Rewind·Posted on Mar 3, 201617 Photos That Prove The Early 2000s Were A Tragic MessThree words: Shrek's swamp pudding.by Farrah PennBuzzFeed Junior WriterLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. When this disaster was brought into the universe: 2. When peanut butter slices were marketed like American cheese: 3. When we thought crop tops and super low-cut jeans were a match made in heaven: 4. When we all felt the need to wear our hair in an everyday wedding style with the Hairagami: 5. When we thought oozing green slime was actually a delicious treat: 6. And when we ate "swamp pudding" that literally turned your tongue green: 7. Like, seriously, why were we so obsessed with green stuff: 8. When we drank BRIGHT-ASS BLUE soda without question: 9. And when ~regular fries~ just wouldn't cut it: 10. When extremely narrow sunglasses made a ~stunning~ debut: 11. And when we thought tinted, colored sunglasses made us look flawless: 12. When we needed our lip gloss to shine brighter than the actual sun: 13. And when the market provided us with a sliding contraption for our tragically glittery lipstick: 14. When we wore pants that tied like goddamn shoelaces: 15. And when these newsboy caps were somehow in style: 16. When we thought playing with these was cute and not at all creepy: 17. And finally, when these keychains were somehow all the rage: