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24 Things That Ruined Your Day 15 Years Ago That No One Cares About Now

The horror... The mid-2000s horror...

Back in the mid-2000s, nothing was worse than...

1. Going to listen to music on your iPod and seeing this symbol:

2. Burning a CD and seeing the worst two words in the English language:

3. Running out of minutes and having to wait 'til after 9 like a BARBARIAN.

4. That tear in your Livestrong getting bigger and bigger:

5. Hearing the OTHER worst five words in the English language:

6. Starting a download and seeing a wait time like this:

7. Only to have it all be in vain:

8. Being in the middle of an excellent Flash game or YouTube video and having this happen:

9. Turning on TV Guide and missing the ONE channel you wanted to see.

10. Developing 12 pictures of your thumb.

11. Listening to your CD player and trying to stay cool while it kept skipping.

12. And taking the CD out and seeing this:

13. Seeing this heinous sight on your Xbox:

14. Hobbling yourself with a scooter slam to the ankle.

15. Downloading a song for six hours only to be betrayed by LimeWire.

16. Your ringtone recording being sabotaged.

17. Misspelling a word on your totally cool, totally unique Converse.

18. Taking one bad step and ending up with sopping wet Uggs.

19. Losing a part of your super-cool awesome pen.

20. Your boogie board making you look like the fool you are.

21. Loading up your Netflix queue and seeing the movie you REALLY want is going to take weeks to arrive.

22. Spending hours putting in album art just to have none of it save.

23. Taking your favorite movie out of the VCR and seeing this:

24. And your mom reading the message that was for YOUR EYES ONLY.