You Know You Were a Teenager in the 2000s If. . .

Remember last decade, how you used to quote Mean Girls word for word while talking to your best friend on your Nokia cell phone? You wore low-rise jeans with tiny t-shirts and Rocket Dog sandals and spent your afternoons requesting music videos on TRL and learning the dance moves to “I’m a Slave 4 U.” We’ll be honest; we still quote Mean Girls and try to copy Britney Spears routines, but we look back on those days with equal parts dreamy nostalgia and sheer horror. We’re taking a trip down memory lane with all the best (and worst) things about coming of age in the aughts. So here we go: you know you were a teenager in the 2000s if . . .

– Additional reporting by Lauren Harano

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You Thought These Two Would Be Together Forever

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Same With These Two

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And These Two

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But They <i>Were</i> as Low as Humanly Possible

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This Was Your First iPod

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And You Had to Wait a Week to See That Selfie You Took

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Tried to Surf Like You Were in Blue Crush

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And Wanted to Take a Road Trip With Your Girlfriends, à la Crossroads

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You Remember This Miley Cyrus

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This Hilary Duff

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And This Rihanna

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You Thought This Was the Best Super Bowl Halftime Show Ever

Until Beyoncé in 2013, of course.

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Requested Videos on TRL

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You Wore Tube Tops and Prairie Skirts

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And Juicy Couture Sweatsuits

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And Those Sunglasses That Were Barely Tinted Enough to Protect Your Eyes

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You Hung Out at the Virgin Megastore

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And the Vans Skatepark

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Or Your Von Dutch Trucker Hat

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While Your Legs Cooled Off in a Denim Miniskirt

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And If You Were Feeling Fancy, You'd Stick on a Crystal Tattoo

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You Remember When Kelly Clarkson Won American Idol

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You Wondered If Beyoncé and JAY-Z Were Dating

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You Remember When Jessica Simpson Thought Tuna Was Chicken

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You Wore Your Hair Stick Straight

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Or Maybe in One of Those Ponytails With the Two Strands Hanging Down in Front

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Or Maybe You Rocked Micro Braids

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Sometimes You Did a Few Front Twists

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Or Flipped the Ends Out

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