Final Day at GHS: June 2001

The last day at Glendora High School. 2001. No phones? No social media? No worries.
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[@99ThingswithRyanBriggs]

Filmed by Dr. Justin Briggs, host of The Sex Life Science Podcast! The Sex Life Science Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...) Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/6coiGQo...) Amazon (www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN2B6HGG/...)

[@zakiyyahnatsir9516]

Believing zodiac is "shirk", you can't believe stars determine fate, Allah SWT the only God, determines all luck and bad luck. All celestial bodies are just unliving objects, rotating and doesn't care about you. God created the laws of universe. Why whole universe spin just to make you sleep at night? the dense earth knows no sleepy human, sleepy human does not make the earth turn the sun into night. all because God created human. Praise be to Allah the lord of this world. Allah SWT is not willing with any shirk. Shirk is cautious. Many kind and small. If you die in a state of shirk, you will be in hell forever. 'Shirk' not a sin, shirk is a way of associating partners (not figuring God almighty) the only God, to be worshiped, hoped for, fate, worship, prayer, and reasons for deeds (rewards - sins). Then the claim of creator of the world, as the nature of the most almighty, and the nature of the most praiseworthy. Then those reasons make a kind of shirk. Like drawing animate creatures (rivalling God in creating living creation), may we be safe from all polytheism/shirk, then repent from sins (some sins are bleached in hell first) but after giving creed, converting to Islam, it is important to worship God, fulfill the (iman)believing pillars, and islam pillars. May our life not be missed, may our life fulfill it all. We hopefull we dont end up in the hereafter with not enough. Trying to find, study, do good deeds for a safe afterlife. May we always ask Him for guidance, take refuge in Him from going astray, and ask Him for forgiveness from all our mistakes. Hadith: [Prophet Muhammad said: "Whoever bears witness that there is no god but Allah, alone with no partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, that 'Isa is the slave and Messenger of Allah, and His word which He communicated to Maryam, and a spirit from Him; and that Paradise is true and Hell is true, Allah will certainly admit him into Paradise, regardless of the deeds which he has done." Sahih/Authentic. - [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

[@zakiyyahnatsir9516]

The Ruling of Drawing Pictures or Cartoons The original ruling for this problem can be found in a hadith of the Prophet PBUH: مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فَإِنَّ اللهَ مُعَذِّبُهُ حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِحَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا "Whoever makes pictures, will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it." Sahih al-Bukhari (2225) In another narration, it states: كُلُّ مُصَوِّرِ فِى النَّا يَجْعَلُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ صَوَّرَهَا نَفْسًا فَتُعَذِّبُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ "All the painters who make pictures would be in the fire of Hell. The soul will be breathed in every picture prepared by him and it shall punish him in the Hell," Sahih Muslim (3945) and Imam Ahmad in his Musnad Right after that, Ibnu Abbas said: إِنْ كُنْتَ لا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَاصْنَعْ الشَّجَرَ وَمَا لَا نَفْسَ لَهُ "If you have to do it at all, then paint the pictures of trees and lifeless things;" Drawing creatures is the most heavy 'shirk', "Allah said, 'Who are most unjust than those who try to create something like My creation?" (Sahih al-Bukhari 7559) That is mean drawing is "shirk" to rival God in creating creation (living creature) Shirk in islam means ascribing a partner/ rival to Allah in lordship. Al-'Aini said: "Drawing any living creature (carving of idols) is prohibited, for it is worshipped in the times of the Jahiliyyah. It is prohibited even if it has no shadow or do not consist of matter (referring to drawings and paintings), to close the doors of misdeeds." Refer 'Umdah al-Qari Syarh Sahih al-Bukhari (18/162) All these prohibitions are in the form of Sad al-Zari'ah (closing the doors of misdeeds) in fear that it could be an object of worship and harming our belief. Whoever died in shirk will be in hell forever “indeed, Allah does not forgive the sin of syirk, and he forgives the sin other than that for whom he wills” (annisa 48)

[@zakiyyahnatsir9516]

Islamic Prohibition in Drawing Cartoon Animation (Living Being) So, all of you Muslims must know about this Prohibition, (or maybe some don't know yet...?) OK, here's the hadith. •"from [Ibn Abbas] he said, 'Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: "Whoever makes a picture, then on the Day of Judgment he will be tortured until he breathes a soul into the picture, even though he will not be able to." (HR Nasai no. 5624)" bro, don't you guys read carefully "He will be tortured until he breathes a soul into the image, even though he will not be able to." this means doom forever, eternal in hell forever. Drawing animate creatures is also one of the branches of shirk (associating partners with Allah) in terms of competing Allah in creating creatures. and very often we hear that Allah DOESN'T FORGIVE the sin of shirk (meaning that at the reckoning it is not forgiven, but in the world it is forgiven if you repent) No matter how much they argue about the meaning of this ban, going back and forth about takwil here and there, or this ustad's opinion... But actually the hadith is very clear, right? this is not just about statue, and not only for worship (meaning those who are afraid the image being worshiped) based on this audition of hadith "I heard the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam say: "Allah 'azza wajalla said; Who is more unjust than the one who "creates like My creation" means "Create as I create" and God's prohibition to make pictures by threatening to blow the spirit not because of the image, worshiped besides Him but because those people compete Allah in create being so that it is challenged to breathe in the spirit Don't narrow your life with excuses, "I don't have any hobbies other than drawing" "I'm already talented here" "already have a lot of followers" GOD'S EARTH IS WIDE, Insya Allah, if you leave something because of Allah, Allah will replace it with something better. "Isn't Allah's earth wide, so you can emigrate on that earth?" (annisa: 97) "And whoever migrated (hijrah) of Allah, surely they will get this earth migration wide and (provision) a lot." (annisa: 100) "Indeed, if you leave something because of Allah, surely Allah will give you something better" (hr.ahmad)

[@zakiyyahnatsir9516]

The ruling of taking picture (photo maker/tashweer) Taking picture or video with camera is haram, because hadith said we should destroy every picture we found, when it printed. so taking picture with camera is haram total too.. Because it producing living being picture مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فَإِنَّ اللهَ مُعَذِّبُهُ حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِحَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا "Whoever makes pictures, will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it." Sahih al-Bukhari (2225) Abu Sa’id al-Khudri narrated that the Prophet PBUH said: “The angels do not enter a house in which there are statues or pictures.” (Narrated by Imaam Ahmad; see also Sahih al-Jami’, 1961) Ali radhiallahu'anhu was once sent to an area, and among the things that Rasulullah ordered him to do was as follows: لا تدع صورة إلا طمستها ولا قبرا مشرفا إلا سويت Leave no image without obliterating it, nor leave any elevated grave without leveling it (Muslim) "Hadiths that discuss the law of drawing are general, whether by painting by hand or with a tool such as a camera. Then the ulama who prohibited it refuted the ulama who allowed camera photos by stating that the reasons put forward were only logical and could not refute the words of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam. They also forbid it on the grounds that photos taken from a camera are still called shuroh (pictures) even though they are produced using a tool, but they are still called that. Among the scholars who think like this is the author's own teacher, Shaykh Sholeh Al Fauzan -hafizhohullah-. We heard directly when he explained the law of images from the book Ad Durun Nadhid by Muhammad bin 'Ali Asy Syaukani, 18 Muharram 1433 H.

