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Relentless reasons to (not) love spring

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Dandelion seeds flying in the wind.
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Editor’s note: a previous version of this article referenced the song “Cotton Eye Joe.” It has come to our attention that this song has racist connotations. We apologize for referencing a piece of work that has caused historical harm and negatively references enslaved people. The reference has now been removed. 

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer

Ah, do you smell that? Spring is in the air. Achoo! What’s not to love about the downpour of endless showers and a blossom-budding, bug-infested season? All the pollen, creepy-crawlies, and hay fever really put a spring in your step. 

There’s this spider in my house and he acts like he owns the place. The dude thinks this is his luxurious lair. The least he can do is contribute to paying his taxes since it is tax season after all. You know how expensive it is to keep this place afloat? Never mind the unneeded expense of uninvited guests giving me the unwanted chills. Not to scare him from his slumber of a chilly winter, but, either pay up and leave me alone, or get out and gallop around the garden where you belong.

Why is it that spiders assume they have the automatic right to reside in my residence even when hibernation season is over? C’mon, there’s a million places Sir Spidey could go, a million gardens he could roam, and he chooses to chill on my wall, my ceiling, dangling a web in plain sight? I mean, I am flattered, but really, he gives me the ick. He could be outside chillin’ with all the bees pollinating the flowers and buzzin’ about the trees, but he would rather stare at a wall all day. While I’m over here living a nightmare and trying to move heaven and earth to avoid him at all costs, curating a high-class Home Alone escape plan, he couldn’t be more unfazed. Isn’t there anything more exciting for him than watching paint dry and giving me a heart attack every time our paths cross? Watch me literally paint a wall just to get him out of the way. 

Don’t even get me started on the fact that he probably has a bestie roaming around. You can’t tell me he’s in one room, and then I go a few rooms over, and there’s the same spider again. There’s no way. Is he Spider-Man? Buddy boy simply cannot move that fast. He has clearly been keeping Sir Spidey a secret. The two are probably making out in a web somewhere, having a spring fling, and all their spidey children will suddenly appear — one for each square inch of my house. Oh, what a joy! It gives me shivers.

As if mustering up the courage to make eye contact with him and somehow manage not to touch him while I put him out in the garden isn’t bad enough, I now have to contend with the matter of sneeze-inducing pollen that will immediately activate all the hay fever in the land. Let’s just hope his spidey spouse is an illusion, and I won’t have to do the same with Sir Spidey, too.

Don’t tell me I’m the only one who scrambles to shut the door faster than a lightning bolt from the downpour of spring showers every time I go outside, just to eliminate the risk of more stealthy spiders taking up residence in my unwanted-bug-infested basement. It ain’t spring unless you keep watch like a hawk. You’ve got to scout out all the creepy-crawlies like a detective while sneezing up a storm at every speck of pollen, questioning whether every edge of a spider web is a hallucination (it’s probably not).

Just channel the good energy of the cherry blossoms and you’ll get through spring just in time for the humid, sticky, wild-fire blazen, climate change crisis of summer. But until then, happy April showers, and may they bring you May flowers — and even more bugs to boot! Buzz, are those the mosquitos already? 

Rooster: a virtual portal to ancient China

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A rooster, a man and woman dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, and a dragon all drawn in brushstrokes. They are surrounded by a pagoda strung up with lanterns, a gray mountain, and wispy clouds.
PHOTO: Sticky Brain Studios

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor

A parchment-like scroll is laid out on a flat surface. Perfectly imperfect splotches of watercolour red, gray, and green bleed onto the pages as they shift under your command. Black brushstrokes line up the scenes you are about to experience — paper lanterns, busy markets, and ornate pagodas. This is the world of Rooster, a “single-player point-and-click” video game that explores the culture of ancient China. 

