Do u guys try 2 live like its the 2000s?

I’m very big into the 2000s (obvi) like the style, music, and just everything abt it!! But does anyone else try to REALLY live like it’s that time, like using the slang, listening to mainly 2000s music and watching mainly 2000s movies & shows? I also try to collect a lot of physical media and I try to stay off of newer social medias and I only really use YouTube, friendrewind, spacehey, and tumblr bc it rlly makes me feel more like I’m in the 2000s. Basically what I’m trying to say is does anyone else do this, and if so do you have any other recs to make it feel more like the 2000s?

@checkyeskenzie that sounds so awesome, ill defo look into some stuff like an mp3 player and some cds and stuff I like to add to my christmas list :)

i been making lil lifestyle swaps in addition to going thrifting when i can, listening to the music, watching the shows, etc. because the media sometimes ain't enough!! it's also about what media you abstain from! only social media i use is youtube, tumblr, friendrewind, neocities, kamtape, and thinking about sheezyart!! i don't got myself a flippy-phoney yet soooo i just...don't use my phone a lot of the time :3 i just text n call, das it! sketchbook is with me at all times for when i get bored. i also enjoy nature more, read books, and talk irl when i can...

however, i also realized that there are positives to living in the present instead of embracing EVERRRRYTHING 'bout the good ol days. the "edgy" (read: racist and homophobic) humor that was on forums and chatrooms, "screamer" videos polluting the 'net...we don't need those again! it's less about time travel for me and more about creating a space where tech and the web feel more fun and meaningful!! it's little wonder why the "indie/alt web" and "scene/emo" lifestyles collide so often <3

i remember the late 90s and the 2000s. i remember going online and visiting newgrounds and random flash game sites like miniclip and kongergate. also, i remember going on web forums and fansites about random topics i was into at the time. aswell as having a small mp3 player with songs i downloaded from limewire and playing games on my gamecube.

i would love to live like the 2000s!!!! i try to put it into my life in subtle ways, at least until i can throw my fuckin phone away lol. i love myretrotvs.com for its 2000s section!!! i've alllllmost quit all "modern" social media (i barely use instagram or tiktok) and now i only use tumblr pinterest youtube and here! it's not perfect but its getting there...

i also bought a digicam but theyre hella expensive and for mine u need to buy a tiny ass memory card...luckily my dads a camera freak but i would not recommend.

i also listen to EXCLUUUSIVELY 2000s music, i avoid everything modern bc im an elitist lol. i also frequent the subreddit r/nosurf ^_^

@skooma Thats what I want to achieve! I really miss the time when the internet felt so exciting and cool

only becuz i avoid mainstream social media, and i collect physical media. but thats about it

Most of the time I try to have some kind of y2k numetal or emo fashion, I'm also looking for things like a portable cd player or actual bands and movies posters for my bedroom, but damn those are expensive in latam

@Fabian Dee

I have a few vinyls but nothing to play them on, so mainly CDs

Do I try to live like it's the 2000s? Not directly, but I do small things that could be considered belonging in that era. One example would be that I listen constantly to 2000s-2010s music whenever I'm in the mood. I have an old 2007 Samsung camera but I don't use it very often because the battery is so degraded but I still have photos and videos saved on it from 2015! Another thing is that I sometimes miss the old internet and I wish I had been old enough to experience the Myspace era or something without the annoying brain-rotting AI slop algorithm we have now. 

100%

Partly not completely, like collecting CDs, makeup, listening to music (new music doesn't hit me like pre-2010s ones)

I was born in '89 and had my most formative years during this time. I'm nostalgic for the late 90s and early 00s, but I'm not super intentionally trying to live like that, mostly because it's not fiscally possible, but I also can't find that much teal satin and chocolate brown microsuede (ba-dum-tss).

I do, however, own an excessive amount of VHS for the modern day --with plans for even more-- as well as DVDs. My partner has a rather large CD catalog, so I rip his to my computer. I also like to put on some of these videos that cover a lot of mundane everyday life.

Some of the things you can do to live like the 2000s have already been discussed, and yeah, a lot of it comes down to keeping your internet usage tied to a large device, as well as getting off the internet in general and spending more time doing.... anything else. Video games, books, wandering around window shopping with friends, or just being outside. (And also excessive boredom drinking, but let's not add that to the checklist, shall we?)

One of the other things that makes my life feel like the 00s is cruise the small web. Neocities, Nekoweb, etc. There's a bunch of fun and unique content out there, just waiting to be bookmarked. Here is a curated list of retro/old websites that's being put together right here on FR! My favorite so far is  Ytoo because it's a nice, centralized directory of a wide variety of sites.

@XxB3ASTEDK1TTYxX I wish the aesthetic hadn't left either. Everything looked so... hopeful? Like anything and everything was possible. 

Nah. I live like its 2026, which sounds awful

I have a blog on my profile on why it's a bad idea

kind of. i don't dress very 2000s and my music taste ranges from the 80s to stuff released this year, but i do try to stay off a lot of the doomscroll-y social media apps and only have what i need on my phone. i like going to concerts for bands i've never heard of and using mp3 players rather than my phone to play music. i keep sketchbooks and stuff with me. i turned into an old man who hates technology the first time i opened tiktok

i also feel like the 2020s has a sort of lack of identity, or a very minimalist and like. ai-ish identity that i hate. it drives me actually insane