[@zakiyyahnatsir9516]

Believing zodiac is "shirk", you can't believe stars determine fate, Allah SWT the only God, determines all luck and bad luck. All celestial bodies are just unliving objects, rotating and doesn't care about you. God created the laws of universe. Why whole universe spin just to make you sleep at night? the dense earth knows no sleepy human, sleepy human does not make the earth turn the sun into night. all because God created human. Praise be to Allah the lord of this world. Allah SWT is not willing with any shirk. Shirk is cautious. Many kind and small. If you die in a state of shirk, you will be in hell forever. 'Shirk' not a sin, shirk is a way of associating partners (not figuring God almighty) the only God, to be worshiped, hoped for, fate, worship, prayer, and reasons for deeds (rewards - sins). Then the claim of creator of the world, as the nature of the most almighty, and the nature of the most praiseworthy. Then those reasons make a kind of shirk. Like drawing animate creatures (rivalling God in creating living creation), may we be safe from all polytheism/shirk, then repent from sins (some sins are bleached in hell first) but after giving creed, converting to Islam, it is important to worship God, fulfill the (iman)believing pillars, and islam pillars. May our life not be missed, may our life fulfill it all. We hopefull we dont end up in the hereafter with not enough. Trying to find, study, do good deeds for a safe afterlife. May we always ask Him for guidance, take refuge in Him from going astray, and ask Him for forgiveness from all our mistakes. Hadith: [Prophet Muhammad said: "Whoever bears witness that there is no god but Allah, alone with no partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, that 'Isa is the slave and Messenger of Allah, and His word which He communicated to Maryam, and a spirit from Him; and that Paradise is true and Hell is true, Allah will certainly admit him into Paradise, regardless of the deeds which he has done." Sahih/Authentic. - [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

[@DanRichter]

This is why they use 27 year old actors for high school movies. They used to actually look 27

[@obamas_left_foot]

They really did... I think there just more mature then people nowadays

[@epicmetod]

Just googles some graduation pic from 2010-2020. Many of them still looks 30. Especially male tho.

[@DanRichter]

@@epicmetod idk, at my HS, in 2012, everyone looked 17-18. Unless you were one of the rare ones with a beard, they looked 21

[@epicmetod]

@@DanRichter Its not common indeed, i too have a friend that everyone called him "uncle". Puberty is magic.

[@ChrissaTodd]

it's also cause child labour laws and shows like riverdale film at hours minors can't work at and over working a minor has consequences demi lovato is the only example of that i can think of where she graduated as a minor so they worked her like an adult and she said it was stressful and bad for her.

[@Protantagonist]

“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.” - Andy Bernard

[@affanshahriyar4461]

True dawg

[@mre4u422]

your childhood is "the good ol' days" and that is true of *almost* everyone

[@affanshahriyar4461]

@@mre4u422 I wonder what 1900 school was like?

[@mre4u422]

@@affanshahriyar4461 same as today (excluding online classes) What was taught was different as where the school rules and social norms but from a "day to day" perspective school hasn't really changed much in the past 150 years

[@affanshahriyar4461]

@@mre4u422 I meant school in the 1890s

[@embisonjones4996]

I miss those days. The fashion, the attitude, the easy going approach to life. The friendliness and openness of people interacting with one another. I never knew how good we had it back then.

[@timothyjackson4653]

Life was within reach

[@kind2311]

@@timothyjackson4653 I graduated from a southern california HS in 2001. It's overrated. I'm as miserable now as I was back then. Chin Chin!

[@AngelinaLopez-cx5fw]

I miss 2001! (I wasn't alive)

[@kypdurron62]

Oh I'm sure plenty of people were absolutely vicious to kids that weren't in the right cliques

[@pacman071]

This makes me sad. Nowadays all the kids got their faces burried in their smartphones. Anxiety, loneliness, depression rates are up too.

[@alansmith888]

When we didnt have smartphones and people actually spoke to each other face to face. ALL THE TIME

[@LadellTurner]

Great times!

[@Lo_mali]

People are still social

[@againstallexpectations3986]

@@Lo_mali not even close compared back then

[@agentrex_adventures]

@@againstallexpectations3986 Well this is high school, when you're forced to be close. Unfortunately outside of high school people have their own big plans that may have us be far away from each other, good thing smartphones close that distance.

[@zndrlol6204]

I’m in hs right now and I every time I look around in the hallway, I barely see a phone out and everyone’s just talking and laughing. Same at lunch, on the bus etc

[@johnbaldwin2766]

Everyone seems so social and friendly

[@callumboscoe8685]

janet namuleme everyone’s on their phones 24/7 and have no personality

[@markequinox]

Yeh Smartphones put an end to this amazing social time unfortunately.

[@perkhere2252]

“friendly” as bush killed millions of innocent middle easterners months later

[@thecheesymango413]

3:15 but her

[@thecheesymango413]

@@perkhere2252 where does this fit in?

[@dem7556]

Damn, this guy was friends with half of the High School, including professors.

[@thisisntsergio1352]

High school educators are just called teachers. Educators in community colleges and universities are called professors. But yeah, this guy was gregarious af

[@captainwalter]

@@thisisntsergio1352 some countries they call them professors. its technically accurate. professor sounds more dignified

[@thisisntsergio1352]

@@captainwalter I understand and prefer that practice as well but since this video is about an American high school, I thought it would be best to make the distinction.

[@mememinaa7052]

@@captainwalter not in America

[@chickiechalupie7066]

@@thisisntsergio1352 imagine having such little control in your life that you derive your satisfaction from correcting people on words that mean the same. damn. thing. You were probably the student who reminded the teacher about weekend homework and wondered why no one invited you to the huge parties.

[@mikeway2223]

I graduated high school in 2000. This was the way kids were exactly. I graduated in Minnesota. Miss this time in history.

[@richardwildlife88-wj6kl]

I was class of 2006 in Florida. I was in middle school in 2000 though but I definitely miss it so much!

[@Rick-Raven]

I graduated in 2001, man if I only knew that those days were going to be so much better than they are now.

[@alexanderb9058]

80/90s kids got to enjoy the last slice of pre-digital life in human history.... really makes you think.

[@kevindavis4709]

We enjoyed every bite of it wish we could go back for seconds 😂😂😂😂

[@jboogie6921]

The group is called "Xennials"...kids born between '77 - '83. Late Gen X and early Millennials. What distinguishes this group is that they had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.

[@Awesomefulninja]

I'm glad I got to be a part of it. I love technology, internet, smartphones, etc, but I often miss the days when we were disconnected. Definitely pros and cons of each. This video was a nice flashback to high school (c/o 2002 🥳).

[@beetlejuice4357]

Born in 82. It was awesome.

[@Solox329]

@@jboogie6921 And if you're born between 83 and 95 ? you are Zennials ?

[@zxcytdfxy256]

I used to think that movies having 30 year old highschool kids was dumb, now I know better.

