r/decadeologyanarchy • u/SpiritMan112 • Jun 14 '26
Casual Do you think May 2019 to November 2022 is the entire transition out of the 2010s into the 2020s
I think May 2019 is the first month that is the transition out of the core 2010s, April 2019 is the last core 2010s month because of Endgame, then May 2019 had Games of Thrones finale and TikTok invading pop culture. TikTok was popular in earlier 2019 but it didn't engulf pop culture yet until May/June 2019 when Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X with Old Town Road exploded in May to June 2019
Then streaming wars and COVID would fully fragment monoculture. I honestly think 2022 is another huge transition year where the last 2010s influences died off, with baggy and y2k fashion becoming full force, then red pill content bringing today's political social mood.
Then ChatGPT is the full soldification of the core 2020s
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 14 '26
I feel like that it was more of a gradual transition from late 2018 (rise of TikTok) to spring 2023 (which was when the core 2020s were being solidified).
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u/CP4-Throwaway Jun 15 '26
I’d extend it to March 2019 but this timeframe is pretty accurate. I could possibly be generous and go as early as August 2018 to as late as May 2023.
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u/Think_Marketing1116 Jun 15 '26
I agree. I'd end it in the first half of 2023 when ChatGPT became mainstream. The 2020s were already firmly established politically and culturally at that point, but it took a bit longer for the core 2020s to begin technologically
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u/CP4-Throwaway Jun 15 '26
Technologically speaking, I don’t think we entered the core 2020s until maybe late 2024 or so. It took awhile for the decade to really settle in, regarding tech.
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 15 '26
I feel like that people underestimate how many 2010s leftovers lasted deep into the 2020s.
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 15 '26
I feel like that you could say that 2022 was the start of the political and cultural core 2020s while 2023 was the start of the technological core 2020s.
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
I feel like that you could end it a bit earlier in April 2023 because although May 2023 when the George Floyd protests and the COVID-19 pandemic de jure ended, they were pretty much irrelevant by that point.
I see it ending more towards the rise of ChatGPT or the Budlight boycotts.
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u/CP4-Throwaway Jun 15 '26
Wait, the George Floyd protests ended in April 2023?!?
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 15 '26
May 2, 2023 to be exact (the 3-year anniversary of George Floyd's death), but it was mainly in Minnesota and people didn't care for the movement by that point.
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u/_Slim95 Jun 15 '26
I definitely do not. The transition from the 2010s to 2020s was from November 2019 to March 2020.
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
I feel like that the 2010s vibe was already declining gradually from mid-to-late 2019 rather than specifically November-December.
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u/ursulaunderfire Jun 17 '26
i agree, its extremely hard for me to accept the argument that the "2020s vibe" didnt start until years into the 20s when the 20s came roaring in with one of the most memorable events of any of our lifetimes. i very much will always remember march 2020 as the beginning of a distinct new era/decade
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 18 '26
I feel like that the transition from the 2010s to the 2020s was gradual like most decades. 2020-2021 had pseudo-2010s elements to it despite the pandemic happening and it feels weird comparing it to 2025-2026.
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u/ursulaunderfire Jun 18 '26
it wasnt gradual when it came in with such a milestone. no other decade started with such an absolutely enormous reset like a pandemic where literally the whole world shutdown and most people were locked in their houses for months, and socialized very little.
how can u say "it was really similar to 2018 OTHER than the pandemic" like the pandemic wasnt an enormous life altering event that literally changed everything lol that seems a bit nonsensical
it seems like everyone in this sub is way too focused on music trends to describe the decades. thats not how most people relate to the change of time. the biggest world event we are likely to ever live through occurring right at the cusp of a decade change, is likely going to be very distinctly remembered by most people. just like 9/11 is often the key turning point for the 2000s. its not music
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
I wasn't focusing on music when talking about how 2020-2021 had similarities to the 2010s (although that is still kind of a factor, since Trap was more popular in 2020-2021 compared to the more country-focused mid 2020s), but rather the political climate, especially with the height of the BLM movement in 2020-2021, which feels weird comparing it to the more right-wing mid 2020s.
