25 Popular Things From 2000s That Aren't Used Anymore

Toonacious Published 06/15/2023 in Funny

Who would've thought that some of the most exciting things from the early 2000s wouldn't even last a decade?

It's sad, but true. Thanks to Reddit we've collected a list of extremely popular things that disappeared a few years later.

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“Blue eyeshadow. You could always tell when a junior high school aged girl finally got the okay from her parents to start wearing makeup. She'd show up at school everyday for the next month looking like a blue panda.” - blickyjayy
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“Dial-Up. weeeeeeeee WOOOOOO_OOOOOO_ E E E E E E E EEEEEeeeeee eee eee URRRRRRRRR BEDULUDOLEDULUDOLEEPEEPEEP R R R R R R R R R R R R R UMMMMMMMMMMMM” - Martini_Man_
3.
“Re-writable CDs. I used to burn so many mix cds after downloading from napster, bearshare, limewire, frostwire. Then my mother would call, disconnecting the internet and I would have to start the download all over again. Except one file wasnt an mp3, but a virus. I would just reinstall windows before my mom got home as we saved every picture and document on a zip drive.....then those fancy jaz drives.” - Shittinwithmykitten
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“Calculators; teachers kept saying “you won’t have one with you all the time”, look who’s stupid now, b*ch?! Both of us…” - VICARD0
5.
“Download Managers Start the download right after Mom goes to bed, wake up before her to pause the download and disconnect the dial-up connection, resume tomorrow night. Repeat… A week later, you're playing Counter-Strike. - u/deleted
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“Any sort of dedicated music-playing device, before that just became a part of your phone.” - Confusionator5000
7.
“VCRs.” - Murtamatt
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“Computer mice with a ball: My friend had one of the first Microsoft IntelliMouse, which did not use a ball. As I recall, it was the first mouse without a ball that was commercialized in a popular way. It was released in October 1999. So in 2000, most mice were with a ball, and slowly faded away.” - fmaz008
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“Geocities, neopets, livejournal, kazaa” - papaweir
10.
“Spinning under construction gifs on websites.” - BigBump
11.
“Also Adobe without a subscription.” - Shittinwithmykitten
12.
“PDAs Personal Digital Assistants.” - hellobyethanks
13.
“Phone books.” - Murtamatt
14.
“Indoor smoking. My young-ish kids marvel at the fact that people used to sit in restaurants and smoke.” - TurdFergDSF
15.
“Zip Disks.” - brokenturle
16.
“Maps or Mapquest.” - Ocean927
17.
“Askjeeves/Lycos/Yahoo.” - spiraldinosaur
18.
“AOL.” - PacMan8122
19.
“The term “World Wide Web”.” - No-Sheepherder-2896
20.
“Floppy disks.” - elika007
21.
“Winamp.” - Academic-Motor
22.
“Limewire.” - FRB2992
23.
“The phase "W'zzzzzuppppp".” - TheKillersHand
24.
“Colored spikey hair gel.” - AdamoclesYT
25.
“Tamagotchis.” - Wonderful-Banana-201

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“Blue eyeshadow. You could always tell when a junior high school aged girl finally got the okay from her parents to start wearing makeup. She'd show up at school everyday for the next month looking like a blue panda.” - blickyjayy
2.
“Dial-Up. weeeeeeeee WOOOOOO_OOOOOO_ E E E E E E E EEEEEeeeeee eee eee URRRRRRRRR BEDULUDOLEDULUDOLEEPEEPEEP R R R R R R R R R R R R R UMMMMMMMMMMMM” - Martini_Man_
3.
“Re-writable CDs. I used to burn so many mix cds after downloading from napster, bearshare, limewire, frostwire. Then my mother would call, disconnecting the internet and I would have to start the download all over again. Except one file wasnt an mp3, but a virus. I would just reinstall windows before my mom got home as we saved every picture and document on a zip drive.....then those fancy jaz drives.” - Shittinwithmykitten
4.
“Calculators; teachers kept saying “you won’t have one with you all the time”, look who’s stupid now, b*ch?! Both of us…” - VICARD0
5.
“Download Managers Start the download right after Mom goes to bed, wake up before her to pause the download and disconnect the dial-up connection, resume tomorrow night. Repeat… A week later, you're playing Counter-Strike. - u/deleted
6.
“Any sort of dedicated music-playing device, before that just became a part of your phone.” - Confusionator5000
7.
“VCRs.” - Murtamatt
8.
“Computer mice with a ball: My friend had one of the first Microsoft IntelliMouse, which did not use a ball. As I recall, it was the first mouse without a ball that was commercialized in a popular way. It was released in October 1999. So in 2000, most mice were with a ball, and slowly faded away.” - fmaz008
9.
“Geocities, neopets, livejournal, kazaa” - papaweir
10.
“Spinning under construction gifs on websites.” - BigBump
11.
“Also Adobe without a subscription.” - Shittinwithmykitten
12.
“PDAs Personal Digital Assistants.” - hellobyethanks
13.
“Phone books.” - Murtamatt
14.
“Indoor smoking. My young-ish kids marvel at the fact that people used to sit in restaurants and smoke.” - TurdFergDSF
15.
“Zip Disks.” - brokenturle
16.
“Maps or Mapquest.” - Ocean927
17.
“Askjeeves/Lycos/Yahoo.” - spiraldinosaur
18.
“AOL.” - PacMan8122
19.
“The term “World Wide Web”.” - No-Sheepherder-2896
20.
“Floppy disks.” - elika007
21.
“Winamp.” - Academic-Motor
22.
“Limewire.” - FRB2992
23.
“The phase "W'zzzzzuppppp".” - TheKillersHand
24.
“Colored spikey hair gel.” - AdamoclesYT
25.
“Tamagotchis.” - Wonderful-Banana-201

