24 Nostalgic 2000s Memes For Girls Who Remember When AIM Away Messages Were Art

StefanieByStefanie

Hello, fellow queens of the early internet era.

Imagine you’re back in a simpler time. The year is 2004. You’re stretched out on your bed, kicking your Ugg boots off as your razor-thin Motorola RAZR vibrates with the latest gossip. Your laptop hums on your desk, where you’ve just perfected the ultimate AIM away message—equal parts mysterious and passive-aggressive. “BRB, watching Laguna Beach and contemplating the complexities of life” sits proudly in Comic Sans with alternating pink and green text. Your mom yells from the kitchen that dinner’s ready, and you bolt to the table, where an endless supply of Pizza Rolls awaits.

Life is good, and memes? They don’t even exist yet, but you know that in the future you will look back on these moments and laugh.

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Stefanie

Stefanie is an architect with 15+ years of working both independently as well as on teams of some of the top Architectural Firms in the country located in Atlanta, Washington D.C. and New York. She currently runs BoardBatten.com a coastal architecture and design service in Port Aransas, Texas. She is also the wife of the dude who runs Pleated-Jeans.