2010s: “wow worst decade ever am i right?
    2020: *fuck go back*

    • @sgiaries
      @sgiaries 3 года назад +14

      So true!! I thought the 2010s was boring. Now I wanna go back!!

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 3 года назад

      We regret it

    • @N00N01
      @N00N01 3 года назад +2

      China actually mobilized its military and able to do so bc the world was distracted by trump

    • @akilangandhichidambaranath3920
      @akilangandhichidambaranath3920 3 года назад +5

      We should have been thankful about it and know where stuck here

    • @starblaiz1986
      @starblaiz1986 3 года назад +2

      2020: "Challenge Accepted"
      Everyone: "...wait wha~ OH SHI~!!!"

  • @swag31556
    @swag31556 4 года назад +866

    2010s: social media and immigration
    2020s: Mars and electricity 2.0

    • @alphariusfuze8089
      @alphariusfuze8089 4 года назад +60

      *War between Mars and Holy Terra round 3*

    • @jamesfra1311
      @jamesfra1311 4 года назад +32

      Earth 2: Electric boogaloo.

    • @taka2517
      @taka2517 4 года назад +7

      @Aryan Verma Think about all the mutation points the virus would have gotten by now for invading so many countries

    • @itsblitz4437
      @itsblitz4437 4 года назад

      I am not sure about Mars but we green energy.

    • @xxvaltielxx1789
      @xxvaltielxx1789 4 года назад +6

      2030s: why radioactive rain is good for you

  • @NexusApollo
    @NexusApollo 4 года назад +127

    Imagine having to study for an exam about memes 50 years in the future.

    • @jinjunliu2401
      @jinjunliu2401 4 года назад +13

      well in 100 years memeology will become a university study

    • @JohnJohn-ls2uz
      @JohnJohn-ls2uz 4 года назад +2

      Jin Jun Liu Memetics*

    • @aedof
      @aedof 4 года назад +1

      I like "memetry."

    • @XRoyalStampedeX
      @XRoyalStampedeX 4 года назад +2

      I hope not, I was born in the last year of the 20th century and I don’t want the upcoming generation to make everything meme based because it is dumb and they will be the ones looking after us 90s gens when we are old.

    • @CokeDrkrNotSnrtr
      @CokeDrkrNotSnrtr 4 года назад +3

      Imagine your grandchild coming up to you with a homework question about memes. You're all ready to discuss the various transformations of Wojak & Pepe, and the question has to do with Damn Daniel & Socially Awkward Penguin. Would you punish the child or chastise the teacher?

  • @charlesshelton7989
    @charlesshelton7989 2 года назад +28

    *sighs in 2022 nostalgia for the 2010's

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 2 года назад +6

      Especially the early part of the 2010s before things got insane.

    • @lol-ih1tl
      @lol-ih1tl 2 года назад +5

      @@finchborat well, the later years of the 2010s will also become nostalgic later in the decade. So yeah, this is how many years ago each year of the 2010s is:
      2019: 3 years ago
      2018: 4 years ago
      2017: 5 years ago
      2016: 6 years ago
      2015: 7 years ago
      2014: 8 years ago
      2013: 9 years ago
      2012: 10 years ago
      2011: 11 years ago
      2010: 12 years ago

    • @Artemus-ef6fz
      @Artemus-ef6fz Год назад

      Sighs in 2023 nostalgia

  • @ponraul1221
    @ponraul1221 4 года назад +223

    The 2010s is really when the new century and millennium started. The 2000s just felt like an extension of the 90s; or at least a weird transition period out of them. Social media and internet culture finally took over in the 2010s, in which I think we'll indulge in for a long while.
    edit: I elaborate further in a reply below

    • @cruzgomes5660
      @cruzgomes5660 4 года назад +18

      Maybe cause of how similar the media and celebrity culture was for both decades, but the 2000s were definitely a huge shift political

