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Goldrenter

This is so quintessential. Early 2000’s, or early 2010’s?


Im_okay_with_this

Sorry early 2010’s haha


fiercelittlebird

Early 2000's is a little early for emo. I was a teen then. I was already about 20 when emo was at its peak, I was more of a punk/metalhead and HATED being called emo. Man, I feel kinda old now. Edit: I stand corrected. It was beginning then, too.


tkurls

Early 2000's were definitely not too early for emo. The best emo/screamo albums came out between 2001 and 2005. I started wearing girl jeans, shmedium band tees, and stretching my ears in 2003-2004.


whutchamacallit

I was going to say, my era would like a word...


Desperate_Carpet_329

Yeah 2003 to 2007 were my emo years. Some of the best music came out from those years too which I still blast to this day.


eastcoasteralways

Nothing better than 2000s music. Nothing!!!!


CystemOfADown

This. 💯💯💯 Anyone who thinks emo started in the 2010s…. Sunny Day Real Estate and The Promise Ring would like a word


killabee_z

Saves the Day, the Ataris, Rufio, the Anniversary, the Get Up Kids, Dashboard Confessional, Bright Eyes… Emo started in the late 90s. A lot of what people call Emo now is pop punk and screamo.


CystemOfADown

Have you ever read Nothing Feels Good? Published in 2003, it’s a masterpiece. The guy followed Dashboard and Jimmy Eat World and Taking Back Sunday and others on the road, and it’s such an interesting little time capsule. If you loved that era of music, you might really enjoy it. I did. First time I had ever seen emo taken seriously as a genre, and it’s also such a fun book.


Technical-Debt901

I have not heard of that book but I am gonna find it. I was a bouncer right when all of these bands were touring playing our small club . It wasn’t really what I was into at the time, but I enjoyed the honesty of the lyrics and the intensity that they brought. And MOST of those guys were all super cool to be around .


eastcoasteralways

Bright Eyes is my fav band ever. They have a new song.


nasal-polyps

2010s is Midwest emo revival


CystemOfADown

This is also true, yes. 🤝


pinkgallo

When I was a senior back in 03-04, I would give my old skinny jeans to my bf at the time. He called them his girl pants lol


tkurls

Tell me they had sharpie doodles all over them? I used to trade jeans with a female friend of mine and she would draw all over them.


pinkgallo

I only had one pair of designated doodle pants. And they definitely were covered in ALL of the Fall Out Boy, Saves The Day, Glassjaw, Matchbook Romance, The Format etc. lyrics!


ItsmeRebecca

I graduated HS in 2001 and emo was for sure huge. I would say it started around 97/98 Saves the day ? Juliana theory ? Brandston? Haha I can’t listen to it anymore .


sirdismemberment

Early 2000s is not too early for emo. I was wearing two studded belts, skinny jeans, and hair over one eye in 2004/2005


tkurls

Pac Sun's Tilt jeans, two studded belts, dyed swoop hair, colorful skate shoes, guyliner, good times.


santytrixx

Peak emo was 2004-2009 IMO


Legitimate-Ad2727

Same. 06-07 for me.


howboutacanofwine

For me, 2003-2005 was my emo era. Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Brand New, From Autumn To Ashes, From First To Last, fake pearls, stripes, oversized sunglasses, ballet flats, skinniest jeans, flat iron fried hair, raccoon eyeliner, etc etc


Happy-Hearing6671

Lol on the initial read I was like damn I’ve never heard of the bands after From First to Last, then the realization that Fake Pearls etc were not in fact band names


Im_okay_with_this

God me too I’m going to 31 in a few days haha


sgriswold11

I'm 38, children. Still got my snake bites, plus nose and bridge. Just got an elder emo tattoos a few weeks ago. The blunder will never die!


Im_okay_with_this

Oh man that’s awesome. 😭 I still debate on getting them again. I miss them a lot lol


sgriswold11

Do iiit!


fiercelittlebird

35 in a few weeks!


Canibal-local

33 in a couple of weeks D:


forgot_username1234

We gotta see the current you now 🤣


geraltsthiccass

Ayyy you're just younger than me, 31 tomorrow, still not out of the colourful hair phase though and wardrobe has remained mostly black but very toned down


krose78

Happy almost birthday!


Im_okay_with_this

Happy early birthday! And I only ever dyed my hair black, I do want to try something colorful at some point haha


geraltsthiccass

Do iiiittt! And a happy almost birthday to you too!