Created by the Toronto-based Sticky Brain Studios, Rooster is set to launch early in 2025. While it may be a bit of a wait to play Rooster itself, you can test out some of Sticky Brain Studios’ other phone-downloadable games like Loki’s Castle, an underwater puzzle-solving app with the cutest little player creature, and Kimono, a dress-up game that spans various settings and seasons. The things that stand out to me most about this studio’s games are the clean, cute, and charming art styles. 

I’m not a huge video game aficionado, but I do like to play when a plotline intrigues me. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this game, but the soft, delicate art style of Chinese brush painting that danced across the screen was a surprise to me. 

From the beginning, it was clear to me that this game’s art style would be one of its defining features. Watching the titular character Rooster run across the setting of an ancient Chinese kingdom reminded me of the paintings you’d see on old scrolls with browned, frayed edges locked behind an art gallery’s glass display window. The colours of the kingdom were muted in a way that made it look faded, as if they had been worn away by time.     

A melodic, flowy soundtrack reminiscent of windchimes accompanied my journey as Rooster, a member of the Chinese zodiac who is sent back in time to learn some important life lessons. To make it back to their own time period, Rooster encounters a series of mini-games, with one game representing each member of the Chinese zodiac. The games are simple — but the designs are not. Lush, elegantly-crafted backgrounds become the centerpiece of hide-and-seek games that leave the player searching for ingredients for the perfect gift. Each game ends with a member of the zodiac awarding Rooster with an important item for later on in the story. 

“From the beginning, it was clear to me that this game’s art style would be one of its defining features.” 

This captivatingly crafty game provides more than just pretty graphics and stress relief. Pop-up question marks adorned like paper lanterns give players small tidbits about ancient Chinese culture. There were facts embedded within the game that I wasn’t even aware of — but I won’t spoil those for you. At its core, Rooster is a time-transcending celebration of Chinese culture that is represented through the beautiful artwork displayed on screens. 

Add Rooster to your Steam wishlist. 

Sustainability means doing more than just recycling plastic

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By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer

The amount of plastic that occupies landfills isn’t talked about enough. Recycling plastic may seem like the best solution, but just because you recycle your plastics doesn’t mean they will be recycled properly — if even at all. Over 91% of plastics around the world aren’t recycled. Most are disposable and end up in landfills, and only 12% are incinerated. 

Many cities in the Lower Mainland have recycling initiatives, but this comes alongside limitations regarding what is allowed to be recycled, and what is considered trash. Recycling is made even more complicated when certain plastics are allowed to be recycled and other plastics aren’t. To add to that, 25% of all recycled material in Canada is deemed “non-recyclable by contamination,” according to CBC. Regardless of if or how we recycle our plastics, they stay on the earth; around 86% of plastics in Canada will ultimately end up in landfills. 

The first step in tackling plastic waste is transitioning away from unsustainable products — notably plastics — and this needs to be done at both a personal and global level. Our focus should be on reducing and reusing before recycling comes into play.

An impactful way to recycle is material being made into other products such as shoes, bags, cans, shoes, papers, and even household surfaces like countertops — yes, my kitchen countertop is made from hundreds of layers of recycled papers and plastics! On a personal level, using reusable water bottles, cutlery, and bags are easy ways to reuse already-existing materials. This reduces the energy that goes into making and disposing of new or single-use plastics. Don’t forget that the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” is in that order for a reason! When it comes to making sustainable personal choices, recycling should ultimately be the last step.  

“Our focus should be on reducing and reusing before recycling comes into play.”

To successfully reduce the creation and consumption of plastics, we need to completely eliminate them altogether, so that no more of these so-called recyclable materials continue to circulate landfills. This can only be done by transitioning away from plastics on a global scale and developing quality alternatives. Bioplastics are one alternative to standardized plastics, and include cellulose and hemp plastics that are slightly more sustainable. 

