welcome to the future: putting time in perspective

I just came across this blog called, Waitbutwhy.com , obviously I was immediately intrigued, and started to explore. Wow, Tim Urban, you think pretty funky and I would love to have a chat. Deep into the blog, I found You’re in the Future: 2016 Edition, I love putting things in terms of pop culture. My historical timeline is already messed up, I seriously don’t understand how Albert Einstein was alive at the same time as Oprah. Make it make sense. Well, this is how it makes sense to me:

It’s 2025.

It’s been 3 years since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.

It’s been 5 years since Covid-19. The COVID-19 babies are now 5. And those kindergartners, who logged onto Zoom instead of having show and tell are now in fourth grade.

It’s been 5 years since Rise and Shine by Kylie Jenner.

It’s been 6 years since the Bye Sister scandal.

It’s been 6 years since Shane Dawson got down on two knees and proposed.

It’s been 6 years since Grumpy Cat died.

It’s been 6 years since Ariana Grande put her exes on blast with Thank you, Next.

It’s been 6 years since the college admission scandal.

It’s been 6 years since New Amsterdam Vodka and Barstool Sports came out with Pink Whitney.

It’s been 6 years since Jeffery Epstein “killed himself”.

It’s been 6 years since an egg stole Kylie Jenner’s crown.

It’s been 6 years since the Chucky Cheese pizza conspiracy theory.

It’s been 7 years since Musical.ly became TikTok.

It’s been 7 years since XXXTentacion was murdered (spotlight uh moonlight yuh).

It’s been 7 years since Mason Ramsey yodeled in Walmart.

It’s been 7 years since paper straws began to take over (Starbucks and McDonald’s started it).

It’s been 7 years since TanaCon.

It’s been 7 years since “cancel culture” was born.

It’s been 7 years since Kylie Jenner confirmed her pregnancy via Youtube video.

It’s been 8 years since fidget spinners became popular.

It’s been 8 years since Fyre Festival.

It’s been 8 years since Beyoncé broke the internet with her Instragam pregnancy announcement.

It’s been 8 years since Logan Paul was cancelled in the Japan’s Aokigahara forest.

It’s been 8 years since Kendal Jenner’s Pepsi commercial.

It’s been 9 years since Rihanna’s last tour.

It’s been 9 years since what are thooooooose.

It’s been 9 years since Harambe. RIP

It’s been 9 years since the mannequin challenge.

It’s been 10 years since Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner at the Miss Universe pageant.

It’s been 10 years since the Whip and Nae Nae were invented.

It’s been 10 years since Zayn Malik left One Direction.

It’s been 10 years since Hamilton.

It’s been 10 years since Hotline Bling by Drake. (and the mamba remix has been my ringtone ever since)

It’s been 10 years since Kylie Cosmetics and the first lip kit.

It’s been 11 years since Flappy bird was taken off the App Store.

It’s been 11 years since Justin Bieber was arrested for a DUI and all of the moms got together and told their kids, Justin Bieber was a bad guy.

It’s been 11 years since Kim Kardashian’s: Hollywood game went live on the App Store.

It’s been 11 years since Alex from Target.

It’s been 11 years since the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

It’s been 12 years since Miley Cyrus twerked on Robin Thicke on stage at the *MTV Video Music Awards. (wow a lot of stuff has happened at the MTV Video Music Awards)

It’s been 12 years since Frozen premiered.

It’s been 13 years since Pitch Perfect and the Cups song.

It’s been 13 years since Uber kicked taxis to the curb.

It’s been 14 years since Beyoncé announced that she was pregnant at the *MTV Video Music Awards.

It’s been 14 years since Friday by Rebecca Black.

It’s been 14 years since Miley Stewart came out as Hannah Montana to the world.

It’s been 15 years since Lady Gaga strutted the red carpet wearing a dress made of meat at the 2010 *MTV Music Video Awards.

It’s been 15 years since One Direction formed.

It’s been 16 years since Kanye West stole the mic from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech for Best Video by a Female Artistand said, “I’mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best video’s of all time!”.

It’s been 16 years since the first Emi Jay.

It’s been 16 years since Dude Perfect started.

It’s been 16 years since the TeenNick channel began and it’s been 3 years since it was cancelled.

It’s been 18 years since Netflix started streaming.

It’s been 18 years since Charlie bit my finger.

It’s been 19 years since Josh ran over Oprah.

It’s been 23 years since Nick started sliming people at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

It’s been 23 years since the Spiderman kiss.

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