What are somethings that adults, teens, and children did in the noughties that aren’t done today?

I’ll go first:

- Jot down phone numbers in address books like people did in the latter half of the 20th century (Pre-2007)

- Use pay phones (Again, Pre-2007)

- Drink from water fountains in the park

What are some more?

A lot of us didn't drink from water fountains in the park even in the heyday. They were too gross and unsanitary. Not only people's "germs" if you will,but birds used them, people spit gum (and spit) in them, etc. And the water frequently tasted like rusty pipes.

A lot of us didn't drink from water fountains in the park even in the heyday. They were too gross and unsanitary. Not only people's "germs" if you will,but birds used them, people spit gum (and spit) in them, etc. And the water frequently tasted like rusty pipes.

That's right; sometimes the tap water would have chemicals dissolved into it, essentially making it unfit.

Have crushes on cartoon characters XD (I had one on Casey, my avatar)

Use flip phones (by 2011 flip phones basically were dead)

Burn music CDs on computers...I miss doing that. Back then I would spend hours burning CDs putting together compilations and writing the titles on the CD with markers! Fun.

A lot of us didn't drink from water fountains in the park even in the heyday. They were too gross and unsanitary. Not only people's "germs" if you will,but birds used them, people spit gum (and spit) in them, etc. And the water frequently tasted like rusty pipes.



I know, the water from water fountains tasted awful. 8-P

What are somethings that adults, teens, and children did in the noughties that aren’t done today?

I’ll go first:

- Jot down phone numbers in address books like people did in the latter half of the 20th century (Pre-2007)

- Use pay phones (Again, Pre-2007)

- Drink from water fountains in the park

What are some more?


Pay phones are still around but only a limited amount of them I see, they were replaced by LinkNYC which acts like a payphone but on these big devices you can look at various news articles, read the weather, catch up on train and bus schedules and charge your phone.

A lot of us didn't drink from water fountains in the park even in the heyday. They were too gross and unsanitary. Not only people's "germs" if you will,but birds used them, people spit gum (and spit) in them, etc. And the water frequently tasted like rusty pipes.


Not all of them looked like that, but still I’ve ran across quite a few with gum and fruit on the part of the fountain where you could see it.  8-P

Have crushes on cartoon characters XD (I had one on Casey, my avatar)

Use flip phones (by 2011 flip phones basically were dead)

Yep, they are essentially passe now. (Although I still have one, and I got it in '13.)

Burn music CDs on computers...I miss doing that. Back then I would spend hours burning CDs putting together compilations and writing the titles on the CD with markers! Fun.

Now people are willing to get their music lost by companies who host them on streaming services  :\'(


As an aside, this thread is about to make me feel quite sad.

Go to a video store (rip blockbuster).
Download illegal music.
Use myspace.
Use chatrooms like Aim and MSN.
Text on keyboard phones like the t-mobile sidekick.
Use memory cards on consoles

Now that I think about it, I don't know if the cartoon crush thing is true. Do kids today still do that?

Now that I think about it, I don't know if the cartoon crush thing is true. Do kids today still do that?


I don’t think kids even watch TV anymore. The only cartoons they would be having a crush on at the moment would be some of the characters in “Fortnite”.

I don’t think kids even watch TV anymore. The only cartoons they would be having a crush on at the moment would be some of the characters in “Fortnite”.


THE HORROR!!!!! AAHH, THE HORROR!!!

Seriously though. That makes me cringe a ton.

Wonder if 2007 babies have done that when they were 5-8.

Maybe Mina from Bunnicula.

Dial-up internet...

Anyone remember when we used to get CDs with "AOL" software on them?  I'd sometimes get three or four CDs with "AOL" on them every week!  :o

Dial-up internet...

Anyone remember when we used to get CDs with "AOL" software on them?  I'd sometimes get three or four CDs with "AOL" on them every week!  :o


Not only “AOL”, but the lesser known internet connection servitors. They were free in supermarkets and came delivered to everyone’s door like those Valpack coupons and the Dollar Saver.

Go to a video store (rip blockbuster).
Download illegal music.
Use myspace.
Use chatrooms like Aim and MSN.
Text on keyboard phones like the t-mobile sidekick.
Use memory cards on consoles


Now people have either Netflix or Hulu.

