Cut | | October 19, 2017

Once a place that was nothing but a dumpster fire for generic cat videos, Russian export ads and seedy chatrooms, the internet has truly come a long way in ten years.

 

Although a plethora of pure trash still consumes so much of the world wide web’s content, it’s now a much more diverse platform where subcultures mingle in intelligent conversation, fashion trends formulate, and music genres are born.Meme culture has taken over, creating niche humour routes for all interests. Facebook groups and previously, reddit and Tumblr were responsible for shaping and fostering millennial attitudes.

 

Looking back on viral videos from 2007, our tastes were admittedly a little more more low brow ten years ago. No matter how trashy, the concept of virality was basically born in 2007. Before Iphones became the norm, Motorolla Razor grade content was the norm, a we absolutley lapped it up.

 

Here are 7 videos that’ll probably send you into a chronic cringe.

 

Potter Puppet Pals

 

Admit it. You watched this in class millions of times. This basically defines obnoxious internet content that dominated your free time.

 

 

Chocolate Rain

 

This is a proper banger. Hooks for days. Nothing but love for Tay Zonday.

 

 

Leave Britney Alone

 

Fan dedication peaked with this video and no level of hypebeast hysteria will trump the love depicted in this work of modern art.

 

 

Thriller Phillipino Jail Edition

 

You probably have an Aunty on Facebook who’d still share this as a new find.

 

 

Paris In Jail

 

Was Stars Are Blind not a total club smash though?

 

 

How To Be A Ninja

 

We’re soo happy we’ve moved on since 2007.

 

 

Shoes

 

No comment.

 

 

Speaking of the internet, online dating is probably one the bigger phenomenons to face the web since its inception. Check out the Facebook group that roasts failed Tinder tunes.