Things people did in the 2000s

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42. Make a phone call when a simple text message would have sufficed.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:10 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

45. Had utopian ideals about the internet.

Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:20 (five years ago)

46. While still using the work intranet.

Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:21 (five years ago)

47. Get their news from Comedy Central

Øystein, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:27 (five years ago)

42. Spend 5 minutes composing a relatively short text message via T9

T9 was faster than touchscreens :(

change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:28 (five years ago)

48. Watched dvd extras, including entire directory's commentary audio

change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:29 (five years ago)

49. Smell what bars really smell like for the first time

Josefa, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:30 (five years ago)

50. Could be reached at hax0rz✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧

pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:31 (five years ago)

Phew, good thing it got censored straight away.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:32 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

52. Traipse around town with a discman in their oversized pocket.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:36 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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, 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 (five years ago)

lol i was using this method until 2014, when my car with a cassette deck died.

treeship., Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:43 (five years ago)

54. Spending insane amounts of money to buy cheap trucker hats that looked exactly like every other trucker hat except they had the name of a late motorcycle mechanic and artist on the front.

soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:46 (five years ago)

fucking hated this decade

brimstead, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:51 (five years ago)

(forgot to include part of that description, should read "of a late, racist, possibly neo-Nazi, motorcycle mechanic and artist")

soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:51 (five years ago)

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:52 (five years ago)

55. Unironically used the catchphrase, "that's hot".

soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:56 (five years ago)

56. Show some buttcrack

Josefa, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 19:18 (five years ago)

never out of style

nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 19:20 (five years ago)

nikka costa

Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 20:04 (five years ago)

57. WORLDSTAR!!!!!

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 20:05 (five years ago)

58. rap was all like "plinkity plinkity"

Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 20:06 (five years ago)

59. EBaum's World

Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 20:06 (five years ago)

60. Thought "All your base" was the height of hilarity.

Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 22:42 (five years ago)

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 22:45 (five years ago)

All your base (are) belong to us 👾 https://t.co/brwNKJ8wrh

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 19, 2019

pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 22:49 (five years ago)

61. Instant messaging

visiting, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 22:52 (five years ago)

62. Got a gmail address

that's not my post, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 22:59 (five years ago)

63. Got a Facebook account

Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 23:00 (five years ago)

64. Thought George W. Bush was the worst

Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 23:00 (five years ago)

65. Read The Daily Kos

Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 23:01 (five years ago)

66. Dump Hotmail

blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 23:01 (five years ago)

67. Became HTML masters so they could sync up an animated background with their MySpace track

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 23:12 (five years ago)

68. Clicked on links

jmm, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 23:22 (five years ago)

64. Thought George W. Bush was the worst

― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, May 19, 2021 7:00 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

HASN'T CHANGED!

flappy bird, Thursday, 20 May 2021 05:33 (five years ago)

69. Spent £3.95 on a monophonic ringtone of the opening notes of their favourite song which they'd seen in a magazine, subsequently rendering it their least favourite song

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 07:43 (five years ago)

70. went to the cinema to watch a film set in a phone booth

A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:07 (five years ago)

71. Log on to Friends Reunited

boxedjoy, Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:13 (five years ago)

spend a week downloading Finding Nemo on WinMx

calzino, Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:17 (five years ago)

72

calzino, Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:17 (five years ago)

73. Flew from one bit of Europe to another for under £50 total

nashwan, Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:32 (five years ago)

74. Had strong feelings about Pitchfork

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:41 (five years ago)

75. Were part of a Street Team to rep their favorite band or label

Øystein, Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:48 (five years ago)

76. Complain about top-posting

Øystein, Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:51 (five years ago)

77. Covered furniture in silver paint

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 09:29 (five years ago)

78. Assumed all conflict everywhere was ultimately about religion

Left, Thursday, 20 May 2021 10:25 (five years ago)

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 (three years ago)

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 (three years ago)

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 (three years ago)

*in your record collection even

Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:58 (three years ago)

reaction videos are the flash mobs of the 2020s

budo jeru, Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:29 (three years ago)

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 (three years ago)

Teenage dirtbags

Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Friday, 26 May 2023 07:42 (three years ago)

300. Googlewhacked

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 26 May 2023 18:11 (three years ago)


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