50 Nostalgic Things From The 2000s Prove How Much The World Has Moved On Since Then
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Since I haven't had the luck to be born and to grow up in The United States of America, or any other western country, but rather an occupation-torn post-Soviet state that has just regained its freedom, I've never actually seen or touched half of the things on this list. And, yet, looking at all these Poo-chi dogs, Polly Pockets, and things like phone charms, I feel a massive wave of nostalgia! That's probably because we, as kids, were glued to our screens whenever they showed something like Dawson's Creek or even Hannah Montana, absorbing not only how the characters looked and talked but also the things they had. It was almost like having them yourself! Though speaking of series, we'd more often get something as old as The Little House On The Prairie or Doctor Quinn, rather than the newest episode of, say, Phineas & Ferb. Nevertheless, I can definitely feel the importance and the impact of the 2000s on our lives. Things were changing ever so quickly. Straight from oblivion, we went to the Western civilization and its pop culture with half-naked ladies, boy bands, electronic toys, TV series, and even portable phones (those definitely came out of some witch's brew)! Also, the sense of liberation - both literal freedom regained by my homeland and the one given to us by the ever-expanding World Wide Web - was just overwhelming. So many new cultural experiences and opportunities were never present. Starting, of course, with toys and ending with poking someone on Facebook, this decade was moving into the future at a breakneck pace. But, without any more of my essayistic babble, let's dive a few decades back and reminisce on the things that we all loved dearly when growing up. From Tamagotchis to pencils with cartridges, and from ye olde Cartoon Network to flare jeans, you'll find many things that'll remind you of your careless youth. So, share this list full of things from your 2000s childhood with someone susceptible to the same kind of nostalgia that you are, and tell us which of these items, pop stars, or games you miss the most! This post may include affiliate links. #1
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Plenty of things on this list are just as common now as they were 20 years ago, they are just kid things, playdoh, school cafeterias, the road rug, scholastic books ect. 62 62points reply Mary Jeffries Mary Jeffries Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago My thoughts exactly. Just about everything that was not electronics are things my kids love. 11 11points reply Load More Replies... AnnaBanana AnnaBanana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Life was WAY more fun without smart phones... 2 2points reply Pink Rose Pink Rose Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I have seen somethings on this list, But This list makes me wish I lived in the 2000s seems so fun with no one having a phone. I was born in 2009 and am 11. 2 2points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Nah, when we were young, we all whined about how bored we were all the time. No instant texts, no instant videos, no internet! 2 2points reply stacyh stacyh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Every young person from every generation wanted to be born before they were. Plus most people had cell phones during the whole 2000s. They were much less common in the 90s, but by the early 2000s a very regular thing. 1 1point reply classbag classbag Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago (edited) @stacy I've never EVER wanted to be born before I was. No offense, but generalizations like this don't work at all for people from communities where the generations before them suffered through war, oppression, famine, etc. 1 1point reply Lou Cam Lou Cam Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago 2009 is the same year as my eldest and she would like to go back in time to my childhood in the 80's. No phones or tablets and all the kids played put in the street together. 0 0points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago People had phones in the 00’s. Like everyone. They were just different phones. Every little kid “wishes they lived back then.” Shít isn’t even that different now, it wasn’t that long ago. -1 -1point reply Eucritta Eucritta Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many also are much older than the 2000s. 10 10points reply HooowlAtTheMoon HooowlAtTheMoon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago i'm gen z and i got nostalgic with most the items on this list 0 0points reply Ziiiiiing Ziiiiiing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago Plenty of the things on the list had been around for decades before the 2000's, I wonder if Millennials are aware that their parents were using them too. 0 0points reply Bex Bex Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I know other countries tend to get popular American trends and items a few or ten or more years after we do in the US, but I'm Gen X, and some of these came out in the 80's, 70's, even the 60's! Definitely not things that only Millenials are nostalgic for! 33 33points reply Two_rolling_black_eyes Two_rolling_black_eyes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Most of these things are prior to the 2000s. Several were obsolete before 2001. (I will fight to the death that a decade starts at 1 since there was no year zero). 