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21 Reasons Why The Naughties Were The Worst Decade Ever
Reason #21
Freedom Fries
Reason # 20
The Metrosexual
You might be "metrosexual" if:
1. You just can't walk past a Banana Republic store without making a purchase.
2. You own 20 pairs of shoes, half a dozen pairs of sunglasses, just as many watches and you carry a man-purse.
3. You see a stylist instead of a barber, because barbers don't do highlights.
4. You can make her lamb shanks and risotto for dinner and Eggs Benedict for breakfast... all from scratch.
5. You only wear Calvin Klein boxer-briefs.
6. You shave more than just your face. You also exfoliate and moisturize.
7. You would never, ever own a pickup truck.
8. You can't imagine a day without hair styling products.
9. You'd rather drink wine than beer... but you'll find out what estate and vintage first.
10. Despite being flattered (even proud) that gay guys hit on you, you still find the thought of actually getting intimate with another man truly repulsive.
Reason #19
The Superbowl halftime show
After Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" in 2004 no other act, not the Rolling Stones, not Bruce Springsteen, not Paul McCartney nor anyone else has produced one minute of entertainment during these corporate halftime extravaganzas that has come close to destracting my attention from the chip and dip table.
Reason #18
The Axis of Evil of Hair styles
Kim Jong Il, Donald Trump and the faux hawk placed the Naughties as the worst decade in hair fashion since the 1980s...
Reason #17
The Death of the Record Store and the Rise of Nu Metal and Disney Rock
The transition from CDs to digital downloads shrunk the record industry throughout the decade, leading to mass layoffs, and artist-roster cuts at major labels. CD sales dropped 48.9 percent since 2000. Approximately 2,680 record stores closed in the U.S. between 2005 and early 2009. In the UK, all the national specialist music retailers collapsed except for HMV, as has Woolworths, a variety retailer that was once the UK's largest music retailer.
Meanwhile monster-Rock pop artists Evanescence, Linkin Park, System of a Down, Staind, Papa Roach, and Disturbed littered the radio waves with some of the least creative and most annoying sounds since Gangsta Rap polluted the radio waves in the 1990s.
The only thing worst was the oversaturation of Disney Rock. High School Musical, Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers and The Cheetah Girls, etc. Both High School Musical and Hannah Montana albums were among the best-sellers of 2006 and 2007 and reached the number 1 position.
Another result of the corporate trend of targeting
tweens was Guitar Hero and Rock Band. In fact Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has became the first single video game EVER to surpass $1 billion in sales.
Reason #16
The Great False Hope: The Campaign And Election Of Barrack Obama
Obama talked the talk starting in 2002 when he came out against the Bush/Cheney/Rove march toward war in Iraq. Then in his historic 2008 campaign for President he preached about the evils of corporate lobbyists running Washington. He also talked about the need for Americans to take responsibility for themselves and be held accountable for their own actions. America bought Obama's snake oil and in January of 2009 he was inaugurated. But as of New Years eve 2009 Obama has not walked the walk. Instead he has escalated the U.S. presence in Afghanistan with no clear cut objective other than to appease moderates whose votes he is courting for 2012. He's also filled his administration with corporate lobbyists and has made sure to leave no CEO behind by sponsoring huge corporate bail-outs.
Reason #15
The Snuggie
Full Version: 21 Reasons why the Naughties were the worst decade ever
Fuck yourself, Ace, no one's gonna click your stupid link.
QUOTE (kiss_the_floor @ Jan 4 2010, 03:19 PM) 
Fuck yourself, Ace, no one's gonna click your stupid link.
Oh Good Grief!
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The Metrosexual
You might be "metrosexual" if:
[. . .]
4. You can make her lamb shanks and risotto for dinner and Eggs Benedict for breakfast... all from scratch.
You might be "metrosexual" if:
[. . .]
4. You can make her lamb shanks and risotto for dinner and Eggs Benedict for breakfast... all from scratch.
How do you mean? Like you make the English muffins yourself too?
I stand corrected. But still go fuck yourself, Ace.
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Reason #21
The Death of the Record Store
The transition from CDs to digital downloads shrunk the record industry throughout the decade, leading to mass layoffs, and artist-roster cuts at major labels. CD sales dropped 48.9 percent since 2000. Approximately 2,680 record stores closed in the U.S. between 2005 and early 2009. In the UK, all the national specialist music retailers collapsed except for HMV, as has Woolworths, a variety retailer that was once the UK's largest music retailer.