[@andyusfca]

lol

[@Danzii]

camera quality

[@Wringfale]

Mllr Hr they don’t look 30 at all

[@FadeHook23]

@@Wringfale yes they do.

[@Wringfale]

@@FadeHook23 alright then, how does a 30 year old look like?

[@STAR-kg5ck]

I remember my high school like this. I was shy and didn’t really fit in but I loved the social and friendly part no doubt. Glad I was a part of such generation especially cause it’s once in a lifetime thing.

[@Michael_Chandler_Keaton]

And our movies were the bomb!

[@AlanSmith88888]

2001 was the year I graduated high school. Man what a time to be a teen.

[@wildfoottv3217]

Does anyone else wish that they were living in those days cause they looked and seemed more fun than today

[@MrMiata313]

would be nice to know that nobody is on there phones and there’s no drama over the phone

[@roxyfoxyyy7]

WildfootTV I was 12 in 2001 and I truly wish I could go back to those days..

[@wildfoottv3217]

@@roxyfoxyyy7 yeah i know I was only 2 when this was recorded your pretty lucky

[@roxyfoxyyy7]

WildfootTV I will say it was pretty awesome... although I would have loved to grow up in the 80s too.

[@roxyfoxyyy7]

WildfootTV what was cool about 2001 was that it had a good balance of technology. At that time it hadn’t taken over our lives yet. Then, the internet was becoming more popular and you also had cell phones.. of course I sound like a major hypocrite typing this on my iPhone though 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

[@melleromarin5290]

When people in high school looked 30

[@menace2societies]

Mèlle Romarín And now all looked baby than their age

[@melleromarin5290]

@@menace2societies literally yes

[@Oni64]

I think past 2001 everyone aged slower in high school.

[@melleromarin5290]

@boi mac that doesn't make sense my friend

[@melleromarin5290]

@boi mac I disagree. When I look back at my experience in high school everybody (including myself) look so young and physically child-like. And these people look like that probably haven't changed that much. Idk, it's weird

[@verdigrau]

This was the same year as my graduating class. Back then, I couldn't wait to get out. Now, after 18 years of 9 to 5 office drudgery, I have to say I miss it. Those four years of high school seemed like an eternity back then. Enjoy it while it lasts, kids. There's no going back to it.

[@Becauseimme]

I feel you

[@bmwtek13]

@fountaindroid My thoughts exactly.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Graduated in 2000. I don’t miss it. Glad to be out of that city and away from most of those people. Left for the military right after graduating and never lived there again.

[@O.C_babee]

@@mplslawnguy3389 you sound miserable and bitter

[@Emlane09]

It can be the toughest time for many

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Graduated 2000. It’s crazy that lookin at footage of my class today would be like looking at footage from the class of ‘77 back then. The older you get, the more you realize how quickly time goes by.

[@stevemount]

Class of 2000 here as well, and I feel like I graduated 10 years ago, not 23

[@TheyAreHereForYou]

It really does go by too fast.

[@Rayvan89]

Is it possible to feel nostalgic about a place you've never been? I wasn't even in an American high school, but this was 34 minutes of straight nostalgia. The early 2000s were great

[@Gorgaveli]

@Conway Twitter agreed! It was a great time to be alive lol I'm class of 2001 just like these kids.

[@risefromtheashes6623]

Look up the word 'hiraeth.'

[@sundayakpan2663]

Is it possible that American's High School have their final day before the holidays

[@tobe1207]

It's the beginning of summer

[@mauriciofonseca2079]

Same energy I´m not even American.

[@sirgrinder]

It’s crazy how everyone was social and full of energy compared to now..

[@jayyahmad9225]

SiR GriNdeR people say this but it can still be like that now but people idolize social media too much. I was 8 years old in 2001.

[@Fat_Catt]

Jayy Ahmad right. Everyone’s got their necks down and heads in their screens now. No one really looks around and tries to make convo

[@dennismolina9033]

At that time, people really got together and had real conversations, there was no social media, no smartphones like now

[@ninja1676]

You are a fucking liar

[@jojobaggins9224]

Gimmie a break, I was in high school during that time and this was not normal. It was the last day of high school, of course everyone was happy and social

[@ThePelon239]

Man this video just shows how much social media has changed everything

[@thefatlazycat838]

The 2000’s are iconic. Great music, great movies, great tv shows, great memories, great times.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Honestly, the 2000s felt like they would last forever. 2000 to 2009 felt like a literal lifetime to me, by the time that decade ended I had totally forgotten about how life felt at the start of it. This is not the case now. The 2010s and now the 2020s are moving SO much more quickly yet much less seems to be changing.

[@ExtremelyAverageMan]

Just think of the comedy movies alone from 2000-2010 with hits such as: Wedding Crashers, Anchorman, Old School, Dodgeball, Team America, Bad Boys 2, Superbad, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Step Brothers, Road Trip, Scary Movie Series, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get him to the Greek, Pineapple Express, Paul, Meet the Parents/Fockers and the list goes on. There are so few good movies anymore, let alone comedies.

[@ar_xiv]

It was okay

[@416pp]

90s better lol

[@TowGunner]

Yea. 9/11. Endless wars. Barry Obama. The beginning of the end.

[@jamesrondojr6412]

So much changed in 20 years. Not just technology, but society in general

[@captainwalter]

In a way a lot changed 20 years before this also, would have been just out of the 70s.

[@sarahquinlan4730]

We are now raising kids! Hopefully we instill some of the coolness we had then.

[@RB01.10]

Some for the better, such as more acceptance of LGBTQ people.

[@Metalhead4life87]

Times were so different 20 years ago. Can't believe how fast time flies by. Now we're in 2022 and it's so different now days.

[@Michael20]

@@RB01.10 no one is accepting groomers come on

[@rahimahmed5292]

That girl talking about her 20 yr reunion. This is the YEAR OF THEIR 20 YEAR REUNION 2021

[@TCP2k10]

it's so surreal to think about that. like we in the future are getting a glimpse of the past that was never meant to be seen, a piece of their history that was personal for them lol

[@cbozz7063]

23 years ago!! ffs! i swore these days felt like forever

[@TimeCapsuleClips530]

I was born in 2000 and this definitly reminds me of elementary school, and once I was in middle school in 2012, we started to use social media

[@routerbridge1]

Hair gel, lots of hair gel

[@dubious7424]

And sunglasses

[@reydelacosa]

I used to go to gallons of L.A. looks back in high school lol

[@maryz9319]

The reddit thread that brought me here had a comment about all the guys looking like the bassist from Alien Ant Farm and ya know what - valid.

[@carlyskanberg3272]

Rambunctious Punk and it’s pretty 😌

[@maryz9319]

@@carlyskanberg3272 love Josie & the Pussycats ears one girl is rocking. Wish anime didnt have to ruin those for everyone.

[@oaktree1628]

These 18 year old faces are now 37 years old....

[@dblyolk3535]

Yep that’s life

[@dinh5532]

Don't remind us...

[@Spwilkey1]

yep that's me

[@vern9093]

Wonder if any of them went to Iraq...

[@georgiebennett3336]

​@@vern9093 some of them definitely did went especially those who volunteered to enter the military.

