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Every generation will have their own ‘boy, those were the good old days’ moment whenever thinking about what happened 20, 30, 40 or more years ago, depending on how old you are.

For Millennials, the '90s and early aughts is that time period—a time when consumer electronics were not just booming, but innovating like crazy; fashion and style was best described as ‘it’s in that angsty teenager phase’; and pop music was something that you’d now consider a guilty pleasure, for the most part.

People of Reddit were recently reminiscing about the 2000s by sharing things that were used heavily during that time, but are almost never used today. Mostly, it’s electronics, but things like fashion and fads, stores, activities, and memes made the list.

Bored Panda has collected the best answers from the now viral AskReddit question, which gained nearly 60,000 upvotes, and created the curated list below. Go ahead and scroll through it, vote, and let us know what you’d add to the list in the comment section below!

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#1

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Calculators; teachers kept saying “you won’t have one with you all the time”, look who’s stupid now, b@#$h?! Both of us…

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#2

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Dial-Up.

weeeeeeeee WOOOOOO_OOOOOO_
E E E E E E E EEEEEeeeeee
eee
eee URRRRRRRRR
BEDULUDOLEDULUDOLEEPEEPEEP
R R R R R R R R R R R R R
UMMMMMMMMMMMM

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#3

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Adreeisadyno said:
Pay phones.

Yes I know pay phones still exist. Also I am now very aware pay phones are free in Australia, thank you for informing me.

resentfulpenguin replied:
In Australia they recently made all payphones free. The cost of collecting the cash was higher than the revenue they were making so they can save money by giving away free calls.

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#4

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Re-writable CDs. I used to burn so many mix CDs after downloading from Napster, BearShare, LimeWire, FrostWire. Then my mother would call, disconnecting the internet and I would have to start the download all over again. Except one file wasn't an mp3, but a virus. I would just reinstall windows before my mom got home as we saved every picture and document on a zip drive... then those fancy jaz drives.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Limewire, where you didn’t know if you were downloading the Dookie album or an album of viruses. Good times

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#5

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Indoor smoking. My young-ish kids marvel at the fact that people used to sit in restaurants and smoke.

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Blue eyeshadow. You could always tell when a junior high school aged girl finally got the okay from her parents to start wearing makeup. She'd show up at school everyday for the next month looking like a blue panda.

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Sean Simpson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think blue eyeshadow is fine, but it’s gotta be part of a colour story with high and low lights, just slapping a couple garage doors on your eyelids is not a great look.

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Murtamatt said:
Phone books.

All_Lines_Merge replied:
I actually used one last week! I needed the home number of a local mechanic - he'd fixed my car but had forgotten to give me my keys, so when I went to get my car after work, I couldn't. The internet only listed the shop number. I called my dad, who's a friend of his, and he said, "just use the phone book!" Like it was the most obvious thing in the world. (I did have a phone book and was able to call him, so it all worked out in the end).

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#8

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Computer mice with a ball:

My friend had one of the first Microsoft IntelliMouse , which did not use a ball.

As I recall, it was the first laser mouse without a ball that was commercialized in a popular way. It was released in October 1999. So in 2000, most mice were with a ball, and slowly faded away.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loved the texture of the ball, even being already quite old i loved dismantling them to play with it

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#9

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group larrythetarry said:
Blockbuster card.

zippyslug31 replied:
I live a half-hour away from one. Granted, it's the last one, but still...

pegleg_1979 replied:
It’s surreal walking around that store. Closest thing to time traveling I’ll ever get to do.

larrythetarry , Jonathan Rolande Report

#10

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group ParoxysmAttack said:
If you had a big screen TV, it was probably a ridiculously thick rear projection TV.

CristyTango replied:
My parents can’t get it out of the house.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My generation was the first to purchase microwaves ($800), camcorders ($1,200), VCR's ($500) and big screen tv's that weighed a ton ($God Only Knows). To the generations that followed... you're welcome.

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group No-Sheepherder-2896 said:
The term “World Wide Web”.

Bilbo_nubbins replied:
“Visit us at h t t p colon slash slash w w w dot p b s dot o r g”

RixirF replied:
I can still hear them thank viewers like me.

No-Sheepherder-2896 , Chris RubberDragon Report

#12

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group BigBump said:
Spinning under construction gifs on websites.

starkiller_bass replied:
Remember when most websites had a hit counter on them?

Syscrush replied:
And the email address of the webmaster?

darkcatwizard replied:
And a guest book 😂

PawnedPawn replied:
And crappy mouse cursor-following animations that killed your processor speed but at least looked pretty...

