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− | This | + | This comic shows, by use on a time-line, an interesting phenomenon where music, fashion, movies and culture created between the years 2000 and 2020 are not commonly grouped into the decade in which they were produced like previous decades. The comic asserts the reason for this is the lack of a single clear term to describe these decades, stating that the term "{{w|2000s}}" is ambiguous (as it could refer to the decade, century or millennium as a whole) and the terms "Aughts" and "Teens" never became the widely accepted terms for these decades. |
− | The | + | The time-line in the comic stretches into the future (as of the time of publication) and attempts to name the 2020-2029 decade as the 20s, but does so with an uncertain question mark, presumably because it's (presently) an open question whether this dating convention will be reinstated after a 20-year pause. As the comic points out, common vernacular has managed to operate without clear terms for that grouping for 17 years, and that may have left enough of a mark on our thinking that we'll simply continue to operate in that way. There's an argument to be made grouping culture by decades is fairly arbitrary and not essential in cultural discussions. It should also be considered that that "the twenties" is still occasionally used to refer to the 1920's, and so reusing it to refer to the 2020's could be a source of confusion. It's not impossible that decade-based grouping will fall out of favor all together in the 21st century. |
− | + | It should perhaps also be noted that culture (particularly when associated with young people) in the 2000's and 2010's is often termed "{{w|Millennials#Cultural_identity|millennial culture}}, although this term frequently comes with negative connotations. | |
− | + | The title text talks about Randall's local radio station. In the 90s, they were able to use clear decade groupings. Once the year 2000 hit, they began saying "today", avoiding aughts or 2000s, which, as Randall says, never gained popular support. When 2010 hit, Randall believed they would switch their format, having left the awkwardness of the 00s. However, they kept their format to this day, finishing using teens or 10s to be confusing as well. Randall expresses interest in what change they will include in the 2020s (changing to the 20s or continuing their format), should radio last that long. | |
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− | + | Randall writes, presumably by mistake, "and and aughts" in the caption for this comic, instead of "and aughts". This changes the caption from his presumptive goal of "It's weird how for 20 years we stopped grouping our cultural memories by decade because "2000s" is ambiguous and "Aughts" and "Teens" never really stuck." to "It's weird how for 20 years we stopped grouping our cultural memories by decade because "2000s" is ambiguous and and "Aughts" and "Teens" never really stuck." | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A | + | :[A time line across the top of the box marks decades from 1960 to 2030, the labels are above the line and the ticks marking each decade are below.] |
:[Label: 1960] | :[Label: 1960] | ||
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:It's weird how for 20 years we stopped grouping our cultural memories by decade because "2000s" is ambiguous and and "Aughts" and "Teens" never really stuck. | :It's weird how for 20 years we stopped grouping our cultural memories by decade because "2000s" is ambiguous and and "Aughts" and "Teens" never really stuck. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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