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Nostalgia sometimes cloud our judgment: the years anddecades we pine for Make souvenirs of the past seem particularly wonderful, especially compared to our complicated present. Take the year 2009, for example. Just 10 years ago and yet, for some of us, we look like a more careless and innocent weather than the world we live today. Of course, 2009 also had a swine flu, the great recession,Octomomand your loved ones are constantly sending Farmville invites, but thereare Moments of this past not as distant as we really live. Here are 18 things from 2009 that we lack.

Netflix was really one thing in 2009, but at the back, it was mainly a DVD delivery. Although the company has recently launched a streaming service, it was years of becoming the preferred dependence of each. Television programs had to be consumed at a reasonable rate - an episode per week instead of an entire season in a 10-hour session.

You can watch shows faster these days and you do not have to look far to find a great TV. But back in 2009, people were still getting used to the idea that a television show could be better than the majority of movies. And to have no one butof them the largest television series ever created on the airat a time was just unprecedented. Even if you had a terrible week, you could remember that there were new episodes ofbreaking Bad andMad Men on the horizon, and everything would go well.

It was not just about prestige television either. When the reality of MTV showsJersey Shore Firsted in 2009 and we introduced kind underperformants likeSnooki,Jwoww, andThe situationThey became celebrities of the night. Love them or hate them, everyone at least had an opinion. How famous were they? SameLeonardo DiCaprio was a fan.

It was a golden age for paternity online, when everyone could live theirDavid Sedaris Fantasies, sharing their intimate thoughts for a captive audience. If you knew someone in 2009 that did not have a blog, they probably did not have a computer. AsThe Guardian Declared at the time in a story about the most powerful blogs in the world, "blogging has never been bigger."

Facebook was already a Behemoth online, but not something that everyone had discovered again - or could access. He still felt cold, or at least colder than MySpace, which became slowly past. But more importantly, it felt intimate: you had just communicated with your friends, no distant parents and spammers. If you want an idea of ​​Facebook's speed of growth, the social network had 150 million members in early 2009 and that this number had doubled to $ 300 million by the end of the year.

The year belonged to black peas. They had two of the most popular songs from 2009, according toBillboard, with "I have to feel" and "boom boom Pow." All these years later, we are still not sure what it was supposed to be about something to do with supersonic booms and spaceship zooms and jacking chickens your style? But he was surprisingly fun to sing with!

Mention the nameBradley Cooper today and you think of critically acclaimed films likeAmerican sniperWhereA star is born, that he also directed. In both films, he played a tortured man and covering with demons. But in 2009, Cooper was not yet a superstar and it was certainly not launched in roles that demanded this level of intensity. He was the goofball friend in comedies likeThe hangover andWedding crashers. If someone invited you to see a Bradley Cooper movie, your first thought was usually: "I bet it's going to be hilarious," and no, "I should bring tissues."

For many people, the BlackBerry Instant Messaging Service will always be the best connectivity tool, so there was an authentic outcry when it was arrested for goodearlier this year. It seems a little silly to get everythingverklé on disruptive technology? Maybe, but we tend to agree with the singerShawn Mendes, Who has tweeted, "BBM miss me, if everyone was going on to a heart in a haha ​​heartbeat".

We put a lot of faith in these purple berries of the Amazon. The so-called "superfood" could apparently help you lose weight, gain energy, increase your libido and slow down the aging process. Ah, if only life was as simple. The truth is that it is elevated in antioxidants and a large source of vitamins A, B1, B2, B3 and E. They also contain many minerals such as calcium, magnesium, zinc and copper. But otherwise no, they are probablyNot a miracle food.

Ofdusk Series of films, which followed the romantic exploits of Vampire Edward and his humanobject of affection Bella, at HBO showTrue blood, in which the vampires were both good guysand The bad guys, 2009 were one year when the whole nation became Ga-Ga for the flawed and remarkably beautiful tawny. It was not the first time the vampires had taken pop culture, but they had never beenthis Easy on the eyes.

Pokémon GO was still years, as well asBROWL STARS andFortif. If you wanted to play video games with other people, you especially had to play on a single console, and all the players had to be in the same room. It sounds so archaic now, but it's actually a kind of beautiful. We love multiplayer online games, but we also like human interactions - and that the opportunity to contact our colleagues players from time to time.

These synchronized and seemingly spontaneous dance parts have been around for years, but by 2009, they had become part of the Cultural Zeitgeist. Flash Mobs seemed to be everywhere, closing train stationsin Liverpool and catchOprah by surprisein Chicago. "We are outside to prove that a joke does not need to involve humiliation or embarrassment", "Flash Mob OrganizerCharlie Toddsaid in an interview of 2009 withCnn. "It can simply want to make someone laugh, smile or stop remarking the world around them." Someone restarts the trend, Stat!

Kickstarter launched in 2009 and other brackets financing sites such as Gofundme and Patreon followed the following years. For the most part, if you wanted to collect funds a decade ago, your options were limited. It was not such a bad thing. Because although there have been a lot of crowdfunding sites, there were also people who ask foreigners to make money to doAnti-zombie soap, WherehelpMatt Damon from March, or createFake five five-hour shadows. In 2009, we were not constantly worn with requests to donate frivolous projects, and honestly, we did not know how good we had.

Jon and Kate Gosselin-And their eight (eight!) Children - were reality stars thanks to their show TLC HitJon & Kate Plus 8. Yes, their life looked like a chaos, but at least they were a loving family that cared for each other, right? This illusion started breaking Midway until 2009, when the couple announced for the first time that their marriage was in trouble. At the end of the year, theirDivorce has been finalizedBut we will always have happy memories of their glory television.

Hip-Hop SuperstarKanye West has a story ofunpredictable monkey, but few have been as memorable as its impromptu scene accident during theMTV music music price 2009. PoorTaylor SwiftI'm just trying to accept his price for a better video of a woman from a woman when we jumped to the west in Onsetting and said: "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I leave you butBeyonce had one of the best videosall time! "Suddenly, the whole world has become impersonators of Kanye, and everyone had his own shooting" I'm letting you finish! "

Back in 2009, the 16-year-old 16-year-old actress were mostly known to play the holder on Disney chainHannah Montana. Miley Cyrus Was a honey from America, a person you felt safe leaving your tweens watching on TV unattended. She had had ups and downs since then, and now her Disney image is a distant memory.

James Cameron's Sci-Fi EpicAvatar was not just a blockbuster movie - until very recently, it was thehighest movie Of all time - but also a magnificent success in special effects. The CGI was realistic from the jaw, and the 3D was different from everything that had been seen before. It's hard to remember more, especially now that we expect each big-budget movie to haveAvatarLevel effects, but there was a moment when we could go to the cinema and barely believe our own eyes.

Here's something that people may not remember movies a decade ago, they were not all made by Marvel or DC. We do not try to draw a Martin Scorsese And argue that we do not like superhero films. But we miss this time in the film history when the majority of local multiplex movies were not on latex mutants. Iron Man In 2008, and a year later, we had no idea how many expansive people and defined on the culture that would result. Today we are paranoids to see Avengers: Endgame If we have not seen all 20 movies more leading to that.