I’m glad to see this sub is alive on Lemmy!
I think a bunch of 90s culture lived through a good portion of the 2000s as well. For example up until 2003 there was this “post Y2K vibe” going around, something that didn’t feel exactly like the Y2K in looks but more of an empty shell of it. Lots of 90s stuff was still around and used up until 2005, even technology wise.
CRT TVs with VHS still being dominant in 2005, internet 1.0 still. Despite seeing the 2000s developing its own identify, it felt like the 90s were still lingering around in one form or another. That’s how it felt for me in the south of the US.
Unlike other decades, like the 80s for example were completely gone in 1990 and the 2000s were gone in 2011. There’s just something about the 90s that was somehow hard to get rid off.
I’d say the 80’s ended sometime in 1991, myself.
The 2000s as a whole was a decade of transition into the 2010s, by the end of the decade we left behind most of the 80s-90s things.
There were definitely lots of 90s leftovers up until the mid 2000s.
CRT TVs with VHS still being dominant in 2005, internet 1.0 still
Web 2.0 became mainstream in the mid 2000s, by the time YouTube appeared as well as broadband becoming more accessible. Although some Web 1.0 content lingered until the end of the decade.
There’s just something about the 90s that was somehow hard to get rid off.
That’s because we’ve undergone drastic cultural and technological changes in the 2000s. It was the transition to the digital era the way we know it today. The birth of social medias, the death of VHS and Blockbuster, online gaming becoming mainstream. The way we connected with people changed in the 2000s. We’ve also started to became more aware of social differences and accepting as a result. The were massive political changes across the globe.
The 90s took their sweet time to disappear because it was the last decade before the massive changes the 2000s brought.
Although some Web 1.0 content lingered until the end of the decade.
I remember around 2007-ish, I posted on my personal webpage (static HTML) that I had a (landline) phone to sell for a couple bucks. Within the afternoon, I had an email from someone asking when they could come pick it up. I think we might have been some of the last 2 people to do a transaction that way haha