[@Phantom-sl9qv]

The early 00s were basically an extension of the late 90s

[@xennial80sxberner]

I think any time before social media still resembles the 90s vibe (up to 2004/05)

[@TopBananaE]

Everyone interacting naturally, chilled out, and looking happy. Early 00s was the last period of time of how things used to be.

[@earlthomas5021]

I graduated from high school back in 2001 and this is exactly how I remember kids. The school I went to had people that looked just like this. No social media yet and things were still very 90's. The mindset was different back then and from what I hear the kids today are not as happy in school.

[@sirmarshall9521]

As someone who has two HS teachers in their family, I've been given evidence to the contrary. Oddly enough, HS is a lot calmer on average these days and kids are generally better behaved. However, the drawback seems to be that a lot of them are better behaved because they simply don't have any social skills. It's just a different time, but kids are kids always.

[@trunkmonkey81]

Purely anecdotal on my part, but last year I went to visit my old stomping grounds from high school ( I graduated around the millennium too) and one of my friends' son said that a lot of kids are depressed. For whatever that is worth....

[@DigitalHorizon]

​@Boston 508617 But pretty soon the workplace becomes filled with so many snowflakes that it's the new normal. I interned at a startup a year ago and the average age was like 25. No one seemed to care about their work and just showed up to get a paycheck. In ten years all management is going to be like that too.

[@gadpivs]

@@sirmarshall9521 It's possible that they're more well-behaved precisely because of that lack of social skills -- which often leads to anxiety and depression. The school bullies of old were often the happiest kids in school. Being well-behaved is not the same as being happy.

[@REfan001]

@Boston 508617 spoken like a true reactionary tool

[@sentientnewspaper2939]

Everyone in high school nowadays is tired and depressed lol

[@nicolasbalderrama3910]

Were fucken burnt out

[@cloutxcutter]

Cause social media destroys our lives 😂😂 I know it did a friend of mine, and she ended up committing suicide plus her and her husband split up and she got really depressed over it

[@sentientnewspaper2939]

@Alaskan Gold Rush I am well aware of the endless drudgery of adulthood.

[@selfmadetray5836]

@@cloutxcutter why do you have laughing emojis

[@selfmadetray5836]

@Mory B yes that's weird

[@drt162]

I'm 55. I don't know why I'm watching this video, but it does look like time that's long gone... In brief, the 80's was a pretty cool decade to live in, and although it wasn't perfect, life seemed bright. Then the brightness dimmed as the 90's rolled around and I can't say I was super happy in the decade. After 911, it seemed a kind of nastiness was in the air and whilst things changed, it wasn't clear if things were getting better or worse. You were just waiting for things to brighten up again, like they were in the 80's. Hell, I was beginning to miss the 90's by 2004. I've watched the past 20 years come from what you see in this video, to this weird world of selfies, superficiality, and a culture of self-interest and detachment. I'm glad to see people fighting against racism, and for the rights of people and their sexual orientation. However, it's just hard to know if some things that claim to have altruistic intensions are really just wolves in sheep's clothing. It's weird that there's a movement against free speech, when it was vital part of my upbringing. I was a pretty miserable teenager and I had seen teachers punch and slap their pupils - so I wasn't from anything rosey and perfect. However, the things I'm reading from the younger posters about modern schools is inconceivable.

[@drt162]

​@@Unknown-rz1sj People who were not around a certain decade tend to over estimate it. The music didn't seem as good then as it does now. Hindsite can fool the mind into thinking things were better than they really were. There was a lot of mediocrity in pop culture in that time period too. There was a lot of time I spent watching MTV, bored out of my mind due to seeing the same old Bryan Adams video for the 15th time in a day. It was expected that pop and rock artists create good songs because that was what they were employed to do. If you were an 80's teenager, you might be free from the rubbish you have today, but you wouldn't be thinking you live in a great decade and if somebody described the 2020's to you as an 80's kid, you would want to be in the 2020's in a heartbeat. The thought of communicating with people all over the world on the internet couldn't even be imagined in the 80's. You relied on TV, movies and music for stimulation.

[@drt162]

@Newbuild Muse WTF are you talking about?

[@brianmeen2158]

That is a brilliant post dr T and although I’m only 39, I echo the same thoughts and concerns. I see things in the younger generations that genuinely concern me. I see some things that really need to be corrected and turned around but I don’t see it happening.

[@brianmeen2158]

@@drt162 that’s is true but I also remember the flip side of the boredom - it forced many of us to go outside and go for a walk or a bike ride. Go explore adandoned buildings or woods, get friends to play baseball, go to the mall or gathering spot. Kids these days literally don’t have to leave their room as they can talk to friends through zoom or face-time. I see it too, I live in a small town and it will be a beautiful summer day and I rarely see kids or teens outside .. same goes for the nighttime, very rarely do I see kids walking around or riding bikes. It is almost eerie as I guess they are inside staring at their phone 😳😳 The 80s and 90s had their share of boredom but I’m so glad I grew up without social media. Oh and we were much more ‘fit’ as kids back then compared to todays youth. The obesity problem is pretty disturbing

[@drt162]

@@brianmeen2158 Very true... but I think the pandemic has made people even re-think things like traveling, clubbing, etc... The kids are more like the geriatrics on The Simpsons that walk back into the nursing home because they spotted some teenagers.

[@jakeh6980]

Graduated in 2005, and never had regrets ever. The early 2000’s can never be copied

[@jeremykokinos5662]

Dude with the threre panel meme template meme tshirt was ahead of his time.

[@omarmontes90]

The first meme

[@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd]

I graduated 1 year earlier. The hairstyles, the clothes, the cadence in people's voices... it's all so familiar. Scary to think it's been 20 years

[@Metalhead4life87]

I know like where has the time gone? Time flies by way too fast.

[@christiansummers562]

I graduated in 2000 in California and this school looks just like the one I went to. Man, I miss those days. Love how everyone was dressed. The styles are in my mind some of the best. I did connect with some old high school buddies 10-15 years later. Sad to see that some are no longer with us, and life has been hard on others. If I could go back, I would do those 4 years all over again.

[@pitolhead6381]

I would give away everything to go back to a time like this. No cellphones, social media. People just vibing. I genuinely wonder what has all these social media platforms have done for us.

[@MyTEEsharp1]

Damn I graduated HS in 2000. The best time of my life. Everything was better pre 9-11.

[@user-qy3vx6rd8f]

omg so cool

[@metalmk6839]

I graduated ‘01

[@cloutt_y6181]

@Kaoklai Siamratanakit thats not true dont listen to the old heads

[@3RDREI]

Agreed! After 9/11 everything went to shit 😑

[@Anthonybchannel]

Life was still fine after 9/11. The world didn't become bad until like 2013

[@hw5362]

You can’t even do this today people would just be like hey you don’t have the right to film me lmao 😂

[@frankyace4371]

Everyone film each other with the smartphone actually

[@mentalog9444]

Back then they didn't think they would end up on social media pages or anything they would just think ot would be a video to remember but now everyone is aware they'll probably end up on the internet and they some people have insecurities.

[@helloisitmeurlookingfor5898]

@@mentalog9444 exaaaaactly.

[@markoosh]

Because now social media has become a place to bully others and mock them secretly :3 It makes a lot of students very insecure.

