I do. Things seemed to be more simple, and less fast-paced. Not to mention pop culture felt more upbeat and classic as it does now. Sure there were some bad moments, like 9/11 and Katrina, but there were some great moments like the golden age of teen pop, vintage Kanye, and messy yet loveable reality TV. The popgirls were ambitious and talented (Bey,MC,Xtina,P!nk). Kanye was sane and POC skated the charts. In addition, romcom movies slayed the box office, and things were less serious overall.
The world also seemed less distracted by cell phones and social media. Families still played board games, and kids played outside. Although I enjoy the music and technology of today, there was just a certain charm about those days that I feel hadn't been seen in any other generation. I miss it.

I liked a lot of things better about the early 2000s except the music.

Its nothing personal to the artists of the early 2000s, but the teenpop, boy band age of the time was too much.


Usher's confessions tho

Yes. an iconic time

Music was good but society..delete it.

YES. Take me back to the times when I played N64 [Super Beetle Racing ], rented movies, bought J-14 magazines, played outside, rode my bike

outside of the pop culture things you liked, this is chock full of lies. the bush years were actually quite terrible and they were definitely not "less serious overall." social media and phones weren't as big of a thing, but people complained that kids played xbox and went on the internet and watched tv all day instead of "playing outside and playing board games with their families." you're just deep into some nostalgia and also as a child (that i'm assuming you were at the time) you probably didn't understand much.

yes

Yas take me back

Nostalgia is for geeks.

I'm the biggest geek on the planet then

No. Music is better now and I'm older.

My fave was slaying so yes

Bih I still jam to Days Go By, the early 00 ANTHEM

The early 00s were okay but I'm glad we moved on from it. Early 00 > mid 00

I really miss the Golden Age of Disney Channel in that time

No, the world has come a long way ever since. But of course some things were much better.

yes and no.

I am HUGE on nostalgia. I think of the early 2000s quite often actually. I think I miss it because as a kid you don't have any responsibilities. You don't even need to think about the future. But now here I am, and 23, and I still don't know wtf I want to do with my life. It's scary. It's very comforting to think back to when I was a kid and all this stuff didn't matter.

But then I think society wasn't as open then. It be harder to live life as a gay person in 2002, than say 2012.

but that Mitsubishi Eclipse Days Go By commercial BROUGHT ME BACK 2002.. what a good year ugh. I remember going to watch Austin Powers Goldmember and getting visibly angry that Beyonce's hair was in an afro and not down and blonde

YES YES YES!!!

I'd live in a loop from 1999 to 2006 forever if I could tbh! Those were the days!!

Maybe the early 2000's.... But that was my secondary school era and I absolutely hate it.

I understrand that more than anyone boo