That said, it still takes years for these plant-based plastics to break down, and sometimes they cannot be composted properly, despite their claims. This is why governments must invest more in finding workable and accessible alternatives, and those who have the means to make conscious decisions regarding plastic use should do so. We have the ability to collectively reduce our need for recycling overall. Reducing plastic use will lead to a change for the better, but in order to make a long-lasting impact, plastics need to be eliminated once and for all.

Thrifting points to larger issues with our consumption habits

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By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer

Do you ever find yourself scrolling on Instagram, TikTok, or Pinterest and falling into a rabbit hole of thrift hauls? Dazed and envious of the stuff people find — the lot of it all. So, you go thrifting in an attempt to score big like the people you see online, thinking you see a cute shirt, only to find a Shein tag staring back at you. In these past few years, many of us have tried to make more sustainable choices to ease off our carbon footprint, and buying secondhand is one practice that has become popular on social media. But, just as fast fashion brands have negatively impacted the environment, garment workers, and consumers, it seems thrifting has also shifted in its influence. 

Consumerism has gripped modern society for ages now. To me, this rings to themes seen in movies like Fight Club or Trainspotting, denouncing the unquenchable thirst for unnecessary materials just for the sake of having them. Thoughtless overconsumption can creep back into thrifting despite its reputation of reversing the rising currents of fast fashion. When scrolling on my For You Page, why do I see haul after haul after haul of thrifted items that I know most people don’t need? The practice of thrifting itself is good when it takes away from the harmful impacts of buying new clothes, especially considering the excess of secondhand clothes. But when do we realize we’ve made overconsumption through thrifting a trend? 

That’s also not to mention the flood of low-quality clothing that has found its way into thrift stores, dumped by their owners after realizing the quality isn’t meant to last. Donating an item may give it more life, but it can’t offset the impact of purchasing fast fashion in the first place. Obviously, buying fast fashion is better if you’re doing it secondhand, and not everyone can afford ethically-made clothing. But, amid the resellers, “throwaway” low-quality clothing, and overconsumption through pointless thrift hauls, thrifting quality clothing has become incredibly difficult. This especially impacts those who might not have the funds to buy new or want to make an environmentally-conscious choice. 

So, what can we do? Don’t buy stuff you don’t need. According to Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the investigative environmental book Wasteland, “only between 10 and 30% of second-hand donations to charity shops are actually resold in store.” Because of the “onslaught of fast fashion, these donations are too often now another means of trash disposal — and the system can’t cope,” he told GQ. Ask yourself: “Will this last me a long time?” “Will I wear this, or is it going to sit complacent in the back of my closet till the next spring cleaning?”  

“Thrifting quality clothing has become incredibly difficult for those who might not have the funds or those who want to make an environmentally conscious choice.”

Fast fashion as a whole is detrimental to our society, but some brands are notably worse than others. Shein has mounting ethical concerns like labour violations, ecological damage, and copyright infringement. The long lines at their pop-up shop in Vancouver this past April only prove how large of a grasp fast fashion has on consumers. Researching the practices of a brand on sites like Good On You before purchasing can help you make as conscious a decision as possible. You don’t have to be perfect to make an effort; every small decision adds up.

Another option is to reuse items you already have, and consider repairs or alterations to extend their lifespans. You can also upcycle your clothes — that way you’re saving money and enhancing your hands-on skills! Bringing new life into an article of clothing you thought you didn’t need or know you had is magical. That long, awkward-looking T-shirt could be fitted and styled to your liking. For those jeans you don’t like, turn them into shorts, patchwork denim, or a denim skirt. That uncomfortable-looking sun dress that takes up space in the back of your closet is begging you to turn it into a flowy skirt you can actually wear. 

If you’re thrifting, avoid buying in excess and search for high-quality products where possible — not the remnants of fast fashion trends that have washed up on the shores of the thrift racks. Things that last you a long time and are good quality will prove to be much more lucrative than any trendy top that someone could resell for ten times the price. Don’t let consumerism consume you!

