This decade will be shuddering to an end in no time. We don’t have long to set in concrete what to wear at future noughties-themed costume parties… Here’s my pick of ten things which will be remembered as stupid remnants of the decade.
1. Reality TV
This genre of “real life” television echoed far into pop culture. Where else could we vote via SMS to see who gets beaten to death with their competitors’ emotions next week?
2. Watermarks on fucking everything
They started out as TV network logos, now they’re online, on your phone, EVERYWHERE. The contact lens of the future will probably be branded with a tiny OPSM logo on the bottom corner.
3. The emo movement
At least they’ve given us something elaborate to dress up as when we’re having 00′s costume parties. Believe me, one day those kids will look back at their haircuts and wonder why they were impersonating a skunk.
4. Needlessly organic products
Thank Christ for those organic Duracell AA batteries. Okay, perhaps not, but you get the idea.
5. Aromatherapy EVERYTHING
This one isn’t so obvious, but I swear this was a stupid trend incited by this current decade. Do I really need to inhale a box of dishwashing powder for an aromatherapy treatment? NO.
6. Terrorists everywhere, apparently
Providing ample fuel for constant panic and anxiety throughout most of the decade.
7. Autotune
Scarily, nobody seems to bat an eyelid at autotuned vocals anymore -- they’re so commonplace that you can barely discern them. Thankfully, they can be used for good: witness Auto-Tune the News below (stay tuned for the Sarah Palin section).
8. A complete absence of wires and cables on everything
Abandon all those wires, painful Bluetooth syncing is the way to go! Unless you’ve got a Xbox 360, of course, in which case the campervan-sized power brick will serve as a delightful reminder of times past.
9. Everyone being cocks to each other on the internet
No matter what the communication platform, it doesn’t take long until people find creative ways to be dicks to each other on it. Example: any YouTube comments section EVER.
10. Publishing every intimate detail of your life online
As we all grow developing allergies to privacy, this trend will continue to a point where Facebook automatically imports your medical data, and loudly updates your status message when you’ve contracted syphilis.
Those are the first ten which came to my mind. How about you -- whaddya reckon we’ll remember the decade for?
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OMFGBBQWTF! I don’t know how on this earth, my patented “Drunk Mum Retorts” didn’t make this list. I’m outraged!
YOUR MUM’S A DRUNK MUM RETORT
hahaha autotune. Die autotune die!
Excellent post.
We’ll also remember the decade for unnecessary hair extensions, adding the suffix ‘gate’ to everything (in Australia at least) and looootts of anal bleaching.
*everything* is available in camouflage design
I suppose Y2K will make an appearance in 10 years on ‘Things From The 00′s’ hosted by Bert Newtons perfectly preserved head and robotic body
Four more in no particular order:
11. Death of the (20th Century style) Music & Book industry
12. Progressive movement of the movie industry from the cinema to the home
13. Google, at the start of the decade Google was nothing more than a small start-up. Today, Google has a hand in *controlling* one of the most important tools we have.
14. Youtube, definitely a defining moment in the history of the Internet. I guess this is to me at least the defining moment that Broadband became the norm
Wait. This was a list of STUPID things.
let me re-itorate
11. Death of the music industry:
STUPID THING: RIAA causing much of the death
12. Progressive Movement of cinema to home:
STUPID THING: 3D. WTF.
13. Google:
STUPID THING: We are all willingly letting google get away with becoming THE biggest company in the world. I am using Gmail. Google Reader. Chrome. I will probably end up using Android. And love it. And then they will crush us.
14. Youtube
STUPID THING: See above, these guys are now owned by Google.