29 Things That ’00s Teens Did That Are Now Ancient History
It doesn’t really seem like all that long ago that a bunch of us were muddling our way through school in the ’00s, slut strands out with heeled school shoes on, and Roxy backpacks proudly swinging from one shoulder.
Recently I went through a harsh reality check when I realised I officially started high school 20 years ago. TWENTY YEARS AGO! So weird for someone who constantly thinks they just turned 27. But here we are — last year I could’ve gone to my 20-year primary school reunion, had such thing even existed. Thankfully for me, it didn’t.
As ’00s fashion recycles its way back in, pleated skirts, flared jeans, vests and all, it’s normal to feel pretty damn nostalgic about that era now that it feels like ancient history for so many of us. Because even if in some ways it just feels like yesterday, if you also imagine wrecking your parents’ computer downloading songs (and viruses) off Limewire, it nearly sounds like something that happened centuries ago.
So let’s take a trip down the ’00s path and reminisce on what life used to be like for Aussie teenagers.
Here are 29 things millennials did as teens in the ’00s that should be studied in history classes.
1. Carried a Supré bag around everywhere.
2. Upgraded the old brick Nokia to a slick Motorola Razr.
3. Wore Uggs absolutely everywhere with our jeans tucked in.
4. Dosed ourselves in either Britney Spears perfume, or Lynx if you were a guy.
5. Wrote notes to your BFFs in class, then doing some weird, artistic folding of the letter to make it extra special.
6. Burned CDs after downloading Limewire while nearly murdering our parents’ computer.
7. Sold giant Freddo Frogs or Caramello Koalas for a dollar to support your footy or netball team.
8. Bought boxset DVDs of our favourite shows or spent Friday nights in VideoEzy or Blockbuster trying to rent out the new releases before they were sold out.
9. Carried around iPod shuffles or nanos with one headphone plugged in, one hanging out during recess and lunch.
10. SMS voted (or called a hotline number) for our favourite Australian Idol or Big Brother contestants to get through another week.
11. Updated our MySpace or Bebo status to something moody so people would know if you’ve had a rough, hormonal day.
12. And rearranged top friends on social media based on who you liked and didn’t like in your group that day.
13. Signed in and out of MSN to get our crush’s attention.
14. And changed the song we were listening to, to a band they liked to really drill it home.
15. Carried around a digital camera during school and at house parties to document all the mems.
16. Went through an emo period with fingerless gloves, checkered vans and skinny-leg jeans.
17. Posed with a can of Red Bear or Woodstock staring off to the side with your tongue out.
18. Took all photos from an angle where the camera is looking straight down at you.
19. Covered our books with band posters.
20. Learned everything we knew about sex ed through Dolly Doctor.
21. Went through a stage of absolutely abusing mousse either to scrunch your hair into curls or slicking it back into a messy bun.
22. Or, hairspraying and then bobby-pinning the ever popular quiff/pouf.
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23. While boys went through everything from the bleached blonde phase to the emo side-sweep fringe.
24. Developed an obsession with Chi Chi cosmetics.
25. And slathered your face in Maybelline’s Dream Matte Mousse foundation.
26. Made friendship bracelets for your besties or wore a whole sleeve of rubber bands.
27. Tried to get away with wearing heeled or platform school shoes.
28. Played thoroughly entertaining games during school breaks like pegging a tennis ball at a line-up of people (mainly boys) against the wall.
29. And eventually used Facebook to update people on your status and what you were doing every SINGLE day even if it made no sense.
