15+ Awkward Yet Endearing Habits of the Early 2000s
Curiosities
year ago
Ah, the early 2000s, a time of flip phones, frosted tips, and some seriously funky fashion choices. But let’s face it, we weren’t just fashionably challenged back then. There were a whole bunch of things we did that now make us want to crawl under a rock and hide. Read on to cringe along with us as we revisit some of the most questionable things we did back in the day.
1. Recording songs from the radio and trimming off the talking parts at the beginning
2. Blowing in the cartridge to get the game working
3. Wearing very long sweatpants
4. Taking a selfie on a digital camera
5. Having long conversations while leaning on a public phone booth
6. Calling to ask about the weather outside
7. Stopping by someone’s house unannounced
8. Relying on phone books to find business listings
9. Having to manually finish shutting down your PC
10. Trying peculiar hairstyles

AFP / EAST NEWS

11. Going to the cyber café to chat with your friends on MSN

ASSOCIATED PRESS / East News

12. Trying to light things up with the Flip Lighter App
13. Using a Walkman all day, every day
14. Waiting until the commercials come on to run out and take a bathroom break
15. Wanting black streaks in your hair

Robert Hepler / EVERETT COLLECTION / EAST NEWS

16. Memorizing phone numbers
17. Doing anything to get the poofy ponytail look
Feeling nostalgic yet? Here are more articles about the good old days:
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- What the Actresses From Nostalgic ’90s TV Shows Are Doing Now (and How They’ve Changed)
- 15+ Things We Did as Kids That Serve as Sweet Memories Today
- 18 Funny and Slightly Embarrassing Things We All Did as Kids
Preview photo credit Steve Levy / Shutterstock.com
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