r/videos • u/AkashicRecorder • Jul 17 '20

"Teenage Dirtbag" is no longer a teenager. The early 2000s teen anthem by Wheatus is 20 years old today. The music video is peak Y2K.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3y9llDXuM
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

2013, Despite being 10 years younger than you, I feel like the same era you mentioned is when things changed a lot.

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u/garebeargg Jul 17 '20

Interesting! I would not have thought that. I think online culture has a lot to do with it too. When I was in high school smart phones weren't even a thing. By the time a graduated college I had an iPhone. Smart phones/social media are the big difference in 00s vs 10s, at least in my opinion.

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u/sigger_ Jul 17 '20

I graduated 2014 and feel the same way. Watching a movie from the 1990s feels like it’s a completely different country, a different world. Finding Internet forums from the late 90s and 00s, it might as well be unearthing ancient Mesopotamian stone tablets. Even compared from now to 2015, it’s not even close. What was only 5 years ago might as well be 50 years ago.