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art Nia Loves Art Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago (edited) I would say that because 2000 starts with “2000” as opposed to “1990” it should count. Agree with your point about the list though. Most of it is not 2000s specific. 0 0points reply Scarlett Scarlett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What about those rings that you put around your ankle and they’d spin and you’d jump over the ball? I have no idea what they were called, but I remember them 20 20points reply Sara Marie Sara Marie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skip-it's!!!!! I LOVED them! 13 13points reply Load More Replies... GoddessOdd GoddessOdd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago We did have a lot of really dangerous stuff... do you remember Clackers? Those things could kill you. 4 4points reply Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I COMPLETELY forgot about those until now, you totally just awakened a childhood memory of mine! 3 3points reply RoseTheMad RoseTheMad Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I don't remember what we called them as kids, but nowadays I know them as "ankle destroyers" 3 3points reply The Starsong Princess The Starsong Princess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Mine was called a Lemon Twister. 2 2points reply Leeds Lass Leeds Lass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember those, think they were banned :........ 1 1point reply Prilsy Prilsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago I found them in a supermarket last year and bought some for our Christmas celebration, they were a huge hit though I was the only one who knew how to use them. 0 0points reply A girl A girl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not sure when they were invented, but i played with them in 1970. 0 0points reply Rannveig Ess Rannveig Ess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I loved that! Except when it tangled and came around and barked you in the ankle 0 0points reply Mona Mona Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skip it ! 0 0points reply Leeds Lass Leeds Lass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember those, i think they were banned ..... 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Annamagelic Annamagelic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Maybe just " Things millenials feel nostalgic about" would be a better title. Plenty of things on this list are just as common now as they were 20 years ago, they are just kid things, playdoh, school cafeterias, the road rug, scholastic books ect. 62 62points reply Mary Jeffries Mary Jeffries Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago My thoughts exactly. Just about everything that was not electronics are things my kids love. 11 11points reply Load More Replies... AnnaBanana AnnaBanana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Life was WAY more fun without smart phones... 2 2points reply Pink Rose Pink Rose Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I have seen somethings on this list, But This list makes me wish I lived in the 2000s seems so fun with no one having a phone. I was born in 2009 and am 11. 2 2points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Nah, when we were young, we all whined about how bored we were all the time. No instant texts, no instant videos, no internet! 2 2points reply stacyh stacyh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Every young person from every generation wanted to be born before they were. Plus most people had cell phones during the whole 2000s. They were much less common in the 90s, but by the early 2000s a very regular thing. 1 1point reply classbag classbag Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago (edited) @stacy I've never EVER wanted to be born before I was. No offense, but generalizations like this don't work at all for people from communities where the generations before them suffered through war, oppression, famine, etc. 1 1point reply Lou Cam Lou Cam Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago 2009 is the same year as my eldest and she would like to go back in time to my childhood in the 80's. No phones or tablets and all the kids played put in the street together. 0 0points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago People had phones in the 00’s. Like everyone. They were just different phones. Every little kid “wishes they lived back then.” Shít isn’t even that different now, it wasn’t that long ago. -1 -1point reply Eucritta Eucritta Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many also are much older than the 2000s. 10 10points reply HooowlAtTheMoon HooowlAtTheMoon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago i'm gen z and i got nostalgic with most the items on this list 0 0points reply Ziiiiiing Ziiiiiing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago Plenty of the things on the list had been around for decades before the 2000's, I wonder if Millennials are aware that their parents were using them too. 0 0points reply Bex Bex Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I know other countries tend to get popular American trends and items a few or ten or more years after we do in the US, but I'm Gen X, and some of these came out in the 80's, 70's, even the 60's! Definitely not things that only Millenials are nostalgic for! 33 33points reply Two_rolling_black_eyes Two_rolling_black_eyes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Most of these things are prior to the 2000s. Several were obsolete before 2001. (I will fight to the death that a decade starts at 1 since there was no year zero). 