2000-2004 was basically just a continuation of the Late 90s Golden Age when it came to kid centric culture like PS2, Samurai Jack, Invader Zim, Malcolm in the Middle, etc., and was the tail end of Gen Y or Millennial Kid Culture.
2005-2009 in contrast was a dark age in children's entertainment with Johnny Test, iCarly, casual gaming, and Fanboy and Chum Chum, and was around when kids started to stay inside more often and social media started to take over our lives, aka the inception of Gen Z or Zoomer Kid Culture.
Most current users here don't even remember 00-04.
This. We'll never be back in those comfy times. Culture and media trends have a habit of wrapping back around, but it's always a pale imitation through a modern lens. If only we knew those dreamlike days would come to an end and never return.
Wipe your nostalgia goggles. Kids who grew up in the 80s and 90s have fond memories of shows that were nothing more than glorified toy commercials. There is no "dark age". Every era seems awful when you're not the target audience.
Ayden Nguyen
They. Were objectively better tard face
Dominic Jenkins
1987er here I enjoyed the late 2000s best. During the early and mid 2000s I was in school. In the late 2000s I was out of school and could just be a hermit NEET. What do you have to say about that?
lived on the countryside in europe so it actually ended up lasting till around 2008, cause TV channels were pretty out of date. still have fond memories of sitting on the couch with two old friends, that I sadly lost touch with and watching the first pokemon movie or watching malcom in the middle with my dad. we also only actually got internet in 2013.
ive experienced both and OP is right, pre 05 mid 90s was objectively better in terms of peak comfy western culture. why is it that zoomers steal the major themes of that era? there was no smartphones either, the internet wasnt ransacked by normies, no major political agendas trying to twist things, etc. it was simply better. id go as far to say that it all went to shit in 2010, even the late 2000's, if you ignored whats on TV, things were good, except the economic crash.
Evan Cruz
If you say so. I was too busy wagecucking back then.
