Have we settled on what to call this decade yet? "Aughts" is impossibly old-fashioned, yet I haven't heard an alternative used consistently in any form of media. Even popular radio stations, masters of promotion, punt on this one:
"Coming up right after another interminable block of ads that are just like the ones you heard ten minutes ago, more of your favorite hits from the Eighties, Nineties and ... uh ... today!"
So fifteen years from now, when this decade is back in vogue among the tragically hip, how are they going to identify it? When, in that future age, you have a themed party, and everyone knows they're supposed to listen to the White Stripes, wear cargo pants and sport tatoos, what will go on the invitation?
This is very distressing. While it might not be such a bad idea to forget about this decade anyway, it at least deserves a name.
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