8. Got away with murder
― rob, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
9. Dane Cook
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
10. Salvia
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
11. drink Zima
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
12. say "wow, the 80s were 20 years ago" unironically
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
13. share music on KaZaA
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:14 (three years ago) link
Watch flash videos.Invade Iraq.
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
yeah the flash videos have not aged well
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
16. Visit homestarrunner dot com.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
17. Start posting on "I Love Everything"
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
18. collapse housing bubble
― jmm, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
19. Read web comics
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
20. Listen to punk rock compilation albums about how much George W. Bush sucked.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
21. let their Tamaguchis die
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
22. Fight in the great hipster wars
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
23. Get new music recommendations from Ultragrrrl.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
24. Join ILX
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
25. Download and hoard thousands of MP3s
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
26. Be racist, except ‘ironically’.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
27. Buy a map
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
28. Had their Nextel phones loudly chirp and someone start talking in the middle of a meeting.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
29. Wear novelty eyeglasses on New Years Eve that spell out what year is coming next
― Josefa, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
30. Called things "gay"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
31. Pollstar.com to look up upcoming concerts
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
32. Have kids, get married
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
33. Buy shitty "tie-in" DVDs that took place between the first and second films in a series as a cash-grab
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
34. Tubgirl
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
35. argued about when centuries begin
― rob, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
36. Homemade episodes of Jackass on someone’s dad’s video recorder
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
37. Enjoy the novelty of setting up a digital queue to be sent DVDs by mail.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
38. Jenny McCarthy's flatulence
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
Print out directions for long journeys on Google Maps
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
(39.)
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
40. Read Slashdot
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
41. Be born without their prior consent, to parents they didn't choose, into a world that was totally fucked up before they arrived, so it's clearly not their fault, and it's all just so unfair!!
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
42. Make a phone call when a simple text message would have sufficed.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
42. Spend 5 minutes composing a relatively short text message via T9
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
44. take a picture with your phone, which looks a bit like you took it while on a rollercoaster
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
45. Had utopian ideals about the internet.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
46. While still using the work intranet.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
47. Get their news from Comedy Central
― Øystein, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
T9 was faster than touchscreens :(
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
48. Watched dvd extras, including entire directory's commentary audio
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
49. Smell what bars really smell like for the first time
― Josefa, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
50. Could be reached at hax0rz✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
Phew, good thing it got censored straight away.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:32 (three years ago) link
51. buy a cassette tape with a headphone wire hanging out of it so they could trick their car's tape deck into playing an ipod.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
52. Traipse around town with a discman in their oversized pocket.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
53. watched seasons of a TV show one episode at a time, at one-week intervals, over a 6-8 month timespan
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Wednesday, May 19, 2021 11:33 AM (six minutes ago)
still works better than Bluetooth!
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
271. This is the thread where you roll up the rim to win
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 07:55 (three years ago) link
272. Your mum
― hoos springsteen (qiqing), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 08:12 (three years ago) link
273. Adult kickball leagues
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 09:30 (three years ago) link
274. Go to internet cafes while travelling.(boring option, but probably the most 00s thing for me)
― ed.b, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 14:03 (three years ago) link
hahaha I did that a few times
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
275. Lost the connector dongle for their PCMCIA modem card
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
276. downloaded entire albums on their T1 connections, said it was ok as the 'artists make more money off of touring anyway'. had kids that now say the same thing in 2021.
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
277. asked ilx what "GPRS connectivity" meant, feeling that it was somehow the future
New Apple Lust Objects
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
274b and often spent half-hour waiting for the dial-up to connect and frequently lost long emails as the whole thing crashed.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 17 June 2021 13:37 (three years ago) link
278. Said "shit the bed" to express surprise
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
279. Were really impressed by street art
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
280. Played electronic music shows with a desktop and CRT monitor
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
280. Finally accept that Marissa Nadler is the nu-gothique schnizzle
― ✖, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
282. Were Poxy Fules Who Turned Back
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
Chill down my spine from 282.
― chap, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 10:14 (two years ago) link
283. Were constantly anxious that a terrorist attack might happen.
― chap, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 10:15 (two years ago) link
^ i was thinking abt this yesterday with the florida condo collapse, when i realized that none of the media coverage i've seen included the phrase "the authorities have ruled out terrorism as a likely cause" which was standard boilerplate for so long, even when completely obvious and unnecessary, and i had a vivid feeling of the W years being well & truly over
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 12:39 (two years ago) link
Huh I only just noticed that now after you pointed it out.
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
284. showed off their whale-tails
― peace, man, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
285. were clean shaven
― chap, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
286. Liked James Franco
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
287. Took some things on the internet at face value.
― chap, Thursday, 1 July 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
288. Vaguely assumed that at some point airport security would get back to normal.
― trishyb, Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:14 (two years ago) link
Definitely a conspiracy headed by Big Duty Free that we still can't take liquid on.
― chap, Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:35 (two years ago) link
Has someone already identified flashmobs? I do remember them as a depressing content-free 2000s phenomenon.
Thinking about them now, I think the single most irritating thing was participants' self-satisfaction - as if they were doing something significant
― Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 1 July 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
that continued into the 10s as well.
the Harlem Shake was the first one that actually pissed me off.
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Thursday, 1 July 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
Ha, I was actually talked into participating in one in the very early 00s near Liverpool St maybe where we all had to wear cricket whites for whatever reason. It was insanely boring.
― chap, Thursday, 1 July 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
looking back now its weird to realize that it peaked as a fad so long before the era of widespread smartphones and video-based social media. i remember hating flashmobs, but cant recall how i actually saw them. pictures on flickr? clips on local news?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 1 July 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
Yeah that is odd - in my head they're linked to Facebook but actually a few years too early to have been in reality.
― chap, Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
I think maybe there'd be the occasional slightly jokey item about them on national news.
― chap, Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
I remember reading about them on cnn.com
― peace, man, Thursday, 1 July 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
289. Vonage
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
290. Listened to mashups
― Kim, Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
291. Say "Bunch of arse"
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:06 (one year ago) link
292. Said, out loud, things like “that’s teh cool”.
― Every post of mine is an expression of eternity (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 25 May 2023 12:55 (one year ago) link
293. Maintained profiles on both Friendster and MySpace until it was clear which one was gonna really take off.
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:04 (one year ago) link
294. Got knocked for a loop when thefacebook.com showed up to the party.
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:05 (one year ago) link
295. Had no idea what 90% of the electronic music producers your record collection looked like, or had any knowledge of their views / breakfast that day / hot takes on current affairs etc.
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
*in your record collection even
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
reaction videos are the flash mobs of the 2020s
― budo jeru, Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
298. A young generation moved into adulthood, boldly declaring their key tenet: ‘We eat ass’
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 26 May 2023 07:32 (one year ago) link
Teenage dirtbags
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Friday, 26 May 2023 07:42 (one year ago) link
300. Googlewhacked
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 26 May 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link