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!'

[Redrosesandsunsets]

Memes. They are funny but definitely don’t remember them in 2009
YouTube as it is
Funny comments of statements becoming the go to statement. Like “send it” - send it where? Or “and I oooop”. Also the “Tsktsktsk” or something that youth say. No idea.

[Redrosesandsunsets]

Also who remembers duckface or the duck lips pout circa 2014-2015

[BestOption]

The best thing about 2009 is that my wonderful Dad was still alive. It’s weird reading about all the things that have changed since he died (2010) I can’t believe it’s almost 10 years I still miss him SO much 😢

[Toomanygerbils]

OMG such a bad day... can’t talk about it

What’s up?

PM me hun

[Stupiddriver1]

Elves on the fucking shelves.

Weren’t a thing when dd was young thankfully. Now my fb feed is clogged up of photos of idiots thinking they’re being witty. Nobody cares!

[Isleepinahedgefund]

In 2009 lots of people still had dial up Internet

Now everyone has WiFi and there is a generation that doesn't know what dial up is!

Touch screens - it's v rare to find a phone without one now. In 2009 you'd remark if someone had a touch screen, now you remark if someone doesn't.

[Greysparkles]

Increase in Autism. If you meet a group of mother now one of them will have a kid with ASD

Increase in autism diagnosis its not like it didn't exist before now.

[IVflytrap]

Vaping. Didn't exist... sorry, "wasn't a thing" in 2009.

Blogging was the new cool way to communicate your thoughts online. Now everyone just uses social media.

Politics has if possible gone even more bonkers than it was back then in the middle of the global recession

Emoticons are now called emojis

Huge noticeable rise in homelessness, and foodbanks becoming an accepted part of British life

Gender becoming increasingly linked to personality traits or interests

Fewer people smoke cigarettes. Fewer young people getting absolutely wasted in the high street on Friday nights.

Increase in interest in physical fitness, gyms, running, sportswear.

Cinema tickets are half the price (this may just be a local thing).

Food is expensive.

Music is now shit.

[KnitFastDieWarm]

I was 21/22 in 2009 - Jesus, time flies doesn’t it?
I’d just met now-DH
I had a flip phone and though I was the balls
ISIL didn’t exist - it was still all about al qaeda
The World Trade Center memorial hadn’t been built yet - I remember visiting the site in January 2009.
There was far less visible homelessness
The idea of Donald trump being in charge of the world was laughable
Ditto the idea of boris Johnson being PM - he was still seen as a harmless buffoon
Brexit wasn’t on the radar unless you were Nigel farage
Skinny jeans and leggings were still pretty newly in fashion and I felt cool and out there wearing them (as opposed to bootcuts)
Fucking ballet flats and/or stripper heels everywhere - the single best thing about the current norm core/90s revival is the total acceptability of wearing comfy chunky white trainers 24/7

[Oilyoilyoilgob]

Thanks @Fr0g good to know I wasn’t imagining it!
It’s amazing how most people I know (including moi!) use them as the norm, can’t imagine not having them now.

[Fr0g]

I don't use them loads, but do find it a good way on line to make it clear that I'm joking or being sarcastic, etc.

[DartmoorChef]

Wait what?
This one
This lovely human
Best life
Woke



Those irritate me.

[TooTrueToBeGood]

CRT televisions. Does anyone still have one?

[OoohTheStatsDontLie]

People living their best life when they're doing something fun (and presumably living their shite life the rest of the time)

Uber

Every restaurant doing some form of delivery (eg through deliveroo), even McDonalds

Instagram influencer or vlogger being an actual job title

The high street has changed so much in the last 10 years loads of shops gone and looks set to continue

The rise in street food and little independent cafes etc while some of the big chains slowly die

Environmental issues used to be seen as for extremists or students etc now finally using less plastic etc is pretty mainstream

Being 'woke'

Netflix, now everyone binges on series instead of watching films

[MoobaaMoobaa]

I saw this post on Facebook just before seeing this thread.


via Jane Wood

Just in case anyone is STILL thinking of voting Tory!
2010-2019, in case you missed it…

