21 Childhood Moments That Almost Every Single Kid Experienced In The 2000s

    Back when the worst thing that could happen to you was scratching your mix CD.

    1. Second-guessing yourself before going down the plastic slide at the playground out of fear of getting static shock:

    Playground in a park with slides on a sunny day.

    2. Getting excited whenever you got a classmate's birthday party invite — especially if it was a character invitation card they used:

    Pokémon birthday invitation cards,

    3. And losing your shit if the birthday party was at a Chuck E. Cheese:

    The exterior sign of a Chuck E. Cheese.

    4. Fighting back car sickness just to keep watching a movie on your portable DVD player while on a long car trip:

    A kid sitting in the back of a car watching a video of a dog on a portable DVD player.

    5. Drinking from these exact glasses with geese on them anytime you went to your grandma's house:

    A collection of clear '80s glasses with geese with blue bows on it.

    6. Heading straight to the video game display section whenever you went with your parents to the store:

    A photo of kid playing a Nintendo GameCube at a display in a store.

    7. Pushing the Happy Meal toy through the plastic until it tore — whenever your fingers were too greasy to tear it apart:

    A photo of a Disney Treasure Planet Happy Meal toy in it's package.

    8. Spending 15 minutes peeling the corner of a shrink-wrapped CD to open it (just to avoid getting up and grabbing a pair of scissors to slice it open):

    A hand holding a CD for with a piece of the corner piece peeled off.

    9. Having that moment of absolute dread whenever you accidentally scratched a brand-new mix CD:

    Close-up of a scratched a CD.

    10. Getting excited whenever it was Scholastic Book Fair day at school, 'cause it felt like Christmas came early:

    A elementary school library set up for Scholastic Book Fair day.

    11. Sitting super close to the TV while watching it (even though your parents told you not to):

    A kid setting close-up to the TV while watching a cartoon.

    12. Sitting super close to the TV while playing video games (even though your parents told you not to):

     Two young children playing a PlayStation video game in their parent''s home.

    13. Watching the TV Guide Channel 'cause you couldn't figure out what else to watch:

    A screengrab of the TV Guide Channel with a Hot Pockets Strawberry Pastries commercial playing.

    14. Enjoying one of these on a hot summer day (and giving yourself a brain freeze in the process):

    Three Minute Maid Juice Bars on a picnic table.

    15. Wanting a Gateway computer just because of the cow-print box it came in:

    A stack four Gateway computer boxes.

    16. Wanting a robot dog 'cause it seemed like the coolest thing ever:

    Poo Chi Robot Dog with green ears and a tails.

    17. Having a full-blown argument with your sibling(s) over who got to play with the Game Boy (if you had to share one):

    A silver Game Boy Boy Advance SP.

    18. Getting one of these as a souvenir whenever you went on a trip and never really looking at it again after your vacation:

    A green photo viewer key chain.

    19. Struggling to decide what icon to use as your Windows XP profile avatar:

    A Windows XP login page.

    20. Playing with the DVD clamshell of the movie you were watching (and also low-key taking a sniff of its plasticky yet addictive scent):

    A stack of two DVD clamshells.

    21. And, finally, just knowing you were in for a treat whenever you saw the Disney Channel Original Movie intro:

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