What will this decade be remembered for?

[poltr1]

It's getting close to the end of the 2000s, the '00s, or whatever you want to call this decade. When we look back on this decade 20 years from now -- nostalgia usually looks back 20 years -- what items and fads will we remember and instantly think, "Oh, this decade!"

The only thing I can think of right now are those magnetic ribbons that people put on cars. There's got to be others.

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[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

Granite kitchen countertops will be this decade's equivalent of "harvest gold" and "avocado green" appliances.

3000+sf McMansions occupied by couples without any kids. SUVs. 2+hr commutes to work. iPhones. iPods. Young people wearing baggy pants halfway down their hips.

I'm starting to think of "If I Had a Million Dollars" by Barenaked Ladies as the "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" of Generations X & Y.

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Back in 2006, when my former boss had to sell his house in this upscale town, due to divorce, and right at the beginning of the housing slump, his realtor was blaming him & the house for the fact that it was not moving on the market. See, it was lacking granite countertops, and a deck. Any other explanation was Unthinkable.

Having had other laboratory benchtop materials that were New! Improved! but required special cleansers and cleansing materials or else they deteriorated faster than the benchtops that they replaced, I've always wondered at the hidden costs and work associated with granite countertops.

[patoadam]

The bubble decade, remembered for the bursting of the stock market and real estate bubbles?