Since they year 2000 things age slower than they used to

I've thought the same as this before (like how things from 20 years ago don't seem as old now, as things 40 years ago seemed 20 years ago), but I've never really given it much thought as to why. I think these are some great reasons though, I totally agree.

I think another reason though is just because we experience time faster as we get older. Like an older person would say that 10 years ago seems like only yesterday, and that things have barely changed at all since then, where as a 20 year old would say that it was like another age. So I think the reason that, when I look back to a song that came out 10 years, and think that it's a recent song, is because I've just about reached the age now where 10 years doesn't seem like such a long time to me.

Plus I think the media has created this idea of the decades' culture being sharply defined as certain things with clear-cut start and stop points, when in reality the decades' culture did all merge into one another with no definite boundaries. It's not like in 1980 they said "We can't make disco anymore, it's the 80s now". There were examples when culture-defining moments would happen to occur around the beginning/end of a decade, but not always. (It'd be interesting to see someone divide up the last 70 years by culture, who hasn't been exposed to the calendar and to the media's generalisation of culture). But I don't think the 00s and 10s have been given a proper identity, like there's no one thing you can point to that really defines them, like pop music for the 80s (the music hasn't really changed for example). So the last 20 years just seems like one long ill-defined decade.

That being said, I don't think that these are enough to explain it though. I think your ideas are major factors too, the internet in particular, and how people don't forget things now because they're constantly being exposed to them. There's this CollegeHumor video that jokes about exactly this, it's really funny (link below). Maybe it could be argued that it even hinders the evolution of culture if people are able to just stick to the same media from 10 or 20 years ago. Even if that's true though, it's still definitely worth it imo, still it's interesting to think about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Can71sF-eOY

That is interesting. Personally I do consider the 2000s nostalgic and I do not consider any songs from the 2000s to be modern. Modern mainstream songs suck whereas the ones from the 2000s are real bops. There's just a different way that mainstream music gets made nowadays with a bunch of digital electronic sounds and shit like that. 2012 doesn't seem long ago at all though, I find it shocking to think it's a decade ago...

It's because technology advanced a lot between 2000+ so it's seen as more recent because of that. You watch old shows from 2005 they have cell phones and laptops so it's seen as not so long ago since it's not massively different.

I agree. I really got nothing else to add. I always thought this was happening but couldn't articulate it, and I get the feeling there's a big point missing from your post, but I can't quite get it.

Maybe it's that it's not just people constantly reminding themselves and living in the past, but big corps are doing it as well. And celebrities. Everyone and everything wants to stay relevant far past their time. Reboots, rebrands, and rehashes are all the rage, and new IPs are dangerous. It's hard to move on because nothing else is moving on, either. Nothing ever dies. It's particularly egregious in the video game world, but I've noticed movies doing it a lot, too.

It does feel like that... I like to think that pop songs made by Britney Spears, Destiny's child, Sugababes, etc are still nice. They are upbeat, energetic and happy. A lot happier and better than the crap we call music nowadays...
Movies like Minority report, I robot, Jason Bourne still seem modern, but they aren't modern, now are they? Those are all 15+ years old.

I do the same with my cars subconsciously. Back in 2005 and 2007 my C-class and E-class were the hottest shit. Now they are old cars you can get for a few grand. But in my mind, they are still cool and still worth a lot more. Granted, car prices fluctuate a lot and old cars tend to start rising in value after hitting rock bottom... but you get the idea.

You are right... in a way I am still stuck in the mid 2000s, even tho I'm no longer a care-free kid who only had to worry about passing GTA Vice City and San Andreas missions.
Now I'm an semi-depressed, semi-unhappy adult with lots of responsibilities, a job, a business, all the grownup shit, little free time and married (happy about that last one). I would be in a much darker place if it wasn't for my girl.

What can I say... I'm a sentimental and nostalgic mofo who likes all the technological wonders of today, dreams of sci-fi worlds, but likes living in the past.

I've noticed this too, and even as someone who was only 5 in 2000, things from that time still seem relatively recent to me! I still have a hard time classifying anything that was made in my lifetime as "old". 🤣

Technology advances exponentially...I remember when people were still living on earth

As hypocritical as it sounds because im on the internet I kinda miss living in a time withou internet. Social media wasnt popular until after I was out if highschool. It seems like ppl were reallt chill back then and there was less social anxiety and awkwardness. You just wanted to be around ppl 24 7.

i feel you. It seems like in the early 2000s a game or jersey that was made in the 90s was considered “throwback”. But today something from the early 2010s wouldn’t be considered throwback so I guess you’re right

This reminds me about the movie "American Graffiti." A nostalgia movie released in 1973, and taking place in 1962. 11 years in the past. The tag line was "Where were you in '62?"

Can you imagine a nostalgia movie released today that takes place in 2012? "Where were you in '12?"