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* Gun control in the U.S. became a hot topic again after several mass shootings in 2011-12, particularly the Aurora, CO movie theater shooting (12 deaths at a midnight premiere of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''), the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, and ''especially'' the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, CT (26 deaths at the school -- 20 of those being children as young as six years old -- plus the deaths of the shooter's mother and the shooter himself), which came along on top of ongoing problems with gun violence in cities like Detroit and Chicago. Gun sales boomed -- so to speak -- after Sandy Hook, owing to fears of tighter restrictions on assault weapons and the like. As it turned out, the public push for such laws wasn't able to convince the Senate to vote in favor of them in 2013, thanks in part to the pro-gun rhetoric of the National Rifle Association. The murders also called the issues of mental illness, media violence, and (to a lesser extent) the increasingly polarized American society into question.

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* Gun control in the U.S. became a hot topic again after several mass shootings in 2011-12. During the summer of 2012 alone we had the Aurora, CO movie theater shooting (12 deaths at a midnight premiere of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''), the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, and a shooting outside the Empire State Building. However, no shooting got more media attention than the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, CT (26 deaths at the school -- 20 of those being children as young as six years old -- plus the deaths of the shooter's mother and the shooter himself). To make matters worse, these shootings came along on top of ongoing problems with gun violence in cities like Detroit and Chicago. Gun sales boomed -- so to speak -- after Sandy Hook, owing to fears of tighter restrictions on assault weapons and the like. As it turned out, the public push for such laws wasn't able to convince the Senate to vote in favor of them in 2013, thanks in part to the pro-gun rhetoric of the National Rifle Association. The murders also called the issues of mental illness, media violence, and (to a lesser extent) the increasingly polarized American society into question.

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* While Hurricanes Irene and Isaac were both extremely destructive storms, the defining hurricane of the decade was Hurricane Sandy. While it was not as severe devastation-wise as Hurricane Katrina, Sandy caused significant mayhem in the Eastern United States at the cost of '''over $63 billion'''. NewYorkCity and New Jersey were hit the worst, where [[BigBlackOut power cut outs]] in said city and the flood prevalent in streets and tunnels were enough to lead flight cancellations and the two-day closure of NASDAQ to happen and affect the 2012 Presidential Election. Even the subway station lines were flooded. Since Sandy, scientists and politicians alike discuss how climate change amplifies storms and sea level rise has had made the coasts less attractive. Meanwhile, citizens relocated from New York and other effected states because the storm was too severe, to the point you could read articles calling it [[BrokeTheRatingScale "Superstorm Sandy"]] and [[FrankenX "Frankenstorm"]]. [[note]]"Frankenstorm" was named because it was a hurricane-nor'easter hybrid and Halloween was days away, but later media coverage used "Superstorm Sandy" due to being considered an extratropical cyclone when it made landfall in Atlantic City.[[/note]]

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* Things went FromBadToWorse when Hurricane Sandy, while not as severe devastation-wise as Hurricane Katrina, caused significant mayhem in the Eastern United States at the cost of '''over $63 billion'''. ''Especially'' NewYorkCity, where [[BigBlackOut power cut outs]] in said city and the flood prevalent in streets and tunnels were enough to lead flight cancellations and the two-day closure of NASDAQ to happen and affect the 2012 Presidential Election. Even the subway station lines were flooded. Since Sandy, scientists and politicians alike discuss how climate change amplifies storms and sea level rise has had made the coasts less attractive. Meanwhile, citizens relocated from New York and other effected states because the storm was too severe, to the point you could read articles calling it [[BrokeTheRatingScale "Superstorm Sandy"]] and [[FrankenX "Frankenstorm"]]. [[note]]"Frankenstorm" was named for Sandy's dissipation on Halloween, but later media coverage used "Superstorm Sandy" due to its extremely powerful winds.[[/note]]
* Gun control in the U.S. became a hot topic again after several mass shootings in 2011-12, particularly the Aurora, CO movie theater shooting (12 deaths at a midnight premiere of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'') and the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, CT (26 deaths at the school -- 20 of those being children as young as six years old -- plus the deaths of the shooter's mother and the shooter himself), which came along on top of ongoing problems with gun violence in cities like Detroit and Chicago. Gun sales boomed -- so to speak -- after Sandy Hook, owing to fears of tighter restrictions on assault weapons and the like. As it turned out, the public push for such laws wasn't able to convince the Senate to vote in favor of them in 2013, thanks in part to the pro-gun rhetoric of the National Rifle Association. The murders also called the issues of mental illness, media violence, and (to a lesser extent) the increasingly polarized American society into question.

