Iconic things you’ll only remember if you were a teen in the late 00s

Nostalgia content is totally great, but it all too often focuses on the early aughts and ignore arguably the greatest years of this millennia: the late 00s.

It was the later episodes of The Hills but the early days of Facebook. We'd upgraded from flip-phones, but hadn't yet graduated to the world of iPhones. The late 00s was the best time to be a teen, and it was filled with all sorts of legendary moments people before and after the time just don't understand.

When you heard the opening "YOOOOOOU" of Crank Dat Soulja Boy

You practiced with the YouTube video the week before homecoming so you were prepared. Washing your hands in the bathroom, you hear that opening yell and sprint your ass to the middle of the cafeteria-turned-dancefloor to superman that hoe with your friends.

Adding extra letters to your words for literally no reason

Seriouslyyyy, why didd we do thisss? It madee zero sincee haha (:

And no emoji could ever capture the emotional depth of the :/ emoticon

He has a girlfriend, sorry ://///

Being really into the idea of freeing Weezy

You got the shirt from Hot Topic and wore it all the time, even though you didn't actually know what Lil Wayne was in jail for.

Wearing this leather choker from A&F and feeling like a college kid

Ok, everyone just turned up wearing these one day like we all got the memo overnight. What kind of tacky-ass bat symbol did we all get?

Liking a million random Facebook pages for every little 'relateable' thing

Katie likes I Hate It When Places Charge Extra For Ranch

Katie likes When Chuck Bass Says 'I'm Chuck Bass'

Katie likes I Like The Way Maci From Teen Mom Says Bentley

Katie likes I Can't Sleep With My Door Open

Katie likes I Hate It When I'm Making A Milkshake And Boys Just Show Up In My Yard

And then having a full-ass conversation on your friends' walls so everyone could see how funny you were

It was always just inside jokes though so it was kind of pointless.

Gathering around your MacBook with all your friends for a filtered photoshoot

"Now do the one with the Eiffel Tower background!"

Making t-shirts for every possible event, but especially football games

You and all your friends had to match so of course it was crucial to host a sleepover at which you'd all stay up until 2 a.m. cutting fabric letters and sealing them with puffy paint.

And you'd wear them with these damn flip-flops too, which also required hours of fabric cutting and tying.

Either everything you owned (or wanted to own) was from Hollister / A&F

Everyone knew the preppy clothing hierarchy went:

Abercrombie & Fitch

Abercrombie Kids

Hollister

American Eagle

Aeropostal

Or everything you owned (or wanted to own) was from PacSun

For the more ~alternative~! Famous Star and Straps (would kids even be allowed to wear these anymore), Roxy, Bullhead jeans (still iconic), and most importantly, Vans.

Dissecting last night's Gossip Girl in sickening detail on Tuesdays at school

Everyone had Blair headbands, everyone hated Jenny and Vanessa. It was just the law of the land.

Everyone constantly quoting The Hangover

"Pants?! At a time like this?!"

Our poor teachers, feel so bad they had to listen to us screaming with laughter at "not at the table, Carlos!" for hours every day.

The Warped Tour lineup was filled with bands like 3OH!3, We The Kings, and Forever The Sickest Kids

You went and got super sunburned but at least you got a pic with Jeffree Star, who at the time was attempting a music career.

Waiting in line for All Time Low, Never Shout Never, Secondhand Serenade, Carolina Liar in the heat was miserable but worth it for the mobile uploads to Facebook.

When GTL entered your lexicon forever

Where were you when you first saw an episode of the Jersey Shore? Did you realize at the time that it would change your life forever?

Getting a touch-screen phone, but still not having Internet access

Like, three rich kids at your school had an original gen iPhone or iPhone 3, but at least you graduated from your T9 texting days.

At least you had an iPod Touch for your in-school Facebook browsing needs.

That thing everyone did with fake pearl necklaces from Claire's

Remember doubling up the strand and making one like a choker and one really long? And then wearing it with Abercrombie logo t-shirts like that was somehow a cute look??