If you were an adult in the 2000’s, you probably remember it mostly as a socially chaotic time filled with uncertainty and strangeness.
The whole decade started with a global panic that a computer bug was going to usher in the apocalypse, for crying out loud. If you were born in the 2000’s, you probably remember like, I dunno, a lot of bright colors. For those of us who were coming of age? It was a WILD time. A time that to this day I have difficulty putting my finger on.
Here are twelve things from that odd little decade that gave it its special flavor.
12. Nintendogs
Oh cool, thanks for breaking my heart and making me feel like a monster. Again.
RIP to all the Nintendogs who haven't been fed since 2007 pic.twitter.com/7YCjnzzgH5
— CHILDHOOD MEMORIES (@childhoodisgone) January 12, 2016
11. Emo music
Hey, My Chemical Romance still slaps.
10. Early YouTube
Children are the strangest creatures on planet Earth.
9. Nintendo DS chat rooms
For when you want to talk, but not quickly.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow about the real texting pic.twitter.com/YVmJx7dTjh
— liam (@Gelseyyy) July 14, 2015
8. T9 texting
I could do this under my desk at school without looking. It’s the one advantage I miss.
7. Fergie
Don’t count her out – her last album was only three years ago.
6. Radio Disney
I firmly believe all those radio contests were rigged.
5. Limited Too
Not just a store in the mall, a way of life for all.
4. This particular look
What do you even call this aesthetic? And where are the pookah shells?
3. Zip off shorts
For the man on the go who has no idea what he’s about.
2. Sleepover style
If it ain’t pink, I don’t want it.
1. Beans
He cool, he’s still out there acting, doing his thing.
Hard to believe I’d ever look back at that particular time as a model of stability but…well…live and learn, I suppose.
What are your fondest/oddest memories from the 2000’s?
Tell us in the comments.