1,000 sure start centres closed.
780 libraries closed.
700 football pitches closed.
Food bank use up 2,400%.
Homelessness up 1,000%.
Rough sleeping up 1,200%
Bedroom tax caused mass evictions.
Evictions are running at record highs.
35% of U.K. kids live in poverty.
Student fees up 300%.
Student debt has risen 150%.
Eradication of EMA (education maintenance allowance).
National debt has risen from £850billion to £2.25trillion.
Emergency Brexit stimulus from BoE in June 2016 of £175b.
Brexit related fall in national revenue £500b.
GDP fallen to -0.1%.
GBP fallen by circa 15% versus EUR and USD.
Manufacturing in recession.
Construction in recession.
Services close to recession.
25-30% cuts to all govt departments.
25-30% cuts to all councils, mainly centred on Labour councils.
Half of councils facing effective bankruptcy.
185k extra deaths attached to the political ideology of austerity.
25,000 less police.
7,000 less prison officers.
10,000 less border officials.
10,000 less firefighters.
10,000 less medical professionals.
25,000 less bed spaces for people suffering mental illness.
OECD calculate 3 million hidden unemployed, rate is really 13%.
Creation of 1.3m jobs, mainly temporary, self employed, gig economy and ZHC.
Only 30k full time work positions created.
Close on 50% of workers are self employed, ZHC, or part time precariat.
80% of the 5.3 million self employed live below the poverty line.
35% of self employed only earn £100 a month.
25% cuts for our disabled community.
80% cuts to Mobility Allowance.
Closing Remploy.
40% of working households have practically no savings.
70% of households have less than 10k savings.
60% of households can only survive 2 months without a wage.
Household debt reaches a new peak, despite emergency base rates.
Increase of 50% in hate crimes.
Increase of knife crime by 150% to 22,000 per year.
Increase in teenage suicide by 70%.
Suicide up 12% in the year 2018.
Self-harm among young women up 70%.
Life expectancy down 3 years.
NHS satisfaction level at lowest recorded rate.
Council home building down 90%.
200k social homes lost since 2010.
Zero starter homes built, despite Tory flagship programme.
Council home building down 90%.
200k social homes lost since 2010.
One million families on council home waiting list.
100,000 increase on the council home waiting list since 2010.
36,000 teachers have left the profession.
Six form funding cut by 25%.
33,000 nurses leave the NHS each year…

Tories; killing our people and society while stealing our assets, since 1834.

[OoohTheStatsDontLie]

On a less serious note, in 2009, I still took pictures on my camera. My current phone has double the pixels of that camera!

[refraction]

A lot of sobering things have changed but one for me speech wise is triggered.

Everyone is triggered. If they are slightly irked they are triggered.

Teenagers actually try to wind each other up to ' trigger ' each other.

[MoobaaMoobaa]

Ooops didn't mean to kill the thread

Smart phones are the big one for me. thinking ten years ago I didn't have one, yet I can't remember what it was like to not have one now. Bit like kids really

[dontalltalkatonce]

'reaching out' . No one ever contacts another person anymore.

'Gift' as a verb. You don't give people anything anymore, you gift them or you were gifted something.

Weddings, just be honest and charge admission and bypass the rigmarole with 'We have lived together/have kids so buy us a honeymoon/house' roundabout ways to get guests to pay for the event.

[CheeseAndOnionIceCream]

People saying 'Can I get......' When asking for something in Greggs,or a coffee shop. Never heard this expression until about 6 or 7 years ago,it was always 'Can I have......' Whenever I hear someone say this,I always think to myself that the assistant should say, 'No,you can't get,I will get it,and you can have it'.

[B0bbin]

When did people start contouring their faces? Some teens were talking about this on the train earlier and about laminating their eyebrows, which sounds very strange to me.
I don't know when the massive painted on eyebrows started and have no idea how to laminate them... or why
This may be as much about me getting older as times changing...

[57mama]

Reading this has made me think so much... I have to say I was fairly naïve in 2009 and I thought my DC, who turned 4 & 2 that year, were going to be like the teenagers then were. They're nothing like that, the youngest describes herself as "VSCO", they're always quoting things they call vines, and don't even start on the hand gestures! Remember when putting 2 fingers up was seen as offensive? That's how my eldest greets her friends and her sister now.

[caravanette]

What's s CRT television?

[caravanette]

People DROP not release singles.

X TEASES new music

[GalactiCat]

Hacks. I can't stand that word. Life hacks. Cooking hacks. Cleaning hacks . 😡
And dont get me started on every day cleaning products being labelled as Mrs Hinch recommends.