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the booming 1990s, the dooming 2000s

a nickname for our decade
American culture likes to divide itself into decades: the prosperous fifties, the rebellious sixties, the egoistic seventies, the greedy the eighties, the booming ninetees… Finally, the dooming
2000s
by Mikhail Epstein October 8, 2003
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Post 2000s kid

People that didn’t grow up in the 2000s, but grew up with 2000s stuff.
“I was born in 2008 but still used the Wii in my childhood” Im a post 2000s kid
by Uchco April 13, 2021
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early 2000s

Basically an extension of the 90s, The years are typically regarded as 2000-2003

Nothing had really changed Pop-Culturally or tech wise in the sense that 1997-2003 feels like it’s own era.

Below are comparisons of different things through out their lifespans

Game Consoles
1991-1998: SNES, Genesis, GameBoy,
1997-2002: N64, PS1, GBC, DreamCast
2001-2006: PS2, GBA, Xbox, GameCube
2004-2009:DS, Xbox 360, GameCube, Wii

Music
1996-1998: G Funk, Girl Groups
1997-2003: Pop Punk Era
1999-2001: Nu Metal Era, Boy Bands
2001-2003: Garage Rock, Post Grunge
2003-2007: 50 Cent Style Rap, Emo Music

TV
1970s-2000: Soap Operas
1986-2003: Music Videos
1993-2004: Golden Sitcoms
1996-2002: Anime Boom
1997-2003: OG Cartoons

Social Media
1997-2003: AOL/AIM
2004-2008: MySpace
2009-2013: Facebook

Portable Music
1983-1997: Walkman
1995-2003: Discman
2004-2008: iPod Gen 2
2007-Present: Digital Streaming

Cell Phones
1984-1994: Brick Phone
1995-1998: Star Tac
1997-2003: Nokia 3310
2004-2010: Camera/Flip Phones
2006-2011: BlackBerry
2007-Present: Smart Phones

Home Videos
1977-2003: VHS Tapes
1997-2011: DVD
2004-2015: Blu-Ray
2005-Present: Digital Streaming

Even fads/trends were the same, tamogotchi, beanie babies, Pokémon, slap bracelets, bowl cuts, bleached hair, Furbys, jncos, etc

By late 2003 the 90s culture had started to fade with the discontinuation and endings of various products/shows and by 2004/2005 the decade had formed its own identity.
The early 2000s were a great time to be alive
by anonymous October 13, 2018
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Early 2000s
Early 2000s years ranging from 2000-2002 these years we're the beginning of the decade and still had a late 90s aka 1997-1999 feel to it.
Early 2000s felt totally different then 2003- 2009
by L.D.P. December 3, 2019
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Early 2000s

Times of trouble.

See, 9/11, dawn of the Bush II Reign, rise of Post-Grunge, emergence of Reality T.V, end of the American 'Golden Era' Economy. Rising oil prices, Dot Com Bubble.

Through and through the early 2000's (2001-2003) still had retained some extent of the late 90's culture and fashion but this began to fade into obscurity by 2004 and onwards. Also, the Sixth Generation of Video Games were included in this period. PS2, Xbox, and the little badboy that no one ever bought - the Gamecube.
My grandpa died 1 week after New Years 2001. My uncle then died on my birthday in May of that same year. Then September 11th happened four months later. And everything completely changed, then. Not just for me, now. But for for my neighbors, for everybody.

The Early 2000s were drastic times for America and the world.
by Pentrazemine September 10, 2013
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early 2000s

2000-2003/4 (depending on who you ask)
"oh Jimmy was born on January 2001, he was born in the early 2000s"
by thatscaryberry January 22, 2019
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Early 2020s

The years from 2020 to 2022. This era is known for being so-bad-you-wouldn't-understand. It was full of fires, COVID-19, wars and lots of good memes

These years weren't all trash though. We had cool games like Animal Crossing, FNF, Among Us and Doom. Also Biden became the president back in 2021.

The pandemic started on 2020 and quickly became a headache to most people and we entered a quarantine. TikTok became even more popular and with that society entered in its darkest age.

In 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and that was pretty bad. Rn the pandemic is probably ending... right? RIGHT!?!?
- Bro, the early 2020s sucked! Let's go back to the 2010s!

- Are you kidding? It wasn't THAT bad! We got the three spidermen together! Also I'm sure the Mid-2020s are gonna be lit!
by scatter6 March 21, 2022
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