Trends From the 2000s
Throwback to the 54 Things You "Totally" Did as a Teenager in the 2000s
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Remember last decade, how you used to quote Mean Girls word for word while talking to your best friend on your Nokia cell phone? You wore low-rise jeans with tiny t-shirts and Rocket Dog sandals and spent your afternoons requesting music videos on TRL and learning the dance moves to "I'm a Slave 4 U." We'll be honest; we still quote Mean Girls and try to copy Britney Spears routines, but we look back on those days with equal parts dreamy nostalgia and sheer horror. We're taking a trip down memory lane with all the best (and worst) things about coming of age in the aughts. So here we go: you know you were a teenager in the 2000s if . . .
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1 You Memorized the Remix to "Ignition"
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2 Shook It Like a Polaroid Picture
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3 And Denied Things by Saying, "It Wasn't Me," in a Jamaican Accent
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4 You Thought These Two Would Be Together Forever
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5 Same With These Two
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6 Your Jeans Didn't Have Back Pockets
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7 Or Belt Loops
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8 Crafting Your AIM Away Message With Emotional Song Lyrics (or Cryptic, Attention-Seeking Blurbs)
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9 Downloading Music From Kazaa and Limewire
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10 Then Burning That Music Onto Blank CDs
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11 And Organizing Your Top Friends on MySpace
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12 You Were Addicted to Texting and Playing Snake on Your Nokia Cell Phone
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13 And You Kitted It Out With a New Cover Every Month
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14 This Was Your First iPod
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15 And You Had to Wait a Week to See That Selfie You Took
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16 You Remember This Miley Cyrus
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17 This Hilary Duff
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18 And This Rihanna
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19 You Thought This Was the Best Super Bowl Halftime Show Ever
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20 You Learned All the Dance Moves to "I'm a Slave 4 U"
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21 No, Really. Every Move
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22 Requested Videos on TRL
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23 Watched Celebrities Get Punk'd
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24 And Flipped Through YM Magazine
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25 You Wore Tube Tops and Prairie Skirts
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26 And Juicy Couture Sweatsuits
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27 Then You Accessorized With a Tiffany Charm Bracelet
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28 And Those Sunglasses That Were Barely Tinted Enough to Protect Your Eyes
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29 You Remember Samantha Mumba
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30 Hoobastank
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31 And Dream
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32 You Hung Out at the Virgin Megastore
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33 And the Vans SkatePark
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34 And Played Dance Dance Revolution in the Middle of the Mall
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35 You Didn't Leave the House Without Your MAC Lipglass
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36 Or Your Rocket Dog Sandals
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37 Or Your Von Dutch Trucker Hat
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38 Or Your Dooney & Bourke Logo Purse
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39 Then Showed It Off in Your Tiny Hollister T-Shirt
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40 Your Feet Stayed Warm in a Pair of Ugg Boots
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41 And If You Were Feeling Fancy, You'd Stick on a Crystal Tattoo
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42 Wished You Lived in Laguna Beach
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43 You Remember When Kelly Clarkson Won American Idol
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44 When Gwen Stefani Went Harajuku
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45 You Wondered If Beyoncé and Jay Z Were Dating
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46 You Listened to "Where the Party At" on Repeat Even Though You'd Never Actually Been to a Party
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47 And You Listened to "In Da Club" on Repeat Even Though You'd Never Actually Been in a Club
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48 You Remember When Jessica Simpson Thought Tuna Was Chicken
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49 You Wore Your Hair Stick Straight
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50 Or Maybe in One of Those Ponytails With the Two Strands Hanging Down in Front
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51 Sometimes You Did a Few Front Twists
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52 Or Flipped the Ends Out
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53 And You Weren't Afraid to Try Cornrows
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54 Basically, You Were the Hottest Thing Ever
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