[@immanuelj8952]

As a high schooler most people wouldn’t care.

[@TalkinWitJMO]

I think class of 2007 was the last class like this. Smartphones came out, and everything was always in your face. Actually having to have a camera is why these moments are as genuine as they are.

[@HolaPina]

07 ftw. bruh!

[@garrett5974]

Yeah I was 08 and there was only a few people that had smart phones. Most kids, if they had a phone, would text. But it hadn't really taken off... High school was like this for me. I'm sure it's unrecognizable now.

[@FordHoard]

I started high school in 2012, and even then not everyone had their phones at school. I didn't have mine at school. It slowly got to be more and and more though.

[@transistor281]

000000000006 000000000006 0000000000000006 0000000000000006 00000000000000006 what we said lol class of 06

[@TalkinWitJMO]

@@FordHoard I hear you bro, I graduated college in 2012 and used smartphones to cheat on exams. A lot happened to tech in those 5 years alone. Not saying you didn’t experience what you did.

[@theedge60]

The summers of 00 and 01 were the best times in my life. I was 20 years old then and would give my left testicle to go back in time. Is it weird i always search for vids of people i never knew from another continent just to see how they experienced those days, to remind me how the world looked back then? Makes me feel nostalgic, quite sad, thats it long gone but its something i cant stop doing.

[@neilgorsuch5302]

I just turned 41 and I keep thinking of the 2000 time period often. It is now beginning to feel like a very long time ago and I would say maybe 5 or 10 years ago the early 2000's were still current but ever since 2020 it's eerie how long ago this all was. I remember being a skinny 18 year old then just figuring things out and now I am 41. The saying is so true when people say Life moves fast. It does.

[@megacrippled]

I feel like a cloverfield sequel is about to begin at any second.

[@jamesmiller113]

In a way...

[@litlesnek8522]

Damn a cloverfield sequence would be awesome right now

[@raidermaxx2324]

It kinda did.. 9/11...

[@nastydre4433]

@@raidermaxx2324 ☝️💀💀💀

[@honestview]

Guys with bleached hair-tips and sunglasses, girls in jean overalls... why am I getting nostalgia being from a different part of the world and a decade younger?

[@kxloux8466]

You're not kid.

[@honestview]

@@kxloux8466 I can only assume everyone is in their 20's here... 2001 - 20 = 1981 Under this presumption, someone born in 1991 is a decade younger. either that, or as @Mèlle Romarín said: "When people in high school looked 30" ;)

[@thiccmufffubberara-ara9834]

I'm a 03 baby. So seeing all of this, is just... More simple then now

[@juliaholmes6552]

@@thiccmufffubberara-ara9834 agreed and I’m also an 03 we are really young lol

[@thiccmufffubberara-ara9834]

@@juliaholmes6552 Just wait until 20 year's past, then 03 will feel like the early 90's for us

[@lllarry6047]

The best part of this video is the final few moments. After a half hour of goodbyes and giving each other crap, we get a silent walk off campus for the last time, with just one brief look back. Love it.

[@Becauseimme]

Gosh I wish I could go back to my senior year of 2001, I’d change so much.

[@albert276]

“I’m never going to see you again, and that’s ok”

[@George-uw1cb]

Life is all about goodbyes

[@tjadams1089]

@@George-uw1cb it really is

[@sonicbroom8522]

Then Facebook came along

[@jonfischer2203]

This looks like a quintessential 90's movie. Damn, must have been good times before the rise of smartphones.

[@pstreet2027]

It was! But take this video with a grain of salt. This is the LAST day of school, so obviously there is nothing but smiles and giggles. We went through a lot of the same struggles the next generation goes through. But we didn't have social media or phones and life was definitely simpler as our worlds were smaller.

[@Xeknos]

I graduated from HS in '03. Those were some good times, friends.

[@Vince0M1]

It was a great idea to decide to film these moments. These are pure gold.

[@mahmood03]

Oh man the late 90s and early 2000s were the days. So much nostalgia, so much pain

[@asthmanaut3430]

got any stories?

[@user-os6kk4le8s]

3:23 I love she says "are you seriously going to look back at this video" and here I am currently one of 240k who are also looking back at this video 😂 awesome footage love it!

[@SilveanGomes]

I was born a few days after 9/11, can't believe I will turn 20 this year and second year in college. But because of covid I am missing out on all the college fun, missing out on all the fun a young adult can have. You guys were really lucky to enjoy it all. Now all we do is sit at home use the phone reminiscing about the childhood.

[@99ThingswithRyanBriggs]

Ugh!

[@katea.b.c2693]

Me too! Exactly 6 days after 9/11

[@TCP2k10]

I graduated highschool in 2012 and college in 2016. my heart actually hurts for the kids who are seniors in highschool and pretty much all the college kids during the pandemic. Those specific years are pretty fun and formative for students

[@AGreyAlien]

@@TCP2k10 I also graduated high school in 2012. I'm right there with you.

[@chmod0644]

You gotta make it happen. Right now is your time. Make cool things cool.

[@shinyelectrode417]

3:15 I think it's incredible how that girl had no idea almost a million people from all over the world would be watching and hearing her. I was only 13 around this time. But man, what nostalgia....

[@Mx._Sinister]

Came here to comment about that. Boy was she wrong. I wonder SHE is today 🤣

[@Kaizen671]

She’s a full-grown adult Karen now

[@bringbackbomber7io110]

This is one of those videos that appear in everyone's recommended every year

[@thisisphuzzyy]

@@dennismolina9033 try that math again

[@williswhatchutalkinbout4367]

Dennis Molina your point? Yea we know when it happened.... next...

[@hiimmidas]

The last generation to apply to college without the internet.

[@DjTonioRoffo]

@FN-1701AgentGodzillaRangerPrime-El Yes, dial-up internet became affordable to the general public, say, '94 to '96. I had broadband (relatively speaking) at home since 1999.

[@Direness]

I started college in 2000, and we could check out the classes available online, but still had to manually fill out a sheet with our desired classes, stand in line for an hour or two to register them, and if they weren't available or were full, you had to hunt down the professor and get them to manually sign off on allowing you into the class, OR, check back the day after classes started to see if people dropped out, then get permission (manually) to fill in that slot. Then you had to stand in line again for an hour or two to add in all your classes. It was stressful, chaotic, and frustrating. Luckily the next year everything moved online (you still had to manually get permissions, but at least you *knew* you had to early on in the process). God bless the internet.

[@tjl4688]

Not quite. I graduated in 2001 as well, and we had the earliest versions of online application.

[@DemonDriver31]

@@Direness I never knew that .

[@epochseven4197]

Lol, we had America Online back in 2001. With the dial-up modem sounds that you can hear on the phone (and you hoped someone using the phone didn't accidentally or intentionally disconnect you lol)

[@kartoonisWorld]

2001 was my last year in high school too. This video is giving me all the feels! This could have literally been my high school! Look how much everyone communicates in a pre social media world. I also miss some of these styles the girls are wearing back when shopping at the mall was still fun. These were the best times. Thanks for posting ❤

[@nickelarcade6934]

Same here. I graduated in 2002. This reminds me of my high school but I was on the east coast

[@Dana082]

I also graduated in 2001, and honestly - high school was the best era of my life❤

[@FelipeSpadoni-nt8mc]

That year, 2001, I was at school, it was perfect, the girls, the boys, everything was different, the fashion was very top-notch, the music was good and fun, it was brilliant, I'm proud to have lived through the year 2001 ....

