Things people did in the 2000s

286. Liked James Franco

287. Took some things on the internet at face value.

288. Vaguely assumed that at some point airport security would get back to normal.

Definitely a conspiracy headed by Big Duty Free that we still can't take liquid on.

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

that continued into the 10s as well.

the Harlem Shake was the first one that actually pissed me off.

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.

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?

Yeah that is odd - in my head they're linked to Facebook but actually a few years too early to have been in reality.

I think maybe there'd be the occasional slightly jokey item about them on national news.

I remember reading about them on cnn.com

289. Vonage

290. Listened to mashups

291. Say "Bunch of arse"

292. Said, out loud, things like “that’s teh cool”.

293. Maintained profiles on both Friendster and MySpace until it was clear which one was gonna really take off.

294. Got knocked for a loop when thefacebook.com showed up to the party.

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.

*in your record collection even

reaction videos are the flash mobs of the 2020s

298. A young generation moved into adulthood, boldly declaring their key tenet: ‘We eat ass’

Teenage dirtbags

300. Googlewhacked