BC teachers lobby to teach Nakba in BC schools

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A person waving a Palestine flag with the olive branch pattern of the keffiyeh on their shirt, standing on a hill overlooking a residential neighborhood.
PHOTO: Ahmed Abu Hameeda / Unsplash

By: Yashita Dhillon, News Writer

In March, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) voted in support of a motion to lobby the provincial government to include the Nakba in the BC curriculum. This was a result of the advocacy work of Parents for Palestine YVR,  a grassroots collective representing parents and families from various backgrounds and faiths advocating for a ceasefire and end to the siege in Gaza. The Peak spoke to Sama Ghnaim, a Palestinian mother and co-founder of Parents for Palestine alongside Tara Ehrcke, an educator of Jewish descent, who are leading this advocacy.

The Nakba, which translates to “catastrophe” in Arabic, describes the events from 1947–1949, during which over 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced by Israeli militias amid the establishment of Israel. 

“My family lived it.” Ghnaim said. “My own grandfathers were displaced in 1948, and they ended up as refugees in Jordan. And so, to me, it’s not just history you read about in books,” she added. “It’s actually lived history, it’s lived experience.” 

Ehrcke explained, “Being of Jewish descent, I feel a sense of responsibility because many of the ways in which I think members of the Palestinian community have been harmed have often been done in the name of Jewish safety.”

 “I think, as a Palestinian first, and then as a mother, second, and as an educator, third, it is so important to learn about history in order for us to be able to move forward,” Ghnaim said. “We have generations of Palestinians that we are raising, and for us to have any sort of idea of what social justice looks like, or what advocacy looks like, or what equity looks like, you need to actually understand the history in order to be able to move forward and actually drive real change in the world.”

When approaching these topics to schools, Ghnaim received “feedback that was very clear,” which was that schools were “not equipped to handle anything that has to do with Palestine.” She added, “And do you know what that told me as a parent? It told me that history is repeating itself.” 

“To me, it’s not just history you read about in books,” she added. “It’s actually lived history, it’s lived experience.” — Sama Ghnaim, Parents for Palestine

Despite these obstacles, Ehrcke and Ghnaim remain hopeful about the impact of their work. They argue that by altering the educational blueprint to include comprehensive discussions of the Nakba, future generations of students will be better equipped to understand and engage with the world’s historical complexities. 

“We can start the change. We may not see the change come to fruition during our generation’s time, but I feel like including the Nakba in the curriculum is going to help our children learn their history in school side-by-side with all of their colleagues, and all of the students that’s going to affirm and validate how they feel and validate their cause,” stated Ghnaim. 

Ehrke and Ghnaim aim to ensure the Nakba is recognized not just as Palestinian history, but as a part of human history that deserves a place in educational narratives globally. “A lot of Palestinian history has been silenced, omitted. And the current moment is an opportunity for us to change that,” Ehrcke said. 

Reflecting on the global solidarity expressed towards Palestinian struggles, Ghnaim added, “There is a chant that we say in every protest that says, ‘in our millions, in our billions, we are all Palestinian.’”

Horoscopes May 6 – 12

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An illustration of a girl, stars and astrological signs strewn in her hair.
ILLUSTRATION: Marissa Ouyang / The Peak

By: C Icart, Humour Editor

Aries
March 21–April 19 

Just delete all your social media. You do not have the self-control to prevent yourself from typing, “must be nice spending your parents money insert face blowing a kiss emoji here” under an aesthetic Amsterdam pic posted by a girl you haven’t talked to since 2017. Quit while you’re ahead. #SocialMediaCleanseNow

Taurus
April 20–May 20

You can be honest, it’s just us friends here. You’re not mad that the person who ghosted you all semester and still got the same mark as you on your group project is daily vlogging their backpacking trip. You’re mad because your best friend is in the vlogs with them. #CallTheBSOutSis

Gemini
May 21–June 20

You did not take that SIAT elective for nothing. You are posting daily about living your Parisian fantasy from your East Van basement unit. #ProficientInPhotoshop