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#13

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group hellobyethanks said:
PDAs Personal Digital Assistants

Blacktung replied:
Whenever I write something down on my hand I always say out loud "I'll put that in my palm pilot".

I get a sad chuckle every time.

hellobyethanks , Blake Patterson Report

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group brokenturle said:
Zip Disks.

zoobs replied:
Remember Jaz disks? I was so blown away by a 1gb disk!

tratemusic replied:
This week i got a micro SD card for my switch. 64 gigs, in a micro card, for less than 20 bucks. I really marvel at the advancements in our storage technology just within my lifetime.

omguserius replied:
I still remember back in the day, my father looking at a computer game box and yelling, “TEN megabytes? Who the [heck] needs 10 megabytes for a video game!?!”

brokenturle , Douglas Muth Report

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Murtamatt said:
VCRs.

xtracto replied:
Tape rewinders!!
BE KIND, REWIND!
I liked the ones that had the form of a sports car.

atxbikenbus replied:
I worked at a blockbuster. We had rows and rows of rewinders. People...were not kind.

Belazriel replied:
I remember an eventual switch to "Don't rewind" because the VCRs people had at home were rougher on the tapes than a standalone tape rewinder.

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#16

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Any sort of dedicated music-playing device, before that just became a part of your phone.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I prefer using a dedicated MP3, I like to disconnect from my phone as much as I can.

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Andre Hogan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand why music players aren't popular anymore...is this generation the 1st to not have a music collection? Haven't kids and teens collected music since the days of vinyl? Did it go from vinyl to cassette to CD to MP3 to...streaming? And sorry, I think streaming music services are highly overrated and no better than FM radio when it comes to music selection. Idk, maybe I'm in the minority of having a collection of music that's 150+ gigabytes but I still use my 160gb iPod and I'm dreading the day it dies because that only cost between $100-200 a decade ago; I just did a search and if I wanted an iPhone with enough storage for my music, it would cost $1200!!! That's crazy!!!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a Logitech Squeezebox hooked up to a decent hifi, and all my music lives on my NAS. I even bought a second Squeezebox for my office. I have a weeks worth of music on it. Stick it on random play and it's like having your own radio station that only plays music you like.

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Jenni Joy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still use an MP# player for running, I dont want my phone with me on a run. I like the idea of something that does only that one thing - play music. of course, I'm old, so... I can get away with this.

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Daria B
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be honest, although I love my phone and its sound quality for my music, it does get a bit uncomfortable when I'm using external blue tooth speakers and receive unexpected phone calls.

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Kathryn Baylis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just sold my 5th Gen iPod from 2005 on eBay. Didn’t even realize people are now going back to using them, though I can see them becoming collectors items, now that they’re not far from being 20 years old. Mine still worked just fine (tested it before listing it), plus I included the original 30 pin charging cable, Apple wall charger, and Apple EarPods.

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Marnie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still have an iPod. I have never heard what a replacement is for it. How would I get all my music on my phone?

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Duncan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have my tape Sanyo walkman from 1987 still. No tapes left though.

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James Mills
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

most of the portable music players are now high def for audiophiles.

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Cass Malone
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only Apple product I've ever owned is an iPod Shuffle. It was my first larger purchase by myself.

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CatGirl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still use an MP3 player when I'm running because I don't like running with my phone

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Diana Pahule
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We bought a Magnavox MP3 player for my stepson back around 2008.

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David Braga
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have several iPods I use my last generation 256 gb iPod touch at work as it saves my phones battery life. I have about 1300 albums on it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you all use for phones as an mp3 player and then you are whining that your batteries won´t last... well surprise!

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Philenzortia
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loved my iPod 😢 I hate to waste my phone battery on music.

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doug mirtle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mp3 players are a lot more user friendly than s****Y smart phones.

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martin734
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have headphones with a multi format music player built in. Much better sound quality than my phone can produce.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had a Zune and a Creative Zen. Upgraded to a 160 GB iPod 7th generation years ago that is going strong and still has tons of available storage.

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ebonyruffles
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Creative Zen Vision M is still kicking. Not terrific sound anymore but it's just for ebooks & podcasts anyway.

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Phil Green
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still buy Walkman, mp3 player. The sound quality is far better than any phone.

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DC
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My phone can't even play any music in a decent quality ... good old 6300, that still is on my side longer than any other device ever was... Smartphones, it seems to me, suck.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My MP3 player my exe's parents gave me in 2002 took a beating and kept on ticking until it finally stopped turning on 3 years ago.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a dedicated music-player with real digital-to-analog converters, it sounds like a dream!

