/r/TenYearsAgo
In this age of rapid change, a decade is an eon. Remembering the events of a mere ten years ago is every bit as important as remembering the distant past.
This subreddit was initiated in 2011, shortly before the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, and has been quietly documenting news, pop culture, and miscellany from today's date with the tens digit de-iterated ever since.
10YA
The world was a very different place just a short decade ago. Let's document the changes by submitting links to archived pages, news events, pop culture, commentary, movies, books, Wikipedia, anything that occurred ten years prior to today's date, give or take a few days.
More obscure items are highly encouraged as well. Self posts are okay too, but links are best.
Think of it as a rolling archive of an erstwhile decade. Or a time machine that only goes back ten years.
Finding submissions can take a bit of research, but here are a few places to start:
Good ol' Wikipedia
Try this Google search:
"January 30, 2008 site:fark.com", replacing "fark.com" with your favorite website from ten years ago. Different sites use different date formats - fiddle around until you find the right one.
Be creative, go nuts, relate it to where we are today or pretend that the last ten years haven't happened yet. This subreddit will be what you make it, but it needs submissions!
Please format post titles as follows --
"Snarky title [10YA - date]*"
Examples:
Shark shark shark shark shark shark sharkity shark [10YA - Sept 3]
Is our children learning? Bush visits Florida schools to find out [10YA - Sept 10]
They Might Be Giants! On the Daily Show! [10YA - Sept 10]
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Mod's note:
Please check the 'What's New' tab, which puts links in chronological order, for optimal immersion in decade-old crap.
Also, please downvote sparingly. A lot of time and effort goes into seeking out and finding 10YA's content.
Don't like the content? Submit your own or kindly click the "-frontpage" button above and move on down the road.
Thanks.
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A man provides helps a victim after an air strike by Assad's forces in Damascus [10YA - Feb 2]
09:59 UTC
The Patriots win the Super Bowl against the Seahawks - their first Super Bowl win in 10 years [10YA - Feb 1]
10:15 UTC
Tove Lo - Talking Body
08:25 UTC
Big Sean feat. Drake, Kanye West - “Blessings” released [10YA - Jan 31]
07:29 UTC
Suge Knight drives a vehicle into a crowd in Compton resulting in the death of a pedestrian [10YA - Jan 29]
07:45 UTC
Obama makes a controversial visit to Saudi Arabia [10YA - Jan 27]
08:06 UTC
Imagine Dragons - "Shots" released [10YA - Jan 27]
10:39 UTC
Kurdish fighters reclaim at least 90% of Kobane from ISIS [10YA - Jan 26]
10:34 UTC
Trump speaks at the Iowa Freedom Summit, making his first ever mention of ‘building a Wall’ [10YA - Jan 24]
07:24 UTC
Rihanna, Kanye, Paul McCartney - “FourFiveSeconds” [10YA - Jan 24]
07:20 UTC
Feder feat. Lyse - “Goodbye” released [10YA - Jan 23]
07:31 UTC
Bill Maher and Bill Burr debate ‘cancel culture’ [10YA - Jan 23]
07:30 UTC
The Doomsday Clock moves two minutes forward, leaving only three minutes from midnight due to the threat of global nuclear war and climate change. This was the closest it had been to midnight since 1984. [10YA - Jan 23]
07:28 UTC
Obama meets with YouTube influencers [10YA - Jan 22]
06:43 UTC
Galina, 86, looks up at the hole in the roof of her Kievsky district apartment in Donetsk, the result of an artillery hit [10YA - Jan 21]
07:40 UTC
Obama makes a joke during the State of the Union [10YA - Jan 20]
07:32 UTC
Mourners gather around a coffin bearing Artiam, 4, who was killed in an artillery strike, during his funeral in Donetsk, Ukraine [10YA - Jan 20][NSFW]
07:31 UTC
Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass in Manila to a crowd of 6 to 7 million, the largest papal gathering since 1995 World Youth Day mass [10YA - Jan 18]
09:04 UTC
American Sniper released [10YA - Jan 16]
07:15 UTC