25 Extremely Specific Things Every Early-’00s Teen Did One Last Time Without Realizing It
Think about it, when was the last time you took a selfie with a flip phone?
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Buy blank CDs to make mix CDs:

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And buy skinny jewel cases for them so you could store the mix CDs in them:

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Make a mix CD for your friend and print out the track list for it:

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Download a song you wanted from LimeWire or FrostWire:
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Clean your mouse by removing the ball from inside it:
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Have a list of blogs that you would visit regularly because they would post zip files of new albums:
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Wait until after 9 p.m. or 7 p.m. (depending on your plan) to call your friends on your cellphone because you were out of minutes for the month:
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And call yourself, listen to your outgoing greeting, and then press your pin in order to listen to your voicemails:
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Take a selfie with a flip phone:
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Listen to an album at a music store CD kiosk:
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Call 411 to get a telephone number or address you needed:

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Rush out to buy the DVD set of the latest season of a TV show you liked so you could binge-watch it:
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Buy or borrow a bootleg DVD of a new movie you wanted to watch:
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Watch MTV Diary to get a behind-the-scenes look at your favorite celebs:
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And watch MTV to catch the premiere of a music video of an artist you liked:
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Upload photos from your digital camera onto your desktop and then onto Photobucket (in order to free up space on your memory card):
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Fix red eye caused by the flash from your camera on Photoshop and have it look questionable (usually it resulted in just two giant black dots instead of pupils):
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Use HTML code to change your Myspace page:
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Lie on a Myspace survey:
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Call in to vote for someone on American Idol:
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Watch the TV Guide Channel to see what was on:
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Write a dramatic AIM away message:
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Waste time just wandering the aisles of Borders:
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And wander around the aisles of Blockbuster trying to figure out what DVD to rent:
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And finally, drive somewhere — be disconnected from the internet — and have to call a friend to see if they were in front of a computer so they could look up some directions for you:
Source: 25 Very Specific Little Things Early-’00s Teens Did One Last Time Without Realizing It