How will the current decade be remembeered?

hacx

As the decade reaches its end, I was thinking.
How will people remember the naughties? What major earth shattering events have taken place in the last 9 1/2 years? What will be the stereotypical "00's style"? What will be the decades cultural legacy?

javaboy

Y2K, 9/11, Afghanistan, iPod, iRaq, Saddam Hussein, Youtube, Face****, 2girls1cup, Kilkenny winning the hurling again, recession, depression, Britney Spears, Obama, Wacko Jacko. We didn't start the fire it was always burning since the world's been turning.....

markok84

reggae reggae sauce.

jumpguy

Spose we'll have to wait...does it not just seem like "the 90's continued"? A few memorable events...

- Millenium 2000 (Millenium Bug, remember that?)
- CELTAAAAC TIGGGGER WOOOOHOOO
- Growth of mobile phones
- Growth of internet
- Growth of computers
- 9/11 and related events
- Invasion of Middle East
- Russia and Georgia conflict
- North Korea's continued unsettlement
- Ireland see's relative peace in the North
- Ireland and the Nice Treaty, Lisbon Treaty
- The Tsunami in Sri Lanka and surrounding areas
- Ireland winning Grand Slam and Triple Crown in rugby
- The late 2000's recession
- Inauguration of first black US president
- H1N1 swine flu scare (first pandemic in 50 years)
- The Ryan Report
- Death of Michael Jackson

That's about all that I can quickly recall

Rhyme

The internet exploded, leaving a sticky mess on everything.

eddiehead

javaboy wrote: »

2girls1cup

I've never seen this

toiletduck

War, death, destruction, economic ruin and High School Musical.

Rabies

Boards.ie's domination of Irish media

Looking forward to Friday pints I take it OP?

K4t

9/11, Obama and Recession are the three I will remember most vividly.

Musically, it was the ****test decade ever and it's getting worse.

jumpguy

K4t wrote: »

9/11, Obama and Recession are the three I will remember most vividly.

Musically, it was the ****test decade ever and it's getting worse.

I agree, only like 10 songs out of an entire decade I can think of worth remembering. Pop culture **** is well and truly in control now, and online downloading is causing this kinda mass-production of fast selling music.

ScumLord

I remember going into the bar ordering my first pint of Jameson but it's a bit hazy after that.

Wazdakka

White headphones..

Seriously...
Imagine you were shown a photo of somebody and asked to pick when it was from..

Flares and mad shirts = 70's
Insaine hair or a suit with a power tie = 80's
slightly different outdated clothing (Possibly involving Xworks) = 90's
White headphones=00's

Say what you want about apple but WOW thats impressive :eek:

javaboy

eddiehead wrote: »

I've never seen this

It's scat porn. NSFW.

admiralofthefleet

massive worldwide economic boom followed by apocolyptic collapse

Lushed1

The Birth and Death (thank fück) of Big Brother

Klim

javaboy wrote: »

It's scat porn. NSFW.

NSFW? Its not safe for the undead eyes of Lucifer himself.

gandhi123

It'd have to be death of the most influential persons to have ever lived... His presence will always be felt and his existence never forgotten.. Never was man so missed as the day he passed.














R.I.P Mr. Miyagi

dsmythy

They'll probably look back at the reality tv of the noughties and react to them with the same bemusement we do with many things from the 80's.

Klim

Its funny how musical trends go too. At the start of this decade, anything 90s was considered so naff. Now, look at all the 90s bands etc making comebacks. We moan about the music nowadays, but it'll probably come full circle too.

speedboatchase

9/11
Iraq War
Simon Cowell
Lost
YouTube
Superhero Movies
1st U.S Black President
Big Brother
Abramovich buys Chelsea
Hair Straighteners
Cristiano Ronaldo
"Metrosexuals"
Hurricane Katrina
Kanye West
Fox News
Britney goes insane
Lord of the Rings films
Recession
Greece somehow win Euro 2004
George Bush
Hip Hop becomes Pop
Bebo/Facebook/Twitter
iPod
The Simpsons stops being funny
Nintendo Wii
MJ dies

-El-Nino-

The creation of The Sub of the Day... oooh Meatball Marinara;)

mike65

Possibly something that hasn't yet happened! :eek:

K4t

mike65 wrote: »

Possibly something that hasn't yet happened! :eek:

The fall of Capitalism and the rise of Socialism. That would be quite funny.

dsmythy

K4t wrote: »

The fall of Capitalism and the rise of Socialism. That would be quite funny.

Speak for yourself! :eek:

gandhi123

mike65 wrote: »

Possibly something that hasn't yet happened! :eek:

Never even tot of it like that...

This music is appropriate for that post:pac:

mobius42

9/11
iPods
Internet goes mainstream
Recession
Obama

foxyboxer

reality tv......shudder

Dubya
Tony Blair
Katrina
7/7 London Bombings
9/11
Obama
Indian Ocean Tsunami
Chelski
Michael Phelps - record haul
Usain Bolt - 2 WR 1 Olympics
Global Warming
Social Networking
Hip Hop
Grand Theft Auto
Wii

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well horse

One thing I'd add is this massive increase in the number of atheists, partly due to the efforts of dawkins and others I would imagine.
Just reading these boards seems to show how few and far between believers are these days; progress being made in my opinion!

