The Best 2010 Pop Culture Trends
Lady Gaga's Meat Dress and All the Other Most-Iconic 2010 Pop Culture Moments
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Imagine: It's a bright, sunny afternoon in 2010 and you're listening to "Aeroplanes" by B.o.B on your iPod Nano on your way home from school. You're counting down the hours until the next episode of Pretty Little Liars, and you're wondering who could possibly be "A." Prince William and Kate Middleton just got engaged, and you get butterflies every time you see a photo of them looking lovingly at each other. Hey, true love is a beautiful thing. When you get home, you log onto Facebook and maybe give your crush (or, let's be real, your BFF) a "Poke." After you do your homework, you play a game of Angry Birds, and things. are. good.
Now, flash forward 10 years. It's 2020 and all you want to do is go back to 2010, and listen, we hear you. So in honour of what life was like a decade ago, here's a list that will make you seriously nostalgic for the simpler times. From the throwback music hits to all the "I can't believe that actually happened" moments, take a trip down memory lane; 2010, here we come.
1 Katy Perry Turned Up the Heat in the "California Gurls" Music Video
2 Sex and the City 2 Made Us Cherish Our Friends
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3 If "Like a G6" Isn't STILL Going Through Your Head to This Day, You Did 2010 Wrong
4 127 Hours Came Out in Cinemas, and We Vowed to Never Go Climbing Alone
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5 Leap Year Was Ultracheesy, but You Couldn't Not Watch It
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6 While Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Was the Romance Movie We Didn't Know We Needed
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7 Drake's Thank Me Later Album Came Out, Which Meant "Fireworks" Was on Repeat
8 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Came Out (!!)
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9 When Facebook Hit 500 Million Users, No One Knew How Much Bigger It Would Become
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10 John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Got Married and Stole Our Hearts
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11 Justin Bieber Released "Baby," aka the Best Song EVER
12 And Who Could Forget "Cooler Than Me"?
13 Eminem Made Us Cry Every Time We Listened to "Love the Way You Lie"
14 And Black Swan Sent Chills Down Everyone's Spines
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15 The Beloved Mystery Comedy Psych Hit the 5-Season Mark
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16 And Let's Not Forget About Despicable Me and the Introduction of Minions
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17 Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Were a Total Tease at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards
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18 Kesha Blessed Us With Her Animal Album, Which Was Played at Every Dance
19 And Everyone Was Hooked on Covert Affairs
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20 Kathryn Bigelow Became the First Woman to Win Best Director at the Oscars For The Hurt Locker
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21 iPads Came Out and Shook the Technology World
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22 And Everyone Dedicated Hours of Their Lives to Angry Birds
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23 The Hills Wrapped Up That Year — Cue the Tears
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24 If You Didn't Hear "Bulletproof" at Least Once a Day, You Weren't Listening
25 Lady Gaga Stunned Onlookers in Her Sparkly Grammys Look
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26 She Also Wore Slabs of Meat to the 2010 VMAs
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27 Easy A Was the Must-Watch Rom-Com of the Summer
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28 And We Stayed Up Late Watching White Collar's Second Season (Matt Bomer, Swoon)
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29 While Inception Was the Thriller Everyone Had to See 10+ Times
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30 Let's Just Say We All Wanted to Thrive at the Bachelor Pad, at Least For a Little
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31 It Was a Magical Day When Prince William Got Engaged to Kate Middleton
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32 And Remember When Russell Brand and Katy Perry Were a Thing?
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33 The Walking Dead Was the Only Show That Mattered
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34 Everyone Was Blasting "Forget You" in Their Cars While Thinking About Their Exes
35 And You Wished Your First Love Would Sing "Just the Way You Are" to You
36 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Was the Highest-Grossing Film of the Year
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37 And Toy Story 3 Made Us Cry More Than We'd Like to Admit
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38 Not to Mention, Kick-Ass Was Pretty Cool
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39 You Literally Said "OMG" When Usher Came Out With the Smash Hit "OMG"
40 Taylor Swift Won Her First Award at the Grammys in 2010
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41 Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock Accepted a Tie For Best Actress at the Critics' Choice With a Kiss
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42 Lost Had Its Series Finale, Meaning It Was Time to Start From the Beginning Again
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43 We Were Introduced to Megan in Mad Men's Fourth Season — and Don Proposed to Her!
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44 And Then There Was the Hope For Haiti Telethon, Which Raised More Than $57 Million in 24 Hours
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45 "Aeroplanes" Was the Biggest Bop of All
46 You Questioned Your SO Every Time "Whatcha Say" Came On
47 The Social Network Came Out, and Mark Zuckerberg Became a Household Name
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48 What Was Your Favourite Memory From 2010?
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