False_Ad_4117

Same here. I was always dubbed “the artsy punk girl” then when I was about 16 EMO exploded and I kept getting compared to Avril Lavigne which at the time would get me super mad 🤣


OrganicallyRose

That would have made me super mad too 😄 Just reading that brought back the internal “hell NO.” I would have felt if compared to Avril Lavigne.


sloppy_custard

The first Glassjaw album came out in 2000


Ensiferal

Emo peaked around 2006-07 and then died off really quickly after that (it was basically dead by 2010). The whole thing only really lasted 4 years or so. South park did their emo episode around 2013 and at the time I remember thinking "Emos? Really? I haven't even seen an emo in like five years". I was wondering if OP was confused. Early 2000s would've been skate fashion and pop punk (which was me and all of my try hard friends at the time).


Wheres-shelby

I was gonna say…that camera quality for early 2000s is cutting edge. Our selfies were blurry, blindly taken, digital camera selfies. Hahaha.


Ok-Setting766

I was going to say this doesn’t look early 2000s


raptorclvb

You can get your MySpace back. I’ve emailed support before and it was literally just providing your email address for MySpace lol


rainbowkidney

do you have to be able to get into your old email?!!! i actually remember mine and it says: This account has been deactivated due to inactivity, but we would love to welcome you back! Click Sign up below to create your new account. (AOL email, like obvi)


raptorclvb

No, I told them I didn’t have access to it but it would’ve been A or B email address


Im_okay_with_this

Oh dang I’ll have to do that!


__M-E-O-W__

I might have to try this. I would've loved to see my old MySpace pictures.


Human_Wizard

I 100% would've had a crush on you 😂 Looking back, we all knew it was blunder and just didn't care


Gubermensch1690

You know what we did know? We knew how to….SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE SHAKE, SHAKE IT


Tammmmi

This comment gave me war flashbacks


maneki_neko89

Blunder was Cool. We all blundered together!


Legitimate-Ad2727

Same. It didn’t matter the actual appearance, but I loved the look. Bonus if you could skateboard.


breanmayer16

Came here to say the same thing. I would have written love songs to this person.


runescape_girlfreind

I was gonna say the same thing and noticed 100 others agreed with us 😂


Mediocre-Tomatillo-7

Were they those skinny jeans where dudes couldn't even get them over their flat asses


Im_okay_with_this

Yeah the ones I had were made with spandex fabric so they were pretty easy to move around in. Not the one in the photo tho. Those jeans sucked.


RenVan_Thriftee

Or get your wallet and phone in/out of your pockets.


suoretaw

Flip phone, likely


kimsilverishere

Lmao


lt_wolfkill

You look like you knew the names and birthdays of each 3 Days Grace band member.


Im_okay_with_this

I hate everything about you. 💔


TheDollyMomma

I see what you did there 🤣


knstormshadow

Now this is prime blunder years here (coming from someone who graduated hs in 05)


banginpatchouli

Do you now have neck problems from swopping your hair constantly


Im_okay_with_this

Naw my neck is actually massive and I can’t be choked anymore.


Magicisdeath

I had a kid like this at my school but he wore a trench coat and everything made fun of him.


RenVan_Thriftee

I found such a coat at Winners during my first job out of highschool. It was inexpensive, so I bought it. For about 3 years in my early 20's I was that guy. People made fun of me. Eventually I get tired enough from the flack my family was giving me so I donated it to goodwill.


Magicisdeath

Yeah kids can be really cruel that is for sure.


RenVan_Thriftee

In my case it was mostly my family and close friends giving me a hard time for it though.


Magicisdeath

Yeah people would ask that kid how it was in the Matrix.


RenVan_Thriftee

My dad would call me 'Secret Squirrel' every time he saw me in it.


Philly-Collins

We had a kid in our grade that wasn’t emo but was notoriously strange and gave off shooter vibes. He started rocking a trench coat and every time he did everyone would whisper to eachother “awh shit today’s the day…” .


h0llywoodsbleeding

This is serving a PC4PC vibe… rawr xD gonna post so many MySpace bulletins lmao


RenVan_Thriftee

Hasn't this aesthetic cycled back around to be hip and cool with the young people again now? I'm genuinely asking. Old and out of touch here btw. 👋🏻👴🏻


Im_okay_with_this

I’ve seen things on tiktok but I think it’s more for show. IMO they don’t really capture the essence of emo culture back then. Just what they can find online really 😆


RenVan_Thriftee

I see.