[@MOISTRAP69]

kids need to see this and watch what its like actually interacting with eachother, IRL

[@commiedog425]

Everyone is talking about "no tiktok, very social, no 9/11, no phones, everyone looks 30" while I'm here wondering how the hell do you have this much time to talk, in my school we have 3 mins between classes and a 20 min lunch.

[@omarmontes90]

This was most likely the last day of school where nobody really care anymore about attending class

[@commiedog425]

@@omarmontes90 in my school the last day you still cant walk around you are just stuck in the classroom

[@BOHICA_]

@@commiedog425 Sucked for you, comrade.

[@billy-ps7jz]

@@BOHICA_racist fuck

[@FourFourSeven]

@@billy-ps7jz ....and accusing him of looking down on other people for skin color & ethnic attributes, _why?_

[@fomh]

the difference between living in reality and living in the world inside your phone

[@Duke-ou6mv]

Shut up you hipocrite

[@zbdmo4914]

Do you even know what people do on their phones? People complain about technology, yet have no idea how many things it can do. I can google the questions to lifes biggest questions and have the answer in less than a second. I I can talk to and see my family members who live a whole continent away. I can read/watch the news, watch movies, read books, study, talk with my friends, and more, just on my phone. Technology, whether you want to admit it or not, _is_ reality.

[@FourFourSeven]

@@zbdmo4914 _"People complain about technology, yet have no idea how many things it can do. I can google the questions to lifes biggest questions and have the answer in less than a second."_ Yes, true. And you know what the majority of people look for instead? Whatever the Kardashians are doing; "reality" TV; spiritually living nearly 24/7 within the confines of social media instead of living in reality itself; or just doxxing people into oblivion for any given dumb reason. Y'know, stupid tabloid quality garbage. What FOMH is trying to say is that so many people are _constantly_ glued to their phones rather than keeping tabs on the world around them outside the colorful 4K screen.

[@zbdmo4914]

@@FourFourSeven I see your point. But, what do you think those people would be doing without phones? They wouldn't be going outside marvelling at nature. You sort of said it yourself. " _tabloid quality garbage_ ." Instead of looking at what the Kardashians are doing on reality TV, they would just read tabloids. Gossip columns. "Low quality news", as some would say. Without screens, those people would be doing the _exact same thing_ but just... not on screens. To be honest, I don't think technology is the main problem. "So many people are constantly glued to their phones." I used to read a lot, so this statement is funny to me because people would often tell me that I was glued to my book. Now I hear people say that others are too focused on phones, and to me I don't really see the issue. People will find a way to distract themselves and ignore the world and avoid talking to people regardless. Phones and technology is just another method. Before phones were invented, people would read. Daydream. Just simply ignore people. But I do understand your point. Technology makes it easier to _access_ this, which is what I think most people mean when they complain about technology. And I kind of agree a little bit. edit: I guess this reply was kinda useless because I started arguing against you but then just said I agreed with you in the last part. Oh well.

[@Free_Snooki]

@@zbdmo4914 Of course it can do a lot of good but it changed everything. It brought the worst out in ppl. Nothing is the same.

[@kayleegraben]

I am a bit younger, but the females were so wholesome looking, smart and naturally focused " Not on adderall and other drugs. They are sweet and well behaved. I graduated in later 2000's and it was totally different. Social media took over for sure.

[@shabadoo1]

I always felt bad for the class of 1999 as well as the class of 2001 because they were absolute nobodies in comparison to us, the smoke-free class of 2000.

[@christinacrites3828]

I graduated in 01 and honestly, I don't care if I sound old, things WERE better then. People were healthier, friendlier, and all together life was more enjoyable. The music was more diverse, you had the ability to agree to disagree and still be friends, politics wasn't shoved down your throat 24/7 and kids were allowed to live and make mistakes without it ruining their lives. I honestly really miss the pre 9/11 world. I love KZbin, I love being able to have my smartphone everywhere I go but if I could trade in the few cool things about today and go back in time before those towers fell...I'd do it with no hesitation, even if I had to be home by my 11 o'clock curfew to make it to Trig on time again 😂

[@youri4097]

Bullshit its called nostalgia

[@youri4097]

@@Grimez25 just a sad boomer

[@HannyDart]

i graduated highschool in 2015 and i do think youre right. the early 90s and early 00s where better days for sure!

[@MDNELLEY]

I graduated 98, my husband & I have had conversations about this exact same thing. Of course we realize how old we sound saying it, but times were simpler, people seemed happier, we had just enough technology to make life easier without making life more complicated. Social media has ruined the way people speak to each other. If you feel comfortable calling a stranger names, you’ve gone too far. You need a break from the internet as a whole.

[@youri4097]

@@MDNELLEY ok boomer

[@SabinaEngland]

I graduated HS in 2001 and this video brings back so many great memories. the 90s was such an awesome decade.

[@discomillenium8850]

Huh, how was 2001 in the 90s..

[@Wringfale]

@@discomillenium8850 she graduate in 2001 which means her high school years were between 1997-2001

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

@@discomillenium8850 Are you dense?

[@mrlace4776]

@@discomillenium8850 it was still pretty much the 90s in '01

[@mikepeterson4061]

I remember a time when people were friendly with everyone like this too. This makes me feel really old since im class of 96 but people were just better back in the day.

[@jaym0nit]

Your AP history teacher (Mrs Robinson) was feeling you!

[@catchinglooks]

as someone who graduated in '04, this is bringing me a lot of joy right now. the good ol' days, indeed.

[@rawdawgg_]

Same and same class 04

[@mitonrocha3351]

graduated in 04 too time flies damn

[@Metalhead4life87]

Same here I graduated in 05. I miss those good ol days

[@92118]

I'm class of 04" too!

[@itsnotadriantho]

I’m class of 2021 ):

[@bbman10pwns]

I'm a Gen Z, and it's really hard to wrap my head around life without the internet. I think my generation has it a lot harder than people can understand, our lives are much more fast paced and dynamic than ever before in history. We're never truly bored and we're never truly disconnected from life and the outside world, which is a very bad thing. Technology isn't addicting, the internet is. Thanks for sharing, this is way more important than anyone at the time could have guessed.

[@vlcthefish]

I graduated 2001. We had broadband internet then but the main difference was no smart phones with social media apps which is really what separates Gen Z. Internet back in 2001 meant you went on an actual desktop computer so there was a clear separation between that and when you left your PC.

[@booberfeldt5566]

@@vlcthefish very true especially when you realize only 50% of US house holds had computer's or internet .The internet was not as pervasive in the early 2000s like how it became in the mid late 2000's. Personally I didn't know anybody with a home computer that had internet until around 2004 and then my wife in 2005 bought a Dell computer and cable internet.