Go to a video store (rip blockbuster).
Download illegal music.
Use myspace.
Use chatrooms like Aim and MSN.
Text on keyboard phones like the t-mobile sidekick.
Use memory cards on consoles

We won't be able to keep new music because it's all being streamed and companies can choose whether or not they stay up, and the keyboard phones were great as long as you enabled T9. You could even use it one handed better than QWERTY keyboards of today.

Be emo.

Dial-up internet...

Anyone remember when we used to get CDs with "AOL" software on them?  I'd sometimes get three or four CDs with "AOL" on them every week!  :o


Oh gosh - yes! We had TOO many of them. Sometimes we would get the really elaborate looking ones with 2 CDs!

Oh gosh - yes! We had TOO many of them. Sometimes we would get the really elaborate looking ones with 2 CDs!


You could make a doorway curtain out of those CDs in 2002 or 2003. That’s just how many we had!!!  :o

They’re not worth anything to anyone other than XYers and Yers, but you rarely see them in thrift store.

Oh gosh - yes! We had TOO many of them. Sometimes we would get the really elaborate looking ones with 2 CDs!

Oh yes, I remember those AOL CD's...most of which I rejected.

In seven or eight years or whenever the first "only 2010s kids remember" memes come up, I will be sitting back, cringing saying "good god, the sheesh mid-late 2010s kids grew up with were so bad and cringe".

Oh gosh - yes! We had TOO many of them. Sometimes we would get the really elaborate looking ones with 2 CDs!


And you couldn't wait to put them in your computer and listen to that sound that we all hate!  :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5L37RrODtA

Pay phones are still around but only a limited amount of them I see, they were replaced by LinkNYC which acts like a payphone but on these big devices you can look at various news articles, read the weather, catch up on train and bus schedules and charge your phone.

Yeah the only time I saw a payphone now was at the airport. It's weird because I remember several years ago there were still some around at bus stops and stores and malls, but now they are all gone. It's so rare to find one and when you do it's like unlocking treasure lol.

And you couldn't wait to put them in your computer and listen to that sound that we all hate!  :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5L37RrODtA


Those CDs and hard disks were great if your AOL membership was on hold or cancelled for any reason. A free trial is a free trial!

MySpace
Flip phones, Blackberrys
Digital cameras (having to wait until you had access to a desktop or laptop to upload photos, to MySpace)
iPods (having to download music on iTunes on your desktop or laptop, and then plug in your iPod to the USB port to sync)
AIM and Yahoo Messenger (Yahoo will also follow AOL to become obsolete in the 20s)

Those CDs and hard disks were great if your AOL membership was on hold or cancelled for any reason. A free trial is a free trial!
Back in the past, people used to hang the disks up in their gardens in order to frighten the pigeons away.

Back in the past, people used to hang the disks up in their gardens in order to frighten the pigeons away.


;D  ;D  ;D

Yeah the only time I saw a payphone now was at the airport. It's weird because I remember several years ago there were still some around at bus stops and stores and malls, but now they are all gone. It's so rare to find one and when you do it's like unlocking treasure lol.


I remember 30 years ago we still had payphones.

I remember 30 years ago we still had payphones.
I still see payphones on the streets, and rural areas, but when I last used one, I cannot say.

I still see payphones on the streets, and rural areas, but when I last used one, I cannot say.


It's rare to see one nowadays.

I went passed what was my local Blockbuster this morning, it is now a funeral directors,

I was an MSN user! I really didn't understand the idea behind it though. ;D

I was an MSN user! I really didn't understand the idea behind it though. ;D
Back then, it was all new to me then, you were not the only one.

I went passed what was my local Blockbuster this morning, it is now a funeral directors,


Wow, isn't that ironic?  ;D

I was an MSN user! I really didn't understand the idea behind it though. ;D


Me neither, back then Yahoo Instant Messenger and MSN were all new to me.

Wow, isn't that ironic?  ;D
It gave a chuckle.

I went passed what was my local Blockbuster this morning, it is now a funeral directors,

They turned my local Blockbuster into a Tim Hortons.

https://pics.me.me/girls-dont-look-like-this-anymore-so-whats-the-point-61005667.png

I was an MSN user! I really didn't understand the idea behind it though. ;D

I often played some of the puzzle games on there during the early-mid 2000s, such as Cubis, and Bejeweled. They would get addicting, though.

