We didn’t know how good we had it during the 2000s. Sure, some wacky things were happening politically, and the economy was not always in tip-top condition, but those are silly big-picture things that we could complain about during any era. I’m talking about those little facets of culture from the aughts that we haven’t been able to replicate. The emo haircuts that peaked around 2007 have never achieved the same fanfare since, and I’m confident they never will again. DVD sales were soaring for those ten years, but no Criterion disc today will ever usurp a title like Big Momma’s House.

New Year’s Eve glasses are the most devastating lost art of the 2000s. They had ten long years of bliss, and now, glasses designers have to reinvent the wheel annually. Most novelty glasses manufacturers aren’t as creative as comedian Jesse McLaren, who designed some incredible 2024 New Year’s Eve glasses with his 3D printer.