The Death of the Record Store
The transition from CDs to digital downloads shrunk the record industry throughout the decade, leading to mass layoffs, and artist-roster cuts at major labels. CD sales dropped 48.9 percent since 2000. Approximately 2,680 record stores closed in the U.S. between 2005 and early 2009. In the UK, all the national specialist music retailers collapsed except for HMV, as has Woolworths, a variety retailer that was once the UK's largest music retailer.
Ok, now explain why this is bad. Personally, I think it's tragic, but these numbers are meaningless. Without talking about the passion for digging through bins to find things you've always coveted or never even heard; without mentioning how a great record store creates an ambience as intoxicating as a great saloon or bookstore; without some vestige of the personal, this is a paragraph of facts and figures masquerading as a truth you apparently find self-evident. Which is the hallmark of boring demagogues who have no idea how to make an actual case.
lol.
Ace.
Ace.
QUOTE (The Overfriendly Concierge @ Jan 20 2010, 11:59 AM)
QUOTE (kiss_the_floor @ Jan 4 2010, 03:30 PM)
I stand corrected. But still go fuck yourself, Ace.
Oh come on man, in years to come when scholars disect the Naughties, this blog will be their first point of reference. I'm just waiting for VH1 to call me for their first "I :heart: the Naughties" special...
QUOTE (kiss_the_floor @ Jan 4 2010, 03:54 PM)
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Reason #21
The Death of the Record Store
The transition from CDs to digital downloads shrunk the record industry throughout the decade, leading to mass layoffs, and artist-roster cuts at major labels. CD sales dropped 48.9 percent since 2000. Approximately 2,680 record stores closed in the U.S. between 2005 and early 2009. In the UK, all the national specialist music retailers collapsed except for HMV, as has Woolworths, a variety retailer that was once the UK's largest music retailer.
The Death of the Record Store
The transition from CDs to digital downloads shrunk the record industry throughout the decade, leading to mass layoffs, and artist-roster cuts at major labels. CD sales dropped 48.9 percent since 2000. Approximately 2,680 record stores closed in the U.S. between 2005 and early 2009. In the UK, all the national specialist music retailers collapsed except for HMV, as has Woolworths, a variety retailer that was once the UK's largest music retailer.
Ok, now explain why this is bad. Personally, I think it's tragic, but these numbers are meaningless. Without talking about the passion for digging through bins to find things you've always coveted or never even heard; without mentioning how a great record store creates an ambience as intoxicating as a great saloon or bookstore; without some vestige of the personal, this is a paragraph of facts and figures masquerading as a truth you apparently find self-evident. Which is the hallmark of boring demagogues who have no idea how to make an actual case.
I think anyone who grew up in the 90s, 80s, and 70s know why the death of the record store is somethin to mourn. Including some "vestige of the personal" in this essay would not work because satiring the "boring demagogues who have no idea how to make an actual case" is a large part of the locomotion of the blog entry...You should reread it, and that light will be more clear.
Mods, this guy just necro-bumped by deleting and reposting a message from two weeks ago.
QUOTE (spiritofeden @ Jan 20 2010, 11:12 AM)
Can anyone explain why the photographs from this blog didnt show up when I posted an excerpt from it on this board???
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2. You own 20 pairs of shoes, half a dozen pairs of sunglasses, just as many watches a
3. You see a stylist instead of a barber, because barbers don't do highlights.
5. You only wear Calvin Klein boxer-briefs.
6. You shave more than just your face. You also exfoliate and moisturize.
7. You would never, ever own a pickup truck.
8. You can't imagine a day without hair styling products.
9. You'd rather drink wine than beer... but you'll find out what estate and vintage first.
3. You see a stylist instead of a barber, because barbers don't do highlights.
5. You only wear Calvin Klein boxer-briefs.
6. You shave more than just your face. You also exfoliate and moisturize.
7. You would never, ever own a pickup truck.
8. You can't imagine a day without hair styling products.
9. You'd rather drink wine than beer... but you'll find out what estate and vintage first.
Guilty as charged.
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