21 Bomb-Dot-Com Early Aughts Memes for a Quick Dose of 2000s Nostalgia

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

Mar 21, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

You wanna throwback? OH YOU WANNA THROWBACK? How about all the way to the early 2000s? Did you know people born in 2004 are turning 21 this year?… HA! Yep! They were still teething a pacifier when the first iPhone came out… And we won't get into it, but like, we know never to forget, but do they?! If you're feeling old, take a breath. Relax. Everything is going to be alright! You aren't old, not really. You're no boomer. You have basic tech savvy skills and you're unafraid of therapy. What does that make you? A millennial. So, welcome millennials! We have definitely reached the age where we are allowed to get a little nostalgic of our childhood. And what better way to get nostalgic as a millennial then with the things we invented—memes?!

If there is one thing we can be certain about millennials is that no matter the situation, they can meme about it. We've lived through way too many historical events to take life too seriously. Oh, the stock market is about to crash? STONKS. The president said something absolutely bonkers again?! You know what… Heck yeah. Nothing even matters anymore expect meme. Meme is life, so let's look back on the times that created the people who created the meme.
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