I wince through rose - colored glasses .

1.Convince people the iPhone was worth the money by showing them that one app where it looks like you’re drinking a beer:

2.And that one app where it looked like you had a lighter:

3.Just post the most boring stuff on Facebook:

4.Or the most weirdly intense:

5.Think Chuck Norris jokes were the be-all and end-all of comedy:

6.Watch full-length movies that cost tens of millions of dollars to make on an iPod with a 2-inch screen:

7.Think that typing like this meant you were creative:

8.Or this:

9.Or just add Z’s to every word for no reason:

10.Take weird pictures of your feet or hands because you all had matching bracelets or shoes:

11.Argue passionately over whether pirates could beat ninjas in a fight:

12.Harass everyone on Facebook with like 14 “LOST PHONE, NEED NUMBERS” groups:

13.And like 17 FarmVille requests:

14.Fake people out with your voicemail message:

15.Celebrate National Talk Like a Pirate Day:

16.Take dramatic photos of Converse:

17.Or draw a bunch of random stuff on them:

18.Think 3D movie theater glasses were a fashion statement:

19.Get obsessed with Doppelgänger Week on Facebook:

20.Take pictures with that one awful Photo Booth filter:

21.Own that one white MacBook that got dirty after like a week:

22.Take weird pictures of your feet or hands because you all had matching bracelets or shoes:

23.Insist that BlackBerry was way better than iPhone because of Brick Breaker and BBM:

24.Change your age to 99 years old on Myspace:

25.Watch movies on portable DVD players, god rest their soul:

26.Constantly quote that one Bill O’Reilly video where he swears:

27.Take selfies with a big-ass digital camera:

28.Upload 400 pictures to Facebook at once in an album with a title from a Dave Matthews Band song:

29.Have an opinion about a man named Don Vito:

30.Spend money on ringback tones. Sweet, sweet ringback tones:

31.Change your profile pic to something like this:

32.Wear shoes big enough to house a family of five:

33.Update Facebook from a tiny lil' phone:

34.Publicly put friends on blast:

35.Think adding a “xXx” to a screen name made them a force to be reckoned with:

Man using a smartphone app that simulates drinking a beer with a photo of the beer pouring on the screen

A hand holding a smartphone displaying an image of a lit lighter with a yin-yang symbol

A Facebook memory from 11 years ago "Lunch:)" and "eating an orange:)" from September 16, 2010

Tweet by user ari aster's (@m0mimp) saying, "remember when we used to post on facebook like 'fuck everything. </3 don’t text.'"

Chuck Norris giving a thumbs-up. Text beside him reads: "Chuck Norris can tie his shoes with his feet."

A person is watching a movie on an iPod Nano while riding an Amtrak train

Natalie (@snnat17) tweets, &quot;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;<em>~<em>UsEd To TyPe AlL tHe TiTlEs Of My MySpACE pOsTs LiKe ThIs</em>~</em>&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&quot; with a photo of herself in sunglasses

Anthony tweets humorously about being annoyed with teenagers, remembering he also typed like them at that age

Facebook post by Megan from Nov 3, 2009, saying, &quot;Why iz my internetz not working?&quot;

six feet in a circle all wearing converse

Poster with the text “Pirates vs. Ninjas” and a graphic of a skull with crossbones and crossed ninja swords

List of groups titled &quot;Lost phone need numbers&quot; with varying member counts; options to join each group are available

FarmVille game requests: asking for a brick, sending a brick as a thank you gift, and requesting a nail

Tweet by Helen Rodriguez (@PeachyHelen_cx): &quot;Hello? Hold on I can’t hear you&hellip;hello? Seriously I can’t hear you&hellip;hello? Jk leave a message after the beep.&quot;

Marissa Hudgins and Julia Sheer on Facebook post from September 19, 2010, celebrating National Talk Like a Pirate Day with a pirate-themed message

Close-up photo of a pair of sneakers with doodles on the toes next to a red rose

Orange kitten resting by a pair of black Converse sneakers decorated with cartoonish alien drawings on the toes

tweet reading y'all used to take 3d movie theater glasses and pop the lenses out for the aesthetic i aint forget

Andy Warhol-style pop art image of two people smiling together, repeated in four color variations: red, green, black, and blue. Names unknown

A white MacBook laptop with a garden image as its wallpaper. The garden features a variety of flowers in full bloom. The laptop is on a lace-covered table

Six hands with yellow wristbands join together in a circle

A classic BlackBerry smartphone showing a game on its screen with scores and lives displayed on the right side

A portable Samsung DVD player displaying a group of elephants walking on a dirt path

A man on a television set appears frustrated, yelling with the overlay text: &quot;F*CK IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE.&quot;

Person taking a selfie with a digital camera, wearing white shutter sunglasses and a beaded necklace. Person's name not known

Tweet by Emy (@EmilieErika) reminiscing about making Facebook albums during pre-teen years, taking simple photos with friends, and editing them with quirky captions

Two images: the first shows a man in sunglasses asking, &quot;You want the soup of the day or the soupe du jour?&quot;. Below, a second image features a person on an unusual vehicle wrapped in plastic, implying the responses are identical

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Spongebob with diamond grillz and a huge chain

Close-up of skateboard shoes with unique yellow laces and patterns on a skateboard. The image emphasizes the design of the footwear

tweet reading myspace really made us publicly rank our friends 1-8

meme about feeling cool after adding x's to a screen name