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* While hurricanes Irene and Isaac were both extremely destructive storms, the defining hurricane of the decade was Hurricane Sandy. While it was not as severe devastation-wise as Hurricane Katrina, Sandy caused significant mayhem in the Eastern United States at the cost of '''over $63 billion'''.  NewYorkCity and New Jersey were hit the worst, where [[BigBlackOut power cut outs]] in said city and the flood prevalent in streets and tunnels were enough to lead flight cancellations and the two-day closure of NASDAQ to happen and affect the 2012 Presidential Election. Even the subway station lines were flooded. Since Sandy, scientists and politicians alike discuss how climate change amplifies storms and sea level rise has had made the coasts less attractive. Meanwhile, citizens relocated from New York and other effected states because the storm was too severe, to the point you could read articles calling it [[BrokeTheRatingScale "Superstorm Sandy"]] and [[FrankenX "Frankenstorm"]]. [[note]]"Frankenstorm" was named because it was a hurricane-nor'easter hybrid and Halloween was days away, but later media coverage used "Superstorm Sandy" due to being considered an extratropical cyclone when it made landfall in Atlantic City.[[/note]]
* Gun control in the U.S. became a hot topic again after several mass shootings in 2011-12, particularly the Aurora, CO movie theater shooting (12 deaths at a midnight premiere of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''), the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin,  and ''especially'' the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, CT (26 deaths at the school -- 20 of those being children as young as six years old -- plus the deaths of the shooter's mother and the shooter himself), which came along on top of ongoing problems with gun violence in cities like Detroit and Chicago. Gun sales boomed -- so to speak -- after Sandy Hook, owing to fears of tighter restrictions on assault weapons and the like. As it turned out, the public push for such laws wasn't able to convince the Senate to vote in favor of them in 2013, thanks in part to the pro-gun rhetoric of the National Rifle Association. The murders also called the issues of mental illness, media violence, and (to a lesser extent) the increasingly polarized American society into question.

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** Thanks to the ponderous success of Music/LadyGaga, {{Synthpop}} has had recieved a comeback in the United States (at least) after two decades worth of AlternativeRock and HipHop, with a valid prediction that disco, of ''all'' music may return to prominence by the second half of the decade[[note]] owing not only to the "40-year loop", but also thanks to youngsters having no track of [[DeaderThanDisco the backlash against that genre]] (and probably their parents probably only have a faint memory of it[[/note]], despite the declining CD sales attributed to the rise of the MP3 format's popularity. Likewise with other electronic music genres, many a pop star has cashed in the craze at least once, [[BrokenBase with mixed results]]. For example, Music/JustinBieber can only sing and use guitars, trumpets, and pianos, but his songs commonly have synths and digital instruments in the mix. If you like him, [[InternetBackdraft prepare going tortured to death]] when Bieber's {{Hatedom}} criticizes that not only you're one of his fans, [[ItsPopularNowItSucks he's]] '''''[[ItsPopularNowItSucks LUNATICALLY]]''''' [[ItsPopularNowItSucks popular among high school students (especially if you're female)]] [[HypeBacklash and looks or sounds too young to make music appealing to such audiences]]. If not, you're one of his haters.
* Rock music in general, including UsefulNotes/HeavyMetal and HardRock, fell hard in popularity thanks to the decline of CD sales. While bands such as Music/LinkinPark, Music/AvengedSevenfold, Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/VanHalen are capable of commercial success, it's nothing close to what they experienced at their peaks. Music journalism headlines are now devoted to the LighterAndSofter "Indie Rock" genre. TheBlackKeys, Imagine Dragons, LanaDelRey, Music/SnowPatrol, FlorenceAndTheMachine, BonIver, FosterThePeople, Mumford & Sons, Music/{{Adele}}, and Music/{{Fun}}, are representative, but only the last two of these has scored at least one ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one single, among them "We Are Young" being the first rock single in nearly four years to top the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (the last being "Viva la Vida" by Music/{{Coldplay}}). Adele earned a Grammy Award lottery as a result from the records she broke on her sophomore album ''21''. Also, Snow Patrol was established in TheNineties, long before indie went mainstream with TheStrokes[='=] ''Is This It''. Beside indie bands, Music/{{Coldplay}} and Music/{{Muse}} have maintained the popularity of AlternativeRock among the youth market (currently HipHop and ElectronicMusic consumers) with their experimental takes on rock compared to the [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny relatively unoriginal]], [[ValuesDissonance and rather inoffensive]] Music/ElvisPresley and Music/TheBeatles. Let's see if rock music survives its displacement by Hip Hop and Synthpop[=/=]{{Disco}}.

