Ready or not, the 20s are coming up, and not the ones you learned about in world history. The 10s (teens?) are moving into the pages of the past, so over the next month, and probably for years to come, we’re going to see everyone from pop culture columnists to historians trying to sum up the theme of the decade. Mari, a 26-year-old book critic, inspired Twitter users to get started reminiscing when she posted a picture of herself at the beginning of the decade vs. now. The thread now has thousands of replies in which people look back on how this decade has changed them.
The largest age group on Twitter is 25-34. A demographic that began the ‘10s as teens or young adults has undoubtedly seen a lot of adult milestones since then, like degrees, career beginnings, and relationships. Next in line is the 18-24 demographic, who have quite literally grown up this decade. It’s no wonder looking at old pictures of a person who hadn’t even experienced most of their formative years yet can bring up strong feelings (you also might notice that the older Twitter users taking part in the challenge are a little more chill about it.)
Here are some posts we liked—scroll down and have a look. Then share your thoughts, what you think of this trend, and how things have changed for you this decade in the comments below!
Twitter users look back on their 10-year-old photos
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But there’s no need to roast your former self, especially if you were a literal child in 2009. Learning to dress yourself isn’t a “glow up”, that’s just growing up. And nobody likes their fashion choices from 10 years ago. Don’t be so hard on yourself!
Most importantly, don’t let this challenge get you down if you’re not comfortable showing pictures of yourself from 10 years ago, or if you feel like you haven’t achieved much this decade compared to all the people flaunting their lucrative jobs and happy marriages.
2020 isn’t a test—there’s not anything more profound about it than any other year. If all you did was stay alive this decade, that’s awesome. I bet you took some cool photos and listened to a lot of great music. Won’t it be fun to discover even more next year?
I think you can often tell when somebody is trans even before they're out if the closet. There's a girl at my work who when identifying as a bloke (pre-trans), didn't have one scrap of obvious femininity (wore really male clothes and interests, has a deep and manly voice etc) but for some reason I wasn't at all surprised when she announced it and started to change. There was always something feminine about her even though it wasn't at all obvious. Does that make any sense?
From catapillar to butterfly!,but that does not mean you were not cute as a child.
I don't think anyone but they themselves can see these "30years". I only see about 5years and a haircut?
Good for you. Finding the thing you want to do is always the best path to take. =D
Decades challenge: me traveling to Karlowy Vary in 2009 at 17 vs me traveling to London at 27
Note: this post originally had 77 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Completely off topic, but BP needs to do a better job at weeding out trolls, users with multiple pseudonyms and those flippen sex posts- it's becoming very irksome weeding through the trite and irrelevant comments.
Ana J, not one word of that post said anything about equating any kind of phobia with having a different opinion. And it's not "cancel culture" when someone complains about feeling threatened or intimidated on what used to be a much more welcoming site. You want to tell trans people to go kill themselves as I've seen on this thread? Not you, just anyone, so we're clear. Take it to Twitter or Facebook where it belongs and leave us alone! No, I'm not trans, but I'm a long-time fan and poster here and the nasty comments and threats have got to stop.
As a trans person I agree. It doesn't exactly make me want to read these articles. Reading about people telling trans people to go kill themselves isn't exactly a positive thing. 🏳️🌈
And they re more every day
I completely support your suggestion RL. I used to work as a moderator on another listicle site and the amount of trolls and bots on BoredPanda really astounds me. I have reported homophobic, racist, and fascist comments on this site, but nothing ever seems to be done. It is extremely difficult to report hate speech on this site (no direct email or ways to flag comments) and BoredPanda’s method is to “hide” comments that get more than 4 downvotes. This is in no way conducive and just leads to trolls downvoting people who are pointing out their bad behaviour. I am for freedom of speech, but I don’t want to continually visit a site where people make homophobic slurs. Some of the comments I have seen on here are pretty disgusting and violent. I have seen so many sites do such a better job at combating bullying and hate. BoredPanda used to be a site that prided itself on “feel good news” and promoting new artists, but it really needs to find a better way to deal with trolls.
I'm glad to see ten years have been good for people; people have gotten healthy, sought help, beat addiction, come out and gotten confidence!
It’s always so interesting to see how much people grow into themselves as they mature. You know what I mean—-the kids who were awkward at high school graduation are usually the ones who have totally blossomed (confidence, appearance, attitude) by the ten year reunion. When you’re an adolescent and a teenager, you’re trying on different looks and personalities to see which one is the most you. For some, this extends into their twenties. Usually though, by the time we’re in the latter half of our twenties, we’ve figured ourselves out, settled on our personalities and looks, and become more comfortable in our own skins. And it shows.
Completely off topic, but BP needs to do a better job at weeding out trolls, users with multiple pseudonyms and those flippen sex posts- it's becoming very irksome weeding through the trite and irrelevant comments.
Ana J, not one word of that post said anything about equating any kind of phobia with having a different opinion. And it's not "cancel culture" when someone complains about feeling threatened or intimidated on what used to be a much more welcoming site. You want to tell trans people to go kill themselves as I've seen on this thread? Not you, just anyone, so we're clear. Take it to Twitter or Facebook where it belongs and leave us alone! No, I'm not trans, but I'm a long-time fan and poster here and the nasty comments and threats have got to stop.
As a trans person I agree. It doesn't exactly make me want to read these articles. Reading about people telling trans people to go kill themselves isn't exactly a positive thing. 🏳️🌈
And they re more every day
I completely support your suggestion RL. I used to work as a moderator on another listicle site and the amount of trolls and bots on BoredPanda really astounds me. I have reported homophobic, racist, and fascist comments on this site, but nothing ever seems to be done. It is extremely difficult to report hate speech on this site (no direct email or ways to flag comments) and BoredPanda’s method is to “hide” comments that get more than 4 downvotes. This is in no way conducive and just leads to trolls downvoting people who are pointing out their bad behaviour. I am for freedom of speech, but I don’t want to continually visit a site where people make homophobic slurs. Some of the comments I have seen on here are pretty disgusting and violent. I have seen so many sites do such a better job at combating bullying and hate. BoredPanda used to be a site that prided itself on “feel good news” and promoting new artists, but it really needs to find a better way to deal with trolls.
I'm glad to see ten years have been good for people; people have gotten healthy, sought help, beat addiction, come out and gotten confidence!
It’s always so interesting to see how much people grow into themselves as they mature. You know what I mean—-the kids who were awkward at high school graduation are usually the ones who have totally blossomed (confidence, appearance, attitude) by the ten year reunion. When you’re an adolescent and a teenager, you’re trying on different looks and personalities to see which one is the most you. For some, this extends into their twenties. Usually though, by the time we’re in the latter half of our twenties, we’ve figured ourselves out, settled on our personalities and looks, and become more comfortable in our own skins. And it shows.