    • @ponraul1221
      @ponraul1221 4 года назад +45

      ​@@cruzgomes5660 I agree, but the 2010s marks a much greater change than one of decades, celebrities, or routine political turmoil. I believe it marks a change we only see occur that defines entire centuries, or even millennia.
      Take the 1910s for example. Europe transitioned from governments ruled by monarchy, to being led by legislatures. The American Frontier (aka "The Wild West") that had been open range for millions of years finally disappeared to being familiar and occupied. Over in Asia, the Dynasties that had once ruled China for thousands of years was replaced by a republic. Horses, the main mode of transportation for thousands of years came to be replaced by cars, and oil lamps came to be replaced by electric light bulbs.
      We are in the same situation as the 1910s. What the end of the American frontier, the car, and the lightbulb were to the 1910s, is the necessity of the internet, social media, and global connection of the 2010s.
      We're in the middle of a huge transition. What exactly towards though? None of us are sure.

    • @AfroAsiaticLanguages
      @AfroAsiaticLanguages 4 года назад

      @@ponraul1221 Towards a One World government and cashless society, where we are all chipped in our hand or forehead and that microchip is our wallet and keys and ID and income. The anti-Messiah will rise and promise peace and prosperity for all, and the world government will lead in finally seemingly eradicating most aspects of human misery that had continued until then. The majority of people will welcome these events, and the End Time is close at hand.

    • @dulguunnorjinbat6136
      @dulguunnorjinbat6136 4 года назад +8

      @@AfroAsiaticLanguages wtf are you on?

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 4 года назад

      HistorywithNathe That but without the mass surveillance capitalism

  • @mafiousbj
    @mafiousbj 4 года назад +136

    I will put the Scottish independence movement as an unintended result of the arab spring in the same echelon as how the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to the creation of Hentai.....change my mind....

    • @rickeyc5920
      @rickeyc5920 4 года назад +2

      MafiousBJ Japanese imperialism was indépendant of World War One.

    • @DrinkyMcBeer
      @DrinkyMcBeer 4 года назад +18

      @@rickeyc5920 without WW1 you wouldn't have the rise of european fascism. Without the breakdown in trade created by WW2 japan may not have felt the need to attack the united states. Without US troops being stationed in japan, interest in japanese culture, and subsequently hentai, wouldn't be as widespread or profitable.

    • @Anthropomorphic
      @Anthropomorphic 4 года назад +4

      @@DrinkyMcBeer That's only an argument for hentai not being as widespread or profitable without WW1, not that it wouldn't have come about at all.

    • @abdisaniini
      @abdisaniini 4 года назад +4

      @@Anthropomorphic I don't think there has ever been a time where Scottish people were pro UK

    • @lmao.3661
      @lmao.3661 4 года назад +4

      we weren't getting any independence under the SNP. I'd rather stay in the UK thanks

  • @tiberiuswolf8259
    @tiberiuswolf8259 4 года назад +816

    The 2010s: Memes and Terrorism, the 70s but with more pepe and equally interesting music.

    • @MajinMist603
      @MajinMist603 4 года назад +4

      : / hm

    • @GordonSlamsay
      @GordonSlamsay 4 года назад +14

      @Bronco 48 I dunno about that one, chief.

    • @halacm411
      @halacm411 4 года назад +11

      Damn so are 2020s gonna be the 1980s lol

    • @rodger3352
      @rodger3352 4 года назад +3

      @@halacm411 i hope so

    • @revoltingslob4678
      @revoltingslob4678 4 года назад +1

      @Bronco 48 *With more coke jus ultra secret.

  • @literally-just-a-leaf
    @literally-just-a-leaf 3 года назад +33

    "At least we managed to get most of the troops out of Afghanistan"
    Well that aged like milk

    • @1224chrisng
      @1224chrisng 2 года назад +7

      they did get the troops out, just not the translators or equipment

  • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
    @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 4 года назад +381

    It’s noon and you’re telling me to grab the liquor?
    If you say so.

    • @eashansaju8106
      @eashansaju8106 4 года назад +10

      Corona

    • @eazy8579
      @eazy8579 4 года назад +1

      Time for some day drinking!

    • @BoldOne8760
      @BoldOne8760 4 года назад

      Foking day drinker

    • @beamerball666
      @beamerball666 4 года назад +2

      You wait until noon?

