106. Ask if these jeans made their ass look big, and hope they didn't.
― Displaced Intimacy Coordinator (punning display), Saturday, 22 May 2021 20:54 (five years ago)
107. Died in the WTC
― akm, Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:12 (five years ago)
bummer dude
― Left, Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:13 (five years ago)
108. streamed films & TV online without needing to go through a whole load of bullshit, or having to pay for a worse selection
― Left, Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:19 (five years ago)
may only have been the case for a few years late in the decade idk
109. Feel lucky to live close enough to a Netflix distribution center that DVDs arrived in the mail in just two days.
― Displaced Intimacy Coordinator (punning display), Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:23 (five years ago)
110. become a Demonoid ultra 4 life, well maybe not ;;
― calzino, Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:55 (five years ago)
111. Was amused by rumours about celebrities who are now in jail and/or disgraced for very non-amusing reasons
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 22 May 2021 22:08 (five years ago)
112. Considered the most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump to be his hair.
― Displaced Intimacy Coordinator (punning display), Saturday, 22 May 2021 23:00 (five years ago)
113 marched against bush and blair's war in iraq for all the good that did
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 22 May 2021 23:33 (five years ago)
114. drink the last bottles of Fruitopia
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Sunday, 23 May 2021 03:18 (five years ago)
though actually I saw it in the fountain machine at a McDonald's a while back, unless I imagined that
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Sunday, 23 May 2021 03:19 (five years ago)
115. laughed at Little Britain; used the catchphrases at dinner parties.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 23 May 2021 09:21 (five years ago)
116. Smoked indoors.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 23 May 2021 09:59 (five years ago)
117. Thought 128k was an acceptable bitrate.
118. Erratically followed blogs and blog awards.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 23 May 2021 10:27 (five years ago)
119: get called a "camper" or a "chain-lamer" by some US teenager on Quake III Arena deathmatch
― calzino, Sunday, 23 May 2021 10:34 (five years ago)
120. Re-bought the Beatles catalogue on CD and memory stick.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 23 May 2021 10:57 (five years ago)
121. Went offline at weekends.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 23 May 2021 11:08 (five years ago)
122. got into IPAs
― peace, man, Sunday, 23 May 2021 11:40 (five years ago)
123. Wondered when Eighties revivalism would ever end; wondered how Nineties revivalism could ever start.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 23 May 2021 11:45 (five years ago)
124. retired from the public sector in their early 50s with enhanced benefits.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 23 May 2021 11:46 (five years ago)
(3 examples in my family)
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 23 May 2021 12:05 (five years ago)
125. Replaced pub food with a Thai curry menu
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 23 May 2021 12:06 (five years ago)
126. Started “fusion” restaurants
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 23 May 2021 12:07 (five years ago)
Weren’t Pub Thai and Fusion 90s trends? I guess they hung around.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 23 May 2021 12:16 (five years ago)
127. Noticed that some hipsters were beginning to grow beards and wear trucker hats.
― Displaced Intimacy Coordinator (punning display), Sunday, 23 May 2021 12:43 (five years ago)
128. Counted the days until Conan O'Brien would take over the Tonight Show.
― Displaced Intimacy Coordinator (punning display), Sunday, 23 May 2021 12:46 (five years ago)
129. Went to parties where we binge-watched Lost, then hung around for three hours waiting to download the next episode
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 23 May 2021 13:13 (five years ago)
130. Prat around on rooftops, staircases, and steps aka Parkour
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 23 May 2021 13:18 (five years ago)
131. Engage Momus in prolonged debate on ILE.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 23 May 2021 13:36 (five years ago)
your 123 is a good one mike-t
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:03 (five years ago)
132. L'd our F'ing A's O!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:05 (five years ago)
133. Got annoyed by GAPDY
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:07 (five years ago)
134. Experience the curious paucity of decent locally brewed beer in London/the entire south east of England
― nashwan, Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:08 (five years ago)
135. Kept the trucker hat on during sex.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:16 (five years ago)
136. Awaited the next entry in the Sufjan Stevens 50 states project
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 23 May 2021 17:04 (five years ago)
137. "holy shit, did you see Bob Saget's scene in The Aristocrats? yes, that's Danny Tanner from Full House cursing and joking about fisting and incest and projectile shitting. I didn't believe it myself until I saw it (in The Aristocrats)!"
― deepfake chopra (unregistered), Sunday, 23 May 2021 18:19 (five years ago)
138. Traded their latest '320 dubs' with fellow bedroom producers on AIM
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Sunday, 23 May 2021 18:25 (five years ago)
139. Googled '2 girls 1 cup'
― pomenitul, Sunday, 23 May 2021 18:53 (five years ago)
140. Heard about 4chan
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Sunday, 23 May 2021 18:55 (five years ago)
141. Attended midnight release events for Harry Potter books
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Sunday, 23 May 2021 18:56 (five years ago)
142. Organized The Room screening parties
― pomenitul, Sunday, 23 May 2021 18:59 (five years ago)
143. Voted for shitty centrist governments
― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 May 2021 19:06 (five years ago)
What were some things that people thought were funny or incongruous at the time, but we don't think of them being funny now because, in fact, they were the new normal?
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 23 May 2021 19:07 (five years ago)
144. used Harry Potter book burning events as a pretense to get rid of unwanted copies of The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get
― deepfake chopra (unregistered), Sunday, 23 May 2021 19:12 (five years ago)
xp Ricky Gervais becoming popular Stateside
― nashwan, Sunday, 23 May 2021 19:17 (five years ago)
And maybe reality shows in general. Remembering the huge popularity of Big Brother's in its first five years seems particularly strange now (and even more so since the pandemic).
― nashwan, Sunday, 23 May 2021 19:24 (five years ago)
145. Thought Bitcoin was a moment's curiosity and that it's hit its peak
― Øystein, Sunday, 23 May 2021 19:34 (five years ago)
things people thought were funny - a whole lot of what now looks like proto-alt-right shit passed for liberal or apolitical at the time
― Left, Sunday, 23 May 2021 19:44 (five years ago)