I think it ended circa 2011
2011 B.C.
To quote Woody Allen:
"Nostalgia is denial - denial of the painful present... the name for this denial is golden age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in - its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present."
Actually, that's spot on and wisdom lvl 999.
In my 10+ years here, the Tuz has always been the Tuz. Same circus with complaints coming from, and about, different clowns.
Actually, about the time I joined there was a sort of "more supportive" golden age that Martin talks about -- that soon ended. But you'll have to ask him details on that.