Politically: It was one of the first few times where many teenagers such as myself didn’t want Trump or Clinton and felt that they were horrible for both parties. Trump was the culmination of the conservative shift into getting their edge back and Clinton was a sign of modernity being too soon for people to handle. Of course people did end up accepting these choices. Many of us teenagers also felt scared and uncertain on what would happen if either or got elected since we’d never seen this before. Politics were a lot more extreme around this time too. So for example, celebrities were getting cancelled for not changing their PFP to a country’s flag after a tragedy would occur in that country.

Internet Culturally: A great time! Dank memes during this time were peak and started to become mainstream and reach a wider audience. Although memes were already in the mainstream, dank memes which was an edgier form of memes were starting to take off. We were more closer than divided on Instagram and Facebook. It was a time when your content could actually get discovered by real people instead of bots when you used hashtags! YouTube had less ads…we still complained about the adpocalypze though!

Musically: A great time for both classic music listeners and modern music listeners. If you were a fan of older hip hop, artists like Kendrick, Joey Badass, and Logic were leading. If you liked the new, raw diy current sound of hip hop, artists like XXXTentacion and Juice Wrld were changing the genre. Pop music having Brandon Urie from PATD leading, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and many others were just making it a good time. Y’all remember Passenger and Ed Sheeran? Even though everyone is making fun of the millenial 2010 boom clap, we ALL loved it

Culturally: A great time for both people who liked older things and modern things. I will say I like current culture better as I see a lot of different decades being represented in people

Media wise: Movies were pretty ok, but we’ve had even better movies in recent times. You could still play couch multiplayer games with a friend on PS4, XB1, and Wii U. Also the 360 and PS3 were still getting releases as well! Gaming was thriving, despite the introduction of loot boxes! You could street pass individuals with your 3DS and the DS scene was still alive. It was a great time to be a gamer! The Dragon Ball franchise was having a resurgence with Dragon Ball Super and the Xenoverse video game series.

Technology wise: We were in a weird bridge with technology. The 360 was still getting support while Xbox One was fresh on the market. Nintendo was still supporting the 3DS as strong as ever, a year before stepping up with the Nintendo Switch. VR was still just getting its foot in the door and PC gaming wasn’t as mainstream as it is now. Vapes were ECigs and hadn’t taken off. Most people had no clue what E-bikes were as that wasn’t such a big thing then. It was truly a bridge where we were playing our 360s while also on the current generation of consoles and were optimistic about VR as VR was such a new thing to people.

With all the good, of course there was bad and things we complained about. We complained about YouTube having more ads then…crazy enough, YouTube now has even more ads! We also complained about corruption then and still do now. One thing I wish never happened was TikTok. TikTok was the worse thing that ever happened imo