[@SpideyVerse-nx8wb]

not for me

[@ManicMaidenASMR]

I’m an “older” gen z but I disagree. If you have self discipline and boundaries than whatever is going on on the internet will have very little effect on you and ur lifestyle. Try deleting any social media that doesn’t serve you and focus on what you want to achieve in life. The internet will always be there but you will not.

[@bbman10pwns]

@@ManicMaidenASMR we're probably the same age, I'm an OG Zoomer ('97). Your advice is very true, I've reached that clarity in my life now. It just wasn't easy. The internet is incredibly addicting, and I know it's going to be much harder for generations to come.

[@FireMarshallStev]

People commenting here need to recognize that part of the reason why everyone looks happy, social, and joyful is in part because it's the last day of school. Also, when someone whipped out a camera in school back then, that was a novelty that might have caused to you perk up for the camera.

[@juice-k]

This is definitely it. I know when I went to school we often had final tests on the last day, so it didn't really look like that until after you finished your final and were just hanging around waiting for the day to end.

[@onaeraen]

This is a very wholesome video, wish I could time travel to this era & others…

[@sulliandwhatnot]

This reminds of American pie! I wish I was a teen in this era where people actually talked to each other

[@johnames6430]

So now all of you just hide behind your smartphones

[@99ThingswithRyanBriggs]

My brother carries on the "Briggs" tradition of filming the last day of high school in this video! Enjoy!

[@justinfournette343]

Omg another possible 20th reunion video next year?

[@elijahrelucio3427]

Corey Fisher bruh are you good?

[@tao707]

Dang. I also graduated in 2001. Reunion next year. Who would of thought that 3 months later the world would change drastically

[@Patrick19833]

@Corey Fisher Who is Guinness?

[@aryyancarman705]

very nice

[@joannesprack]

Love this! So nostalgic!! I graduated 2003 - in Florida - but same vibes as this video ❤ thanks for sharing!

[@salcazoid]

I felt you. I was freshmen during then. I wanna look older during that time. Now, I regret the way I spent my high school year so that I didnt too much focused on schoolwork, SAT reasoning test, etc. I Got decent score on writing, subject tests, math, but so low on reading. Well, I didn't know why reading felt so difficult. Now, reading is very easy if I read the scripts in writers perspective lol. I BAD LOT OF TEMPTATIONS. They look like older 20s to younger 30s. When they became my age, they look even older than then. KOREAN GIRLS around my age? They look same as them.

[@AlexShaikh]

Wow buddy, that's insane. I was looking for anything for my high school class of 2001 and I stumbled upon yours. Good job man, all your friends would probably love this video. Excellent!

[@CumBrianFries]

What a popular guy... complete opposite from what I got when I filmed my last day of high school: "Get away from me you creep!" T_T

[@konsent21]

🤣

[@cortezmauricio56]

lol smh

[@cortezmauricio56]

90s early 2000s was the best

[@huhsaidcj.1837]

Well that shitty lol, I was going to record my last day in high school but I rather forget about how shitty it was..

[@ThayAWSOMEworld]

That's probably got more to do with the fact you were in the girl's bathroom.

[@jennalynn5170]

HEY! IT'S RUBIO! 13:29 I just graduated from high school this past year (Not from GHS). What a surprise to see him in your video! He's still teaching! What a great dude.

[@99ThingswithRyanBriggs]

Tell him “hi” for me!

[@veanne]

how cool!!

[@davecrupel2817]

Dude must love his job to still be doing it for this long!

[@Ambidextr0uss]

Have you shown him that video?

[@jennalynn5170]

@@Ambidextr0uss No, I haven't. But I'm pretty sure I've seen him watch it...

[@itsjustanalysis]

Those of us who graduated high-school in 2001 were the last generation of kids who remembered spending most of our youth outside and not glued to a glowing screen all day.

[@brianmeen2158]

Yep. And you can tell just by looking around outside on a nice day. Kids aren’t out there

[@skywishr1313]

@@brianmeen2158 In your neighborhood

[@FIGHT101TV]

Takes me back to highschool 2001 when i was break dancing an taggin !

[@noveliggas8390]

damn. everything was so simple back then.

[@yesbesorry2775]

@@Bates1960 then turn off your PHONE and stop commenting how bad your life is because you can't get used to your environment. Sorry but it is what it is. If phones were invented in the 1960s, the people would be doing the same thing as they would in any other decade. It's your fault if you dont know how to moderate yourself.

[@yesbesorry2775]

@@Bates1960 and your so hypocrite cause you're commenting with a computer/phone 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️like omgg

[@dandan7973]

It wasn’t lol I was in high school in 2001 and it still sucked

[@nathanielbartlett9805]

@@yesbesorry2775 Its not easy to just put away a phone boss, especially these days.

[@nathanielbartlett9805]

@@yesbesorry2775 If you want to just put away your phone, its hard because you're entire life has been wired around that. It would be really hard because your brain has been wired for instant gratification and ADHD, so shut up mafaka

[@gabberr7671]

3:14 She's going to look back at this and realize she was actually living the best years of her life at that time...

[@mr.mackey6012]

​Google global truth project (first result) and read "The Present" to see the truth concerning life and death, which is supported by logic. It can change the world, especially the beginning

[@99ThingswithRyanBriggs]

For me, and it's not even close, my college years were MUCH MORE fun and meaningful. I hope most people don't "peak" during high school, as you got so many years still to live.

[@khust2993]

It depends to the person I think.. for me College days were FAR better than high school. People are more sensible but also fun at the same time.

[@Azzy_Mazzy]

Nostalgia is a bitch, you end up romanticizing years that weren’t as great as you remember them to be.

[@jackwithahat8601]

Highschool sucked ass, I'm glad I'm done with that part of my life.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Thank you so much for capturing these moments. I live in Corvallis, Oregon. Born in 1989. Skateboarded into my current 30's. It's so hard to convey to people just {How difficult it was to capture these times on camera!} I loved how much everyone LIVED thru this era. I'd give anything to go back. The aesthetic, the vibe, the attitude, the willingness to be a dork, brash, an ass, and kind all at the same time. Notice the array of age's and things just worked okay because that's just how everyone learned to exist. It almost feels like in today's modern day people don't know how to share space, roll with diversity, Abstraction, and just naturally find your own unplanned way to fit in and adapt to whatever situation you stumbled yourself into. I miss that free flowing nonsense and just having awkward social interactions that you actually look back fondly on. Like that feeling of "you know what, I'm glad I did that, that I engaged that moment, even if I was a dork, maybe in the moment I felt a little embarrassed, but after that wore off, I actually cherish that occured, and sometimes they lead to absurdly awesome outcomes. You just never know. Unless you allow yourself to get to that place where you just let yourself go." ~ That to me embodies the 90's-early 2000's.

[@NightSketch]

Fellow Oregonian, lets go!

[@stevenjsummerville9743]

Here I am watching this in Corvallis right now haha

[@moquilla1]

I didn’t really have any friends in my class (01). Most of the people that I made friends with were all upper class men when I was a freshman. Every year a group of them would graduate and move on until I was left alone by the people one year a head of me. I’m not sure why this was, I got along better with the older kids than I did the kids that were in my own class. Had a lot to do with sports also, that’s where I met most of them and we became close. There were literally about 25 of us that hung out all the time. We had to take several cars whenever we went anywhere (movies, to eat, the mall, anywhere). Those were the best times of my life. Thanks for posting this and reminding me of the good times.