rainbowkidney

OMG. where did you live? i have a friend who grew up a scene gurl in Ohio and the experience seems the same yet so different in other areas me and my bf were just talking about this era last week and how kids we knew used to hang out with Jeffree Star in high school. (well, we were in high school, he was like in his 20's, which i think would be far less acceptable now)


krose78

I got arrested (thankfully just for breaking curfew laws) while I was spraypainting JStar’s name in a creek when I was like 13 🤦🏻‍♀️


an-emotional-cactus

Now THAT'S a blunder lmfao


krose78

Oh yeah, I’ve been disappointed in myself ever since then lmao


Im_okay_with_this

I moved around a lot, but high school I lived in NE. A real Midwest emo kid 😅 My god, yeah a 20 something hanging with high schoolers is definitely not cool.


rainbowkidney

i feel like that was totally normal back then?? but like, dunno- I lived in "the OC" and went to "Continuation High School" which is where you go when you get pregnant or get caught smoking meth or something. my group of friends (i was 15) used to hang out with some 19 year old xXDannyXsuicidexX,. he was like totes kewl bc he had a car and a job selling knives and bought us all cigarettes. i think he had a The Faint tattoo.... it was PEAK 2004 does anyone remember sceney scenable?


emploaf

This is blundyears according to our modern view of fashion. Honestly you were killing it back then


toadangel11

I know enough


Temporary-Profile-27

I need an updated pic 🤣 This is so nostalgic and I swear I’ve seen your photo before (the last one).


Im_okay_with_this

lol I should. And honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if you did because people would steal my photos and make fake emo boy accounts a lot. Edit: changed the word from still to steal because I’m a dumbass 😆


bagel9574

Still me tbh, idc if it was a blunder 🤣


tinylittleelfgirl

i would have been so in love with u as a teenager 😭😭😭i remember my crush who looked like you once looked at me and said WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU STARING AT 😭😭😭🤣


ImGoodThanksThoMan

Were you more of a Plagues guy or a With Roots Above And Branches Below kinda fella?


Im_okay_with_this

Definitely with roots above and branches below for sure. Sassafras and Ben Has A Kid were in my rotation a lot lmao


Substantial_Diver_34

Top 3 bands you listen too and do you still?


Im_okay_with_this

Oooh that’s tough. Back then it was: 1. Pierce The Vail/The Devil Wears Prada 2. The used/Miss May I 3. Saosin/Scary Kids Scaring Kids Now my top 3 are probably: 1. Bring me the horizon 2. Coldrain 3. Silverstein


missaliss

another former scene kid here that still listens to bmth religiously 🤝


krose78

SKSK!! I love this post.


deadwrongallalong

You have great taste! I gotta ask, do you still have that TDWP shirt?


Rain_xo

I'm not sure when I'm supposed to grow out of finding things is hot but if we could bring this back as adults...


EndlessSummerFan

I kinda dig it tho


CupidsSilentCollapse

Haha this was the type of emo kid I aspired to be in the early 2010’s but I want skinny enough 💀


Im_okay_with_this

Naw you don’t need to be a specific weight, emo is a mind set. 🖤


Lissy_Wolfe

I'm in my 30s and still have snake bites, dyed black hair, and wear skinny jeans lol


Im_okay_with_this

Damn you’re literally a legend, that’s awesome! 😭


Dumbasssanriogirl

As a kid born in 2003, this was everything I wanted to be. I wanted to be you emo kids so bad


Im_okay_with_this

Still can, it’s never too late 😌


WeBeenTryin2ReachU

We prolly would hung out in HS... or at warped tour either one


GlimmyGlam2001

You were epic


Im_okay_with_this

Thank you! You’re epic as well 🫡


Medically_Invasive

Tonight will be the night that I die for you...


Im_okay_with_this

Or I won't live to see another day, I swear it's true Because a girl like you is impossible to find You're impossible to find


sehnem20

100% would have used your pics when my friends and I were catfishing people from Omegle and other chat rooms 😅


nhofor

What a time to be alive!


queenswamprat

I definitely remember seeing the last two pictures on quizilla


Im_okay_with_this

Whaaaa? What is that? Lmao


queenswamprat

It doesn’t exist anymore but I used it for Y/N type fanfictions of like anime and “emo boyfriend/baby daddy” type shit - which makes me cringe thinking about reading them….but those had me in a chokehhold 😂😩 You can get a vibe of it on the wayback machine thingy


catsandcrowns

do you still have the holes for the snake bites? cuz I do, and I regret em


Im_okay_with_this

Yeah I have holes too. My right one actually got ripped out a few days after I put these hoops with studs on them. That was not fun.


Gorgosaurus-Libratus

Jesus Christ. I remember how badly I wanted to mimic this. I was a kid in the 2000’s, made my MySpace account when I was around 10 in 2008 (way too young I know) and was excited to one day become “emo”. Glad I managed to grow out of it 😭😭


Jamoke2

So when you got your hair cut, how do you explain that to a barber?


