People often said "The 90s ended in 2004", and you can kinda see why. Now some would say late 90s culture ended after 9/11 but others say it was still hanging in there 2002-2003.
2004 had a lot of changes that screamed "the 00s culture is here" and the late 90s influences were fully dead:
-Nick and Cartoon Network cancelled all the 90s shows
-The re election of Bush
-Approval ratings of Iraq began to dip
-Movies like Team America began to come out that were disillusioned with the American Dream
-People began to get over 9/11 and the "Bush is stupid" schtick began
-The Rock retired and WWE begun transitioning to Cena and Batista
-Emo overtaking nu metal
-Crunk rap overtaking glam rap
-Myspace getting popular
-Web 2.0 coined
-Friends finale
-Laguna Beach started
-Release of Nintendo DS
-Broadband overtook dial up for the first time
-Eminem fell off with Encore
-Green Day changed their sound with American Idiot
-Last full year of 6th gen gaming, before 360 came out next year
-iPod became popular
-Tech hobby network TechTV was absorbed and killed by Comcast's "dudebro" network G4
If Bush never took his second term, would the late 90s stuff have lasted past 2004? Or would a new president instead of an incumbent have made the culture shift even faster?
2004 had a lot of changes that screamed "the 00s culture is here" and the late 90s influences were fully dead:
-Nick and Cartoon Network cancelled all the 90s shows
-The re election of Bush
-Approval ratings of Iraq began to dip
-Movies like Team America began to come out that were disillusioned with the American Dream
-People began to get over 9/11 and the "Bush is stupid" schtick began
-The Rock retired and WWE begun transitioning to Cena and Batista
-Emo overtaking nu metal
-Crunk rap overtaking glam rap
-Myspace getting popular
-Web 2.0 coined
-Friends finale
-Laguna Beach started
-Release of Nintendo DS
-Broadband overtook dial up for the first time
-Eminem fell off with Encore
-Green Day changed their sound with American Idiot
-Last full year of 6th gen gaming, before 360 came out next year
-iPod became popular
-Tech hobby network TechTV was absorbed and killed by Comcast's "dudebro" network G4
If Bush never took his second term, would the late 90s stuff have lasted past 2004? Or would a new president instead of an incumbent have made the culture shift even faster?
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