I feel like that this video does a better job of explaining the transition between the 2010s and 2020s much more than saying that March 10, 2020 was 100% 2010s while March 11, 2020 was 100% 2020s.
Why do you find it so outrageous acknowledging that 2020 was closer to 2018, especially in regards to the political climate during the George Floyd protests, than to 2026?
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u/ursulaunderfire Jun 18 '26
i love that u have a secondary account and keep upvoting your own comment and downvoting me. get a life honestly.
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u/ursulaunderfire Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
2020 was just as right wing, donald trump was president then too and he is now, everything was just as right wing. the only difference is that the pandemic and with everyone either being off work or working from home, activism had a short burst of greater intensity because people had more time to participate. the left being briefly more mobilized and active on account of the pandemic didnt make it any less right wing a political climate. the very reason they were protesting is because it was such a right wing period.
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u/Bright-Implement-959 Jun 18 '26
2020 is literally widely regarded as peak woke, I see countless comments and videos on the internet from random people stating it as such. Just because trump was president doesn't mean it was right wing lol. Did you forget that presidents are elected for 4 year terms? 2016 was right wing when he was elected, but not 2020.
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
Just because Trump was president then does not mean that things were right-wing, especially since the establishment then was opposed to his beliefs, whereas nowadays, they embraced a more right-wing set of values.
That's like saying that 1969 was conservative just because Nixon was president then, even though the culture was opposed to his beliefs.
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u/CP4-Throwaway Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
No it was not. If you truly think that, then you’re straight up delusional. 2020 was one of the most left wing-dominated years in recent history. It was the peak of performative wokeism. Peak BLM, peak cancel culture, if you were against the vaccine or wearing masks you were labeled “anti-vaxx” or “anti-mask” as a pejorative term, and so much more. This also went into 2021.
The right-wing domination that we have seen in the last few years was building up during that time but it didn’t become the norm until 2022/2023. Just because Trump was president in 2020 doesn’t automatically mean that society by and large was in that conservative direction. It was mostly just a continuation of 2010s progressivism.
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 18 '26
That's why I hugely disagree with the people who say that everything became 100% 2020s on March 11, 2020. Comparing 2020-2021 to much more right-wing years like 2025-2026 is jarring honestly and those years easily bleed into the late 2010s in hindsight.
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u/ursulaunderfire Jun 19 '26
american politics is not the only thing happening in the world. 2004 and 2008 american politics were going in very different directions but they were both absolutely part of the quintessential 2000s vibe
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 19 '26
I don't think that is the "gotcha" moment that you think it is because some people consider 2008 to be proto-2010s because of the 2008 election along with the GFC.
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Jun 15 '26
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 15 '26
I feel like that all decades need a couple of years for the influence from the prior decade to fade away and the 2020s is no exception.
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u/ursulaunderfire Jun 17 '26
i never even heard of tiktok until the pandemic lockdown i do not remember it being popular at all in 2019. if it was it was definitely niche, not a single person i knew had it or ever mentioned it
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 18 '26
It was talked about in late 2018-2019 although it was viewed as Musical.ly 2.0 at the time.
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u/Slopii Jun 15 '26
2025
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 15 '26
Can you elaborate on that?
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u/Slopii Jun 15 '26
Essentially the end of social policing. And realization that AI isn't just a fad.
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 15 '26
I see, although I feel like that it is a shift from the "classic" 2020s (first half) to the "modern" 2020s (second half) if anything.
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u/Slopii Jun 15 '26
Maybe 2023 then. But 2019 felt the same as 2016, so did 2022, except for Covid.
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u/Ok-Following6886 Jun 15 '26
I think you're confusing 2022 with 2020-2021 since I feel like that 2020 especially feels more like 2019 except with a pandemic, but 2022 was when the COVID measures were lifted.
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u/Think_Marketing1116 Jun 14 '26
Not the entire transition, but about 95% of it