    • @eazy8579
      @eazy8579 4 года назад +1

      @@beamerball666 Well, My favorite bar doesn't open until then

  • @anrewgmusic
    @anrewgmusic 4 года назад +59

    I think the 2010s was a decade that was defined by access to information. The arab Springs didn't just happen in Tunisia a man set himself on fire in protest of the fact that the government wouldn't let him sell fruits to care for his mother and sister. The video of which went instantly viral. The influence of the internet and ease of access to information was far more crucial to the decade then the arab springs as it was the very reason the Arab springs spread so fast, why political polarization grew to the degree it has, and why media has become more about sensationalizing head lines rather then telling stories.
    Love the video tho man! I hope you read this.

    • @heinoustentacles5719
      @heinoustentacles5719 Год назад

      personally I think it was defined by the restriction of information. Things like The Arab spring were more a hangover of the late 2000s, and are what made the owners and users of tech companies realize what immense social power they had. Cue algorithmic tinkering, shadow-banning, deletion of posts that don't confirm to the popular agenda, banning of world leaders,thus stifling their reach, cancel culture, focus on 'dunks' and 'ratios' instead of actual debate, Search Engine Optimization which pusches only corporate friendly results to the top of major search engines, and not actuaally useful information.... I could go on.
      Information flowed more freely in the 2000s when people made and used their own websites instead of relying on 'platforms', owned by people who only care about maximizing profits.

  • @MPHJackson7
    @MPHJackson7 4 года назад +410

    I can only imagine how history books would try to put this mess into words.

    • @QTheRabbit
      @QTheRabbit 4 года назад +64

      I feel like History books (Or audiobooks/ebooks in the future I guess) in general are gonna start to get way messier now because of just how much happens in a single decade now. Like it used to be you could put "A plague happened and lots of people died." Or "WW2 happened, Nazis lost and Nazi officers were tried, and then the Cold War started." Now it goes "Revolutions happened, The U.S. started losing its influence cause of blah blah, memes, social media, China and Russia, Middle East" and it's just all over the place.

    • @railfan2822
      @railfan2822 4 года назад +55

      @@QTheRabbit A lot happens in every decade. Thing is though, is a lot is also forgotten in the history books. This is merely another chapter.

    • @ivti6018
      @ivti6018 4 года назад +51

      @@QTheRabbit Everything has always been messy and complicated. This decade probably feels different to you because you have lived through it yourself, however, the 1910s were just as messy as the 2010s. History books tend to summarise a lot, and in doing so lots of history is often forgotten. I feel that this decade will likely have only a few major points that are remembered: The Arab Spring (and the effects it had), the rise of online communication and technology (such as social media), and the rise of China and Russia as global contenders to the West's influence.

    • @superstandard
      @superstandard 4 года назад +2

      Reading books will probably be a thing of the past

    • @Solaxe
      @Solaxe 4 года назад +4

      @@QTheRabbit 2010s could be summed up as "some crisis happened"

  • @renaultft-1732
    @renaultft-1732 2 года назад +18

    Ah, can’t wait for “2020s: A Reflection”

  • @ADMusic1999
    @ADMusic1999 4 года назад +553

    Looking up Corona in 2010s: 🍺
    Looking up Corona in 2020: 💀

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 4 года назад +28

      Looking up Corona in 2030: 🍻 & 💉

    • @jjnn2
      @jjnn2 4 года назад +7

      Hopefully

    • @Metaliconian
      @Metaliconian 4 года назад +1

      Well, they're both terrible so I see some commonalities.

