the 2000s were the opposite of brain rot. we were pirating music on limewire for our mp3s, jailbreaking iphones, and coding our myspace profiles

In 2026:

▪️VHS turns 50.

▪️DVD turns 30.

▪️Blu-Ray turns 20.

▪️4K UHD BD turns 10.

how to get on the internet in the 90s

The “Chromecore” Y2K subaesthetic (late 90s - mid 00s items pictured)

kids today will never understand this

Windows XP Solitaire

MySpace Tom

I heard this show was banned in 50 countries for being a bad influence on marriages

Microsoft Office icons from 2004

this was the default childhood gallery

the sims 2000 was my first second life

Computer animation by hand in the 1990s was no joke. This is what a real pioneer looks like.

Computer animation by hand in the 1990s was no joke. This is what a real pioneer looks like.

‘DVD. It’s a movie on a disc the size of a CD.’

before everything became renting this is how we heard music

i miss the early 2000s era so badly

1998 just felt right

Multi-Color Pen (2000s)

Most people don’t know this concept started in 1960s Japan, when engineers figured out how to stack multiple ink refills inside one pen.

You bought it for all the colors and only used blue

Facebook profile page in 2007

Windows Live Messenger Emotes (2009)

apples website in 2007

It was a simple life.

Digital Media Pioneer Halle Berry Launching her Website "Hallewood" in (1999)

Netflix for iPhone in 2011