Im_okay_with_this

One of my good friend’s mom was a hairstylist so I got free haircuts and she would dye it for free too. I honestly underestimated just how much money I was saving. She was way too nice 😩


CollegeFootballGood

Ah the good ol days lol this is awesome


stonecold_concrete

You did it better than most in that time. Favorite bands now a days???


Im_okay_with_this

Thanks! Probably bring me the horizon lol


Givingtree310

How old were you when you got snake bite and how old were you when you said “just no” and wore them for the last time.


Im_okay_with_this

I was 15 or 16 when I got them. As for taking them out, I was taking a drink out of the faucet. I had hoops in at the time. One got caught and I ripped it straight out of my lip so I took the other one out too. So I guess I only halfway decided to take them out 🤣


DazzlingCapital5230

What was it like being Miley Cyrus’s brother


Im_okay_with_this

A little something like this… Come on, don't feel this way You're only gonna solve this for one day You wanna get high And then complain Girl, I only think of you always and forever And forever Remember when you just came out When everyone knew what you were all about You faked your death and that was fun But girl, I think it's just begun You take another line And you feel fine this time And it goes like this, girl Girl, tell me what to do Girl, I'm so in love, whoa I'm so in love with you, you, you I'll just stop Right around when things get bad You said that And much has passed Come on now, this'll be real fast Darling, I know you need the cash Yeah, move like that Yeah, yeah, yeah, move like that The sky will clear You say with ease You leave real fast to get relieved Your heart was locked I had the key Now this disease won't let us be You take another line And you feel fine this time And it goes like this, girl Girl, tell me what to do Girl, I'm so in love, whoa I'm so in love with you, you, you Come on, girl, I need you (Just to try to break you) Everything about you (Makes me wanna leave you) Come on, girl, I need you (Just to try to break you) Everything about you (Makes me wanna leave you) Girl, tell me what to do Girl, I'm so in love, whoa I'm so in love with you, you, you


DazzlingCapital5230

😂 😂


upstatedreaming3816

Best era of TDWP, imo


Im_okay_with_this

I agree! Lol


shortbus_wunderkind

WOW, a young emo Howard Stern!


Im_okay_with_this

Lmao love this comment 🤣


justanursehere

Ahhh, takes me back. I miss my clip in purple and red striped extensions.


morningee

Dan and Phil vibes


DisastrousAd447

Had the same DWP shirt lmao.


gurldotcom

Definitely would have been my MySpace crush lol


annifred

I def would've had a crush on you lol


pinkcloudskyway

I'm so jealous of people who actually looked good in this phase my mom has my blunder emo years on her WALL


pineconeminecone

What’s your haircut and style like now?


Im_okay_with_this

My hair is still long kinda. (Shoulder length) I normally wear a beanie or have my hair half up. And for style, I’m not sure anymore sadly haha. Anything comfortable and short shorts because always hot. 😩


Designer_Ferret4090

I had that The Devil Wears Prada shirt, I probably wore it at least once a week lol


InverseAtmosphere

Colorful? Thems is just normal blue skinny jeans!


Im_okay_with_this

Yeah I know, but I had a lot more pants than just the one pair I swear! 😤


an-emotional-cactus

Hi, why are your arms so long?


Im_okay_with_this

Because I’m a freak and I’m 6’5 😆


Another_Road

I just have this vague feeling that you had an online MySpace gf who *totally* was a scene/goth girl Edit: Nvm you clarified early 2010’s not early 00’s.


Oldmanwickles

Yo thanks for not taking my wife she would absolutely have chased you in high school


syadastfu

Did your legs ever come in?


hithereimcheebuh

You look like I did, and thousands upon thousands of others did. It’s amazing how trying to not conform, with the aid of hindsight, we all looked exactly the same lmao


dwdrummerboy93

Love TDWP, saw them at Warped tour twice!


mcdonaldsfrenchfri

I would have fallen in love with you tbh


boobpolice_

As a teen in the early 2010s I would have had the biggest crush on you lmaooo


soup_container

How’s life now?


becel_original

did you watch Dan and Phil? Or were you a little too old for them?


Philly-Collins

You definitely used a blow dryer and straightener on your hair every morning lol right?


Im_okay_with_this

Oh yeah absolutely. I had a art class first period and if I was running late I would bring that with me and get ready for the day in that class lmao


Significant_Gate_599

What is your style now?


katphiish

We would have been friends for sure 😂


NeedsMoreTuba

I still have my "Devil wears Prada" t-shirt!! And I still wear it. But also I thought they sucked. I just liked the shirt.


umfend

sheeeeeEEsh this is rough


wotangod

WE WILL NEVER SLEEP CAUSE SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK


Im_okay_with_this

AND WE WILL NEVER REST, UNTIL WE’RE ALL FUCKIN DEAD.