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art Nia Loves Art Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago (edited) I would say that because 2000 starts with “2000” as opposed to “1990” it should count. Agree with your point about the list though. Most of it is not 2000s specific. 0 0points reply Scarlett Scarlett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What about those rings that you put around your ankle and they’d spin and you’d jump over the ball? I have no idea what they were called, but I remember them 20 20points reply Sara Marie Sara Marie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skip-it's!!!!! I LOVED them! 13 13points reply Load More Replies... GoddessOdd GoddessOdd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago We did have a lot of really dangerous stuff... do you remember Clackers? Those things could kill you. 4 4points reply Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I COMPLETELY forgot about those until now, you totally just awakened a childhood memory of mine! 3 3points reply RoseTheMad RoseTheMad Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I don't remember what we called them as kids, but nowadays I know them as "ankle destroyers" 3 3points reply The Starsong Princess The Starsong Princess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Mine was called a Lemon Twister. 2 2points reply Leeds Lass Leeds Lass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember those, think they were banned :........ 1 1point reply Prilsy Prilsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago I found them in a supermarket last year and bought some for our Christmas celebration, they were a huge hit though I was the only one who knew how to use them. 0 0points reply A girl A girl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not sure when they were invented, but i played with them in 1970. 0 0points reply Rannveig Ess Rannveig Ess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I loved that! Except when it tangled and came around and barked you in the ankle 0 0points reply Mona Mona Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skip it ! 0 0points reply Leeds Lass Leeds Lass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember those, i think they were banned ..... 0 0points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Woman Flabbergasted At Thrift Store's Prices, Calls Them Out By Sharing 14 Examples 50 Parents Having A Pretty Miserable Day Photoshop Troll Who Takes Photo Requests Too Literally Strikes Again, And The Result Is Hilarious (17 Pics) Popular on Bored Panda 30 Y.O. 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50 Nostalgic Things From The 2000s Prove How Much The World Has Moved On Since Then
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Since I haven't had the luck to be born and to grow up in The United States of America, or any other western country, but rather an occupation-torn post-Soviet state that has just regained its freedom, I've never actually seen or touched half of the things on this list. And, yet, looking at all these Poo-chi dogs, Polly Pockets, and things like phone charms, I feel a massive wave of nostalgia! That's probably because we, as kids, were glued to our screens whenever they showed something like Dawson's Creek or even Hannah Montana, absorbing not only how the characters looked and talked but also the things they had. It was almost like having them yourself! Though speaking of series, we'd more often get something as old as The Little House On The Prairie or Doctor Quinn, rather than the newest episode of, say, Phineas & Ferb. Nevertheless, I can definitely feel the importance and the impact of the 2000s on our lives. Things were changing ever so quickly. Straight from oblivion, we went to the Western civilization and its pop culture with half-naked ladies, boy bands, electronic toys, TV series, and even portable phones (those definitely came out of some witch's brew)! Also, the sense of liberation - both literal freedom regained by my homeland and the one given to us by the ever-expanding World Wide Web - was just overwhelming. So many new cultural experiences and opportunities were never present. Starting, of course, with toys and ending with poking someone on Facebook, this decade was moving into the future at a breakneck pace. But, without any more of my essayistic babble, let's dive a few decades back and reminisce on the things that we all loved dearly when growing up. From Tamagotchis to pencils with cartridges, and from ye olde Cartoon Network to flare jeans, you'll find many things that'll remind you of your careless youth. So, share this list full of things from your 2000s childhood with someone susceptible to the same kind of nostalgia that you are, and tell us which of these items, pop stars, or games you miss the most! This post may include affiliate links. #1
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MccreesKnees Report 530points POST JuJu JuJu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago American thing? 112 112points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3Burning The Sickest CDs In The Neighborhood
