30 Memes Covering The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of The 2000s, As Shared On This IG Page
For anyone whose prime years coincided with the introduction of the Ipod or the iconic Motorola Razr and were accompanied by songs of Eminem, Destiny’s Child, Alicia Keys, and other icons, you probably feel quite nostalgic about it all right about now. With two decades having passed, all of the above likely seem like a distant memory, yet so vivid at the same time, you could swear you were dancing to Lose My Breath just yesterday.
Well, while it is not possible to actually turn back time, one can go some years back with the help of nostalgia and boy, do we have triggers prepared to set it off; at least for those feeling nostalgic over all things 2000s. Today, we have put some of the best memes shared by the ‘Do You Love The 2000s’ Instagram account on this list for you to enjoy, so scroll down to find them and see if they can take you back to the wild 2000s.
In order to learn more about the 2000s nostalgia, Bored Panda turned to a professor of literature and linguistics at Mars Hill University, Hal McDonald, Ph.D., and a professor of psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College, David Ludden, who were kind enough to share their insight on the topic; you will find their thoughts in the text below.
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Y'all got taken to Claire's? My Mom dared me to pierce my ears myself with some ice cubes and half a potato.
Yeah but good luck breaking it. It came back from trash state to make calls. Served it's purpose well a phone to ring up your buddies!
How one simple word from a crush can change your day (for better or worse, depending on the word)
She looks like a more interesting person than the rest, though. I'd rather talk to her.
Never understood why anyone would want to walk around with an unhygienic wedgie all day ! And it’s not for avoiding the VPL, a pair of well fitting knickers does the job.
And I didn't get a phone in my own room until I was 16. Probably a good thing, based on all that happened later!
Wish I would've known this during covid times instead of singing the happy birthday song.
One of my high school friends wanted to go to university for teaching, but a major hang-up for her was that she didn't want to wear denim dresses forever (c. 2005-ish).
These girls could solve in a 15-minute episode what Marvel characters would in a 3-hour movie.
I quietly pulled the main breaker while at a relatives that midnight. The Y2K panic that followed is still amusing.
We certainly never had school photos like this! First of all, we wore school uniforms. Secondly, we could only do the stiff seated pose.
The Puka shell necklace is nostalgic. I had most of these back in the day, except my coach bag was a knockoff and I didn't need a pregnancy. Lol
I had Appetite for Destruction, Purple Rain, Metallica, The Game, and Ace of Spades, in my 5 disc player.
It's a shame every single one of these turned into sticky gelatinous goo.
Uh, the poster. That series was sick. And I mean sick - everybody looked uncanny and deformed, and ... I don't remember more than thinking "That's nightmare fuel ... when's Rocko on?", and changing the channel for another half hour. Cat, Milo at that time, curled next to me, or lying flat over my chest.
No, old is when you thought the ‘00’s low rise jeans were a little risky.
Load More Replies...God I miss movie rental stores. On Fridays when dad comes home from work, he'd take me and my older sister to our local rental store (Blockbuster was already shut down then) and we'd go upstairs to the foreign section and rent a few Studio Ghibli movies. All was well back then.
No, old is when you thought the ‘00’s low rise jeans were a little risky.
Load More Replies...God I miss movie rental stores. On Fridays when dad comes home from work, he'd take me and my older sister to our local rental store (Blockbuster was already shut down then) and we'd go upstairs to the foreign section and rent a few Studio Ghibli movies. All was well back then.
