2009 was a cultural reset 

Right after “2009 was the year where glee started” I got an ad for antidepressants. The algorithm knows what it’s doing.

Oh my god. I was todays old when I realized that the tiger woods cheating scandal was about women and not golf. My 8 year old self thought he was cheating at golf that is why everybody cancelled him.

i cant believe no one has mentioned the release of the sims 3.... iconic.

when i was younger i had a toothbrush that played i got a feeling when i brushed my teeth..... iconic

Other 2009 notables: -Obama takes office -Grindr appears on the scene -Farmville takes over Facebook feeds everywhere

fun drinking game idea: take a shot every time he says cultural reset.

Please rank the planets in the solar system from flop to icon. Honestly nobody is doing it like miss Saturn 👁👄👁

On a darker note, I’m surprised no one has really commented on the Chris Brown’s assault of Rihanna in February of that year. As a fan of both at the time (at age 12), it absolutely shattered my worldview because I didn’t really see it coming and I-almost completely oblivious to how toxic that relationship really was-really liked them as a couple. It’s hard to imagine now but Brown had a very clean, golden-boy image about him that made the scandal all that more shocking. It’s even crazier when you add the fact that the both of them were near-superstars scheduled to perform at the Grammys the very next night. Even harder to imagine, since she’s a universally-liked figure now, Rihanna got a lot of shit thrown at her in the aftermath of that. She was ridiculed for staying with him shortly after the incident. The pictures of her injuries had leaked that same week, along with nudes that, if I remember correctly, cost her her endorsement with Covergirl. Rumors of promiscuity and her having an STD (and being beaten for giving it to him) were still rampant, and to top it all of, I distinctly remember after a revealing 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer 9 months later, a hashtag about how big her forehead was the #1 trending topic on twitter for 3 straight days. It was a wild time. I don’t think I’ve ever followed a scandal as closely as I followed that one. It genuinely changed my consumption of pop culture, and through keeping up with the story though blogs, I stumbled into stan culture in the comments sections, as well as on some new social media site called twitter, and life hasn’t been the same since. It...changed me.

Fun fact: my doorbell plays “I got a feeling” whenever someone rings my doorbell. My apartment came like this and I’m not mad at it and I also can’t figure out how to change it.

2009 was the golden year for tv honestly: - Rupauls drag race - Glee - Community - Modern family - Parks and recreation All first aired in 2009.........................It was a cultural reset

U forgot the film that scarred every child: coraline

for the european folks: alexander rybak winning Eurovision. now THAT was a cultural reset.

OMG when Michael Jackson died and I was like 11, and I saw it in the new I asked my parents, "who's that old white lady?" And I will never forget that and neither will my mom.

My only memory of 2009 is missing all of fantastic mr. fox because I went to the bathroom 4 times.

that britney is saying "love me, hate me, say what you want about me, but all of the girls and all of the boys are begging to fuck me" is still shocking to me as a 26 year old in 2020. how could she bring that? at that time? on radio? iconic

I literally have a spotify playlist called “2009 was the best year in the history of music and in this essay I will”

me watching this knowing i was three at the time: “oh my god yes it was”

Mike discovering the phrase “cultural reset” was a cultural reset

2009 - Starkid's "a very Potter musical" came out on RU-vid.

Me learning the “ooh whatcha say” part of Jason Derulo’s song was sampled from an Imogen Heap song was a cuLTURAL RESET

1. The Jonas Brothers 3D concert experience 2. Joe Jonas breaking up with Taylor Swift in a 27 second phone call and she VLOGGED ABOUT IT using a Camp Rock doll

Camila Cabello: crying in the club Mike: bawling in the cinema

2009 was the finale of culture tbh, everything that came after just couldn’t add up

The E.N.D. by the Black Eyed Peas is the most underrated overrated moment in pop culture.. THEY DELIVERED massive bangers, Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway, Imma Be and Rock That Body

as a Swiftie historian, I can tell you that "female music video of the year" was a fan-voted award that Taylor won, and Beyonce won the main category thanks to whoever judges the VMAs, the categories are completely unrelated and are judged separately.

2009 really was the prime of Jason Derulo and I'm living for it

2009 was THE YEAR for movies- Coraline, avatar, fantastic mr fox, up, 500 days of summer, where the wild things are, cloudy with a chance of meatballs Just ENDLESS BANGERS

Daaamn I graduated high school in 2009 and I wanna let you know that they played the glee version of don't stop believing at our grad ceremony.

