[JimiofEden]

It might also just be a matter of growing up and suddenly realizing that everything seems so much more defined than previously thought.

Anecdotally, but I also noticed that from around 2000 to 2010, suddenly everything needed to be categorized very specifically.

But what stood out is that people would get very weirdly upset if you put something in the wrong box, and all but start a fight about it (over forums, of course.) This was especially prevalent in the electronic music scene, but happens to this day during video game genre discussions.

[Kye]

The "Is Zelda an RPG?" hell threads come to mind.