65 Ways You Knew You Grew Up In The 2000's
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65 Ways You Knew You Grew Up In The 2000's

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65 Ways You Knew You Grew Up In The 2000's
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You ever sit back and have nostalgia? Now that I'm eighteen years old I'm starting to realize that I'm two years from being an adult. It's making me think back on the early 2000's when I was growing up. You knew you grew up in the 2000's when...

1. When no one was touching you with the jerk.

2. When lit meant ugly.

3. When aim messenger was the wave.

4. When everyone was asking you for your Blackberry pin.



5. When you threw IMVU and Meez parties.

6. When you were searching for a background for your Myspace Page.

7. When Tom was your first friend on Myspace.

8. When you memorized every single last lyrics to itty bitty piggy.

9. When at lunch you played with a tech deck or played skully.

10. When everyone had to get out the way because you were about hit the waviest duggie.

11. When Aubrey Graham was Jimmy not Drake.

12. When you was chicken noodle souping on 119 and Lexington.

13. You lied about your age to get on Facebook.

14. When you were on Team Edward or Team Jacob.

15. When Disney Channel shows were worth watching (Suite Life, Wizards of Waverly Place.)

16. When you owned a Juicy Couture necklace.

17. When you owned a Juicy Couture track suit.

18. When you know that High School Musical is the best musical that Disney ever put out.

19. When you owned an iPod Nano or an iPod shuffle.

20. When you owned silly bands.

21. When you were afraid to admit that you watched anime.

22. When Jonas Brothers were one of your favorite bands.


23. When you know the song Soulja Boy by heart.

24. When you typed like this: y d1d w3 th1nk diz waz c00l?


25. When MASH was the go to game.

26. When a nokia was your first phone.


27. When you upgraded from a nokia to a sidekick.

28. When you owned a game boy.

29. When you played with BeyBlades.

30. When wearing Aeropostale was actually cool.

31. When you put cartoon characters as your profile picture.

32. When Obama family looked like this:

33. You wore Hollister.

34. You actually thought Ralph Lauren Polo was a step up from Hollister.

35. When you had to hit that Stanky Leg.

36. When you were ashamed to get on line for some free free aka free lunch.

37. When you owned a motorola razor.

38. When having your hair chemically relaxed was the style.

39. When you had to choose your top 8 on myspace.

40. When you always wore those live strong bracelets.

41. When you actually liked Raven Symone.

42. And Miley Cyrus.

43. You owned a neckless with your name on it.

44. When you remember the lyrics to Ignition.

45. When you downloaded music from Limewire.

46. When you got home every night on time to see 106 and park LIVE!

47. When your eyebrows didn't matter.

48. When you had to hit the Aunt Jackie.

49. When Kanye was walking with Jesus.

50. When boys use to wear oversized t-shirts.

51. When your back to school shoes was payless.

52. When you owned at least one Bobby Jack or Paul Frank item.

53. When your favorite spiderman is Tobey McGuire.

54. When you read Amelia Bedelia or Junie B. Jones books.

55. When you're still mad that B2K broke up.

56. When you still cry over the death of Chris Brown in Stomp the Yard.


57. When Stomp the Yard use to make you want to crump.

58. When you and your friends argued which Cheetah Girl you were.

59. When Teen Nick was called The N.

60. When Nick Cannon's Wild n Out team colors was Red and Black.

61. When Yo Momma jokes was relevant.

62. When Bow Wow was actually relevant.

63. When you had to play the recorder in music class.

64. When you played Booty Tag at Recess

65. When we use to overly decorate our photos.

66. When everyone use to go on seenly to take selfies.

65. When you're reading all these and remembering those awesome but strange times.


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