Just verbal diarrhea a bunch of music/pop culture/politics stuff that YOU remember from these eras, or that you perceive as having been popular.
And also correct mine if you think it's wrong somehow. I left a lot blank because I stopped paying attention to pop culture around 2015ish

1996-2000:
pokemon, CDs, walkmans, Goosebumps, backstreetboys, nsync, britney spears, eminem, nickelodeon, y2k, dotcom bubble, Blade, The Matrix, Monica Lewinsky, hanging chads, spongebob

2001-2005:
9/11, iraq war, afghanistan, ipods, 50 cent, DVDs, smash bros. melee, xbox, Halo

2006-2010:
housing crash, Obama, Ron Paul, Taylor Swift/Kanye (both them getting popular and the VMA debacle),

2011-2015:
"birtherism"/Trump, 2012 Mayan prophecy, Vine, Twitter, Trump getting popular around 2015

2016-2020:

2021-now:

  • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    excellent job

    I feel like there's more we could write for the 2016 era but I'm guessing your as old or older than I am, so you kinda lose track

    • ChaosMaterialist [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Yeah I'm old. My Super Nintendo is turning 31 👴

      2016+ was definitely a blur, which is why I handwave it under cheeto Era. Its hard to pull that out when it took over so much of the zeitgeist. If anything, I think the previous entries are longer because politics were orderly/boring day-to-day so stuff stood out.

      • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        I'd put Hamilton and #Resistance cringe under the 2016- era, specifically the very beginning of cheeto-man's term.