Other things this decade will be remembered for in Ireland;
Vastly improved relations with the North
Bill Clinton visit in 2000
Foot and mouth disease
Introduction of Euro
Miraculous (and eventually squandered) economic growth until the end of 2007
World cup 2002 and the Roy Keane story
Bertie Ahern
Brian Cowen
Economic Crisis towards the end of the decade due to mismanagement of boom-time wealth
Wet summers of '07 and '08
Oxegen music festivals
Massive level of inward migration leading to much greater racial diversity
Countrys youth becomes more "americanised" (a bad development in my opinion...also become more expectant and ungrateful)
Lads hairstyles start off short, start getting longer around 2006

dr.bollocko

Remembeering things gets more difficult the longer the decade goes on. Its a good thing I spent all that lotto money on Marks and Spencers beer 9 years ago.

ChocolateSauce

On a personal level, it will be the decade I grew to adulthood in.

In history, it will be the decade where the west started a long and terminal decline in power after over 200 years on top.

I_am_Jebus

jumpguy wrote: »

Spose we'll have to wait...does it not just seem like "the 90's continued"? A few memorable events...

- Millenium 2000 (Millenium Bug, remember that?) Will just remember the concept not the details
- CELTAAAAC TIGGGGER WOOOOHOOO will vaguely remember
- Growth of mobile phones for me this just seems like a convergance of 90s & 00s
- Growth of internet same as above
- Growth of computers same as above
- 9/11 and related events will defo remember
- Invasion of Middle East will defo not remember
- Russia and Georgia conflict will defo not remember
- North Korea's continued unsettlement will defo not remember
- Ireland see's relative peace in the North for me this just seems like a convergance of 90s & 00s
- Ireland and the Nice Treaty, Lisbon Treaty will defo not remember
- The Tsunami in Sri Lanka and surrounding areas will defo not remember
- Ireland winning Grand Slam and Triple Crown in rugby will just watch the DVD/Blu ray or whatever format is hip in the future
- The late 2000's recession will wait and see how bad things get in the future, this might be overcast but worse economic times to come
- Inauguration of first black US president will remember I suppose, but probably won't care all that much
- H1N1 swine flu scare (first pandemic in 50 years) will defo not remember
- The Ryan Report may vaguely remember
- Death of Michael Jackson will very sadly remember.

That's about all that I can quickly recall

:pac:

dsmythy

ChocolateSauce wrote: »

On a personal level, it will be the decade I grew to adulthood in.

In history, it will be the decade where the west started a long and terminal decline in power after over 200 years on top.

Are the two connected in some way?

itsallaboutheL

How will the decade be remembered???

Thru a dole paid for Dutch Goldy haze

titan18

Textspeak
Decline in spelling - Remembeered

I doubt the 2nd one though.

Internet
9/11
Greed/Decadence

aidan_walsh

The one that nobody knows what in heck to call.

mink_man

its the decade mink_man joined boards

jumpguy

I_am_Jebus wrote: »

:pac:

...Spoilsport. I think I'll remember all that, if I can remember them now after all.

javaboy

I_am_Jebus wrote: »

:pac:

Nah that's early 80's.

devereaux17

best decade ireland never had but we slipped up towards the end.

thomond2006

Munster Rugby

4 HC Finals
2 HC Titles
10 consecutive qualifications into HC knockout stages
2 Celtic/Magners League Titles
Munster vs All Blacks 2008
1 loss in 30ish HC matches at Thomond Park
8 Munster players orginally selected for British and Irish Lions 2009
Munster player captains British and Irish Lions 2009

Enough said really

mike65

The Event






























dont go outside.

Nolanger

It won't.

mink_man

the decade michael owen signed for man u and scored a hat trick for them against liverpool to relegate the scousers to the championship!

mike65

Unlikely as the decade ends this year not next (or does it? Does decade start with the 0 or the 1 - discuss)

thomond2006

the current decade: 2000 - 2009

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10 years
the next decade: 2010 - 2019

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10 years

mink_man

thomond2006 wrote: »

the current decade: 2000 - 2009

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10 years
the next decade: 2010 - 2019

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10 years

well done, do you want a lollipop?

Mrs Shankly

jumpguy wrote: »

Spose we'll have to wait...does it not just seem like "the 90's continued"? A few memorable events...


- CELTAAAAC TIGGGGER WOOOOHOOO


I would have thought the Celtic Tiger more associated with the 90s?

jumpguy

Mrs Shankly wrote: »

I would have thought the Celtic Tiger more associated with the 90s?

It's reached it's peak in the noughties, after the recovery of the dot.com bubble burst.*

*Correct me if I'm wrong!

mike65

Real Celtic Tiger peaked in 1999/2000

well horse

thomond2006 wrote: »

Enough said really

Incorrect. Rugby results mean nothing to the average person.