For me the 00's were the real deal, that decade when Internet at home finally became affordable but before the arrival of smartphones, social networks, and 24/7

For me the 00's were the real deal, that decade when Internet at home finally became affordable but before the arrival of smartphones, social networks, and 24/7 connectivity. But they were also my high school and university years, and as many other comments have pointed out, we tend to remember those years as the best of our lives.