2011

With the popularization of smartphones, tablets, etc, certain apps started to become very popular. One of these, in fact, one of the very first ones, was Angry Birds. Now if you mentioned it, hardly anyone would have it on their phones. But back then, it was all the rage

What’s that you ask? Well, it’s based on the football player Tim Tebow, who always took a knee and put his knuckles to his forehead during football games. Kids (normally guys) would just randomly take a knee, especially in pictures. If you look through my eighth grade yearbook, you’ll find at least twenty guys doing that pose in group pictures.

Everyone did however have slide phones with a full keyboard, perfect for texting all your bffs (or in reality, nervously texting your crush only to have him ignore you). “gtg", "ROFL", and "lol" (used in a non-ironic way) were some of the most popular texting acronyms

each student was given an iPad for “educational purposes." Obviously, we managed to misuse them. We were the kids taking selfies with giant iPads and having absolutely no shame about it. We were on them constantly, and boy did we think we were cool.

2011 was the start of what would be the resurgence of boy bands. And who started it? One Direction of course. There was not one single girl who do not love One Direction (even if they wouldn’t admit it), especially the curly headed cutie who was Harry Styles. I

Sometimes, when I watch the episode of The Office that centers around planking, I forget that it was an actual thing that people did. I really never understood it, to be honest. Laying flat on random things just to take a picture or video? But it embodies 2011 in a way that perhaps nothing else can.