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Category: 2010s Retrospectives

The 2010s Retrospectives series is a long-form series of blog posts covering the entire decade of the 2010s. I analyze how the 2010s changed the world, changed pop culture, and changed my life, through the lens of whatever random topics I’m feeling like. It’s a real eclectic mix of subjects.

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Learning About Buses

July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 Thedude3445

It took until 2017 for me to actually understand buses. I don’t know; there just weren’t buses anywhere I lived, not in any relevant capacity.

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2010s Retrospectives Movies

Dredd 2 Never Got Made [2012]

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Thedude3445

Dredd 2 is dead. It was never even a real possibility, as much as we campaigned for it. But the first Dredd movie released in

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Nintendo Direct: A Sinister Formula

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Thedude3445

I watched the 2021 Nintendo Direct from E3 today. Despite rock-bottom expectations and a waning interest in the gaming hype machine, I still woke up

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2010s Retrospectives My Life

My Smartphones [2011-2018]

June 11, 2021August 7, 2022 Thedude3445

I’ve had a lot of smartphones and mobile devices over the past decade. For some reason, I’m going to list them to you so you

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2010s Retrospectives Movies

Moviepass: A Temporary Bliss [2017-2018]

June 4, 2021June 5, 2021 Thedude3445

Remember when Moviepass existed? How awesome was that! If you don’t remember or are reading from the future, Moviepass was a movie subscription model. Only,

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Angel Beats… Why Was This Crap Popular? [2010]

May 21, 2021June 26, 2022 Thedude3445

Angel Beats sucks. Like, it’s really awful. A 3/10 trainwreck and that’s if I’m being generous with my scores. Nothing makes sense in this stupid

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2010s Retrospectives My Life News & Politics

The April 27th, 2011 Tornadoes [2011]

April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 Thedude3445

On April 27th, 2011, my town of Ringgold, Georgia was destroyed by tornadoes. Ten years ago this week. I was sixteen. Close friends had houses

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2010s Retrospectives Internet

RSS Feeds: Let’s Defeat the Algorithm [2010s]

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 Thedude3445

Automated curation sucks; let’s replace it with RSS feeds. Yeah, I’m saying we should bring back a protocol so outdated and underused that Google shut

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What Happened to Midnight Releases? [2010-2013]

January 30, 2021September 23, 2022 Thedude3445

Midnight releases were a hallmark of nerd culture. Besides Black Friday sales, what parts of the non-nerd world cared about midnight releases? Pretty much nobody.

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2010s Retrospectives Internet

Goodbye, Tumblr [2018]

January 27, 2021January 30, 2021 Thedude3445

Tumblr died in the stupidest way possible: Porn. I really just don’t get it. I didn’t use the site much, but it was doing fine.

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Thedude3445 (B.A. Baker) is an author of web novels and web serials with a focus on making really good stories that kick ass. They are well-known for the web serials ATL: Stories from the Retrofuture and Hands Held in the Snow, as well as the not-yet-hit-classic novel The Gay Gatsby. They are a founding member of the Quinlan Circle.

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