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** Thanks to the ponderous success of Music/LadyGaga, {{Synthpop}} has had recieved a comeback in the United States (at least) after two decades worth of AlternativeRock and HipHop, with a valid prediction that disco, of ''all'' music may return to prominence by the second half of the decade[[note]] owing not only to the "40-year loop", but also thanks to youngsters having no track of [[DeaderThanDisco the backlash against that genre]] (and probably their parents probably only have a faint memory of it[[/note]], despite the declining CD sales attributed to the rise of the MP3 format's popularity. Likewise with other electronic music genres, many a pop star has cashed in the craze at least once, [[BrokenBase with mixed results]]. For example, Music/JustinBieber can only sing and use guitars, trumpets, and pianos, but his songs commonly have synths and digital instruments in the mix. If you like him, [[InternetBackdraft prepare going tortured to death]] when Bieber's {{Hatedom}} criticizes that not only you're one of his fans, [[ItsPopularNowItSucks he's]] '''''[[ItsPopularNowItSucks LUNATICALLY]]''''' [[ItsPopularNowItSucks popular among female middle school and high school students]] [[HypeBacklash and looks or sounds too young to make music appealing to such audiences]]. If not, you're one of his haters.
*** BoyBands have also started to make a comeback after being DeaderThanDisco for almost a decade; this time, they were crafted in Bieber's mold. Unfortunately, all of them failed to achieve the astronomical level of popularity that Bieber has. Well, all except one. The boy band in question is British-Irish [[Series/TheXFactor X Factor]] graduates Music/OneDirection. After conquering the UK in 2011, One Direction started to rapidly grow an international fanbase, and when they released their "Up All Night" album in the US, it debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200, a feat unheard of for a British band's debut album. Throughout 2012, One Direction quickly stole many of Bieber's fans and was neck-a-neck with him the entire year, while preventing other boy bands like Music/TheWanted and Series/BigTimeRush from blowing up in a similar manner.
* Rock music in general, including UsefulNotes/HeavyMetal and HardRock, fell hard in popularity thanks to the decline of CD sales. While bands such as Music/LinkinPark, Music/AvengedSevenfold, Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/VanHalen are capable of commercial success, it's nothing close to what they experienced at their peaks. Music journalism headlines are now devoted to the LighterAndSofter "Indie Rock" genre. TheBlackKeys, Imagine Dragons, LanaDelRey, Music/SnowPatrol, FlorenceAndTheMachine, BonIver, FosterThePeople, Mumford & Sons, Music/{{Adele}}, Music/{{Gotye}}, and Music/{{Fun}}, are representative, but only the last three of these has scored at least one ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one single, among them "We Are Young" being the first rock single in nearly four years to top the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (the last being "Viva la Vida" by Music/{{Coldplay}}). Adele earned a Grammy Award lottery as a result from the records she broke on her sophomore album ''21''. Also, Snow Patrol was established in TheNineties, long before indie went mainstream with TheStrokes[='=] ''Is This It''. Beside indie bands, Music/{{Coldplay}} and Music/{{Muse}} have maintained the popularity of AlternativeRock among the youth market (currently HipHop and ElectronicMusic consumers) with their experimental takes on rock compared to the [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny relatively unoriginal]], [[ValuesDissonance and rather inoffensive]] Music/ElvisPresley and Music/TheBeatles. Let's see if rock music survives its displacement by Hip Hop and Synthpop[=/=]{{Disco}}.

