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[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah[S] 29 insightful - 5 fun29 insightful - 4 fun30 insightful - 5 fun -  (8 children)

No one had even heard of genderwoowoo identities in those days. It’s enough to make you nostalgic

[–]AugustiJade 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

The 2000s was truly a great decade, I think. Music was great, homosexual spaces were still popular (and lesbian spaces still existed), Jobs saved Apple, there were a lot of great films, social media was still in its infancy, and all the gender stuff was barely a whisper. I actually do miss the 2000s.

[–]julesburm1891 17 insightful - 3 fun17 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I personally miss them and the early 2010s too. People were less uptight and there was so much less drama. My partner and I were just talking about how so much of we grew up on (The Office, Arrested Development, Austin Powers, Harry Potter, etc.) couldn’t even be made in today’s climate. We were also talking about, oddly, how it was easier to be gay than it is now.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

how it was easier to be gay than it is now.

That’s the ironic part. I don’t remember what the gay community was like in my country back in the 2000s because I was still a child back then, but I could see that there was some sort of gay culture. In Ireland we had no marriage, no civil unions, no adoption rights back then, but I’m sure we had a culture that was cohesive.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would still argue that it is easier to be gay now than in the 90s, even with all the trans bullshit. Nobody blinks when I mention my "husband", whereas in the 90s I had to be circumspect about my love life.

I came out as a teenager in the mid-80s. That was a weird time to be gay, looking back.

[–]boypower 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm personally nostalgic over the internet of mid-late 2000s. That was the true golden age of the internet.

[–]theytookourjerbsXX only. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same. Except for the second half or '08-and '09.

[–]julesburm1891 16 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The double whammy of citing a thing that didn’t even exist yet and ignoring why something actually happened.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I almost long for those days, because YouTube wasn’t as censorious and the content was edgier. Also, people weren’t as stupid.