Cancer
June 21–July 22

Plane tickets are expensive. Daydreaming is free. Writing fanfic is also free. Grab a notebook and a pen and finally write that story about how the Hannah Montana characters meet up with the Glee characters in Genovia and they all have to work together to help Remy create a recipe that will top his legendary ratatouille. #CrossoverOfTheCentury

Leo
July 23–August 22

Set your VPN to Monaco. It’ll feel the exact same as being there. Also, you keep rewatching the same shows and you need something new. Does this count as being a digital nomad? #StreamingSucks

Virgo
August 23–September 22

Go to the liquor store and buy a wine from a country you’ve never been to before (which is most of them). But don’t drink it, pour it in your bathwater. There are approximately zero studies that prove that this does anything beneficial for you, but when anyone asks, you can just look back at them condescendingly and say: “It’s vinothérapie” (it’s not). #WineMomSkincare 

Libra
September 23–October 22

Go stand in the smoking area at your favourite local venue. Sure, tons of people have switched to vaping these days and the air smelling of fruit salad doesn’t quite give sitting on a patio in Berlin energy. But some people are still keeping old school and if you sit next to them and close your eyes, it’s almost like you can see the Victory Column. #BewareOfTheSecondhandSmoke

Scorpio
October 23–November 21

The stars are telling me to tell you to download Duolingo. I, personally, have never used it, but I have been subjected to social media videos of their mascot. If I understand correctly, it will haunt you if you do not log in everyday to practice your Swedish. That’s something you want because getting terrorized by a bird seems like something that would happen to you in Sweden (I have never been there). #IKEAIsAlsoAnOption

Sagittarius
November 22–December 21

I know, I know . . . it’s not fair that your crush and their new lover have a YouTube channel dedicated to documenting their European vanlife adventure. How are they even doing that? Aren’t the roads too small? Anyways bestie you don’t even have a driver’s license. Go do that, mmmkay? #VroomVroom

Capricorn
December 22–January 19

Perogis. They will warm your heart, they will warm your soul, they can be found in the freezer aisle at the grocery store. When you get to the checkout after your grocery haul having paid pretty much the same price as a flight, it will complete your European fantasy. #BoycottLowblaws

Aquarius
January 20–February 18 

Just cry babes. It’s okay, let it out. If you’re wondering what you did wrong, maybe it was buying all the gear and supplies for four different new hobbies this year. Maybe it was not responding to that email a Nigerian prince sent you once. Either way, it’s your fault the only destination you’ll be hitting up this summer is Coquitlam Centre. #CryMeARiver

Pisces
February 19–March 20

Have you heard of lying? When someone asks you if you’ve travelled recently, just tell them you were one of the military horses that escaped in London. Not one of the injured ones though, you have to keep it believable. #IWantToBreakFree

SFU community demands reinstatement of over 23 cleaning workers

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A rolling mop bucket with cleaning gear in a hallway of Blusson Hall
PHOTO: Gudrun Wai-Gunnarsson / The Peak

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer

On April 10, Contract Worker Justice (CWJ) @SFU hosted a rally at Convocation Mall to demand the restoration of cleaning services and reinstatement of SFU’s contract cleaning workers. They were laid off by Best Service Pros (BEST) due to SFU’s recent reduction of cleaning services. BEST said they let them go due to “changing business needs.” The layoffs will take place starting May 17. 

Most of these workers are “racialized, women, elderly, and immigrants” who have been denied better pay, and access to facilities and services like “daycare services, athletic facilities, and tuition reimbursement,” in addition to insufficient breaks, according to CWJ. They say their work at SFU involves “heavy-handed management practices, health and safety concerns, and inadequate equipment.” 