Jeffrey_Strange Report 529points POST troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Τapes were even better! Especially when we recorded the songs from the radio! 154 154points reply View More Replies... View more comments Hold your hand up, anyone who feels like 2000 was like, a year ago! Well, I do. But I'm also a millennial, the generation where the oldest person is turning 40 this year. No wonder things look quite different today. With kids playing Squid Game in virtual reality lenses, you can't help but wonder how many times more basic things used to be when I was their age. #4When I Was 9 Years Old My Dad Was Deployed To Baghdad Iraq I Gave Him These Yu-Gi-Oh Cards To Keep Him Safe They ve Been In His Wallet For 12 Years
Zanosa Report 522points POST Sarcastic Cow Sarcastic Cow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Magic the Gathering was a real thing too! 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5Flipping Through These As A Kid Trying To Find Your Favourite Bands Poster
beardynolando Report 517points POST Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Or just browsing through to see the pictures without the actual intention of buying any because you're way too young to care and thus too broke as well. 149 149points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6The Smell Of Opening A Brand New Can Of Play Doh
colburn317 Report 515points POST Mad Dragon Mad Dragon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I can smell this picture! 204 204points reply View More Replies... View more comments So to find out more about where this nostalgia is all coming from and what games from our early days we have long forgotten, we reached out to Qudsia Shakeel, the content manager at Moonpig who recently found out the most iconic gifts of the last 50 years. It turns out that just before the 2000s, it was the golden age for toys we consider iconic today. "The '90s were an especially iconic time for toys. Technological advancements presented new opportunities for toys to be much more interactive, making for a truly exciting time for the toy industry," Qudsia told us. Moreover, she added that "there is a great sense of nostalgia brought back by these toys, the Gameboy and Furbies are seen to be true icons of the decade." #7These TV Carts Always Meant Class Was Going To Be Fun When The Teacher Rolled One In
curly1022 Report 513points POST Caiman 94920 Caiman 94920 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 7th grade history teacher would play old Groucho Marx movies... 46 46points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8I Found An Old Pic Of Me Playing Computer Games As It Turns Out I Haven t Changed Very Much
Bleep-bloop3000 Report 510points POST Mich Mich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The flick of hair going up! 66 66points reply View more comments #9Pencils With Cartridges
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amazon.com Report 457points Buy Now POST Chyppa Homer Chyppa Homer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago When I was watching, this used to be the new Cartoon Network 112 112points reply View More Replies... View more comments So which toys are we talking about, exactly? Well, you probably remember Furby, a chatty furry ball that became a must-have for children all over the world. In 1998, Furby released its first model consisting of 48 colors and 22 special editions. The same year, a whopping 1.8 million Furbies were sold and the toy was translated into 24 different languages. #13The Ge Alarm Clock That Everyone Seemed To Have
2ezyo Report 451points POST Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is so not 2000's! My parents had this thing before i was born! 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14Remember When You Didn t Have To Enter Your Personal Info Online To Win A Soda
VitruvianHooligan Report 446points POST Hello it Smee Hello it Smee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago When I was in high school I got Sprit free all summer because I realized if you flip the bottle over you could read the cap inside and it wound either say win free Sprite or Play Again. Not the best choice of promotion on a clear soda. 104 104points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15Can We Please Bring Back The Holes To Put Phone Charms On Our Phones
gamerguy287 Report 441points POST Joanna Joanna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes! Let's bring netsukes back! 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments Furby paved the way for other robotic toys of the 2000s that became incredibly popular. Like, the famous Teksta the Robotic Puppy. This little doggo started a huge craze in the early 2000s when kids realized they could literally fulfill their dream of having a pet, minus all the hassle. Parents were also excited with the idea, so over 7 million robotic puppies were sold in the first year. As a result, the Robotic Puppy became one of the most popular birthday gifts of the new century. #16Wooden Playgrounds
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champagnebreezy Report 416points POST Elsker Elsker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Me too!! The new ones are cute, but the old ones are the best!! 38 38points reply View More Replies... View more comments Tamagotchi, a virtual pet, is basically a symbol of the 2000s. After its launch in 2005, children would carry it everywhere they went, attaching it to their belts and backpacks, in order to be always ready to take care of their pet whenever it needed them. Feeding, training and playing were part of the journey of raising a Tamagotchi, but in turn, it would grow and… not much else! Yet, many millennials still remember it with great nostalgia. #19Who Remembers This Ice Cream From School
