27 Very Random '00s Things That People Between The Ages Of 32–45 Haven't Thought About In 15 Years And Maybe Even Longer

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1.MTV's Becoming, which was a series that featured everyday people recreating their favorite artists' music videos:

"Becoming"
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2.Fonzworth Bentley, who was Diddy's valet and used to follow him everywhere:

Fonzworth Bentley
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3.TBS's delightful Dinner & Movie (and also all TBS shows starting at :05):

"Dinner & Movie"
TBS

4.Having to adjust your eyes to the darkness inside of Hollister stores — and then having to adjust them again to the brightness of the mall when you left the store:

A Hollister store
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5.The risqué photos inside the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog:

A guy and woman modeling Abercrombie & Fitch
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6.Artists doing in-store appearances at Virgin Megastores, Best Buys, and Tower Records to promote their new albums:

Britney Spears holding her CD
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7.The Family Guy ringtones you would buy from Jamster:

Jamster page
Jamster

8.And the Jamster commercial that featured the super annoying singing rabbit:

a Jamster commercial
Jamster

9.The iPod headphones that were flat and round with wires that would rip after, like, a year of use:

an old iPod
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10.Target's Archer Farms in-store brand and market within a store:

An Archer Farms Market store
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11.And the video games endcap display Target had that looked so futuristic and had three different game consoles set up inside of it:

Kids playing video games in a store
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12.Catherine Zeta-Jones as the spokesperson for T-Mobile:

Screenshot from a T-Mobile commercial
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13.Happy Bunny T-shirts that always made you do a double-take:

"Let's focus on me"

14.And Paul Frank tees that were cute AF:

a Paul Frank shirt

15.MP3s that you downloaded from LimeWire that had the wrong artist listed for the track and made you believe for years that some other artist sang that song:

"Madonna - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"

16.LG's Chocolate phone that looked very cool but had a terrible design as the track wheel would turn on when you put the phone next to your face while talking on it:

the Chocolate phone

17.The Daily Show's Even Stevphen recurring segment where Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert would have a cable news-style debate:

Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert on "The Daily Show"
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18.And Stephen Colbert, Ed Helms, Rob Corddry, and Samantha Bee as The Daily Show's correspondents:

Stephen Colbert, Ed Helms, Jon Stewart, Rob Corddry, and Samantha Bee
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19.Taking photos at concerts with digital cameras (which usually came out all blurry):

A crowd at a concert
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20.Knowing the skill of how to take selfies with non-front facing digital cameras:

Two girls taking a selfie
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21.E! True Hollywood Story, which was like a more dramatic version of A&E's Biography:

True Hollywood Story
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22.Printing out track lists for mix CDs you would make for your friends:

a CD track list

23.And creating labels for your mix CDs — though it was always stressful when trying to get the sticker label perfectly on:

a hand holding a blank CD

24.Watching The Carol Duvall Show (where she made different arts and crafts each episode) on HGTV if you were home sick from school and had NOTHING to watch:

"The Carol Duvall Show"
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25.Having the Education Connection commercial jingle stuck in your head:

Education Connection commercial
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26.The feeling of absolute panic you would get whenever you accidentally hit the "internet button" on your phone:

a phone connecting to internet

27.And lastly, the "don't pirate movies" ad that played before some DVD movies and made you think the FBI would be breaking down your door if you even googled a pirating site:

"You wouldn't steal a movie"
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