“Mom, I don’t know why the guy at Circuit City told you the computer got a virus from downloading music. I don’t even know how to do that! —You, circa 2003
Writing a very vague and slightly dramatic away message on AIM so that your friends would call you.
“Oh my God, I was just calling to say 'hi,' is everything OK?”
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Having an older sibling or friend buy you an A&F Quarterly and then having to hide it in your room like it was porn.
Okay, so it was a bit like soft-core porn. But you just wanted to show off to your friends how cool you were 'cause you owned copies of it.
Abercrombie and Fitch
Going out and borrowing your parents cell phone (usually the oh-so-cool flip phone), and trying to pass it off as your own.
“Yeah, I never have it with me since my parents don't let me bring it to school.”
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Lying to your parents about why the computer broke down, even though you knew it was all the viruses you got from downloading music off LimeWire.
“I swear, I don't know what happened! I only do homework and play The Sims on it.”
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