by Nicholas Lemieux
Well, that was weird.
Just like that, we’ve only got one more month left
until the 2010s will have officially come and gone. This past decade has truly
been an experience (whether positive or negative is ultimately up to debate)
but the question remains: how will future generations will eventually come to
regard this decade. To that end, this article will go on to recap each year of
this decade in review and hopefully highlight the most memorable fads and
trends in pop culture that may eventually come to define the 2010s.
2010: Justin Bieber’s Baby becomes the most disliked
video on Youtube (not for long though...), Apple debuts the first iPad,
Facebook surpasses 500 million users and gets its own biopic with The Social
Network, Angry Birds becomes a phenomenon, the South African World Cup takes
place and everyone grows tired of those annoying vuvuzelas, Inception comes out
and blows everyone’s mind, the Silly Bandz craze takes off and is banned in
classrooms worldwide, Jessi Slaughter’s dad calls the cyber police, Ablisa
appear on X-Factor, the Bed Intruder video goes viral and Lady Gaga wears a
dress made of meat.
2011: A high Charlie Sheen gives the most insane
interview ever, Rebecca Black unleashes the horror that is Friday onto the
world, Will and Kate get married at the Royal Wedding, Nyan Cat takes off, Planking
somehow becomes a thing, Fifty Shades of Grey is published to everyone’s
horror, rage comics become the norm for internet humour, the Harry Potter film
series concludes with Deathly Hallows Part 2, a man steals a bag of rice during
the London riots and uploads it to social media, Fenton the dog runs wild and an
epidemic of bronies (fully-grown male fans of My Little Pony) overwhelms the web.
2012: Kony 2012 becomes a farce, The Avengers breaks numerous box office record
whilst giving the MCU a proper name for
itself, the Queen has her Diamond Jubilee and parachutes out of a plane with
James Bond at the London Olympics, the summer is filled with remixes of Gangnam
Style and Call Me Maybe, Slender terrifies everyone before getting old fast, Honey
Boo Boo and Mama June get their own show, a man skydives from space, Disney
buys out Lucasfilm, the Twilight films thankfully end and ultimately, despite
what the Mayans said, the world continues
as normal after December 21st.
2013: Netflix starts producing the first of its
original shows with House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, everyone does
the Harlem Shake, Doge emerges, JLS break up, Minecraft (initially) peaks, a woman pelts Simon Cowell with eggs on
Britain’s Got Talent, Miley Cyrus ditches Hannah Montana with Wrecking Ball, we
learn what the fox says, GTA V comes out, Breaking Bad concludes with an
acclaimed finale, Frozen comes out and swamps YouTube with Let It Go covers,
Brian dies on Family Guy only to be resurrected two weeks later and Eminem
becomes the Rap God.
2014: Flappy Bird annoys everyone, Ellen takes a
selfie at the Academy Awards, Ray William Johnson retires, Ed Milliband eats a
bacon sandwich, Jay-Z gets into an elevator fight with his sister-in-law, Shrek
Has Swag is released, Germany thrashes Brazil, Five Nights at Freddy’s comes
and goes, I am Groot, everyone starts doing the ice bucket challenge for ALS, #BinGate
rocks Bake-Off, Gemma Collins rage quits I’m A Celeb, Kim Kardashian ultimately
does not break the internet and Sony’s emails get hacked by North Korea.
2015: Jeremy
Clarkson gets sacked from Top Gear and is replaced by the beloved Chris Evans, everyone
bickers about the dress (the correct answer being blue and black), Zayn leaves
One Direction, it’s revealed David Cameron apparently did...something to a pig,
Shia LaBeouf delivers his “just do it” speech, Minions take over everything
including unfunny Facebook memes, the phrases
“deez nuts” and “what are those?” enter the English vocabulary, Back to the
Future Part II turns out to be a bunch of lies and Disney releases the first of its new Star
Wars films with The Force Awakens.
Oh boy...
2016: Politics go completely insane with Brexit and
Trump, Squidward dabs, Damn Daniel becomes popular (?), Boaty McBoatface is
named, the Internet campaigns for justice for Harambe, Pokémon Go makes everyone actually go outside
during the summer, Jacob Sartorius becomes a major player with Sweatshirt, Bake-Off
moves to Channel 4, Vine ends, the
Mannequin Challenge takes off, somebody somewhere conceives
Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen, bottle-flipping gets banned at school, a number of
celebrities sadly pass, Pepe the Frog becomes an official hate symbol and
Robbie Rotten truly becomes number one
(rest in peace Stèfan).
2017: Despacito comes out, Club Penguin tragically shuts
down, #NotMyRodrick rightfully takes off, Fidget Spinners become a trend,
YouTubers start calling the Boss Baby, Fortnite dances begin to supplant
Minecraft, Brenda from Bristol gets annoyed with another General Election, Rick
and Morty boosts everyone’s IQ and causes a riot in McDonald’s, we get the
first female Doctor Who, Mayweather vs McGregor takes place, Zoella releases
her deluxe advent calendar, the Time’s Up movements gains momentum, Greggs
apologies for replacing baby Jesus with a sausage roll and Disney buys out Fox,
consolidating its rise to world domination.
2018: Barely a day into the year and Logan Paul breaks
the Internet with his suicide forest controversy, the Tide Pod challenge goes
horribly wrong, everyone disagrees about hearing Yanny/Laurel, Thanos dusts
half the universe, Harry and Meghan marry at the Royal Wedding; in spite of our
efforts the World Cup sadly does not come home, Baby Shark refuses to die, Theresa
May dances her way into a political crisis, TikTok memes overwhelm YouTube,
PewDiePie feuds with T-Series and YouTube Rewind 2018 becomes the most disliked
video on the site whilst also launching a selection of Will Smith memes.
2019: An egg becomes the most the most liked post on
Instagram, no one can hear each other thanks to AirPods, 6ix9ine snitches, The
Jeremy Kyle Show is officially cancelled by ITV, Game of Thrones goes out on a
low note with a Starbucks cup, Avengers: Endgame becomes the highest-grossing
film of all time, Keanu Reeves is breathtaking, Minecraft makes a comeback, Joker
makes us realise we live in a society, the streaming wars begin as Netflix
faces competition from Apple and Disney, #TeamTrees is launched, KSI beats
Logan Paul and Gavin & Stacey returns for a Christmas special.
Well, there goes another decade with its ups and
downs. Here’s to having 2020 vision next year.
good article
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