White Raben sneakers and jelly bracelets? The height of fashion.
1.
Quoting Mean Girls in every conversation.
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Knowing and reciting the entire script of Mean Girls was a talent that at least 50% of millennials boasted about.
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Melting pens in the bunsen burner.
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Writing detailed Facebook statuses, multiple times a day.
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And cringing every single year it comes up in your memories.
4.
Dramatically flipping your Motorola Razr open and closed.
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Motorola Razrs — especially pink ones — were the hottest accessory for a good year or two. Mainly because of how fun it was to flip open with an unnecessary amount of drama.
5.
Pegging tennis balls at your friends.
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Not to stereotype here, but there’s something about teenage boys loving to peg tennis balls at each other and call it a game. Just play handball??
6.
Wearing white Raben sneakers with every outfit.
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These were THE “it” shoe of the ’00s. Everyone had a white pair, but then you’d crack out your fluoro ones for festivals and special occasions.
7.
Walking aimlessly around the shopping centre drinking a Wendy’s milkshake or a Boost Juice.
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The most fun Thursday night activity.
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Or getting a Gloria Jean’s and thinking you were so grown-up for drinking coffee.
Gloria Jeans
I used to ask for quarter shots in my blended coffees — if that’s not embarrassing, then I don’t know what is.
9.
Carrying everything around in a pink Supré bag.
Supre
Long before Coles and Woolies got into the eco-friendly game, hot pink Supré totes were the coolest thing you could own.
10.
Using Wite-Out to paint your nails in class.
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And then using highlighters to colour your hair.
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I vividly remember using pink and green highlighters to colour the ends of my hair in math class…anyone else?
12.
Using digital cameras to do full-on photoshoots at school or parties.
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I low-key miss these. Phone selfies just don’t compare.
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Then uploading 200 photos to a Facebook album with an inside joke as a title.
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No one wanted to see those photos; no one needed to see those photos — and yet, we still uploaded them.
14.
Getting anything on your year 12 jersey except for your last name.
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If you went to a school that let you customise your jerseys…I have no doubt you made a decision that you now regret.
15.
Stacking on cheap rubber bracelets as a cool fashion accessory.
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We all remember what the black ones mean and what would happen if someone broke one 👀.
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And that two-year span when Livestrong-adjacent bracelets were super cool.
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To the point where music artists were selling their own as merch.
17.
Absolutely dousing yourself in Lynx.
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Guys smothered themselves in it, and girlies thought it was the hottest scent ever. But HELLO, it is not an anti-perspirant, and all it did was mingle with teenage B.O.
18.
Those clasp-y belts with a long tail.
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I don’t know what these were called, but everyone had one. And unfortunately, it looks like the trend is coming back in.
19.
Drinking Passion Pop, usually in a park.
20.
Posting cryptic lyrics and emoticons in your MSN status.
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Sure, you could just tell your friend you’re mad at them or tell your crush you like them — OR you could just post slightly emo lyrics as your MSN status and let them work it out on their own.
21.
Watching Big Brother — Up Late.
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Why did we want to watch grainy night-vision footage of people getting it on under doonas? Unsure.
22.
Making a mix CD for your crush.
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Spending hours poring over Limewire was the love language of the ’00s.
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Spending months figuring out what to wear to formal, thinking you looked so hot, then realising as you look back just how terrible the outfit was.
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It’s a rite of passage.
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And finally, spending all your time making your study notes look amazing, when really you should have just been studying.
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Maybe my final results would have been better if I spent less time writing colourful titles and more time learning about osmosis or whatever.
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