[@producedbyruiz]

1:49 is the most 2001 thing I've ever seen

[@DefeatLust]

It's quite common that people always look at the days back when as the golden days, but I promise you kids today (okay, maybe not this quarantine time, lol) will look back today and say these where the golden times. Regardless, you're all missing the point entirely. The best time possible is right now this moment. Enjoy each moment because that's all there is, otherwise you will be like the average always missing the point and either reminiscing for the past or looking for a better tomorrow. You can be happy right now. It's a CHOICE, my brothers and sisters. Good luck.

[@jesawalker]

I tell my 17 year old daughter that now. These are going to be some of the best years of your life. (Between high school and college age)

[@klukluxklam7653]

@@MoonstoneEmpress lol

[@DefeatLust]

@@MoonstoneEmpress I'm really sorry to hear that. All I was simply saying was be present in the moment and appreciate the moment. But of course, if there was/is a time of hardship then definitely, it will be very hard to look at that time is a good time. And YES, you should take action, 1000%, and YES admit that it's not okay and then take the steps to go in the right direction. If I could offer any advice to you pertaining to your current situation, I would recommend you read The Power of Now. This may help with your depression. "Hard times don't last, strong people do." My friend, I wish you luck.

[@storksforever2000]

Yeah you shouldn't dwell on the past but I don't think you're quite spot on with the promise of high school being the "golden years". Many, many people suffer greatly during that time.

[@DefeatLust]

@@storksforever2000 I never said high school was, again everyone misses the point :). You can go to any period, 2010s, 90s, 80s, fuckin 5 years ago, everyone always says "those where the days!" But, as usual, if you don't cover EVERY area in ur speech, people can't think for themselves. So yes, stork, unless u had a really bad time back then, obviously it wouldn't be FOR YOU, the golden days. but for the majority, "back then", whenever it was, were apparently better days than today. Apparently any day than today was better. So you miss what life is all about. Yesterday has already gone. You can almost argue it never even happened. Tomorrow is not promised. All there is, is NOW. Nothing else, but now. and all there will be is more NOW. So make peace with Now, instead of looking at the past or future for your freedom because that is false.

[@Time_Traveling_Trucker]

Dang, I knew about 80-90% of the people in this video. Thanks for posting. Straight up, I’m just watching the whole thing to see if I’m in the background. This might’ve been my frosted tip days

[@rbruv890]

Such good memories, really grateful i grew up in the 90s/2000s. Our teachers were from the 70s and I had a teacher who would bust out the guitar and pretty much give the class a classic rock concert. Loved it

[@aflodesigns]

dude my i graduated in 2001 and my language arts teacher was a roomate with the band alient ant farm ..they jammed together all the time

[@jankybit]

Went here for the 96-97 year, but this looks exactly as I remember it. Damn nostalgia hitting *hard*.

[@ajinc.6398]

13:41 As a teen basketball history buff myself it’s so cool to hear a reference to a significant nba moment in real time, here referring to Allen iverson’s historic game 1 win against the lakers.

[@geezyla1151]

Yes but we all know what happened the rest of the series lol lakers dominated the 76ers

[@DemonDriver31]

@@geezyla1151 Shaq bullied mutumbo.

[@alexanderhdmi7704]

High schoolers used to look SO OLD. When I was in elementary and middle school, that's what I thought -- and this video proves I was right. When I got to high school, everyone looked so YOUNG. Nowhere near as old-looking as these guys.

[@lexustech48]

Graduated in 2001 from DGS... a much simple time in a much simpler world....

[@mysteryniggadel491]

back in those days when every kid looked like a fully grown adult

[@nahriahrivera]

Ashley Lala I’m sorry but what do u mean by vaccines?

[@lcrazy8l]

@@ashleylala4293 it's almost like social media actually made the world stupider than any time in history.

[@mysteryniggadel491]

@@lcrazy8l LOL

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@lcrazy8l nothing changed about people being dumb/stupid it's just now you can see it more

[@jakefoster5611]

@Nora Medromi I never fucking slept in high school. I graduated in 2002. You're full of shit.

[@josephgrove2933]

Kinda weird that 9/11 will happen in 3 months after this taping

[@quandaledingle1911]

No one gives a shit

[@OQUINN83]

Many went on to join the Marines and fight the global war on terrorism

[@quandaledingle1911]

@@OQUINN83 fighting wars that has nothing to do with America and won’t affect America

[@thatguybutitsactuallyagirl5384]

And I was born...

[@CarlosReyes-lw7qi]

@@quandaledingle1911 then don’t fucken comment

[@lokeylady25]

Wow! Thanks for sharing! I graduated in 2000 (N. Mesquite High, Mesquite Tx) it definitely took me back to the good ol days! When everyone still were socially connected, friendly, and full of joy and laughs. The kids today have NO IDEA! They are to busy at 16,17 yrs old trying to look like IG models. Tons of make up, and trying to get accepted and “liked” by the world. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see an updated video with you and some of these AMAZING peop from this video, and what you are doing nowadays in your 40’s! Thank you so much for sharing

[@marsargoxmiso1695]

I graduated in 07 but this still feels hella nostalgic so nice to be able to go back in time. Things are so different now miss the 2000s

[@rockusa6442]

No smartphone zombies. Man I miss early 00s and late 90s where we actually went out to socialize. We actually had to go to a music shop and buy our favorite artists album's and also go to libraries to do research. People were more active and alive. Technology is to advanced and in the wrong hands.

[@connormac2254]

I have been made so sad by this. The way in which everyone is friendly with everyone despite how they look or dress, just simpler times. It makes me want to delete all socials and live my life just like everyone in this did: to the fullest.

[@johnames6430]

I deleted my social media, was a great choice! Many people are doing it. It's like unplugging from The Matrix.

[@96mDm]

that's nowadays too guy, shit hasn't changed much

[@aflodesigns]

​@@96mDmits not the same

[@aflodesigns]

i feel ya..im 40 nownand i feel like deleting my social all the time like being in my teens again in 2001

[@vonsopas]

Man seeing this video has brought tons of memories and emotions from borrowed nostalgia. And then I could totally picture this being the start of some "found footage" movie of the kind of Cloverfield. I was never popular back in school and had a hard time making friends though. Thanks for sharing!

[@martymcintosh5026]

time flies by, i feel old watching this

[@attila840702]

Ahh nostalgia again ☺ I turned 17 in 2001. Those days for us were mostly about playing single player pc games, going to the gym, playing in the school music band, listening to cassettes, and reading printed magazines.

[@bm.z]

I don’t know why I’m crying about memories I’ve never had. Maybe that’s why

[@resmarted]

you cry all the time

[@bm.z]

1275638a I can’t help it

[@alanparks3402]

how old are you?

[@93queenv]

I thought I was the only one... these actually make me sad and it’s not even my generation

[@duaasoomro9272]

Ayee same

[@JacobSmith-st3pr]

No distraction with social media on our phones bumping into one another. Just pure fun conversations.