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Plenty of things on this list are just as common now as they were 20 years ago, they are just kid things, playdoh, school cafeterias, the road rug, scholastic books ect. 62 62points reply Mary Jeffries Mary Jeffries Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago My thoughts exactly. Just about everything that was not electronics are things my kids love. 11 11points reply Load More Replies... AnnaBanana AnnaBanana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Life was WAY more fun without smart phones... 2 2points reply Pink Rose Pink Rose Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I have seen somethings on this list, But This list makes me wish I lived in the 2000s seems so fun with no one having a phone. I was born in 2009 and am 11. 2 2points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Nah, when we were young, we all whined about how bored we were all the time. No instant texts, no instant videos, no internet! 2 2points reply stacyh stacyh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Every young person from every generation wanted to be born before they were. Plus most people had cell phones during the whole 2000s. They were much less common in the 90s, but by the early 2000s a very regular thing. 1 1point reply classbag classbag Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago (edited) @stacy I've never EVER wanted to be born before I was. No offense, but generalizations like this don't work at all for people from communities where the generations before them suffered through war, oppression, famine, etc. 1 1point reply Lou Cam Lou Cam Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago 2009 is the same year as my eldest and she would like to go back in time to my childhood in the 80's. No phones or tablets and all the kids played put in the street together. 0 0points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago People had phones in the 00’s. Like everyone. They were just different phones. Every little kid “wishes they lived back then.” Shít isn’t even that different now, it wasn’t that long ago. -1 -1point reply Eucritta Eucritta Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many also are much older than the 2000s. 10 10points reply HooowlAtTheMoon HooowlAtTheMoon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago i'm gen z and i got nostalgic with most the items on this list 0 0points reply Ziiiiiing Ziiiiiing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago Plenty of the things on the list had been around for decades before the 2000's, I wonder if Millennials are aware that their parents were using them too. 0 0points reply Bex Bex Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I know other countries tend to get popular American trends and items a few or ten or more years after we do in the US, but I'm Gen X, and some of these came out in the 80's, 70's, even the 60's! Definitely not things that only Millenials are nostalgic for! 33 33points reply Two_rolling_black_eyes Two_rolling_black_eyes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Most of these things are prior to the 2000s. Several were obsolete before 2001. (I will fight to the death that a decade starts at 1 since there was no year zero). 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art Nia Loves Art Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago (edited) I would say that because 2000 starts with “2000” as opposed to “1990” it should count. Agree with your point about the list though. Most of it is not 2000s specific. 0 0points reply Scarlett Scarlett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What about those rings that you put around your ankle and they’d spin and you’d jump over the ball? I have no idea what they were called, but I remember them 20 20points reply Sara Marie Sara Marie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skip-it's!!!!! I LOVED them! 13 13points reply Load More Replies... GoddessOdd GoddessOdd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago We did have a lot of really dangerous stuff... do you remember Clackers? Those things could kill you. 4 4points reply Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I COMPLETELY forgot about those until now, you totally just awakened a childhood memory of mine! 3 3points reply RoseTheMad RoseTheMad Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I don't remember what we called them as kids, but nowadays I know them as "ankle destroyers" 3 3points reply The Starsong Princess The Starsong Princess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Mine was called a Lemon Twister. 2 2points reply Leeds Lass Leeds Lass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember those, think they were banned :........ 1 1point reply Prilsy Prilsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago I found them in a supermarket last year and bought some for our Christmas celebration, they were a huge hit though I was the only one who knew how to use them. 0 0points reply A girl A girl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not sure when they were invented, but i played with them in 1970. 0 0points reply Rannveig Ess Rannveig Ess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I loved that! Except when it tangled and came around and barked you in the ankle 0 0points reply Mona Mona Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skip it ! 0 0points reply Leeds Lass Leeds Lass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember those, i think they were banned ..... 