 |
These are the messages that have been posted on inthe00s over the past few years.
Check out the messageboard archive index for a complete list of topic areas.
This archive is periodically refreshed with the latest messages from the current messageboard.
This is a topic from the More Than a Decade forum on inthe00s.
Check for new replies or respond here...
Subject: When in the 20th century did it start to seem more like the 20th century
Written By: d90 on 04/19/17 at 11:48 am
Percent of 20th centuryness
1860s 0%
1870s 5%
1880s 10%
1890s 20%
1900s 40%
1910s 50%
1920s 65%
1930s 65%
1940s 80%
1950s 85%
1960s 90%
1970s 80%
1980s 75%
1990s 70%
2000s 65%
2010s 55%
Subject: Re: When in the 20th century did it start to seem more like the 20th century
Written By: bchris02 on 04/19/17 at 11:50 am
Percent of 20th centuryness
1860s 0%
1870s 5%
1880s 10%
1890s 20%
1900s 40%
1910s 50%
1920s 65%
1930s 65%
1940s 80%
1950s 85%
1960s 90%
1970s 80%
1980s 75%
1990s 70%
2000s 65%
2010s 55%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_twentieth_century
There is actually a theory on this called the "short twentieth century" and I fully agree with it. The onset of World War I through the fall of the Soviet Union was peak 20th century culture.
Subject: Re: When in the 20th century did it start to seem more like the 20th century
Written By: 80sfan on 04/19/17 at 1:05 pm
By the 1910's you could feel and see that the 19th century was speedily moving away.
Subject: Re: When in the 20th century did it start to seem more like the 20th century
Written By: Tyrannosaurus Rex on 04/19/17 at 1:17 pm
June 28, 1914. The assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand and the event that led to the start of World War I.
Subject: Re: When in the 20th century did it start to seem more like the 20th century
Written By: 80sfan on 04/19/17 at 1:18 pm
And by the mid-1920's, it was obvious that the 19th century was a bygone era.
Subject: Re: When in the 20th century did it start to seem more like the 20th century
Written By: Mr Steamer on 04/19/17 at 4:21 pm
Percent of 20th centuryness
1860s 0%
1870s 5%
1880s 10%
1890s 20%
1900s 40%
1910s 50%
1920s 65%
1930s 65%
1940s 80%
1950s 85%
1960s 90%
1970s 80%
1980s 75%
1990s 70%
2000s 65%
2010s 55%
What is your basis on these statistics?