Mike: **shows a photo of himself at 13** Me, in a jade thirwall voice: that’s so upsetting :(

2009 is when both Dora, Hannah Montana, and myself all peaked at the same time. I think about that far too much

jennifers body is the greatest thing to emerge from this year period

I love "Imma Be" but when I sing it to myself, I like to sing "I'm A Bee" and try to remake the lyrics to be Bee-related

"Mercedes and Santana deserved more solos" *I LOVE THAT HE GETS THIS*

Fire City by Owl Eyes is the only song on my spotify

Mike is so blessed. Like imagine being a yr 9 in the yr 2009, a yr 10 in 2010, and so on, like wtffff who the hell put the muffins in the freezer

for the longest time i thought that Tiger Woods’ scandal was that he was physically abusing his wife and when everyone was so okay with him walking around a free man i was so confused (but of course he was cheating, not anything else, and that’s not punishable by law...) and then i asked my mom why he wasn’t in jail and she explained it and i had one of the biggest realizations of my life...

fun story: 2009 I was seven years old at most when the hannah montana movie released. I was dressed up in a bedazzled jean jacket and fake hair extensions completely ready to watch in my living room with a tea party. the unspeakable happened and the power went out, i screamed throwing a fit until my dad took me to every restaurant in our town asking the owners if they would change the channel to disney for me. I sat in a mexican restaurant for over two hours singing along at 8 pm. 2009 was a year

The fact I was literally 7 at the time but I'm like "yes omg" to everything that mike is saying 💀

F I R E C I T Y by O W L I E S *bella Thorne has entered the chat*

The fact that I was a full child in 2009 just scares me

He said: “2009 - look at the material”

Me dressed in pjs with bed hair: Mike: wow gorgeous, love the outfit Me actually dressed nicely for once: Mike: you have nice ears ... I see

The reason why Mike can’t pronounce single is because he can’t get over that he is also, single

As a 19 yr old... I just realised that all my childhood memories are just 2009

Mike: "I need to stop saying cultural reset" Mike: *Uses "cultural reset" in the title of a video* EDIT: Stream for clear skin laydeez xx ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--CKlV95H-vo.html

I legit once had a 45-year-old man tell me "you have *such* beautiful ears, like a little Dutch girl. You must get that all the time!" Now I guess I do...

I don't know how else to say this: 2009-2012 was like peak gay years. Like, the only way I can describe it is that the cultural zeitgeist was gay. Not like homosexual, but like campy and dramatic. See below: 1. Music: we are doing dance pop ladies. Music is dancepop, music is upbeat - music videos are over the top costumes with wild concepts. Gaga does Bad Romance, Beyonce does Single Ladies, Katy does Teenage Dream, Rihanna does S&M, Kesha does Tik Tok, Nicki does Super Bass, Taylor even starts breaking into the pop game with Red. The music is danceable, happy, and the stars of the era are the pop divas. Born This Way is the gayest album to go as big as it did ever, in 2011. 2. TV: I cannot express how campy, silly, fun, and gay TV was from 2009 to 2012. Obvious frontrunner here is Glee (which I think is a genuinely entertaining show even if it clearly has some messy moments/characters) - if you were in school while Glee was airing, it was truly a cultural reset. I was already doing theater at the time, and every singing & theater group at school tripled in size, and you couldn't go a week on the radio without either hearing one of the songs or hearing about the episode. Other TV options that appeal to the over the top and campy are the comedies: during this time period, you could tune into NBC and watch a new episode of The Office, 30 Rock, Parks & Rec, and Community all back to back. All of those shows, but particularly Parks & Rec and Community which started in 2009, are campy, silly, and about found family to an extent. Drag Race also starts in 2009. American Horror Story starts in 2011. It was gay ladies. 3. Movies: Movies take longer to set up, so I understand why they weren't as gay in 2009, but it seems notable that the Muppets Movie came out in 2011. 4. Miscellaneous/New Media: 2009 was also A Very Potter Musical, which was formative for the gays both in it being the best fanfiction ever of our childhood literary classic and in it giving us Darren Criss, an essential component of the 2009 - 2012 gay era. This is also when Tumblr starts being a thing. And then miraculously everything started to fall apart all at once. Lady Gaga was crimed with Artpop in 2013, Glee turned sharply for the worse in 2013, Community's Gas Leak year was 2013. In summary, whatever was in the water in 2009 - 2012, the cool thing was to be campy, over the top, and kind of gay.

When tiger woods cheating scandal happened I was 5 and thought that he had died in a car crash for some reason and I found out like two months ago that the guys still alive. I don't know why I was so confused. Shits crazy

YOU feel unaccomplished? Imagine how tired we are. Imagine how tired we are of it.