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Annamagelic Annamagelic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Maybe just " Things millenials feel nostalgic about" would be a better title. Plenty of things on this list are just as common now as they were 20 years ago, they are just kid things, playdoh, school cafeterias, the road rug, scholastic books ect. 62 62points reply Mary Jeffries Mary Jeffries Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago My thoughts exactly. Just about everything that was not electronics are things my kids love. 11 11points reply Load More Replies... AnnaBanana AnnaBanana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Life was WAY more fun without smart phones... 2 2points reply Pink Rose Pink Rose Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I have seen somethings on this list, But This list makes me wish I lived in the 2000s seems so fun with no one having a phone. I was born in 2009 and am 11. 2 2points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Nah, when we were young, we all whined about how bored we were all the time. No instant texts, no instant videos, no internet! 2 2points reply stacyh stacyh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Every young person from every generation wanted to be born before they were. Plus most people had cell phones during the whole 2000s. They were much less common in the 90s, but by the early 2000s a very regular thing. 1 1point reply classbag classbag Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago (edited) @stacy I've never EVER wanted to be born before I was. No offense, but generalizations like this don't work at all for people from communities where the generations before them suffered through war, oppression, famine, etc. 1 1point reply Lou Cam Lou Cam Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago 2009 is the same year as my eldest and she would like to go back in time to my childhood in the 80's. No phones or tablets and all the kids played put in the street together. 0 0points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago People had phones in the 00’s. Like everyone. They were just different phones. Every little kid “wishes they lived back then.” Shít isn’t even that different now, it wasn’t that long ago. -1 -1point reply Eucritta Eucritta Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many also are much older than the 2000s. 10 10points reply HooowlAtTheMoon HooowlAtTheMoon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago i'm gen z and i got nostalgic with most the items on this list 0 0points reply Ziiiiiing Ziiiiiing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago Plenty of the things on the list had been around for decades before the 2000's, I wonder if Millennials are aware that their parents were using them too. 0 0points reply Bex Bex Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I know other countries tend to get popular American trends and items a few or ten or more years after we do in the US, but I'm Gen X, and some of these came out in the 80's, 70's, even the 60's! Definitely not things that only Millenials are nostalgic for! 33 33points reply Two_rolling_black_eyes Two_rolling_black_eyes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Most of these things are prior to the 2000s. Several were obsolete before 2001. (I will fight to the death that a decade starts at 1 since there was no year zero). 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art Nia Loves Art Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago (edited) I would say that because 2000 starts with “2000” as opposed to “1990” it should count. Agree with your point about the list though. Most of it is not 2000s specific. 0 0points reply Scarlett Scarlett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What about those rings that you put around your ankle and they’d spin and you’d jump over the ball? I have no idea what they were called, but I remember them 20 20points reply Sara Marie Sara Marie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skip-it's!!!!! I LOVED them! 13 13points reply Load More Replies... GoddessOdd GoddessOdd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago We did have a lot of really dangerous stuff... do you remember Clackers? Those things could kill you. 4 4points reply Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I COMPLETELY forgot about those until now, you totally just awakened a childhood memory of mine! 3 3points reply RoseTheMad RoseTheMad Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I don't remember what we called them as kids, but nowadays I know them as "ankle destroyers" 3 3points reply The Starsong Princess The Starsong Princess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Mine was called a Lemon Twister. 2 2points reply Leeds Lass Leeds Lass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember those, think they were banned :........ 1 1point reply Prilsy Prilsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 12 months ago I found them in a supermarket last year and bought some for our Christmas celebration, they were a huge hit though I was the only one who knew how to use them. 0 0points reply A girl A girl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not sure when they were invented, but i played with them in 1970. 0 0points reply Rannveig Ess Rannveig Ess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I loved that! 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