40 Extremely Embarrassing Things People Absolutely LOVED 20 Years Ago That I'm Convinced Literally No One Remembers

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15-07-2025

Around 15 to 20 years ago people loved to...
Convince others the iPhone was worth the money by showing them that one app where it looks like you're drinking a beer:
And also bust out that one lighter app like it was the most incredible thing ever:
Just post the most boring stuff on Facebook:
Or the most weirdly intense:
Think Chuck Norris jokes were the be-all and end-all of comedy:
Watch full-length movies that cost tens of millions of dollars to make on an iPod with a 2-inch screen:
Think that talking baby in the E-Trade commercials was the funniest thing they had ever seen:
The baby talks, folks. THE BABY TALKS!
Think that typing like this meant you were creative:
Or this:
Or just add Z's to every word for no reason:
Take weird pictures of your feet or hands because you all had matching bracelets or shoes:
Argue passionately over whether pirates could beat ninjas in a fight:
Harass everyone on Facebook with like 14 "LOST PHONE, NEED NUMBERS" groups:
And like 17 FarmVille requests:
Fake people out with your voicemail message:
Celebrate National Talk Like a Pirate Day:
Take dramatic photos of Converse:
Or draw a bunch of random stuff on them:
Think 3D movie theater glasses were a fashion statement:
Get obsessed with Doppelgänger Week on Facebook:
Take pictures with that one awful Photo Booth filter:
Own that one white MacBook that got dirty after like a week:
Take weird pictures of your feet or hands because you all had matching bracelets or shoes:
Insist that BlackBerry was way better than iPhone because of Brick Breaker and BBM:
Change your age to 99 years old on Myspace:
Carry around a little leather BDSM case for their flip-phone:
Maximum protection.
Watch movies on portable DVD players, god rest their soul:
Constantly quote that one Bill O'Reilly video where he swears:
Take selfies with a big-ass digital camera:
Upload 400 pictures to Facebook at once in an album with a title from a Dave Matthews Band song:
Spend money on ringback tones. Sweet, sweet ringback tones:
Change your profile pic to something like this:
And like this:
If you had this as your MySpace pic, it meant you once listened to Something Corporate.
Wear shoes big enough to house a family of five:
Update Facebook from a tiny lil' phone:
Publicly put friends on blast:
Think adding a "xXx" to a screen name made them a force to be reckoned with:
Try to take a selfie with flip phones and completely missing your face, like, 14 times in a row:
Accidentally pull out the charging cable while your iPod was in DO NOT DISCONNECT mode:
And turn on the TV Guide and just completely vibe out:
Sounds blissful, actually.