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okay listen... i’m literally obsessed with the 2010 to 2016 era. like it actually lives in my head 24/7 and i wishhhh i was a teenager back then and not just a literal child lol. that era was pure ✨magic✨. the fashion?? iconic. the phones?? aesthetic. the internet culture?? unmatched. i even have my mom’s old iphone 4s and an iphone 6 and they make me feel like i’m living in a grainy instagram post from 2013. i love wearing cute clothes that give 2010 tumblr vibes or like random neon/scene outfits bc idc i’m bringing it back.
i miss when everything was sparkly and dramatic and emotional for no reason. we had polyvore sets, photobooth filters, mustache everything, galaxy print, feather earrings, deep side parts, flower crowns, sad tumblr quotes, and bios like "✧ taken | 15 | music = life ✧". we cried over wattpad stories and made nightcore edits with the most RANDOM songs. we watched room tours on youtube and made “what’s on my iphone 5” videos with cheetah print cases.
and the music??? LITERALLY UNTOUCHABLE.
Boom Clap was a lifestyle. Zara Larsson on repeat. Ke$ha making me feel like the baddest girl alive. It was pure ✨pop perfection✨. every song felt like it deserved a glittery Tumblr gif with lyrics over a sad girl staring out a rainy window.
everything felt chaotic and raw and personal. like the internet was messy in the BEST way. no algorithm, no polished tiktoks, just vibes and glitter text and emotional breakdowns on tumblr dot com.
if i could time travel, i’d go straight to a 2012 bedroom with LED lights (the original ugly kind), my ipod touch playing Lana, Zara, or Ke$ha, wearing knee-high socks and stuff
anywayyy this era is my safe place and i will never let it go. we need to keep it alive.
xoxo 💗📱💫
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I hate to burst your bubble here, but as someone who was also child during that era (ages 3 - 10), it really wasn't all that great, especially from 2013 onwards. Plus, it's not like much on the internet has really changed since the 2010s except for the deprecation and end of support for web browser game plugins like Adobe Flash and Shockwave. Oh yeah, and a few people still owned Blackberries or similar QWERTY keyboard cellphones into the first half of the 2010s and children still played outside, but that's about it.
People were still obsessed with and were starting to even become addicted to social media (yes, algorithms existed on social media even in the early 2010s and were just getting started), the iPhone was (and unfortunately still is) the hottest cellphone on the market, people are still writing stories online and making short videos with random songs in them, etc.
I'd argue that the last era where the internet was truly organic was the late 2000s before Mark Zuckerberg gentrified Facebook with his algorithm and inspired other social media giants to implement the same feature onto their websites and when these sites were still being referred to as social "networking" sites (which focused primarily on making connections with people online and people posted what was truly on their minds without fear of censorship or likes or anything of the like) instead of social "media" sites, as they're referred to as today. It's been a slow and long decline from there.
Omg I totally get what you’re saying, and I agree the internet definitely started going downhill after the late 2000s with all the algorithms and fake stuff. But tbh, even if the early 2010s weren’t perfect, I still love that era. The vibes, the style, the music—it just felt more fun and creative than now. It might’ve had its flaws, but it was better than what we have today, in my opinion.
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