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Most significant event of the decade?

Haiti Earthquake
Death of Osama Bin Laden
Japan Tsunami
Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision
2016 Presidential election
Brexit

Feel free to add more as seen fit.

Best Wert of the decade:
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Bacos
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Best TV series of the decade?

Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Black Mirror
Orange is The New Black
Stranger Things
This is Us
The Blacklist
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Westworld
Blindspot

Best Food Trends of the decade

Avocado Toast
Açaí Bowl
Kombucha Tea
Cronut
Ramen Burger
Alcoholic Seltzer
Unicorn Food (rainbow bagel)
Almond Milk (milk alternatives)
Gluten Free
Raindrop Cake

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Ukraine/State Dept ‘quid pro quo’-2019

Best app of the decade:

Show of Hands
Everything else

Best TV shows of the decade. Can include, but not limited to: Breaking Bad, The Office, Game of Thrones, Parks n Rec, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, This is Us, Fleabag, & Stranger Things.

Best/Most innovative company of the decade?

Apple
Tesla
Amazon
Google
Netflix
Marvel Studios
SpaceX

For added fun, the suggested showdown that I post that gets the most upvotes will win its author a modestly fabulous prize (that I haven't decided on yet). Game on!

Best year of the decade

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

Best Word-Of-The-Year of the decade:
Tender-age Shelter
Fake News
Dumpster Fire
They
#blacklivesmatter
Because...
Hashtag
Occupy
App
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www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-words-every-year-2017-1

Best year for you: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, etc

Political scandals...
IRS targets conservative groups -2010-2012
Anthony Weiner- 2011
Fast and Furious-2012
NSA data collection-2013
VA lies about wait times -2014
DNC gives Clinton debate questions-2015
Russia interference- 2016
Sexual Misconduct-2017
Kavanaugh confirmation-2018
Ukraine/State Dept ‘quid pro quo’-2019

Best word or phrase:

Fake news
Hashtag
Non-binary or they (gender identity)
Manscaping
Twerk
Selfie
Brexit
Bitcoin or cryptocurrency
Binge watch
Snowflake
Fidget spinner
Me too
Zika
Reparations
White privilege
ISIS
Meme
Fracking
MS-13
Arab Spring
Tea Party
Seal Team 6
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Best *popular* movies of the decade:
1. The Wolf of Wall Street
2. The Social Network
3. The Dark Knight Rises
4. Inception
5. Star Wars: Force Awakens
6. Mad Max: Fury Road
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Skyfall
9. The Avengers
10. Django Unchained

Best Text Abbreviations

YGT You Go Tony
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing.
STFU Shut the *freak* up.
LMK. Let me know.
ILY I love you.
YOLO You only live once.
SMH Shaking my head.
LMFAO Laughing my freaking *a* off.
NVM Never mind.
BRB. Be right back
WTF What The *Freak*

SW. SUGGESTIONS WELCOME

SOH is no place for “modesty”

Country that improved their national prestige the most over the past decade.
1. United States
2. China
3.Russia
4. Germany
5. United Kingdom
6. India
7. Brazil
8. Japan
9. Canada
10. France

Best car of the decade?

2010 Aston Martin Rapide
2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
2012 Audi A7
2013 SRT Viper
2014 Ford Transit Connect
2015 Tesla Model X
2016 Volvo XC90
2017 Fiat 124 Spyder
2018 Honda Accord
2019 Cadillac XT4

Best Superhero Movies

1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Black Panther
3. The Avengers
4. Wonder Woman
5. Avengers: Infinity War
6. Captain America: Civil War
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Iron Man 3
9. Deadpool
10. Logan

Arguably, this list is lacking. I could list at least 20 possibilities easily for this, so maybe two poll series?

Best Boy Names(of the 10 most popular)
1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Jacob
4. Mason
5. William
6. Ethan
7. Michael
8. Alexander
9. James
10. Elijah

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World leader
New slang word
TV show
Action movie
Actor/Actress
Phone app
Singer/song
US news story (I guess most read)
World news story (again, most read
Car/vehicle
New technology
New law (in the US)
College
College degree
Human rights advancement

Use decades 1900-1910, 1910-1920 and so on, up to today.

