The 2000s don’t seem like they were that long ago. Then you realize that the Y2K hysteria is nearly two decades old and you realize that time might actually be an illusion, because there’s no way it should be able to move that fast. But even though the 2000s are now long gone, times haven’t changed that much since then, have they? The ’70s, ’80s and ’90s were all weird times, but we’re basically the same as we were during the 2000s… right?

It might feel that way, but that’s your emotions telling you that. Logic says otherwise. We’ve assembled a bevy of images from the 2000s and they. are. glorious. It was such a simpler, more innocent time. These photos will make you wish we could return to the beginning of the millennium. The style, the technology and the celebrities. What a weird and wonderful time it was. Let’s see….

By Dave