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2008

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Year when the poster experienced true catharsis seeing Doctor Atomic opera, contrasted with their reaction to Oppenheimer film.

Mentions (32)
"She sheepishly admitted she voted for Barry in 2008 (remember when telling people who you voted for was taboo?)"
Out of curiosity what's your parents political views · u/lemonthewombat · ↑45 · 2021-09-08
"This isn't 2008. Latinos, Muslims and Desi people aren't going to just automatically vote for you because you have a D next to your name."
"libertarian bros point to 08' with Ron Paul"
"Not that Moot himself is notable but given how seminal 4chan ended up being and how everything since 2010 or so has been a slow sewer leak of the worst parts of internet culture onto the real world that moment really foretold the trends of the next few decades."
"People have already forgotten how huge Katy Perry was from 2008-2014."
"The last time the Celtics won a NBA title was in June of 2008"
"I want to be hawking mortgages to the unemployed in 2007"
What is the next economic bubble? Personal anecdotes welcomed. · u/AvrilApril88 · ↑39 · 2024-11-20
"This was back around 2008 and it was consistently populated by like a thousand people who ranged from their teens to mid-20s, weird gifted kids and poli sci students."
"This was like 2008 so he was less of a ubiquitous type than what you see on the internet nowadays."
"This was probably 2008, I was 12 and my older brother got me into this song."
What was your MySpace song? · u/[deleted] · ↑37 · 2022-12-15
"him talking about riding the presidential limo to his inauguration with bush 2008"
obama sucks · u/r3dsca · ↑36 · 2023-04-11
"This was during the peak of tech hiring during COVID"
"Please tell me we aren't just running 2008 back 🤞🏻"
"Mine was when Libs all started pretending they loved McCain (after calling him Satan incarnate in 08)"
"literally every. Single. Example. Used by the people there, including in the comments, is just post-2008 slop cartoons, capeshxt, anime, video games etc."
The subreddit "top character tropes" is absolutely awful · u/Remote_Drummer1620 · ↑34 · 2025-05-02
"I remember when Disney Channel would air this movie every night for 2 months straight."
"So in case that was confusing, a Grade 2 student in 2008 could read more chapter books than a Grade 7 in 2023."
My niece is an English teacher and this is her experience... · u/Silkikuri97 · ↑29 · 2024-01-16
"In a 2008 interview about the film, 87-year-old Rooney said he was heartbroken about the criticism"
Cinematic racism truly peaked with Breakfast at Tiffany's · u/1005thArmbar · ↑28 · 2024-01-28
"I want to see what the front page looked like, say during the Beijing Olympics"
"Do I make my own RSS feed like its 2008?"
"Baggy jeans? FLIP PHONES???? Bro 2014 not 2008."
My sister's school is doing "2014 day" this Friday · u/FlashMiniSoccer · ↑24 · 2024-03-28
"just *cackling* at the philosophy *implied* in the Hillary Clinton campaign.. *of 08*, mahaha"
Yeah I'm in a bodegaaaa... · u/cuntaleangus · ↑23 · 2019-08-24
"I had Netflix and no cable in like... 2008-2011 and they didn't have a big online library and I would sort socks for my whole family and watch french movies."
"The Piano Teacher" 2001 by Michael Haneke · u/wap4bap · ↑23 · 2020-10-11
"Even though it was like 15 years after the release me and my mates all went for it as late teens in like 2008."
Do gen Z like 36 Chambers? · u/swarftonbirdsalad · ↑23 · 2021-05-16
"Three Gorges Dam, the Great Leap Forward, that whole mountain range they covered in solar panels, the 2008 Beijing Olympics"
Chinese people love doing big things · u/[deleted] · ↑23 · 2023-03-08
"Things changed very quickly for everyone in 2008-2012, but it's like the older generations just seemed to have a very prolonged, loud, and hostile adjustment period to it all."
"I remember 2008 or even 2013, there being a sense of not having seen things before."
Defining characteristics of the current cultural moment · u/gargoyleprincess12 · ↑23 · 2025-03-22
"my bf once offhandedly mentioned that in high school (around 2008) he would take the train into nyc to meet up with randos from /soc/"
"Particularly those who were in their late teens-20s from 2008-2016"
I will always be jealous of brunettes with bangs · u/CharacterOk3765 · ↑22 · 2025-04-01
"having gotten rush tickets for *Doctor Atomic* in 2008. That was the first time I experienced true CATHARSIS"
"People want you to believe Nicolas Cage is going through a "renaissance" when in reality he keeps churning out dogshit unwatchable movies like he was in 2008"
"iron man (2008): 4/4 - the dark knight (2008): 4/4 - hellboy 2 (2008): 3.5/4"
Roger Eberts scores of capeshit above 3.5/4 · u/rspgroceryguy · ↑20 · 2024-01-26
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