24 Things Every Noughties British Teen Will Know Which Looking Back Are Pretty Embarrassing

    "You coming out later? TB."

    1. Remember when we used to take pictures of our feet in a circle because we thought it was aesthetically breathtaking?

    Four people stand in a circle in the sand but the photo shows only their feet

    2. And when we used to end texts with "TB" meaning text back, because we really needed that reply.

    A stock image shows a close up of a man's hand holding an old mobile phone that reads

    3. Oh, and TB's not-so-distant cousin, "BRB" (be right back). Remember her?

    A cropped image of a blue text box from the old MSN program showing the acronym Brb written in it

    4. Did you ever go out a buy a dummy as a teenager because it was fashionable for some weird reason?

    5. Or wear shutter shades?

    Kanye West wears a black jacket yellow t shirt and a white pair of shutter shades at an event

    6. But you did write all over your converses though?

    Stacked image in which Miley Cyrus sits on the back of a track in a pair of short shorts and a top with a boy in a blue t shirt. In image 1 he takes her converse shoe, and in images 2 and 3 he writes forever on the front in marker

    7. Every cool girl had a Jane Norman bag and every cool boy had a JD Sports bag for their P.E. kit.

    A split image showing a pink drawstring Jane Norman bag and three drawstring JD Sports bags in black white and yellow laying flat on a wooden table

    8. And these were the most bougie things you could own in 2006.

    TFY Universal Car Headrest Mount Holder for Portable DVD Player https://t.co/IPnncd11Sf

    9. We all know the ultimate clapback to a friend you were pissed off with was to lower their position on your Bebo top 16 friends list.

    A screengrab from a Bebo page showing the top friends section with has 16 small square photos of people except their names and faces are blocked out. The text at the top reads 16 of 227 friends and then random friend

    10. But being tagged in these bad boys was a pleasure and privilege.

    A screengrab of a facebook photo showing the image and the caption which reads bit late but oh well. The image shows several silhouettes of people holding up identifying traits like the good guy, the hopeless romantic and the funny one

    11. And we've all experienced being added into an awkward "LOST PHONE, NEED NUMBERS" Facebook group or message with about 30 other people.

    what's with this new "lost phone gimme your digitttssssssss" facebook group fetish? if you want my number come to me in person and ask

    12. But did you ever "0800 Reverse" your parents so you could call them when your credit had run out and they'd pick up the charges?

    13. Or attempt to psyche people out with an incredibly grating "hello, hello, I can't hear you" voicemail message?

    14. We've all fallen pray to those subscription based text services that provide you with your horoscope for approx. £5 millon a week.

    A photo of a psychic advert in an old newspaper which has a man looking up with a picture of space superimposed behind him and reads amazing psychic predictions, discover your destiny and lists an american number

    15. Oh, and there's NOTHING more 2000s than sitting with your friend and bluetooth-ing a ringtone between your phones.

    A stock image showing two young boys sitting on a grey couch on their phones

    16. Remember when scoobies were the ultimate mode of currency in school for that brief month and a half?

    A close up image of several brightly coloured plastic keychains in which the threads have been woven into a pattern like a scoobie lying on a wooden table

    17. And did any of the boys at your school go through that phase of farting and then saying "badger"?

    18. Did you ever download that £2.99 app where you could turn your iPhone into a shaver and then use it to prank people?

    A screengrab from the apple app store showing two razor prank apps available for purchase

    19. Or were you that unimaginable bastard who mastered this horribly effective technique of flicking someone with an elastic band?

    A close up image shows one person's hand hovering over another person's arm with an elastic band poised and ready to be flicked

    20. We're all guilty of taking photos like this because it's obviously arty AF.

    A young woman sits in a cafe that has been turned into greyscale and only her top remains brightly coloured red

    21. Or wannabe emo shots of the crown of your head.

    A young man holds a camera over his head and takes a close up picture from above of his hair with a big sweeping emo fringe

    22. What about slapsies? You must've played that masochistic game on a freezing cold day, right?

    Day 1 at @OfficialRandL obviously means its time for a @GetInuit vs @DemobHappy game of slapsies 👏

    23. And we've indulged in a childish game of screaming "bogies" as loud as you can at least once!

    24. And lastly, were you even a noughties teen if you don't recognise this *interesting* individual, right?

    A still from the popular youtube series Salad Fingers showing a green man with austere features, crazy eyes and long fingers standing in front of a desertscape