48 Photos Of Forgotten 2000s Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Any Millennial

1. Those water wheel timers that everyone had and were kinda mesmerizing to look at:

2. iPod socks that literally did nothing to protect your iPod if you accidentally dropped it. They were also inconvenient to use because you couldn't access the controls for the iPod without pulling the whole thing out:

3. And expensive luxury iPod cases that cost almost as much as an iPod:

4. The Gap commercial that featured Juliette Lewis dancing alongside Daft Punk to their song, "Digital Love":

5. Sarah Jessica Parker starring in commercials and ad campaigns for the Gap:

6. And Britney Spears as the spokesperson for Pepsi — which featured her in some iconic commercials and the boppish jingle "The Joy of Pepsi":

7. Comedy CDs that you would either buy or burn a copy from a friend (and listen to over and over):

8. Talk Soup on E!, hosted by Aisha Tyler:

9. Crossing Over with John Edward — which would always creep you out whenever he'd communicate with a dead relative of someone in his audience:

10. The red-eyes effect you would get in, like, 60% of the photos you took with flash:

11. Segways, which were so hyped up and promised to be the way people would get around in the near future:

12. Cellphones accessorized with charms or adorned with rhinestones glued onto them:

13. Low-rise jeans that had laced-up sides and that anyone wearing them probably couldn't sit down in:

14. "Jesus is my Homeboy" trucker hats that they would sell at Urban Outfitters (and, of course, they also sold the T-shirts as well):

15. And cuff wristwatches — which everyone got at Fossil:

16. The Mac vs. PC commercials, which featured John Hodgman and Justin Long:

17. Samantha Brown as the face of the Travel Channel (she hosted like every show on it):

18. DVDs that came in full-screen formats so that they would fill the entire screen of the old school square TVs:

19. Multi-disc DVD players (that were connected to a 5.1 surround sound system, of course) that only rich people had and felt like the height of technology:

20. Fancy and "slim" under cabinet CD players (that came with a remote, of course) rich people would install in their Tuscan kitchens:

21. Snuggies, which you were always tempted to get because they played the commercial nonstop:

22. And Enzyte commercials that featured Bob, who was happy because he got "natural male enhancement":

23. While You Were Out, which was like Trading Spaces and also aired on TLC:

24. MTV's Becoming, which was a series that featured everyday people recreating their favorite artists' music videos:

25. And when TRL would film at the MTV Beach House in the summer time:

26. Removable faceplates on car stereos so that nobody would steal it:

27. American Apparel stores that always overwhelmingly smelled like new clothes and would use grid panels to display their merchandise:

28. Post-9/11 patriotic American flag clothing and accessories:

29. Sprite Remix, which tasted like sugary deliciousness:

30. TBS's delightful Dinner & Movie (and also all TBS shows starting at :05):

31. Having to adjust your eyes to the darkness inside of Hollister stores — and then having to adjust them again to the brightness of the mall when you left the store:

32. Stripped ribbon belts that never stayed in place:

33. And these Steven Madden shoes that were every guy's "dress-up going out shoes":

34. Artists doing in-store appearances at Virgin Megastores, Best Buys, and Tower Records to promote their new albums:

35. Happy Bunny T-shirts that always made you do a double-take:

36. And Paul Frank tees that were cute AF:

37. The Daily Show's Even Stevphen recurring segment where Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert would have a cable news-style debate:

38. Flip phones that had an antenna you needed to pull out:

39. Chirp cell phones that were glorified walkie talkies and annoying AF:

40. Knowing the skill of how to take selfies with non-front facing digital cameras:

41. Taking photos at concerts with digital cameras (which usually came out all blurry):

42. Soda logos that looked like this on vending machines:

43. Los Lonely Boys' "Heaven"...

44. ...and Sting's "Desert Rose," which were mom classics and were played nonstop:

45. The Girls Gone Wild infomercial that played late at night and featured Real World cast members:

46. History Channel shows that sprung up because of the popularity of The Da Vinci Code:

47. Bootleg DVDs of movies that were still in theaters that came with cover art and were horrible quality (usually, because someone filmed the movie with a camera during a screening):

48. And lastly, the Justin Timberlake episode of Punk'd: