21 Pictures That Prove No One Should Have Dated Boys In The '00s

    It was a dark, dark time.

    1. No one should have dated boys in the '00s, because in the '00s, boys thought wearing multiple popped collars was cool.

    2. And thought T-shirts like these were funny.

    3. Frosted tips were, like, the pinnacle of cool hairstyles.

    4. Unless you were bold enough to go for a fauxhawk.

    5. In the '00s, there were literally no shoes too chunky.

    6. All the cool kids rocked their wraparound "Foakleys".

    7. Or if you wanted to look especially fly, you'd go for pair of shades with just one big lens.

    8. Boys in the '00s had belt buckles bigger than their dicks.

    9. And wowed their dates with the classic black shirt, white tie combo.

    10. Jeans weren't cool unless they were so baggy they got caught under your shoes and got all frayed.

    11. And obviously they had to be so ripped that both your pocket and your underwear were visible through a massive hole.

    12. A shit-ton of keychains completed the look.

    13. Boys in the '00s would never come back from holiday without a new shell necklace.

    14. You were no one without a Von Dutch trucker cap.

    15. And obviously you had to grow a soul patch, even if you couldn't really grow a soul patch.

    16. The more pockets you had on your baggy cargo pants, the more desirable you were.

    17. And everyone thought it was cool to cover your arms with charity wristbands for causes you barely knew existed.

    18. There was a brief period when everyone thought they were Kanye West.

    19. It was cool as fuck to pull your sweatband up over your bicep.

    20. And for some reason wearing everything Ed Hardy was totally fine.

    21. But most of all, no one should have dated boys in the '00s, because boys in the '00s wore fedoras.

    The '00s were a dark, dark time.