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DC
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still have and use one. When hi-res became affordable, I bought a device and haven't found one that I'd like better yet ... so still in use since 2014... Ok, I got two identical ones, but ...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember my first and only MP3 player. I used it for years. It was so awesome back then.

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Paweł Duda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still exist, just moved for premium hi fi sound area. My first was iAudio with HDD and 30GB storage at times that phones supported 512mb at best. Was one of my best buys ever. If i hadn't destroyed it drunk, i would use it to this day.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like having music on my phone but nothing beats the excitement of buying cds

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Mary Rose Kent
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still have a few LPs of classical pieces where either the soloist or singer was the specific reason I bought that record and never found a CD with the same soloist+orchestra matchup.

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Robin DJW
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still have my iPod nano. It has a wee tiny screen and plays movies as well as music.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still use my iPod, as I have one of the last one they made and it has a very large capacity. It's still nice to easily listen to an album you digitized yourself from your collection or transfered from a CD. Just the album, none of that "music like it" they force you to listen to. I do that too, of course, but sometimes I want to listen to Boston, or Led Zeppelin II or Genesis "A Lamb lies down on Broadway" without getting "suggested" a current top 40.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still use my 2nd gen iPod shuffle for cardio in the gym. It clips to my shirt and I never have to worry about dropping it. Seen many a smartphone do the smack-fling thing off a treadmill.

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Mike Loux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had an iRiver. NGL, it was absolute s**t. I hate the Apple iTunes ecosystem, but their iPods are/were still the best.

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Elaine Wong
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I only retired my iPod Nano (2nd gen.) last year because it wouldn't hold charge for longer than 30mins. Otherwise, I would have happily continued using it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like to keep most of my music on separate devices as I’m scared of running out of storage on my phone. Yes, I’m old!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Walkman mp3 player still gets used. Thing is nearly 10 years old and lost the usb cover cap, but still works and in use. Phone batteries doesn't last nearly as long, and would be pretty useless as a phone if you ate the battery on music.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can still buy these. I bought a mini mp3 to take with me on runs not too long ago

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Stephan Henkel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sony walkman cellphones where the best of two worlds in 2008 or so... For people who couldn't afford an iPhone

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was around 8-9 years old (that was around 10 years ago) my mom gave me her disc man / walkman. And I took it with me and listeed to audiobooks when I took a walk around the neighborhood. I felt so Cool but everyone thought I was a weirdo. But damn I felt cool 😎

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a number of Creative MP3 players back in the day. They were great devices

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Glynna Bowood
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My 1st Creative mp3 player was a portable hard drive in size and weight!

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Amy Stone-Chandler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom just got a new mp3 player. I told her her cell is one. Teehee.

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Elle O
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not only do I still have my Zune, I still occasionally listen to it!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still take my heavy, shiny Gen 2 iPod on long flights, on the off chance that I won't have access to a phone charger (and an entertainment system in the seat) at some point. It always sparks a conversation.

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Kelly Taylor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I paid $25 in 2011 for a HUGE mp3 player but it held WAY more music than I owned at the time

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still use mine, since it's so difficult to find headphones that fit into any kind of smartphone.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember the really crappy ones made out of transparent plastic and a sticker from McDonalds happy meals that could only play one music and it always sounded like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTgX94PFs4?

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Ocean927 said:
Maps or Mapquest.

deadlymoogle replied:
My wife calls Google maps MapQuest if we need directions she'll tell me to MapQuest it on my phone.

nfssmith replied:
My wife still used Mapquest until maybe 2 years ago when I asked her if she was looking for directions back to 1998.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know someone who still prints maps, there's about 100 pages of random maps in their car "just in case there's no signal". I told them you can download the map and use it offline. Nope, have to waste paper and ink by printing the freaking directions to Tesco or whatever. Infuriating.

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Download Managers.

Start the download right after Mom goes to bed, wake up before her to pause the download and disconnect the dial-up connection, resume tomorrow night. Repeat...

A week later, you're playing Counter-Strike. 😎

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group DamnedMonkey said:
ICQ.

Squallypie replied:
Couple of years ago, I had a number come into my head. Recognized it but didn’t know where from. For over a year it kept bugging me. Was it my college enrolment/password? Number for someone I worked with when I worked overseas? Not a clue for the longest time.

Random convo with a friend about old memes and things we miss about the early internet days, and I just blurted out “its my [friggin] ICQ number!” with no context…

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group skaote said:
Pagers.

AleksandrNevsky replied:
People still think my insulin pump is a pager sometimes.

