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22 Reasons Why You Begged Your Parents To Let You Use The Computer As A Kid

It was all fun and games until your favorite game started requiring a paid membership to access all of the features.

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22 Reasons Why You Begged Your Parents To Let You Use The Computer As A Kid
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Do you remember the first thing you used to google when you hopped on your parents' desktop computer as a kid? If not, maybe reading through these iconic websites from the early 2000s will jog your memory. Get ready for some serious nostalgia.

1. You cared for colorful immortal pets on Neopets.

2. You had to choose whether to be naughty or nice whenever you played Candy & Clyde on Miniclip.com.

3. You got your Disney on battling cogs on Toontown.

4. You spent countless NickPoints customizing your avatar on Nicktropolis.

5. You spent your free time during computer lab playing Run on CoolMath-Games.

6. You spent sleepovers anonymously prank-chatting with strangers on Omegle.

7. You memorized the answers to The Impossible Quiz on AddictingGames.

8. You watched your stuffed animals come to life on Webkinz.

9. You got to name a star, keep a stuffed animal, and create a virtual pet on Shining Stars.

10. You became a little fashionista on DressUpGames.


11. You took personality quizzes and read fanfiction on websites like Quotev before Buzzfeed got popular.


12. You wrote "Imagines", which were basically personalized fanfiction stories, for your friends on social media.

13. You adopted Puffles on Club Penguin.

14. You floated from island to island on Poptropica.
15. You played Big Mouth Life on Postopia.


16. You embraced your inner fairy on Disney's Pixie Hollow.

17. You watched weird channels like Fred, Dane Boe, FilmCow, and Liam Kyle Sullivan on YouTube.


18. You played Cyberchase: The Quest, even though you knew it was educational.

19. You played games on CD-ROMS.

20. You created masterpieces on MS Paint and KidPix.


21. You created odd looking creatures on Spore.


22. You began your own virtual life and became an expert interior designer on The Sims.

Who says these games are just for kids? It doesn't matter if you're 8 or 28, you can never be too old to play games. Regardless, it's always fun to take a virtual trip down memory lane!

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