30 Memes Covering The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of The 2000s, As Shared On This IG Page

Many people would likely agree that it’s nearly impossible not to sing along to Britney’s Toxic, a song so iconic, most know the lyrics of… well, the first two and a half lines, at least. It’s similarly close to impossible not to immediately start thinking about Britney’s style—yes, it’s the low rise jeans I’m referring to—and consequently, about 2000s fashion in general.

While some people hate the said low-rise jeans (which seem to be making a comeback, by the way), others view them as tokens from the past, reminding them of the good old days; especially if those were the days of their youth.

“Music is one of the most common triggers for nostalgia in adults,” professor of psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College, David Ludden, told Bored Panda. “Generally, people are most nostalgic for the music of their adolescence and early adulthood, probably because they associate that music with the happy days of high school.”

Dr. Ludden added that food is another common trigger for nostalgia. “For example, when people talk about ‘comfort food,’ they're referring to favorite foods from their childhood. And comfort food is very personal. I mean, what you think is comfort food may be very different from me.”

Prof. McDonald pointed out that our youth tends to be the time which generates the most memories, therefore that we typically feel the most nostalgic about. “Psychologists have found that most of the memories of our lives cluster around our adolescence and early adulthood,” he told Bored Panda. “This period has been labeled the ‘reminiscence bump,’ because if the frequency of our autobiographical memories is graphed across our lifetimes those years stand out above the years preceding and following it.”

The expert continued to explain that one of the reasons why the years 10 to 30 produce so many memories is because virtually every experience we have during those years is something new—first kiss, first day of high school, getting our license, going to college, getting married, getting our first job, having our first child, you get the gist—and new experiences are more memorable than the daily routines that characterize the more stable periods of our lives that we settle into in our 30s, 40s and later in life.