25 Things That Ruined Your Day 15 Years Ago That Literally No One Cares About Today

    I have chills.

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

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

    torn livestrong bracelet

    2. Taking one bad step and ending up with sopping-wet Uggs:

    wet uggs

    3. Getting demoted in a Top 8 betrayal:

    Today's kids will never know the drama in picking MySpace's Top 8.

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

    ipod mini with low battery symbol

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

    cd player reading cd no disc

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

    blockbuster employee saying sorry we're out of copies

    7. Or the OTHER worst words in the English language:

    old computer with the caption get off the computer i need to use the phone

    And then going to charge your iPod and seeing this:

    8. Trying to download a song from LimeWire and having it take 17 hours:

    limewire downloads on an old computer

    Only to have it all be in vain:

    tweet reading on this day 15 years ago my moms picked up the phone and interrupted the file at 96 percent i'd been downloading for 17 hours

    9. Your ringtone recording being sabotaged:

    picture of an upset kid with the caption when you're trying to record a song for your ringtone but someone starts talking

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

    tweet reading todays kids will never understand the struggle of trying to maintain coolness after the song you were singing to on your cd started skipping

    And taking the CD out and seeing this:

    scratched up cd

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

    old flip phone

    12. Literally just, having to pay for texts:

    13. Accidentally clicking the wrong button and thinking that you bankrupted your family:

    meme about accidentally hitting the internet button on your phone and having to press end 40 times

    14. Waiting days for your disposable camera's pictures to develop, only to find out that your thumb ruined 95% of them:

    picture of a thumb ruining a polaroid picture

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

    netflix queue on an old web browser

    Only to finally get it and realize it's the wrong DVD:

    tweet reading damn you netflix for sending me the wrong dvd

    16. Getting like 400 Farmville requests each day:

    farmville requests

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

    old school download screen with a wait time of 39 years

    18. Your sticky hand touching the floor and immediately attracting all the dust and dirt in the 10 mile radius:

    19. Spending hours putting in album art, only to have none of it save:

    tweet reading i just had a flashback to the pre-spotify days when i used to download all my music with youtube to mp3 websites and manually organize them

    20. Hobbling yourself with a scooter slam to the ankle:

    scooter hitting an ankle

    21. Seeing this heinous sight on your Xbox:

    red ring of death on an xbox

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

    internet explorer not responding message

    23. Misspelling a word on your totally cool, totally unique Converse sneakers:

    converse with writing all over them

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

    tv guide channel

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

    picture of an old flip phone that reads i miss u so much today don't reply this is my mom's number