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* The "groovy groove" experienced late on the previous decade has hit its' stride early in the 2010's with a boom in light, rebellious, happy, idealized, and/or extravagant entertainment as the world still looked for distractions from TheWarOnTerror and The Great Recession: According to the Sekhmet Hypothesis, the 2005-2010 period marks the beginning and the peak of the new "hippie" era, in contrast to the straightening practices of the [[TheEighties previous]] [[TheNineties three]] [[TurnOfTheMillennium decades]], with thick NerdGlasses, large earphones, "old-fashioned" clothing such as fedoras and ''Film/{{Avatar}}''-style eargauges being the accesories of choice. Young men sport [[SeventiesHair long hair and/or sideburns]] while women use [[DyeHard new and exotic]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair colors for their hair]], apart from noting for their [[WorldOfSnark well-known use of sarcasm]] with [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]] now enjoy national exposure in every form of media. JamesCameron overturned [[{{Film/Titanic}} his own record]] with ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and reignited the 3D craze which had lain fallow since the 1980's. ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' became a household name. ''Series/{{Glee}}'' [[VindicatedByHistory has turned]] TheSeventies from an OldShame [[NostalgiaFilter to an inspiration]], with its peace and love spirit [[HopeSpringsEternal capturing the enthusiasm and optimism of youth.]] LighterAndSofter remakes such as ''[[TotalRecall2012 Total Recall]]'' gave birth to the "[[SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty shiny reboot]]". While most popular media in the 2000's usually [[ViewersAreMorons questioned (or even insulted in some cases) the intelligence of the audience]], the trend nowadays is seen to [[ViewersAreGeniuses prize the audience's knowledge], ditching both the LaughTrack and the StudioAudience, marking the consolidation of the {{mockumentary}} format as the standard for sitcoms. The BeYourself philosophy has increased the popularity of the "competition reality" format, which now dominates network primetime.

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* The "groovy groove" experienced late on the previous decade has hit its' stride early in the 2010's with a boom in light, rebellious, happy, idealized, and/or extravagant entertainment as the world still looked for distractions from TheWarOnTerror and The Great Recession: According to the Sekhmet Hypothesis, the 2005-2010 period marks the beginning and the peak of the new "hippie" era, in contrast to the straightening practices of the [[TheEighties previous]] [[TheNineties three]] [[TurnOfTheMillennium decades]], with thick NerdGlasses, large earphones, "old-fashioned" clothing such as fedoras and ''Film/{{Avatar}}''-style eargauges being the accesories of choice. Young men sport [[SeventiesHair long hair and/or sideburns]] while women use [[DyeHard new and exotic]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair colors for their hair]], apart from noting for their [[WorldOfSnark well-known use of sarcasm]] with [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]] now enjoy national exposure in every form of media. JamesCameron overturned [[{{Film/Titanic}} his own record]] with ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and reignited the 3D craze which had lain fallow since the 1980's. ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' became a household name. ''Series/{{Glee}}'' [[VindicatedByHistory has turned]] TheSeventies from an OldShame [[NostalgiaFilter to an inspiration]], with its peace and love spirit [[HopeSpringsEternal capturing the enthusiasm and optimism of youth.]] LighterAndSofter remakes such as ''[[TotalRecall2012 Total Recall]]'' gave birth to the "[[SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty shiny reboot]]". While most popular media in the 2000's usually [[ViewersAreMorons questioned (or even insulted in some cases) the intelligence of the audience]], the trend nowadays is seen to [[ViewersAreGeniuses prize the audience's knowledge]], ditching both the LaughTrack and the StudioAudience, marking the consolidation of the {{mockumentary}} format as the standard for sitcoms. The BeYourself philosophy has increased the popularity of the "competition reality" format, which now dominates network primetime.

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