> 2009 felt more natural than 2011, which felt more natural than 2014, which felt more natural than 2015 or early 16, and so on indefinitely.
I can definitely get behind this sentiment. Everything feels so incredibly unnatural and unreal now - the fake outrage over every non-issue, the insane amount of profiteering off of victimhood, the layers of snark and irony on top of every opinion, the short attention span of internet users, the constant clickbait at every turn, the narcissism, the rush to be offended... They've become so bothersome to deal with that I can't participate in mainstream, web 2.0 sites anymore, not even YouTube. Everywhere you turn, everything's homogenized. There is hardly any uniqueness to be found anymore and thank god chan culture is still here (kinda) or I'd have no real reason to keep using the internet.
I want things to return to sanity again.