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[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 53 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like there should be a picture of Gir in between the hair dye and the Pick of Destiny.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's definitely missing Gir and the Blink-182 Self Titled album logo.

Actually if we wanted to be pedantic, (and why else are we here?) we could argue this is too wide a spread and encompasses multiple mini-generations. For example I loved MSI and Foamy and Tenacious D, but I was already in high school when Pick of Destiny came out and likewise I hated Happy Tree Friends as I felt it was both awful and mostly for younger kids (who shouldn't have been watching it, but it beats rotten.com and some of the other early Internet stuff they missed the boat on, but I digress...) This covers a wide spread of the early and mid to late 2000s and that doesn't seem like much from an outside perspective but this was back when years felt a proper length.

[–] HopeForTheFuture@piefed.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

MSI... there's a name I've not heard in forever (beyond my laptop, that is). That was a fun group for a time. And Neurotically Yours I had all of.

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[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac is there for Johnen Asked L Vasquez rep though

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

IF YOU’RE SO SMART, EXPLAIN THIS CLARISSA! POW!

I do love me some MSI.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm something of a man of culture myself.

I'm having a hard time finding a good picture, but I had a whole wall of Frankenstein Girls lyrics written in silver sharpie.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Clearly, DICKS ARE FOR YOUR FRIENDS, WISHING TO COME TO YOUR HOUSE!

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[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that bottom picture gets the message across juuuust fine.

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Me too. This was their best album, IMO. I genuinely love half the tracks, and listen to many of them regularly.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

It was eligibly the most expensive and ridiculously produced album of all time. It’s their best album because nobody ever trusted them with their wallet like that again, lol.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ooh! Ooh! Are we doing JTHM again? That means I get to post this picture one more time:

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Indeed, holding the pair of scissors from this column.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go tend to this wall in my basement. You know how it is.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Don't let it dry out!

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I have that image of Foamy as a tattoo

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh dang. I had forgotten all about that flash cartoon. What was it called again?

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh yeah. Neurotically Yours. Looks like they're still making videos.

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[–] Arachnidbrilliant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that the cartoon squirrel? I remember the squirrel from back in the day but I can’t remember the name of the show… or the squirrel..

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Wish I could find some Bawls today.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

They have it at Micro Center if you live near one.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was just reminded of that the other day. They have a store locator.

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[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That Happy Tree Friends episode where the elk had to amputate it's leg with a spoon, only to realize he did the wrong one when he was finished, still follows me :D

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Mindless Self Indulgence. Good times.

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[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I'd like to guess solely on the specific images in the meme that you are exactly 31.

[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm 41 and this speaks to me on a fundamental level.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A 31 didn't become a teenager until the late 00s

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Suburbs 31. Back then it took a few years for the culture to permeate into the breeding grid

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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

yessss, JTHM! That shit was so cool to me

Also I introduced my friend group to Donnie Darko and American History X and it gave me remarkable street cred lol All of a sudden I was "the movie guy"

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Hmmm, I feel like an Mp3 player should be part of this collage.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

I feel seen...

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's time for you to wake up, and take me, to the baggle shop, for a baggle with cream cheese, that creamy creamy cheese, OR FACE MY SQUIRRELY RATH!

I do have squirrely wrath you know. It's one of those, hidden nature things.

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[–] lunchbox2287@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven't been in a while, but a couple years ago, you could still find Bawls at Microcenter of all places.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah they still carry it. I pick one up for nostalgia purposes every now and then if I’m there

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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Don't be dissing on Foamie

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh sure, you all had Happy Tree Friends, but some of us were on next-level shit with R-slur Animal Babies

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Never watched donny darko, but it was referenced in a song I used to listen to :3

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s a movie about a man who has the mental illness that 2000’s people thought schizophrenia was. Today, we’d call it Edgelord’s Disease.

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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

Watched it on our university's planetarium dome when my friend worked there. Awesome way to watch!

[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll give you Bawls and Pixie Sticks as for wannabe edgy kids, but DDR was mostly otaku and otaku adjacent.

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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Fucking loved foamy the squirrel

[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Bawls isn't using real sugar anymore fyi

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Where are those belts with the fake spikes on them?

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Dance Dance Revolution - Get Ready

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Just a little after my teen years, but HTF and Bawls (grabbed while in the checkout line at Fry's Electronics) bring up some memories. And... is that Pixie Stix? If so, the 60s through the 90s would like a word.

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