>>81703859
Pros
>Zoomers didn't exist
>music was better overall
>housing market was cheaper
grew up in a huge house that would be a millions of dollars now
>sjws didn't exist
>liberals were reasonable nice people
they weren't these super offended types
>most people weren't politically involved

Cons
>actually had to buy media until 02-03'
I downloaded a shit ton of books that would have cost me hundreds of dollars back then.
>at the mercy of network TV for entertainment
>anime was hard to find and were like $29.99 a vid
I watch anime/read manga on the daily when that would have been impossible in 00-01, I remember I only watched a few 24 episode ones till I discovered limewire because my parents had me on an allowance system

>bush was a dumb fuck
>information wasn't as easy to come across as it is now
Right now I could look up a tutorial on how to make special effects in UE5, or Japanese study guides. We actually had to buy books on that shit up until 03' for basic stuff and 15-19' for really complex 3D stuff
>tube TVs burned the eyes
everyone forgets that
>No GPS
>Had to deal with the people in your immediate vicinity
>conservatives were fucking batshit INSANE
book burning and bible thumping is the norm
luckily I lived in a blue state and a upper middle class town

>>81703971
>It was OK. I went to high school from 2001 through 2005 and college after that until 2009.

holyshit, me too....

>But for me at least the 2000s had the advantage of being a time where I got my dick sucked by cute teen girls.
It was way easier to get laid, some folks were fucking on the first day first day of college.