*"mm, whatchu saaaay"* _"I'd like to make myself belieeeeeeeeeeve, that planet Uuuuurth, turns _*_slooooooowly_*_ "_

mike how could u forget the most iconic moment of 2009: me, age 7, developing full-blown depression

I was literally 5 yet I remember 2009 pop culture so well. I-

“you have nice ears” me with my big ass clown ears: 👂👁👄👁👂

I don't know why Tiger Woods cheating scandal was such a big moment but I also recall it being pivotal

Is this why I think 2009 is when everything happened

For me MJ's death was a time I'll never forget. That man DEFINED pop culture for DECADES. Not to mention the impact on culture his death had. I don't think we will ever see such a mammoth reaction to a celebrity's death ever again. Dude literally broke google when the news first broke. The death of a musical genius and an icon who broke through so many barriers; racial being one of his most important.

fire city by owl eyes i actually choked

this is my only source of serotonin now

god being a 12 year old """girl""" in 2009 was something else. it was really just me and my black and purple braces bands against the world

“Bu bu BU bu bu bawling” is the only response to that Up scene 😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥

mike: i have to stop saying cultural reset also mike: 2009 was a cultural reset

take a shot anytime he says signal instead of single

“Ancient twin” are you talking about doppelgängers 💀💀

“Welcome to Mike’s mic, my name is Mike” Like what is this tongue twister

when’s the documentary dropping on the Mike Meat Pie incident

The fact that I was today years old when I discovered "If you seek Amy" actually spelt out a swear just proves to be the biggest cultural reset in my mind palace

11 years later and I’m just now finding out about the If You Seek Amy thing

lol i still remember when some friends invited me to go watch avatar and my otaku ass thought it was related to the anime (and i somehow hadn't heard anything about the movie or watched any trailers) and i spent the entire movie waiting for aang to show up.

We stan this culturally and socially beneficial usage of a Master's degree. 2009 do be deserving that.

6 year old me did not understand the absolute iconic time in history i was living through

Owl City’s Ocean Eyes album came out that year, so that makes 2009 the best year.

As an Aussie of the same age as Mike, I can say that I had the exact same upbringing and it’s so surreal to hear someone describe these iconic pop culture moments of my life

I’m going to have to start calling you by your professional name (Michael’s Microphone) because you are spitting so many facts here

king of actively using his platform to spread awareness and information instead of keeping an instagram chain going that literally contributes nothing but performative allyship

2009 WAS truly a cultural reset! I was 8 and this is the year when I was obsessed with MTV and because I finally learned to read, I read my sisters teen magazines.

I love his joy at just talking about Lady Gaga, wow.

I cannot believe mike didn’t mention Rihanna releasing Russian Roulette that video brought the drama that kickstarted my clinical depression years later

In 2009, I was 4 and my only memory is eating a really sour blueberry and crying in the bathroom afterwards.

"I think it was Nicholas Cage that scared me, to be honest"

*13-year-old mike looks like nicky, ricky, dicky and dawn all at once and you will never change my mind*

“Always the bridesmaid, never the bride” SAME SIS

Everyone's commenting how old they were in 2009 and I'm just here trying to do basic maths and failing miserably

why is this guy so goddamn funny? he's all I've watched for like the past 24 hours and it's just so consistently funny. This is tight good stuff man

i was 4 in 2009, i didn’t even know english yet, i don’t belong here

yes sir, chromatica is the entrance we all need, also expose the narrative ms swift NEVER ASKED TO BE A PART OF SINCE 2009 PERIOD

THE CHROMATICA II INTRO I-C-O-N-I-C

This took me back to a time in my life that i always knew was important, but didn’t know i needed to revisit so bad.

2009 was probably thee most iconic year of our current timeline so far

Shakira and Pink wearing the same dress in the VMAs *mind blown*

I'm so glad SOMEONE finally noticed what I've done with my ears

Also published in 2009 was Catching Fire aka the best installment in the THG franchise-book and movie.

Thank you for using your platform to voice a very important issue!

The only thing I remember from 2009 was when I got a happy meal and the toy was whatcha say on a little plastic stereo but I liveddd for it

Mike looking like a Harry Potter extra in 2009.

thank you for your message at the beginning ❤️ it means a lot that we have support from people who aren’t in the US, it’s amazing that this movement can go so far

congrats on 300k king !!!! been here since 30k

I was six years old in 2009 and I remember the exact moment I heard Michael Jackson died but I knew him from like two songs. They announced on his death on the radio and right at that second my mom and I passed an ambulance and for actual years I thought that that ambulance was carrying a dead Michael Jackson

We can’t forget Florence and The Machine’s debut album “Lungs”. 5 year old me ATE that album up. Yes queen, feed us your depression and drink/drug abuse in poetic form. And, Marina and The Diamonds performed at Glastonbury that year, despite it being year before the release of her debut album The Family Jewels. We love to see the queens thriving

YES no one ever talks about the knowing movie!! scared the shit out of me for no good reason

thank u for bringing up that 'radar' is on circus and blackout bc it still keeps me awake at night trying to figure out why