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When do you put the break between millenia? (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/decadeology
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As an American, it has to be Septemer 11, 2001.

Y2K had been a mostly smooth transition, thanks to a lot of hardworking cowboys. But the terrorist attack and response to it were such a sharp break from the world we lived in before it, in a way that still dominates media, culture, and politics today.

So yeah, to me, all of AD 2000, and most of 2001, were still the old millenium, still the 90's, and for me personally still mostly my childhood in many ways.

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[–] jesterraiin 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Everything began to break after this date, I shit you not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

2016 was another big break, I think. Once the Cubs broke The Curse, the whole world went nuts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

From memory that was year that Obama made fun of trump at the White House correspondents dinner which odd sometimes thought of as the moment he really decided to run.

[–] imscared 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shouldn’t have turned on the LHC

[–] jesterraiin 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We didn't...? I recall that it was deemed too risky an experiment and it was soon abandoned.

[–] imscared 1 points 1 year ago

It was off a few years for maintenance but it looks like it’s been up again since last year