I went passed what was my local Blockbuster this morning, it is now a funeral directors,


The last time I went to a Blockbuster in the early 2010s, plush dolls, vinyl toys, and blind boxed toys almost took up the whole store. I knew it was over for movie renters after that. Time to redbox or get Netflix like everyone else. :o

Friends Reunited was all a rage, but now has gone, it became troublesome.

https://pics.me.me/girls-dont-look-like-this-anymore-so-whats-the-point-61005667.png


That looks like a plastic doll.  :o

That looks like a plastic doll.  :o


That is a person.  ;D

I don't see many people go bowling anymore, most of them closed down.
The ones in London are still popular.

I know one:

Kids today don't watch cable, they watch cartoons on the internet instead. There may be like a few kids who do still watch cable but most kids just watch Cartoon Network.

Here's my perspective

- We don't use iPods

- We don't use Motorola flip phones

- VHS tapes

Here's my perspective

- We don't use iPods

- We don't use Motorola flip phones

- VHS tapes

I have a pile of VHS tapes, and the charity shops will not take them!

Here's my perspective

- We don't use iPods

- We don't use Motorola flip phones

- VHS tapes


I still use a flip phone but hopefully by 2020 I will be getting a smartphone when our contract expires.

Ii have a pile of VHS tapes, and the charity shops will not take them!


I still have mine but maybe one day I will look back on them and see what I taped from back in the days.

That looks like a plastic doll.  :o

Is it the less make up look ?

Is it the less make up look ?


I think so, Exodus.

I sometimes use VHS tapes to watch old home videos.

I sometimes use VHS tapes to watch old home videos.
I have found my VHS player/recorder, but I have no cable to attach to the television.

I have found my VHS player/recorder, but I have no cable to attach to the television.

I have one that still works, but I have to adjust the internal channel to a certain setting in order to watch VHS.

I have found my VHS player/recorder, but I have no cable to attach to the television.

I have one that still works, but I have to adjust the internal channel to a certain setting in order to watch VHS.
...also, I have to find the remote for it too?

I sometimes use VHS tapes to watch old home videos.



How is the quality on the VHS player?

How is the quality on the VHS player?

Pretty bad

Pretty bad


How old is it?

How old is it?

I think it's over 22 years old.

I think it's over 22 years old.


Wouldn't it be time to get a DVD player?

Wouldn't it be time to get a DVD player?

I have a few of those collecting dust as well.

Yeah the only time I saw a payphone now was at the airport. It's weird because I remember several years ago there were still some around at bus stops and stores and malls, but now they are all gone. It's so rare to find one and when you do it's like unlocking treasure lol.

You still get them in the UK. Old people use them. There’s one at my nearest supermarket.

I have a few of those collecting dust as well.


I have old VHS tapes and I don't have a VCR anymore except My Father has one but doesn't use it anymore except for when he needs to.

You still get them in the UK. Old people use them. There’s one at my nearest supermarket.


Last I used a payphone was in 2012 when I needed a ride home and phone's battery died. The call bounced and I didn't get my money back. Never again.  >:(

Last I used a payphone was in 2012 when I needed a ride home and phone's battery died. The call bounced and I didn't get my money back. Never again.  >:(

I remember using one to phone a taxi about 10 years ago.

Last I used a payphone was in 2012 when I needed a ride home and phone's battery died. The call bounced and I didn't get my money back. Never again.  >:(


That's terrible.  :(

I remember using one to phone a taxi about 10 years ago.


I remember using one for those partylines back in the late 1980's.

Last I used a payphone was in 2012 when I needed a ride home and phone's battery died. The call bounced and I didn't get my money back. Never again.  >:(

I remember using one to phone a taxi about 10 years ago.

I can't even remember the last time I used a payphone, much less noticed one.

We didn't trash talk over Social Media or film a Physical/Verbal Altercation.

We didn't trash talk over Social Media or film a Physical/Verbal Altercation.


Not sure about the last one. I remember World Star Hip Hop being the one-stop shop for all those trashy vids.

Not sure about the last one. I remember World Star Hip Hop being the one-stop shop for all those trashy vids.

What I mean is nowadays the people filming act like they are the victim's.