“Since the April 10 rally, there has been no movement from SFU’s side toward making any commitments to rehiring laid-off workers and hiring all cleaning workers as direct employees.” — Kabir Madan, Contract Worker Justice member

CWJ said the reason for their continued exploitation as members of the community who are not directly hired is SFU admin’s “refusal to treat contract workers as equal members of the community,” as documented in their 2022 research report. Universities like UBC and UVic directly hire their food and cleaning workers.

The Peak reached out for an interview with Kabir Madan, an SFU graduate student and member of CWJ. He claims SFU administration’s justification for not directly hiring cleaning workers is two-fold: “SFU apparently lacks management expertise, particularly for the night shift,” and “cannot afford the transition costs of moving from a third-party system to insourcing the cleaning staff, as well as the kitchen staff.” 

The SFU community called to demand “the reversal of the layoff notices, safer working conditions for cleaning workers, and in-house employment of cleaning and food service workers.” However, according to Madan, SFU admin remains indifferent. “Since the April 10 rally, there has been no movement from SFU’s side toward making any commitments to rehiring laid-off workers and hiring all cleaning workers as direct employees,” he said.

“SFU is led by the university’s values, and decisions are being made with those values in mind, including a continued commitment to becoming a living wage employer,” SFU told The Peak. “However, as the university shared in early March, SFU also needs to restructure certain areas of its operations to increase efficiency and reduce duplication in order to meet a balanced budget.” The university cites the increase of low-traffic areas since the COVID-19 pandemic for the reduction of cleaning services, “particularly in the use of office space where many staff work hybrid schedules. These changes in use of space have reduced the need for certain services, such as the frequency of cleaning in low traffic areas and collection of office waste and recycling.”

According to Madan, “BEST continues to hire people in managerial positions despite having announced the lay-offs.” The Peak was not able to independently verify this claim. Outside the rally that was held, CWJ has been working with CUPE 3338 and the TSSU to involve faculty and the larger student body in their campaign. 

For more information on CJW and their campaign, visit their Instagram at @contractworkerjusticesfu. 

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Y2K chronicles: tales from the digital frontier

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By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer

December 31, 1999

Wassup LiveJournal virtual peeps!

It’s New Year’s Eve 1999, and while some of you unprepared geeks clearly didn’t get the 411, the world as we know it will end at midnight tonight! 

Yes, that’s right! The year 2000 is upon us, and you may have heard of this little thing going around called Y2K. AKA, the crash of everything technology. The world is going to be sprung into complete chaos because some computer programmers back in the “groovy” ‘60s couldn’t add two lousy little zeros, meaning everything is going to fall apart. 

My ‘rents won’t believe me, and I say I’m bugging because I’ve been stockpiling food for the last three weeks. I mean, I’m not going to enjoy eating canned tuna and drinking only water for the three months I’ve prepared for, but what’s a newbie to do? Blockbuster only pays $8.91 an hour, and I only work two days a week! 

But I wanted to write to my favourite people (the ones who know me here) and finalize my will in case I die in the chaos coming our way. 

To Britney, my true BFF, my home skillet forever, I give you my collection of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that you refused to watch because it was “too long.” Please trade the DVDs for food or water if it comes down to it!

To Riley: I’ve always loved you since the first time I saw you when you came into Blockbuster to get a copy of But I’m a Cheerleader. I never told you how I felt, but gifting you my password diary will explain everything I held dear in my heart. The password is your name spelled backwards. 

To my sister Taylor: no, you are NOT allowed to touch any of my clothes! You should have saved money instead of spending it on that sucky, inflatable chair! 

Okay, homies, I gotta bounce now because I need to find batteries for my wind-up radio that I’m adding to my stockpile. To end this blog, drop a comment about what you’re going to miss when the chaos erupts! Maybe one day it will be archived so some baller scientist will be able to piece together what happened. 

Stay rad, safe, and remember: live, laugh, love!

