30 Things That Were Extremely Cool 10 Years Ago But Are Super Cringey Today
Back when you were scared to log on to Facebook because of FarmVille invites.
1. Buying a bunch of Twilight merch from Hot Topic:
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2. Taking mirror selfies like this (complete with shutter shades) and uploading them to Photobucket:
3. Changing your profile pic to something like this:
4. Uploading onto Facebook EVERY photo you took at a party or while out:
5. Lying about your life on LiveJournal to make yourself sound more interesting:
LiveJournal
6. Convincing people that the iPhone was worth the money by showing them that one app where it looks like you're drinking a beer:
7. Or the one app that made it look like you were swinging a light saber:
And that one app where it looked as if you had a lighter:
8. Or arguing with your friends that the iPhone wasn't worth it because you didn't want to lose your BlackBerry BBM conversations:
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9. And, of course, bragging about your Brick Breaker score:
BlackBerry
10. Having a mini meltdown because Internet Explorer crashed:
Microsoft
11. Arguing passionately over whether pirates could beat ninjas in a fight:
12. Buying bootleg DVDs 'cause you couldn't wait for a new movie to be released officially on DVD:
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13. Bragging about the DVDs you had in your Netflix queue:
14. Quoting that one Starburst Berries and Cream commercial over and over:
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15. And quoting Borat A LOT:
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16. Randomly yelling, "Leave Britney alone!" while having a conversation:
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17. Just posting the most ridiculous shit on Facebook:
18. Thinking that Chuck Norris jokes were the be-all and end-all of comedy:
19. Thinking that typing like this was the coolest:
20. Thinking that it was funny to rickroll your friends:
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21. Leaving a fake outgoing voicemail greeting that sounded as if you had picked up your phone but couldn't hear the person on the other end:
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22. Using laser pointers all the time to bug your friends:
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23. Talking about Michael Phelps's diet like six times a day:
24. Taking pictures with that one awful Photo Booth filter:
25. Harassing everyone on Facebook with like 14 "LOST PHONE, NEED NUMBERS" groups:
26. Watching full-length movies that cost tens of millions of dollars to make on an iPod with a 2-inch screen:
27. Having your cellphone ringer on at full volume and having some Top 40 song as your ringtone:
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28. Yelling, "DON'T TASE ME, BRO!" in public:
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29. Sharing memes about all the times Christian Bale and Kermit the Frog were basically twins:
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30. And finally, sending out FarmVille invites to your friends and family:
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