marcusharwell.net » wikipedia http://marcusharwell.net Where rough drafts are a way of life. Tue, 04 May 2010 17:33:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= What to Call the 2000s http://marcusharwell.net/2009/11/what-to-call-the-2000s/ http://marcusharwell.net/2009/11/what-to-call-the-2000s/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:51:57 +0000 Marcus http://marcusharwell.net/?p=1103 The ever droll Tosh.0 Blog has a link to a Wikipedia entry that (rather weakly, in my opinion) encapsulates the past ten years in one short summary paragraph, but also discusses what nickname to use for the decade. I’m not against re-using terms for the previous century, like “oughts,” or “twenties,” when we get there, [...]]]> The ever droll Tosh.0 Blog has a link to a Wikipedia entry that (rather weakly, in my opinion) encapsulates the past ten years in one short summary paragraph, but also discusses what nickname to use for the decade. I’m not against re-using terms for the previous century, like “oughts,” or “twenties,” when we get there, but we’ve got a perfectly good moniker already, and one that meshes well with an internet mad culture.

I’m going with “The 2Ks.”

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