Things that changed our lives this past decade
- Source: Global Times
- [16:57 December 24 2009]
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Celebrity culture
Celebrity magazines feed a growing obsession with celebrities and the everyday minutiae of their lives. By decade's end, we are still obsessed, though Britney Spears and
Angelina Jolie had ceded many covers to reality stars like Jon and Kate Gosselin. Celebrity websites like TMZ took hold mid-decade.
Cell phones
Cell phones are now used by more than 85 percent of the US population. On the downside, they've made cheating on a spouse more difficult. Tiger Woods is an example.
Connectivity
People are all expected to be connected wirelessly all the time. The boss e-mailing you on a Sunday? Better reply, unless you're off in the Antarctica — you have no excuse.
Cougar
An American TV series Cougar Town focuses on a phenomenon that gained its name this decade: older women dating younger men.
Crocs
Those ubiquitous plastic clogs debuted in 2002 and have become the shoes you love to hate. No matter you like them or not, US first lady Michelle Obama wore them on vacation in
2009.
Dating
The Internet transformed how people date. And it wasn't just the territory of the relatively young – seniors have found love online too.
This social networking site was once limited only to Harvard students. Now it was used by more than 300 million people globally and has created a whole new form of social
etiquette.
