system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it that the 80s, 90s, and many other decades in the 20th century had such distinctive personalities, but the last 15 years seem to have been a blur that we don't refer to by any particular name?
gpt
Partially because of how far removed we are from them.  It takes a fair deal of distance to actually analyze something like that. Additionally, digital media have allowed niche cultures to become far more prominent, leading to each decade to have less of a uniform character.