Nostalgia's an interesting thing - sometimes it makes you feel sad about the past and the times that are long gone, and other times it's just funny thinking back on the ridiculous things we did just because they were cultural trends.
We shouldn't have to remind you about the mid-2000s - a time when MySpace prevailed, we downloaded music illegally through services like LimeWire and Kazaa and watched stuff like One Tree Hill and The OC all day. iPhones didn't exist yet and that dial-up internet sound would still piss us off.
Well, a guy on Twitter has put a call-out for others to share their most mid-2000s confessions and the social media platform has delivered. From terrible outfit trends to the music we were listening to, check out some of the most hilarious throwbacks below and don't forget to put us in your Top 8!
what's the most mid 2000s thing you ever did? mine was use an iTunes code from the cap of a Mountain Dew Code Red to download a Bloodhound Gang song
— Dave Stopera (@davestopera) October 2, 2018
I changed all of the album artwork to every song in my mp3 library to my pop punk band's so that if/when they were downloaded from Kazaa/Limewire we got free publicity.
— Joe (@unhatched) October 2, 2018
Unknowingly got signed up for a monthly subscription of Jamster by texting 66366 to get Hey Ya by Outkast as my ringtone.
— Taylor Wagner (@T_Swags) October 4, 2018
dressed like this one time pic.twitter.com/PVJXxsfwR1
— Austin Hunt (@AustinHunt) October 2, 2018
made a clock in the shape of an iPod mini playing a Keane song at school pic.twitter.com/oHJsHCVyAk
— Sophie Gadd (@sophie_gadd) October 2, 2018
read more: charli xcx and troye sivan have dropped a new song and it's deliciously '90s
Downloading “Hollaback Girl” on limewire, putting it on a mix cd that had a ~cool~ sharpie design, playing said CD with my phone next to it so that it would be my voicemail message. And I would do it again.
— Annalece (@Bananalece) October 6, 2018
Tore a photo of Lindsey Lohan from a magazine to show the hairdresser the type of sides wept bangs i wanted. pic.twitter.com/ZZi3xU6PwW
— Sincerely Jennie (@JennieSzink) October 5, 2018
this set-up for my senior photos pic.twitter.com/6WhSQixjxe
— andrea (@whtegrlinacrowd) October 6, 2018
I once used a code from Doritos bag for a free ring tone download on my Razr. I chose Ridin’ Dirty by Chamillionaire https://t.co/lL7QA1zrs9
— (@MikeGiordano51) October 5, 2018
I wore a visor backwards and upside down. https://t.co/6tRU2DHoVk
— Josh Peterson (@joshtweeterson) October 4, 2018
texted a number The WB posted where fans could vote on whether Nathan should cheat on Haley with her sister on One Tree Hill (it was free if you had cingular) https://t.co/dWUu6Qlqjz
— PA voter registration ends 10/9 (@sophyish) October 4, 2018
i spent literal hours trying to get a tinkerbelle cursor for my myspace page https://t.co/AtVR1qtuKH
— lan (@lenasimo) October 5, 2018
I made my own A4 posters of Orlando Bloom by copy/pasting photos from his fansite and making pixelated low-res mosaics of his face. https://t.co/44DgCtrrsX
— live action bee movie 2019 (@ElenaBjxrn) October 2, 2018