    • @Kanoshe
      @Kanoshe 4 года назад

      all my homies drank modelo

    • @frankwoods9895
      @frankwoods9895 4 года назад +1

      @@E4439Qv5 no it will also be 🇨🇳

  • @thegrouse6163
    @thegrouse6163 4 года назад +295

    You missed something imo: We’ve seen the de-commodification of the arts, particularly music. I remember only having 10 songs on my IPod because that’s all I could afford, but now unlimited music at anytime at your fingertips is now a given - artists will even be given shit and bad press for daring to make people pay for their music (Taylor Swift for example) - the wheel started rolling on this during the 2000s, but I think has finally been realised with Spotify and RUclips. You’ve also seen art galleries specifically cater for Instagrammable shots, art is being specifically designed to be shared way beyond installations and galleries. Art, music, and film is something people think they’re entitled to now, not something that is limited based on what they can afford. But that’s just my take

    • @gangsta74110
      @gangsta74110 4 года назад +14

      Interesting take

    • @johnathanarcher6999
      @johnathanarcher6999 4 года назад +4

      But that’s just a theory. A GAME THE-

    • @macicoinc9363
      @macicoinc9363 4 года назад +18

      What's the point of art if people aren't allowed to see it

    • @santa5939
      @santa5939 4 года назад +10

      So you want classism integrated into the consumption of art?

    • @supercool1312
      @supercool1312 4 года назад +7

      Santa yes. the artists need to make money some how

  • @Jessie_Helms
    @Jessie_Helms 4 года назад +198

    The history of the entire world I guess, but it’s just the 2010’s

    • @RajSingh-qc6lq
      @RajSingh-qc6lq 4 года назад

      Also bill didint mention the civilizations 12k years ago. Apparently time travelers dont know about those yet. Or do. And you know, dont want us to know. *JFK Noises intensify*

  • @thatguy45177
    @thatguy45177 8 месяцев назад +8

    I like how looking back on the 2010s I only remember that everyone was being whiny.
    We had no idea how good we had it

    • @HundreadD
      @HundreadD 7 месяцев назад +1

      Sobering to think that something could happen tomorrow that would make the first 4 years of the 2020s seem like paradise. Compared to something that could occur in the future this could be the good time now.

    • @DR.CONDOM-BREAKER445
      @DR.CONDOM-BREAKER445 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@HundreadD yeah.

  • @AtariiWave
    @AtariiWave 4 года назад +364

    "Well, that was quite a decade"
    2020 events: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*

    • @huubhuijbens8816
      @huubhuijbens8816 3 года назад +2

      Sympathy For The Devil from the Rolling Stones maybe the soundtrack for the 2020s

  • @dystop_
    @dystop_ 4 года назад +834

    Imagine having to study brexit in history in 50 years time. That would suck

    • @CrunchyNorbert
      @CrunchyNorbert 4 года назад +110

      it'll be seen as the second glorious revolution

    • @eliasstenman3710
      @eliasstenman3710 4 года назад +23

      CrunchyNorbert Unfortunately

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 4 года назад +38

      @@CrunchyNorbert The Scottish independence
      The Brits backstabbed them and left the EU. There goes the referendum.

    • @starmaker75
      @starmaker75 4 года назад +9

      So far it going be seen a four year game(or probably more) of “are you going in or out, YES OR NO!!??”

    • @taariqblackwell5134
      @taariqblackwell5134 4 года назад +28

      Brexit ether become the best thing that happened to the UK or the worst 😂

  • @ScottWildTornadoSponge
    @ScottWildTornadoSponge 4 года назад +482

    The 2010’s will be the “Enlighting Decade”. I went from a innocent carefree child, to “I want to strangle so many idiots while trying to still be a nice and caring” adult. My teen years were just meh though.

    • @TheNinthGeneration1
      @TheNinthGeneration1 4 года назад +13

      You mean the corruption decade?

    • @stephenwright8824
      @stephenwright8824 4 года назад +23

      @@TheNinthGeneration1 No sorry that was the Eighties.

    • @erik-ic3tp
      @erik-ic3tp 4 года назад +2

      @@stephenwright8824, why?

    • @bjorntheviking6039
      @bjorntheviking6039 4 года назад +1

      That summarizes my own experiences as well.

    • @erik-ic3tp
      @erik-ic3tp 4 года назад

      @Stef, hahahaha. Waarom? Het is maar een grap. :)

  • @kieranmason2404
    @kieranmason2404 3 года назад +41

    "a rough transition into a BETTER TIME" That aged well.