It would be interesting to see how the world has changed

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Most improved technology since 2010:

1. Phones
2. Tablets
3. Computers
4. TVs
5. Social Media
6. Cars
7. Wearables
8. Virtual Reality
9. Augmented Reality
10. The Internet

Best YouTube Channels of the decade

EPS Russia
Epic Meal Time
Shane Dawson TV
College Humor
Freddie Wong
Jenna Marbles
Machinima
Smosh
Ryan Higa
Ray William Johnson

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Dipping sauce

Best emojis
😂😘🤣👏🤔😜😱💩👍🤷‍♂️

Best pop singers of the 2010s

Taylor Swift
Katy Perry
Ariana Grande
Drake
Ed Sheehan
Selena Gomez
Justin Bieber
Iggy Azalea
Charlie Puth
Shawn Mendes

SOH user of the decade.

Best movies of the decade

Spotlight
Moonlight
Inception
Mission Impossible - Fallout
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Green Book
Blade Runner 2049
The Shape of Water
12 Years a Slave
Get Out

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Or coolest cars of the decade

Best Girl Names (of the 10 most popular)
1. Emma
2. Sophia
3. Olivia
4. Isabella
5. Ava
6. Mia
7. Abigail
8. Emily
9. Madison
10. Charlotte

Best tv series of this decade, in no particular order:

Longmire
Parenthood
Heartland
Murdoch Mysteries
This is Us
The Good Doctor
God Friended Me
Blindspot
The Blacklist
The Man in the High Castle

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Best rock song of the 80's. You could use any genre and go by year. For the 80's it would be:

1. Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd, 1980
2. Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones, 1981
3. Pretty Woman - Van Halen, 1982
4. Every Breathe You Take - The Police, 1983
5. Jump - Van Halen, 1984
6. Money for Nothing - Dire Straits, 1985
7. Invisible Touch - Genesis, 1986
8. Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi, 1987
9. Orange Crush - R.E.M., 1988
10. Show Don't Tell - Rush, 1989

Source: www.Tunecaster.com

I'm sure you will get many great ideas and far better than this one. @Wert, this beats your first one but not your second. 😂

Have fun with this poll.

How about Best ways to Improve a website or APP?
How about best ways to keep your users of the app happy?
How about best ways to not play favorites or bow to cowardly crybaby Snowflakes?
How about best ways to effectively communicate and actually respond to messages?
How about best ways to kick people off an app ?

Best of...
Authors 📚
Bands or songs 🎵
The gamers would like video games
Brands
Automobiles
Inventions
Funniest tweets
Apps (SoH being #1 of course)

We could do a “worst of” list too.

It’s not crazy. It’s one of the most watched films of the decade. I went off the IMDb most watched rankings.

The Dark Knight was 2008, so it was the precious decade.

Best most disruptive companies. Sell you the same thing with a new business model.

Netflix
Uber
Amazon
Airbnb
Spotify

Best athletes including olympians.
Best commercial or character in commercial like Flo from Progressive, the couple in State Farm ad “burned down my she shed”. Defining moments like first black president and Trump presidency, natural disasters, hacking, iPhone, Amazon , school shootings, plane crashes, terror attacks, and other categories.

Best SOH users of the decade

Best Songs of the decade

Formation - Beyoncé
Alright - Kendrick Lamar
Run Away With Me - Carly Rae Jepsen
This Is America - Childish Gambino
Blank Space - Taylor Swift
Royals - Lorde
Hold On - Alabama Shakes
DNA - Kendrick Lamar
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Rolling In the Deep - Adele

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Best Comedians of the decade

Bill Hader
Kyle Kinane
Kristen Wiig
Melissa McCarthy
Tig Notaro
Danny McBride & Jody Hill
Jordan Peele & Keegan-Michael Key
Tina Fey
Hannibal Buress
John Mulaney

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Best President of the Decade

1. TRUMP
2. TRUMP
3. TRUMP
4. TRUMP
5. TRUMP
6. TRUMP
7. TRUMP
8. TRUMP
9. TRUMP
10. TRUMP

Breaking bad!?!?!?!?

Alright is such a jam.

Best memes

The first black president? I don’t think we should use labels to point out differences, but if your going to, use the white label, I mean right label.

Scandal
New word/expression
New invention
Scientific advancement

Best abortion stances of the decade:

1) Pro-life

2) Pro-choice