Nostalgic collage of late 90s and early 2000s memories

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WHITE BOY
REMEMBER
WHO YOU ARE

Before everything was online

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Back Then

When the world was smaller and everything felt infinite. Before the algorithms decided who you were.

A teenager sitting on a curb at dusk with a skateboard

KODAK 400TX — 1999

01Burned CDs with Sharpie tracklists

02AIM away messages that said too much

03Riding bikes until the streetlights came on

04The sound of a VHS rewinding

05Disposable cameras with 27 exposures

06Skateparks after school

07Your first hoodie that fit just right

08T9 texting under the desk

09The dial-up sound that meant freedom

10Saturday morning cartoons on the couch

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Now

The noise got louder. The screen got brighter. And somewhere in the static, you started forgetting.

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Infinite scrollreplacing real connection

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Curated identitiesinstead of messy, real ones

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Notificationslouder than your own thoughts

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Content consumedbut nothing remembered

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Everyone watchingnobody seeing

X-ray of a skeleton hunched over staring at a phone

Kid with spiky hair playing Xbox in a room full of posters and CDs

"You don't find yourself. You remember yourself."

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Remember

Four guys leaning against a van in black band tees, early 2000s punk scene

Before the feeds. Before the followers. Before you performed your life instead of living it. There was just you — raw, unfiltered, real.

That kid is still in there. The one who rode his bike until dark. The one who made playlists for no one. The one who didn't need validation from strangers.

The world got louder, but you don't have to. Stay grounded. Stay honest. Stay you.

This is your reminder.

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