54 Things That Happened 10 Years Ago That Feel Surreal To Look Back On Now, Like It Was A Completely Different World
Fiyin Olowokandi
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Take me back to the time when people weren't so precious about posting on Instagram and "go go juice" was a topic of daily conversation.
54 Things That Happened 10 Years Ago That Feel Surreal To Look Back On Now, Like It Was A Completely Different World
Let’s talk about what the world looked like 10 years ago…
Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images3. And people just posted the most random shit; like, Harry Styles’ first Instagram post was just some deer:
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7. Big Ang graced our TVs.
Taylor Hill / Getty Images8. Tan Mom was “famous.”
Bennett Raglin / WireImage / Getty Images9. And Angelina Jolie did the whole leg thing.
Jason Merritt / Getty Images10. Which, like, is honestly my favorite thing she’s ever done.
Ethan Miller / Getty Images11. In 2012, Betty White was still alive.
Christopher Polk / Getty Images for PCA12. She was doing photoshoots with boa constrictors and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Amanda Edwards / WireImage13. Rihanna was still extremely active on Twitter.
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15. I’m pretty sure this is the same year she also rolled said blunt on her security guard’s head.
Christopher Polk / Getty Images16. In 2012, One Direction was invading the US.
Bill Mccay / WireImage / Getty Images17. That means 1D mania was in full effect…
Scott Barbour / Getty Images18. …and seeing tweens having full-on meltdowns was a daily occurrence.
Mark Metcalfe / Getty Images19. In 2012, Miley Cyrus was engaged to Liam Hemsworth.
Larry Busacca / Getty Images for EJAF20. Justin Bieber was still with Selena Gomez.
Noel Vasquez / Getty Images21. And Taylor Swift and Harry Styles went for that *totally not staged* fall walk.
David Krieger / GC Images / Getty Images22. 10 years ago, Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” was the biggest song in the world.
Anthony Harvey / Getty Images23. 2012 was also the year that Gotye song was huge.
Isaac Brekken / Getty Images25. And the first Hunger Games movie just came out.
Dave Hogan / Getty Images26. 10 years ago, we were all obsessed with the Fierce 5.
Christopher Morris – Corbis / Corbis via Getty Images27. McKayla Maroney made *the face.*
Ronald Martinez / Getty Images28. And then, took this picture with President Obama.
The White House / Getty Images29. Speaking of which, Obama tweeted this that same year:
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31. Adele won a bajillion Grammys.
Michael Tran / FilmMagic / Getty Images32. Middle-aged women were obsessed with Fifty Shades.
Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images33. And people still wore flower crowns to Coachella.
Christopher Polk / Getty Images34. In 2012, the edgiest thing was the “hipster” aesthetic; like, people LOVED calling things “hipster.”
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36. Miley Cyrus cutting her hair was *controversial* and a “cultural shift.”
Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic / Getty Images37. And we landed a rover on Mars.
Pool / Getty Images38. Which, like, this is one of the most iconic tweets of the year:
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40. …and “go go juice” was a daily topic of conversation.
Noel Vasquez / Getty Images for Extra41. In 2012, the Spice Girls reunited.
Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images42. Ed Sheeran posed with cereal boxes so he could get it for free.
Mark Von Holden / Getty Images43. Meghan Markle posed with Dodgers merch so she could get it for free.
Joe Scarnici / WireImage / Getty Images44. And Anna Kendrick posed with bags of popcorn for free movie tickets.
John Sciulli / Getty Images45. In 2012, Kris Jenner was in her shart era.
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48. People still used iPod Nanos.
Miquel Benitez / Getty Images49. The iPhone had a headphone jack.
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images50. Clint Eastwood talked to a chair.
The Washington Post / The Washington Post via Getty Images51. The Kardashians looked like this:
Jim Spellman / WireImage / Getty Images52. Justin Bieber tweeted about Arm.
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