How have things changed since 2009?

[caravanette]

These expressions on social media:

E.g 'here's a picture of x person and it's a whole mood'

X is ' low key 'doing this/doing that

'Slay!'

Fillers and Botox are mainstream, not just for the 'slebs.

Much more fast fashion

Epic fake eyelashes (look ridiculous, especially in the daytime not even for a night out).
Gender neutral people.

The obsession with coffee.
Reusable coffee cups and water bottles.
People wearing sports leggings as trousers even outside of the gym.

Vegans
Every other person claiming they have anxiety when they clearly dont..
Transgender
Increase in phones..
I'm a parent now
Stupid phrases..... nailed it, I cant even, boss babe, such and such goals, best life etc
Social media
Influencer
Massive eyebrows
Massive lips
Massive horse teeth
Teen mums...I know there was plenty in 2009, but now they are EVERYWHERE!
Everyone being 'self employed' no you work for a mlm love
Pressure to look / be a certain way.... (young boys and girls)

'Making memories'

People used to say they'd been somewhere on holiday, now they say they've done it. It makes me think they're ticking off some sort of list on a clipboard,
"I've done France, I've done Thailand, I've done Glastonbury" etc etc.

Literally
People being more aware of privilege
More barriers being broken down
More awareness of feminism
Much more awareness about climate change
A rise in populism
High streets with closed shops
The gig economy
People with 2 jobs to pay for expensive houses
More homelessness
More refugees and immigrants due to wars and fleeing conflicts

Were emojis out in 2009? I must admit I like using them, can’t imagine having whole texting threads now without the odd one thrown in 🥂

Also, autocorrect plaguing everyone now!

‘Wishing happy birthday to the mist wonderful human’

It’s person FGS

@Oilyoilyoilgob - I was reading thru thinking Emojis :)
they were widely used in Japan earlier, but got more popular c. 2010

The residulisation of social housing

In the 1980s, residualisation may have been a partly unintended consequence of housing policies pursued with varying ideological intent.

Since 2010, and more so since the return of single-party Conservative government in 2015, we’ve seen something further: welfarisation – ‘a conception of social housing as a very small, highly residualised sector catering only for the very poorest, and those with additional social “vulnerabilities”, on a short-term “ambulance” basis

www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insight/the-rise-and-fall-of-council-housing-56139

Online dating wa seen as a bit desperate, now it's the norm

When people start a sentence/rant/discussion with
“now here’s the thing” 🤢

We weren’t on the precipice of cutting ourselves off from my our fellow European neighbours and set to vote in the most far right govt of my lifetime with guaranteed further economic misery.

It used to be like this little secret club for weirdos and geeks

Not in 2009 it wasn't!

As a PP said - I love this human!!!!!

"I'm blessed to make memories with this wonderful human"

On Facebook the expression "two beauty's" (sic) under a pic of two distinctly average looking people

Being 'woke'

The word 'safeguarding' wasn't used pre 2010 really seems to have come much later

"It's a safeguarding issue"

Expressions like ""

"I stand with London/Berlin/Oslo/. etc when a major incident happens with a eg French flag profile on Facebook when a major tragedy happens there - for example

In music context the word collar when 2 major artists make a single

Sorry above should read COLLAB*

The complete absence of the full uk chart coundown on a Sunday!!

E.g. Slut shaming
Fat shaming
Everything shaming!!

There was no Instagram in 2009 - bliss!