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You Know You Were a Teenager in the 2000s If . . .

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Remember last decade, how you used to quote Mean Girls word for word while talking to your best friend on your Nokia cell phone? You wore low-rise jeans with tiny t-shirts and Rocket Dog sandals and spent your afternoons requesting music videos on TRL and learning the dance moves to "I'm a Slave 4 U." We'll be honest; we still quote Mean Girls and try to copy Britney Spears routines, but we look back on those days with equal parts dreamy nostalgia and sheer horror. We're taking a trip down memory lane with all the best (and worst) things about coming of age in the aughts. So here we go: you know you were a teenager in the 2000s if . . .

Additional reporting by Lauren Harano

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And recording it at just the right moment.

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It was never without drama.

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Nokia 5165 Vintage Cell Phone With USA Flag Design (£23)

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Until Beyoncé in 2013, of course.

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Tiffany & Co. Charm Bracelet (£335)

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MAC Lipglass (£16.50)

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Rocket Dog Sandals (£15 - £35)

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Dooney & Bourke Purse ($258)

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Butterfly Belly Button Ring (£9)

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Hollister T-Shirt (£19)

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Classic Ugg Boots (£165)

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With two R's.

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No matter how mortifying it looks in pictures.

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