Subculture in the 90s has somehow made its way back to the future and mainstream America is in love. Everyone is rocking tattoo chokers and saying how awesome it was to be a "90s baby." But let's face the truth — 2000 was the actual best turn of the century. To be honest, everyone I know was preschool aged in the 90s. Oh, 2000. When Blink-182 were rock gods and Jay-Z still had a hyphen in it. Such simpler times! Here's why life in the "ohs" was phenomenal.
1. Flip-phones were a major key.
We all had Razrs, and I'm not talking scooters. Whether your phone was pink, blue or bedazzled, if it flipped, you were cool. The only downside came when you accidentally downloaded a game or hit the internet button and had to face your parents wrath when the phone bill came.
2. Every moment was a Kodak one.
From middle school dances to field trips to just messing around in the backyard, every moment of our lives was documented on those plastic disposable and digital camera's. Say cheese!
3. Myspace (rawr).
Curating a near perfect playlist for your page viewers to jam to was just as important as updating your Top 8 every three weeks. Because Jessica was cool last week when she wasn't talking to your crush, but you caught them holding hands on the track, and you "like so totally don't care" but she has to move down a few people on the list.
4. "Mean Girls" was the epitome of 2000s cinema.
You've seen it a zillion times and can recite every line. Now every time someone wins it's "You go Glen Coco" and "Get in loser, we're going shopping" when it's time to hit the mall. "Mean Girls" gave us some of the most quotable material in the history of chick-flick cult classics.
5. Our pop idols rocked.
While Whitney and Mariah may have been the queens of 80s and 9's, the early 00s gave us major hits from legends like Ashanti, Destiny's Child, the Pussycat Dolls and Rihanna. And we pop-locked to all of it.
6. Hillary Duff was our Miley Cyrus.
A classic Disney-actress-turned-pop-star, Hillary is best known for her role as Lizzie McGuire on the Disney Channel show named the same. But she brought us so much more than a coming-of-age TV series. She also brought us to tears with her role in "A Cinderella Story" with the very yummy Chad Michael Murray. He was totally what dreams are made of.
7. Harry Potter movies.
Considering most people my age were literally born the year the first Harry Potter novel was released, I stand by the fact that none of them could have read the books before seeing the movie. Nevertheless, with its cinematic release in November of 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone set ablaze the madness that would be known as Pottermania. So, you're welcome, children of today's world.
8. Hit Clips.
If you explained these mini audio players to a child of today's world, well they would probably think we were crazy. But any 2000 teen knows Hit Clips were the bomb. Those 60 seconds of your favorite songs were heaven sent and despite the strange one sided earphone, all the cool kids had some.
9. "All That" = greatest thing Nickelodeon ever produced.
"All That" was a comedy-skit show that is pretty comparable as a "teen version" of NBC's Saturday Night Live. It gave us the golden material of "Good Burger," "Ask Ashley" and "Whateverrr" with sayings and dances that have followed us for ages.
10. Gameboy Advance and GBA SP.
Pokemon, Super Mario Bros. and Zelda. Forever.
Yeah so, the 2000s rocked.
*cries in nostalgia*