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1. “Blue eyeshadow. You could always tell when a junior high school aged girl finally got the okay from her parents to start wearing makeup. She'd show up at school everyday for the next month looking like a blue panda.” - blickyjayy

2. “Dial-Up. weeeeeeeee WOOOOOO_OOOOOO_ E E E E E E E EEEEEeeeeee eee eee URRRRRRRRR BEDULUDOLEDULUDOLEEPEEPEEP R R R R R R R R R R R R R UMMMMMMMMMMMM” - Martini_Man_

4. “Calculators; teachers kept saying “you won’t have one with you all the time”, look who’s stupid now, b*ch?! Both of us…” - VICARD0

5. “Download Managers Start the download right after Mom goes to bed, wake up before her to pause the download and disconnect the dial-up connection, resume tomorrow night. Repeat… A week later, you're playing Counter-Strike. - u/deleted

6. “Any sort of dedicated music-playing device, before that just became a part of your phone.” - Confusionator5000

7. “VCRs.” - Murtamatt

9. “Geocities, neopets, livejournal, kazaa” - papaweir

10. “Spinning under construction gifs on websites.” - BigBump

11. “Also Adobe without a subscription.” - Shittinwithmykitten

12. “PDAs Personal Digital Assistants.” - hellobyethanks

13. “Phone books.” - Murtamatt

14. “Indoor smoking. My young-ish kids marvel at the fact that people used to sit in restaurants and smoke.” - TurdFergDSF

15. “Zip Disks.” - brokenturle

16. “Maps or Mapquest.” - Ocean927

17. “Askjeeves/Lycos/Yahoo.” - spiraldinosaur

18. “AOL.” - PacMan8122

19. “The term “World Wide Web”.” - No-Sheepherder-2896

20. “Floppy disks.” - elika007

21. “Winamp.” - Academic-Motor

22. “Limewire.” - FRB2992

23. “The phase "W'zzzzzuppppp".” - TheKillersHand

24. “Colored spikey hair gel.” - AdamoclesYT

25. “Tamagotchis.” - Wonderful-Banana-201

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1.
“Blue eyeshadow. You could always tell when a junior high school aged girl finally got the okay from her parents to start wearing makeup. She'd show up at school everyday for the next month looking like a blue panda.” - blickyjayy

2.
“Dial-Up. weeeeeeeee WOOOOOO_OOOOOO_ E E E E E E E EEEEEeeeeee eee eee URRRRRRRRR BEDULUDOLEDULUDOLEEPEEPEEP R R R R R R R R R R R R R UMMMMMMMMMMMM” - Martini_Man_

4.
“Calculators; teachers kept saying “you won’t have one with you all the time”, look who’s stupid now, b*ch?! Both of us…” - VICARD0

5.
“Download Managers Start the download right after Mom goes to bed, wake up before her to pause the download and disconnect the dial-up connection, resume tomorrow night. Repeat… A week later, you're playing Counter-Strike. - u/deleted

6.
“Any sort of dedicated music-playing device, before that just became a part of your phone.” - Confusionator5000

7.
“VCRs.” - Murtamatt

9.
“Geocities, neopets, livejournal, kazaa” - papaweir

10.
“Spinning under construction gifs on websites.” - BigBump

11.
“Also Adobe without a subscription.” - Shittinwithmykitten

12.
“PDAs Personal Digital Assistants.” - hellobyethanks

13.
“Phone books.” - Murtamatt

14.
“Indoor smoking. My young-ish kids marvel at the fact that people used to sit in restaurants and smoke.” - TurdFergDSF

15.
“Zip Disks.” - brokenturle

16.
“Maps or Mapquest.” - Ocean927

17.
“Askjeeves/Lycos/Yahoo.” - spiraldinosaur

18.
“AOL.” - PacMan8122

19.
“The term “World Wide Web”.” - No-Sheepherder-2896

20.
“Floppy disks.” - elika007

21.
“Winamp.” - Academic-Motor

22.
“Limewire.” - FRB2992

23.
“The phase "W'zzzzzuppppp".” - TheKillersHand

24.
“Colored spikey hair gel.” - AdamoclesYT

25.
“Tamagotchis.” - Wonderful-Banana-201