17. Start posting on "I Love Everything"
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
18. collapse housing bubble
― jmm, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
19. Read web comics
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:28 (two 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 (two years ago) link
21. let their Tamaguchis die
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
22. Fight in the great hipster wars
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
23. Get new music recommendations from Ultragrrrl.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
24. Join ILX
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
25. Download and hoard thousands of MP3s
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
26. Be racist, except ‘ironically’.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
27. Buy a map
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 16:53 (two 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 (two 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 (two years ago) link
30. Called things "gay"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
31. Pollstar.com to look up upcoming concerts
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
32. Have kids, get married
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:08 (two 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 (two years ago) link
34. Tubgirl
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
35. argued about when centuries begin
― rob, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
36. Homemade episodes of Jackass on someone’s dad’s video recorder
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:47 (two 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 (two years ago) link
38. Jenny McCarthy's flatulence
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:48 (two 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 (two years ago) link
(39.)
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
40. Read Slashdot
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:57 (two 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 (two years ago) link
42. Make a phone call when a simple text message would have sufficed.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:10 (two 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 (two 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 (two years ago) link
45. Had utopian ideals about the internet.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
46. While still using the work intranet.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
47. Get their news from Comedy Central
― Øystein, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
T9 was faster than touchscreens :(
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
48. Watched dvd extras, including entire directory's commentary audio
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
49. Smell what bars really smell like for the first time
― Josefa, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
50. Could be reached at hax0rz✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
Phew, good thing it got censored straight away.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:32 (two 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 (two years ago) link
52. Traipse around town with a discman in their oversized pocket.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:36 (two 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 (two 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 (two years ago) link
lol i was using this method until 2014, when my car with a cassette deck died.
― treeship., Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
fucking hated this decade
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
(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 (two years ago) link
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
55. Unironically used the catchphrase, "that's hot".
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
56. Show some buttcrack
― Josefa, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
never out of style
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
nikka costa
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 20:04 (two 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 (ten months 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 (ten months 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 (ten months 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 (ten months 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 (ten months ago) link
*in your record collection even
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:58 (ten months ago) link
reaction videos are the flash mobs of the 2020s
― budo jeru, Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:29 (ten months 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 (ten months ago) link
Teenage dirtbags
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Friday, 26 May 2023 07:42 (ten months ago) link
300. Googlewhacked
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 26 May 2023 18:11 (ten months ago) link