#the 2000s

[erotica1star]

[apologeticallyfat]

The Girls That Carried The 90s/00s

[whispering-about-the-tmnt]

Well, now... isn't this something...

How many of you Turtle-fans were around in the heyday of individual fanpages (around the late 90s to early 00s)? When people would host their own sites on places like Geocities and Angelfire?

I don't know how many of you are nostalgic for that sort of thing, but I frequently miss being able to go to sites like that to read fanfics and look at fanart and such. And I had just such a bout of nostalgia today, so I decided to go and look at the state of Angelfire now, where I once ran my own TMNT site.

I mean, hell... the whole reason I am able to do html markups is because I had to learn how to do it in order to format my stuff on Angelfire (the simple editor was a bit too plain for my liking).

Apparently, they stopped offering free websites to new registrants in the 2010s. But the to new registrants part got me wondering. So I dug into my old email, found my old Angelfire account, requested a password change, and got in to the web shell... and apparently, since I made my webpage back in the late 90s, I have been grandfathered in, and am still able to edit the page for free.

Now, when I tell you this is exciting for me, I mean it. I know there is no chance of pages like that ever becoming the norm again, but, as a curiosity, it is just plain awesome to know that if I wanted to I could jump right back in and update a site that hasn't been updated in 21 years!

And the mere fact that it is still up and running is... frankly, amazing. Most of the pages that I linked to from there are long gone now. There are popups on the page, of course, but if you're on Firefox and have a blocker, then it isn't an issue.

If you want to go take a look at what I created back in the late 20th century, here you go: The TMNT Soundtrack Project.

Yeah, kids... that's how the internet used to look.

So, I wonder... what if I did update it now, over two decades later? What if I made a new front page (with a link to the old site), then linked my current internet goings-on to it (meaning my Tumblr, my AO3, etc.)? What if I used it to archive my TMNT fanfics and, some time in the future, to have a page dedicated to my 70s AU? What would you all think of that?

If for no other reason than the nostalgia factor...

[timburtonashley]

Introducing !

Hello, its been a while since the last time i used tumblr, all of my memories with tumblr are the best, anyways here’s a new introduction since i grow from my old self

You may call me ashley or angeline *this isnt my real name* im 19 almost 20 years old

Im the biggest fan of the coquette aesthetic, and ive been a coquette since 2021

I love vintage and classic style and furniture and music, i love old cameras and physical media, i love philosophy and photography and im happy to share my interests with everyone

Im a designer, i love fashion *im not a fashion designer btw*

I speak English abd arabic and im learning french

I love the old arabic aesthetic

I love gossip girl *I don’t have enough time to watch it /:*

And i support palestine <3

This is everything i believe?

[kiramekisketch]

I had an Artist Alley customer ask for a Princess Tutu shirt design so here is a Princess Tutu shirt design. :3 Follow my artblog for when orders open ♥

[coolkidsrecreating]

Jessica Alba in the early 2000s

[aimmyarrowshigh]

OMGGGGGG I'm so excited; look what I finally tracked down and now own after 20+ years of wanting it

It's a used copy, so some of the stickers have been used (as pictured) but there are MORE than enough left for My Purposes(TM) and I LOVE that each design has two sizes. GOD. I LOVE OLD-SCHOOL AMERICAN GIRL.

[devileaterjaek]

The Sims 2 (PC) //Discord// //Twitch// //Ko-Fi//

[lilaceas]

[mycollectionmylife]

Axl Rose e Robin Finck 🎤🌹🎸🔫🌹🤘

[thisweekinfandomhistory]

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[erotica1star]

[thebonesofhoudini]

I miss the 2000s almost as much as the 90s at this point.

[sephirthoughts]

CLICKBAIT TITLE!

SLUTTY PICTURE!!!!

ok now listen

everyone is stupid sometimes

i am stupid a LOT of times

i have been stupid more times than many of you have been awake (that's purely based on number of years lived not because i am abnormally prone to stupidity although i suspect i might be)

what do i mean stupid? i mean like how we (humans and human-like organisms) get weirdly attached to certain ideas, and really emotionally invested in viewing things a certain way. since those things are personal and significant to us, the default i think is to feel frightened and attacked when that idea is contradicted by others or turns out to be different than we thought. a lot of us tend to dig in our heels and double-down on our wrong ideas, because having our beliefs challenged threatens our sense of self, which is Big Scary Existential Stuff.

but let me tell you the most freeing and mentally healthy thing in my life was when i learned to admit when i was stupid and just...change my mind. that's it. that's the secret they don't want you to know. you can just fucking CHANGE YOUR MIND. and no one can tell you not to!!

i think we all need to learn that changing our minds about things is ok. we are allowed to change our minds at any time, without shame, without apology, without regret. hell, you don't even need a REASON. you can change your whole-ass mind purely based on vibes. who's gonna stop you? the cops? those losers can't do shit about it your mind palace is sovereign territory.

if you have changed your mind, but someone points out how you used to think, don't sweat it. they missed the v 2.1 update and are working with outdated code. if someone tries to shame you for changing your mind, which seems to happen a lot on the internet for some reason, tell them people used to think the sun revolved around the earth and diseases were caused by evil miasma, but we got new information and updated our ideas.

changing your mind isn't a threat to your existence, it's proof that your brain is functioning as intended. we are an adaptable species! we invented air conditioning! and scuba diving! among other things of course but those are the most important ones.

the one thing you can't change is other people's minds. but they can! they might! they also might not! if they do, then accept the update and move on. if they don't, that's fine too unless they are running for political office and their bone-deep conviction that women being too saucy causes earthquakes will negatively impact a lot of other people (that was a thing that happened don't ask me about the early 2000s shit was wild).

i guess the point is that we learn and grow from realizing we're stupid and changing our minds. which is insanely cool. being dumb as hell but highly adaptable is the reason we're still around.

so if you have very loud opinions (like me) and i see you change your mind and be just as passionate (loud) in the opposite direction that is beautiful and will bring me so much joy.

if you think i am wrong about a thing and you engage in a respectful and good-faith way and that changes my mind, you win like a million coolguy points. the best part is that even if you don't change my mind, you still win the coolguy points because it's the engagement that matters.

if you are wrong about something and someone else engages you in a respectful and good-faith way that does or does not change YOUR mind, you both also win like a million coolguy points. it's a win-win-win (the third win is me in the background nodding approvingly cause i am so proud of you both don't spray me with the hose i wasn't being a creep this time)

anyway on the very slight chance anyone is still reading this, i hope it helped or at least made sense and was not a totally incoherent jumble of tangents.

also hit me up if you want to chat about fandom stuff or air conditioner or scuba diving or how fucking welcome-to-the-jungle shit got in the 2000s cause god damn. it was a time.

end of rambling run along back to your tik toks and k-pops

ok fine here's another slutty picture cause you stuck around

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