XOXO,
y2kcautioncat

The ultimate 2000s quiz

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By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer and C Icart, Humour Editor

Ah, the 2000s! A time of Webkinz, Club Penguin, every type of iPod under the sun, binge-watching every show on Family Channel, the height of the pop diva, and, of course, the hot commodity that is Build-A-Bear Workshop. Did you grow up in the 2000s? Take the ultimate 2000s pop culture quiz now to find out! So fetch! 

1. It’s April 1, 2008 and you’ve been rickrolled for the first time. Who did that to you???

  1. The Church of Scientology
  2. YouTube
  3. The FBI
  4. Some intern at the Cartoon Network

2. Fill-in-the-blank: “Get in loser, we’re going ________ .”

  1. Shopping 
  2. To collect points on our FarmVille farm!
  3. To a birthday party at Build-A-Bear Workshop
  4. To the schoolyard to play 4-square

3. It’s 2008 and you’re logging into Windows Live Messenger aka MSN. Your crush is online! What do you message them?

  1. Ask your mom to let you go to the park, I have something I want to say F2F (yes, that’s what the cool kids were using to say face-to-face)
  2. Waz crackin’?
  3. Sup? (because then maybe they’ll answer “nm, u?” and you’ll get to get extra flirty by replying “nm” back)
  4. Nothing. None of this happened because the family computer was in the living room and your mom was watching you like a hawk. 

4. What was the antidote to LimeWire?

  1. iTunes
  2. FrostWire
  3. Your dad’s 5-CD spinner
  4. Your Motorola flip phone

5. Why is this email unlikely to be from the early 2000s: [email protected]

  1. No one used their real name online at the time
  2. Outlook.com??? Nah, we were all about hotmail and yahoo
  3. Where are the random numbers? Where are the acronyms? Where are the obscure references to a musical artist?
  4. All of the above 

6. The first sentence of the popular anti-copyright infringement campaign “Piracy. It’s a crime” is:

  1. You wouldn’t download a car
  2. You wouldn’t screenshot an NFT
  3. You wouldn’t steal a car
  4. You wouldn’t steal a meme

7. Who was Miley Cyrus’ alter ego?

  1. Miley Stewart
  2. Lilly Truscott
  3. Hannah Montana
  4. Dolly Parton

8. Which of the following was not a popular 2000s kids channel?

  1. Family Channel
  2. YTV
  3. Nickelodeon
  4. Much Music

9. Who let the dogs out? 

  1. Your online Webkinz characters
  2. Baha Men
  3. Your hacked MySpace account
  4. The pizza guy you prank called from your mom’s landline

10. What is the name of this cursed character?
Yes, this is from one of the first ever viral videos. 

  1. Dancing Baby
  2. Baby Cha-Cha
  3. The Oogachacka Baby
  4. All of the above

11. Who brought sexy back?

  1. Britney Spears’ shaved head moment in 2007
  2. Billy Ray Cyrus in Hannah Montana
  3. Zack and Cody when they boarded the Suite Life on Deck
  4. Justin Timberlake

12. What sport did Viola play in She’s the Man?

  1. Stella Stella Ola on the playground 
  2. Mario Kart
  3. Soccer
  4. Wii Bowling

13. What was the most popular board game of the 2000s?

  1. Candyland 
  2. Hedbanz
  3. Uno
  4. All of the above
  5. Why would I play board games when I have internet games instead?

14. Hannah Montana said . . . 

  1. “Next week’s no good, the Jonas Brothers are in town.”
  2. “Stop trying to make fetch happen.”
  3. “Sweet niblets!”
  4. “This is princess Bapalapashamalamadingdong, where is my llama milk?”

Anything below 100% is a major fail . . . sorry, you’re not a 2000s master unless you get them all right! If not, take a time machine back to the year 2000 and relive the early moments of the internet and the wannabe divas! 

Answers: 1) b. 2) a. 3) d. 4) b. 5) d. 6) c. 7) c. 8) d. 9) b. 10) d. 11) e. 12) c. 13) c. 14) c.

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