CouncilmanRickPrime replied:
Doctors still use them.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a dedicated local pager system tied to call system at an Assisted Living Center. A Resident pulls their cord and immediately a page goes out with the room # to the Caregiver who caries it during their shift. Haven't found a more efficient replacement

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Sending greeting cards online, e-greeting cards.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still do this. My aunt and uncle moved house at the same time as us, and in the move, I lost the piece of paper with their new address. So when his birthday rolled round two months later, I sent an e-card. And it's become a silly little tradition ever since.

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group TheKillersHand said:
The phase "W'zzzzzuppppp".

MattHack7 replied:
WAAAZZZZZUUUUUUUUUUUPPPP?!?!?!?!?

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I may or may not have read this (in my head) in a Milhouse voice (not Mulhouse lol)

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group AdamoclesYT said:
Colored spikey hair gel.

ShowMeYourTorts replied:
Bro, I am still waiting for the day frosted tips make a comeback.

thricetheory replied:
Honestly man the kids these days look straight outta the 90's, though most of them seem to think it's original. Wouldn't surprise me if frosted tips are next.

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Andy Smith
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had frosted tips, puka shell necklaces, the big fossil watch. I looked hot. Now 20+ yrs later I’m a balding gray haired dude with a dad bod and live in crocs and sweats

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group thelaughingman2 said:
Landlines.

portablebiscuit replied:
Also 1-800-COLLECT and 1-800-CALLATT.
Dial down the middle!

Triumph3 replied:
Bob Wehadababyitsaboy

nobody2000 replied:
I needed to use payphones before this commercial and this was something we'd all do.

"Please state your name after the tone" MOMPICKMEUPATSCHOOL

"You have a collect call from MOMPICKMEUPATSCHOOL"

The best part was when she'd say "no" to the charges, and I secretly wondered if anyone was going to actually pick me up, or if they thought that the bus would take me (Jazz band practice ended after the late bus departed).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We still use it too. It's cheaper and included in our internet contract.

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30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I’m having to scroll really far without seeing this… but TIVO.

If you had one of those it was like cable television, satellite tv, and your VCR recorder had an AI baby. There was so much power in consumers hands for the first time in the television business.

Did your company pay for a catchy jingle, professional actors, camera equipment, writers and pay extra to roll it on a prime time slot?…. Doesn’t matter anymore suckers I had a TIVO. And all it took was that little familiar “bah-DOOK” from my remote to %100 skip commercials.

More than that, competitions for national tv ratings were skewed. I could watch House while Bones recorded on another Chanel at the same time.

With a TiVo I could keep a massive library of cable reruns OF MY CHOICE. That thing was short lived as actual streaming shook up the industry more and phased TiVo out, but TiVo had a solid 10 years of being the shiz.

Twheelhouse , Miles Goodhew Report

#26

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group spiraldinosaur said:
Askjeeves/Lycos/Yahoo.

TrinixDMorrison replied:
I remember my grandma was convinced that you had to word your searches in the form of a question for AskJeeves to work properly.

ElixirofVitriol replied:
TBF this is the way I was taught to use AskJeeves in elementary school.

92894952620273749383 replied:
Proper phrasing gives the algorithim the proper context. Google said [screw] it lets do page rank.

spiraldinosaur , AskJeeves Report

#27

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group NewsProducing said:
PlayStation 2
It was the hottest thing in 2000.

FishSauceFogMachine replied:
Ah yes, the year my parents told everyone I was into "games" because I'd asked for a PS2, and I got three copies of Monopoly for Christmas.

Worst Christmas ever.

NewsProducing , Deni Williams Report

#28

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Academic-Motor said:
Winamp.

Transmatrix replied:
It really whips the llama’s ass.

Academic-Motor , Christiaan Colen Report

#29

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group papaweir said:
Geocities, NeoPets, LiveJournal, and Kazaa.

goblinsexologist replied:
Neopets don’t die though, I logged in after a long time and my neopet was starving, so I fed it a piece of the omelette and he said “yuck I don’t like omelettes” so I logged off and let the sassy little bat starve for another 10 years.

j-u-n-i replied:
Geocities was so powerful for the time. I used to build my website there, steal the html and use it for my own domain. This was pre-social media. If you wanted to share your weird goth poetry and fuzzy webcam selfies, you had to have your own website. Using the steeling html method for years eventually taught me how to write it.

papaweir , unknown Report

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#30

30 Things That Used To Be A Big Deal Back In 2000, But Have Faded Out, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group PacMan8122 said:
AOL.

BicyclingBabe replied:
Not to my parents! They both still use [it] for their internet email and browser.

PacMan8122 , Karl Baron Report