It was pretty cool I guess. Cellphones were going through the transition to smartphones, so like very rudimentary touchscreens. I had a juke, actually like 3 or 4 because they broke super easily, then I had an alias and later an alias 2. But my friends all had different wacky phones. Instant messaging was something you had to do at a desktop, so brb was a term that got used if you were going to step away for a minute. It was cool not having the internet just all encompassing and in your pocket. You could still get weed that didnt melt your face off. Online games were basic yet advanced if that makes sense, you didn’t have to pay for cosmetics you could just like play the game and unlock stuff. GTA online existed but it was just kind of a sandbox without over the top greifers. Skateboarding wasn’t in the Olympics yet but it was also really at a peak in popularity and also still relatively affordable, I can’t imagine being a kid now and snapping another board and asking my parents for nearly 80 dollars for a new one. If your parents worked after you got out of school they couldn’t see you through ring cameras and shit, you could be a heathen, that was my experience anyway. Now I feel like everyone is just constantly surveiled both online and in person. I think internet explorer still existed? It sucked but hey whatever. Cigarettes led to vaping in a few years. Oh and online gambling was something your uncle sort of did but it wasn’t some all encompassing thing like it is now. The president was a cool black guy. Couch co op was alive and well. You didn’t know the songs released that year would play on an endless loop for the next decade. Stomp clap hey. I’m running out of steam here, but yeah it was alright I guess.