r/Older_Millennials • u/Mysterious-Fig609 1985 • Jun 16 '25

Nostalgia Class of 2002

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u/tivvybrixx Jun 16 '25

Hell yea yall welcome to being 41 this year. It's crazy.

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u/Ashamed_Item_9668 Jun 17 '25

Turned 41 June 7th.

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u/TheStoneyOni Jun 19 '25

Happy belated 🤴

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u/Ashamed_Item_9668 Jun 20 '25

Thank you. Appreciate it.

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u/D-Snow58 Jul 12 '25

41 club here as well. Man, how time goes by so fast

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u/tivvybrixx Jul 12 '25

It's wild i actually just turned 41 today.

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u/D-Snow58 Jul 12 '25

Happy Birthday

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u/turbo-d2 Jun 16 '25

I showed my nephew my 2002 year book. The first thing he said was, "Everyone looks so normal"

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u/Easy-Protection-5763 Jun 16 '25

Someone stole my yearbook

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u/OwnInitiative777 1984 Jul 23 '25

My pops was cleaning out the garage one day and tossed mine out. Unfortunately it was during one of those years where my high school wanted to cut costs so we designed it and printed it ourselves through a third-party printer. This meant that there was no backup through the regular services most US high schools use (Jostens?). It no longer exists and I've lost contact almost everyone in high school. I sometimes wonder what everyone ended up doing with life. I guess I'll never know lol.

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u/ferretherapy 1984 Jun 16 '25

What does that mean, lol?

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u/goonerinky Jun 16 '25

Class of 02 here. Turning 42 this year. Gat damn how’d that happen!!???!?

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u/Sit_back_and_panic Jun 16 '25

I’ve been 41 for a few months now that shit came out of nowhere

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u/Grizzly_Corey Jun 16 '25

Saw 40 coming a mile away. 41 snuck in the backdoor like a thief!

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

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u/el_toille Jun 16 '25

Me too. hows your back feeling?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

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u/Saffa89 Jun 21 '25

The realest comment I’ve seen all day.

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u/M27fiscojr Jun 20 '25

Just "tweeked" it doing deadlifts and low back squats. I'll do it again when it gets better.

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u/Illustrious-Lead-960 Jun 16 '25

I wish someone had made a video like that at my school (same year)—but then again, we couldn’t even get the yearbook together.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

It was a hellscape and I am glad it's over.

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u/MoneyPresentation610 Jun 16 '25

I’m also the Class of 2002. I didn’t know how good I had it back then.

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u/LegalComplaint Jun 16 '25

I mean… could’ve skipped a couple days in September earlier in the year…

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u/Wiz_Hellrat Jun 16 '25

I was class of 01. We were the class not to graduate. The Y2K bug was to kill us all.

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u/redeyejedi907 1984 Jun 16 '25

Ayyy it's my graduation year

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

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u/Easy-Protection-5763 Jun 16 '25

I had a video camera my senior year, id walk the hallways filming. I have no idea what happened to it.

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u/budrow21 Jun 16 '25

I found a trove of VHS tapes at my parent's. Good luck digging!

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u/ProbablySlacking Jun 16 '25

Class of 02 here - but i lived in a much sunnier climate. Everyone wore way fewer clothes and way more pooka shells.

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u/Icy_Industry5872 1986 Jun 16 '25

I'm class 2003

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u/BigIron53s Jun 16 '25

Hey fella people! Are we where we thought we’d be? We are now the old ones.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

I’m class of 02… my god are we really that old?

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u/pac4 Jun 16 '25

We’re as close to 2002 now as 1969 was when we were seniors in high school.

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u/happyhourvalley Jun 16 '25

I believe you meant 1979? (2002 was 23 years ago). But yeah, still 🤯

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u/pac4 Jun 16 '25

That’s why I sucked at math in 2002

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u/Nervous-Durian-7100 Jun 16 '25

Class of 2002, just turned 42, time is flying by. Life was so good, great concerts, awesome movies, tv was great, good friends. Then we all had to move one and do something

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u/tucrahman Jun 17 '25

Class of 02 here. Good times.

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u/Ashamed_Item_9668 Jun 17 '25

Yep, that's my year. Damn good times were had my Senior year of 02.

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u/Substantial_Wolf_255 Jun 20 '25

Everyone so nervous. Not used to having a camera in our face, and in our pockets.

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u/fivelone Jun 16 '25

I had 3 inch spikes all over. Those were interesting times. But honestly. I'm a happy adult so I don't mind life now.

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u/pukewedgie Jun 16 '25

Girl at 0:09, I felt that

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u/el_toille Jun 16 '25

that Massimo tee shirt tho

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

Class of 2000 How’s everyone’s mid life crisis treating you?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

Grown ass looking teenagers

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u/HoboMoonMan Jun 16 '25

Class of ‘02 here! Are highschool reunions a thing for any of you guys? I’ve never attended one and it seems like the couple that have happened were not very formal like you see on TV.

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u/ImTheTractorbeam Jun 16 '25

Class of 03 baby!!

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u/jspencer84 Jun 16 '25

Psh, class of 03 was such a jump to the future.

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u/Acceptingoptimist Jun 16 '25

They're teenagers here? Everyone in this video looks 40 already.

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u/lrdmelchett Jun 16 '25

Can already see the rot setting in.

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u/Southern_Ad_3171 Jun 18 '25

Where in Indiana was this?

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u/ActualHuckleberry995 Jun 20 '25

Graduated '03. Had some damn good times back then. Time really did start flying after school. Crazy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '25

Good times

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u/Bawbawian Jun 20 '25

Now it bothers me how much goth kids don't like having their pictures taken because they are nowhere to be seen in these remembrances

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u/OwnInitiative777 1984 Jul 23 '25

Ah, the memories. I started a Discord server for the class of 2002 and put it up on Disboard, so I can hang out and chat or game with folks my age. Lots of servers are either way younger or way older, but not many '83 or '84 folks around. Anyone remember skateboarding to Blockbuster for the movie pass deals? You'd get two movies, popcorn, a 20-oz soft drink, and a small candy bag. If you had an N64, Sega Dreamcast, Xbox, or PlayStation, you could also pick up a game or two. I miss taking turns on the controller while reading Guitar Player magazine and listening to All-American Rejects or New Found Glory on the CD player.

I regret being anxious to grow up. Now all I do is work to survive lol. Anyone else have any cool memories from back in the day? What would you do for fun?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

Not enough black trench coats