1/ What are the BEST LISTS on the list of BEST OF DECADE LISTS? So delighted you meta-asked. Let's thread it up! 
2/ I have been steadfastly collating all the "Best of the Decade" lists into a single repository. With 500+ lists and counting, the sheer size of this directory can be daunting. This thread will apply some much-needed curation to this bulging trove: fimoculous.com/decade-review-…
3/ Let's start with an ostentatious display of brute force. Vulture ranked EVERY SINGLE FILM of the decade. All 5,279 of them. This is the epitome of hubris, and supremely excellent. vulture.com/2019/12/every-…
4/ Music always dominates the meta-lists. But instead of offering a vast menu of Best Albums, here are the best-selling VINYL albums of the decade (very few of which dropped this decade). officialcharts.com/chart-news/off…
5/ As long as we're doing hard stats, think you can identify the most popular baby names of the 2010s? Before clicking, try to guess. You are... probably wrong! ssa.gov/oact/babynames…
6/ Perhaps you will fare better at the Top 20 scientific discoveries. Did you guess gravitational waves, exoplanets, higgs boson, and crispr? Here's your Nobel. nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/1…
7/ My favorite lists collate pervasive cultural phenomena that we often overlook. Like movie posters. These are wonderful: slashfilm.com/best-movie-pos…
8/ And... stationery products? You do you. penaddict.com/blog/2019/12/8…
9/ Perhaps your pious soul yearns for listicles of a more sacred variety? Seek and ye shall find... ncronline.org/news/opinion/y…
10/ A populist internet chorus has dubbed our era "the decade of memes." No surprise, Buzzfeed (@katienotopoulos, @juliareinstein, @broderick) compiled the authoritative compendium. buzzfeednews.com/article/katien…
@katienotopoulos @juliareinstein @broderick 11/ But XXL wins for co-opting the Buzzfeed strategy of narrowing the psychographic focus for maximum memetic value. xxlmag.com/news/2019/11/b…
12/ In economics, the indisputable theme of the decade was the widening wealth gap. But since the internet failed to deliver even one "Best Piketty Charts" slideshow, here is some real estate porn to feast upon instead. businessinsider.com/most-expensive…
13/ Some have argued it was the decade of the podcast... aux.avclub.com/the-podcasts-t…
14/ ...or the decade of viral videos... cnet.com/news/from-frid…
15/ ...but get real, it was the decade of microbrews. pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/…
16/ Or was it internet slang? insider.com/best-slang-wor…
17/ Sneakerheads are an exasperating enigma, but someday this list could be an incredible historical object. Just imagine it's the year 5019, and this is the last surviving artifact of our era. Will they think we worshipped a deity named NIKE AIR YEEZY 2? sneakernews.com/2019/12/16/sne…
18/ I would argue it was the decade of comedy — nothing has been more fractious in our culture. pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/…
19/ FUCK OFF, I WAS JUST KIDDING! Add it to the list of bad takes. theoutline.com/post/8406/wors…
20/ So far we have avoided the perfunctory Big Names in the list-making industry. To feign some gravitas, we need to mention a few canonical sources. To start: if anyone is known for stamping their imprimatur on an industry, it's Vogue. vogue.com/article/2010s-…
21/ Same goes for Polygon and video games. polygon.com/features/2019/…
22/ And Curbed has NYC architecture. ny.curbed.com/2019/11/27/209…
23/ Car and Driver thankfully itemizes cars, not drivers. caranddriver.com/features/a2880…
24/ And though there are many upstart contenders, let's cede the canonical film list to NYT. nytimes.com/2019/11/24/mov…
25/ Though if I am being honest, I enjoyed this list more. indiewire.com/gallery/contro…
26/ The repository contains several great book lists. We need to highlight one. LitHub gets the nod. lithub.com/100-books-that…
27/ The repository also contains over 100 music lists — including best guitar riffs, jazz moments, one-hit wonders, k-pop songs, gay anthems, SNL performances, and cover songs. But as long as we are feigning authority... pitchfork.com/features/lists…
28/ The Vergeowns the bad tech vertical, and they needed 84 entries to itemize this decade. theverge.com/2019/12/20/210…
29/ If you were looking for the Top 10 Patent Stories of the Decade, where would you go? Duh. IP Watchdog, that's where. ipwatchdog.com/2019/12/22/top…
30/ "DJ Booth-dot-com" does not sound canonical, but this list is indisputably fun. djbooth.net/features/2019-…
31/ Is this the Vice-est thing that Vice has ever Viced? vice.com/en_us/article/…
32/ And this, the mostest Buzzfeediest ever Buzzed? buzzfeed.com/mjs538/florida…
33/ Don't forget the theater kids! hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-new…
34/ And the jocks, who produced a bounty of lists. But the only thing interesting about sports is the money line. ftw.usatoday.com/2019/12/best-s…
35/ You gotta wonder how they narrowed this one down. theweek.com/articles/87036…
36/ And finally, to contextualize it all, here's a chaser, or if you choose, a palate cleanser. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
37/ Thanks for reading this list of lists... of lists... of lists? I forget. But I hope you rate me a good custodian of the meta-deca-archive. fimoculous.com/decade-review-…