Use digital cameras.

Use digital cameras.

I actually still have one and it still works like a charm!

I use a digital camera still as I can't work out if it is possible to access the photos on my phone (apart from posting them on Facebook).

We also still use an iPod

I use a digital camera still as I can't work out if it is possible to access the photos on my phone (apart from posting them on Facebook).

We also still use an iPod


I still use an iPod classic. It's so easy to upload and listen to entire albums (CDs)  for one who is a listener of whole albums like me, and so easy to access any song I choose at any time. It is also very easy to manipulate with one hand while in my pocket while I'm on public transportation or some such. No fiddling around, no touch pad, no swiping, none of the inconvenience of phones and streaming services. Everything is under my own control.

I use a digital camera still as I can't work out if it is possible to access the photos on my phone (apart from posting them on Facebook).

We also still use an iPod
I still have my digital camera with the required cables, charging and connecting to the computer.

On my newer current mobile phone I cannot download photos to the computer, the computer does not recognise it or wrong type of cable. I use Dropbox and Google Photos to transfer photos.

chat rooms

chat rooms
...chat rooms as in family would converse in the lounge or around the dining table?

Forums were popular in the 2000s and now people aren't on them as much anymore except for us lol

Forums were popular in the 2000s and now people aren't on them as much anymore except for us lol

Oh yes, especially on here;; many users would come to this site on a daily basis and make lots of posts; that seems to have tapered off since the early part of the 10s.

I actually still have one and it still works like a charm!


I used to use those disposable cameras.

chat rooms


I miss those chat rooms where when you'd type something it would scroll faster.

I miss those chat rooms where when you'd type something it would scroll faster.
I used to play on the quizzes on AOL.

Got free stuff from stores and restaurants.

FYE still gives out free catalogs and pamphlets with items on sale, but no other stores in the mall do that anymore.

chat rooms


Oh gosh-YES! I joined so many of them back in 2001-2003. There was one I remember called "Friendship".

What are somethings that adults, teens, and children did in the noughties that aren’t done today?

I’ll go first:

- Jot down phone numbers in address books like people did in the latter half of the 20th century (Pre-2007)

- Use pay phones (Again, Pre-2007)

- Drink from water fountains in the park

What are some more?


Ahh do you remember how elementary schools, middle schools and high schools were required to have a payphone either inside the school or on the corner ? First day of kindergarten I had to learn how to make a collect call in case of an emergency on the payphone. I don’t see that very often.

Renting movies (physically) isn’t very common anymore.

Yellow pages (pre 2007)

Printing maps out on map quest. Remember if our parents got lost on the road going to an amusement we had to manually crank down the window and ask random drivers
for directions?

Toy r us

Cd players, ipods, mp3 players, burning CD’s

Dvd’s and CD’s are fading out. VHS has been been for nearly 15 years

What are somethings that adults, teens, and children did in the noughties that aren’t done today?

I’ll go first:

- Jot down phone numbers in address books like people did in the latter half of the 20th century (Pre-2007)

- Use pay phones (Again, Pre-2007)

- Drink from water fountains in the park

What are some more?
With this recent hot weather, local Authorities are encouraging more public water fountains, but I do not trust them...

With this recent hot weather, local Authorities are encouraging more public water fountains, but I do not trust them...

I do not exactly trust the public water fountains either; they could be contaminated in more ways than one.

Oh gosh-YES! I joined so many of them back in 2001-2003. There was one I remember called "Friendship".


I was in many chat rooms.

Ahh do you remember how elementary schools, middle schools and high schools were required to have a payphone either inside the school or on the corner ? First day of kindergarten I had to learn how to make a collect call in case of an emergency on the payphone. I don’t see that very often.

Renting movies (physically) isn’t very common anymore.

Yellow pages (pre 2007)

Printing maps out on map quest. Remember if our parents got lost on the road going to an amusement we had to manually crank down the window and ask random drivers
for directions?

Toy r us

Cd players, ipods, mp3 players, burning CD’s

Dvd’s and CD’s are fading out. VHS has been been for nearly 15 years


Now it's either Netflix or Hulu.

With this recent hot weather, local Authorities are encouraging more public water fountains, but I do not trust them...


I'm guessing they contain a lot of bacteria.