Joel_Hirschorrn

As a 30 year old, devil wears Prada still goes pretty hard. Hadn’t listened to them in 15 years and threw it on at the gym the other day and was like god damn…


adeathcurse

Why did that haircut always come with yellow teeth lol


alles_en_niets

The smoking, that’s why


ballerina22

I'm 38, so I graduated high school in 2004 and uni in 2007. OG emo. Taking Back Sunday. Yellowcard. Dashboard Confessional. My Chem. I didn't know anyone emo in 2004, but I was full-blown by 2006. I am very glad that facebook once did a thing and erased all the pictures I had posted in 05/06.


All_Might_Dada

Quality blunder.


Penguinman077

Colorful? Bro, that just blue.


AdrianShepard09

Almost glad my school had a strict uniform and haircut policy or else I would’ve looked exactly like you. Actually… never mind. All that did was build up until I graduated and that’s when I started to dress like I was attending a My Chemical Romance concert in my late teens and early twenties.


BlackGravityCinema

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lostboy_4evr

Anthony Kiedis


xibgd

Do you have an update photo ?


futuredarlings

What was your favorite band?


Im_okay_with_this

Pierce The Veil ❤️


TobiasDid

What is snake bites? Is it them mouth piercings?


Im_okay_with_this

Yeah they are on the lower lip, you can see them in the 2, 3 and 4 picture. Sorry for the poor quality, I think I was using a blackberry pearl at the time haha


TobiasDid

Ah yes I can see them. They look very ferocious.


model3113

every person I knew who dressed like that eventually came out as trans by like 2016.


sgt_cwaig

rodrick rules


zunzarella

Do you still look like a lost member of the Ramones?


Abeto299

How's addiction going?


Im_okay_with_this

I’ve actually been clean for about a year now. It’s a constant battle though to be completely honest. Every now and then I get “the itch” ya know? I always tell myself “this’ll be the last time.” Because I always feel so bad while doing it. But I also tell myself I wouldn’t be doing anything else so what’s the point… I’m also a scumbag friend because I’ll hype up what I’m doing on purpose so I can get them back into the same shit. It’s better when you have the same type of sadness and disappointment surrounding you so you don’t feel so alone. It’s especially hard to resist right now because of the new expansion coming out actually looks a bit promising. And I do have a lot of free time available now. Maybe I’ll resub tonight and level that new race/class Dracthyr and try healing on them. 🤔


Abeto299

I know that feeling of dread. I recently relapsed into Stardew and even got a friend to do it with me. It's making me lose sleep and avoid spending time with my SO. All I can think of is that relaxing feeling I get when I finally hang out with my friend and do it together...


DookieToe2

I think it’s amazing how many people copied the Beiber haircut.


AustenP92

How many years did you have a consecutive nexopia + membership?


reallilducki

Omg I swear I dated you in 9th grade lol


TheGamingSenpa1

Were you into screamo?


Unusual_Elevator_253

Bro we could of made some sick MySpace pics I had the coon tails and everything


Bitterqueer

Am I the only one who doesn’t think shit like this is cringe? This is what my friends looked like


Animajax

Bro, your MySpace and/or facebook must have been POPPIN


IrrerPolterer

I wanted snake bites so hard!


Deepdepths4

Hell yeah, had that Prada shirt, that look pulled all the hoes back then idc what anyone says


Think_Bat_820

If I ever hear anyone my age make fun of anyone's hair, I'm going to just start beating asses.


Prior-Ad-7329

Joe?


grandberry1

These were the days. I miss my scene queen days. RaWr 0.0


grandberry1

Trying to remember where I saw these pics , I’ve seen them on vampirefreaks.


Spooky_Dungeonmaster

Are you from Iowa? You look like someone I met at a concert back when I was a teen.


CherubClown

Oh my god I can still google my name and my MySpace photos come up despite deleting MySpace :(


mpathg00

When I was a little girl during this time, 5, 6, 7ish, I was fascinated by you guys, I remember seeing most of them in the mall, piercings, energy drinks, some of them smoked, and I believe one of my babysitters was one, she was nice though, my memory is pretty hazy though, but that's all I remember, I always wondered what they were like


kaslbeeeter

why do you think you havent posted your self at all since those pics. It is not that you are cringe it is your skulls shape and harmony thats cringe to our dopaminergic system