From movies and TV shows to technology and fashion trends, the 2000s was an iconic decade we'll never forget.
So, of course, redditor u/Gaia_Maiko just had to ask the important question: "What’s something from the 2000s that desperately needs a comeback in the 2020s? And why?"
Reddit users shared several things from the '00s that they think needs a comeback, and the responses got pretty nostalgic. Here are some of the best ones:
1. Sidekick phones
2. Clear technology
3. Heelys
4. Cereal straws
Since we're starting to become more environmentally savvy and ditching plastic straws, may I recommend bringing these bad boys back
"The Froot Loops and Apple Jacks cereal straws. The convenience of decreasing plastic waste with a tasty snack is what this earth needs."
5. Blockbuster
6. Low-rise jeans
7. The minimal reliance on texting
8. The comedy movies
9. Pizza Hut's Triple Deckeroni Pizza
10. Scented gel pens
11. Pop punk
12. The cost of living
13. CDs
14. VHS tapes
15. The Internet culture
pov: you grew up on the internet in the 2000s
"Internet culture in the early 2000s was a lot more niche and geeky. Complete Wild West attitude where you can say and do anything you wanted. Now it's become corporate mainstream and bland. I think the younger generation doesn't have a distinction now between their offline and online selves, and whatever you post on the internet seems to entirely define who you are 24/7."
"In the 2000s, going online felt like stepping into another world that was different from real life. Now they both feel like the same thing."
16. Altoids Sours
17. The softer cursor thing (aka, the TrackPoint) on ThinkPads
18. iPod classic
19. Mars Delight Chocolate bar
am I the only one who remembers “Mars Delight” chocolate bar? They need to bring them back.
Suggested by: u/dillbobert
20. The malls
Thinking about the stark difference between how Mills malls looked in the 2000s vs now
"Big shopping malls. I loved hanging out at the mall with my friends, running into other friends, working at the mall, having buffet-style Chinese food with an iced coffee, catching a movie, etc. You could spend an entire day there as a teen.
All the malls around me are mostly dead: many empty storefronts, no more food courts. I'm legitimately sad about it."
"Malls. (Or at least something like it.)
Not necessarily for the capitalistic shopping free-for-all, but more so for the social setting that it provided. As recently as fifteen years ago, going to a mall felt like a meeting of the tribes. Gamers at the arcades, goths and stoners at Hot Topic or Spencers, geeks at the bookstores, preppies at the sporting goods or clothing stores, etc. They all had their places to shop and hang out, and then everyone kind of mixed together at the food court and such.
After high school and maybe college, all of those groups just kind of go their separate ways and stay in their bubbles. With the internet being a big echo chamber for whatever you want to hear, it isn't much different either. A mall, or something like it, is the closest thing I can think of in recent memory that mixed everyone up and fostered everyone talking with one another."
21. Old YouTube
22. Flared and bootcut jeans
23. Rollerblading
24. Cartoon Network's old shows
25. And finally, the THX intro
Do you agree with this list? What are things from the 2000s that you'd like to see make a comeback? Let us know in the comments below!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.