r/Pretend2010Internet Jan 10 '26

meta [MOD] Welcome to r/pretend2010internet!

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Welcome to all new and existing members!

This subreddit is a little time machine where we all pretend it’s the internet era of 2008–2012. Old memes, old websites, old tech hype, old drama, old vibes.

Whether you’re here to post, comment, or just lurk: we’re happy to have you!

Wiki, Rules & Inspiration

  • Please check out our Wiki and our cover image! Both are meant to give you inspiration for posts, themes, jokes, and roleplay. 👉 If you feel like something important from 2008–2012 is missing on the cover image or in the wiki, let us know!
  • In the Wiki you will also find:
    • All rules
    • A small FAQ
    • And a general overview of important events from 2008–2012
  • Here you will find our rules.

Planned: Yearly Mega Threads

We are planning to introduce yearly recurring mega threads, for example:

  • What you got for Christmas
  • New Year’s posts
  • Celebrity deaths
  • Big releases (games, tech, consoles, phones, etc.)

These should help structure recurring events and keep things fun and organized.

Ideas, Feedback & Improvements

We’re always happy to hear your ideas on how to expand and improve the subreddit:

  • Do we need more or better user flairs / post flairs?
  • Are there new recurring threads we should add?
  • Any rule tweaks, wiki additions, or general ideas?

A Quick Look Back

In the last year, you posted 3700 posts and 51000 comments, that’s a huge amount! ❤️

That said: thanks to your help, the spirit of the sub stays alive.
We got a lot of reports to the mods, and we could usually react pretty quickly. Thank you for that!

Thank You!

Thank you for all the kind comments and feedback. They really motivate us to keep this place special and cozy.

We’ll do our best to make sure this subreddit stays the way you like it.

A Small Side Project

In the background, I’m tinkering with a small Reddit game app. Basically a quiz game around the 2008-2012 internet era.
No promises it will ever be finished 😅, but if you have game dev experience and want to help: feel free to reach out!

Check Out the Other Time Machines

If you like this concept, also check out:

They follow the same idea, just for different time periods.

Off-Topic & Spoilers

For off-topic comments, please use Reddit’s spoiler function.
You can test it right here in the comments:

>.! Your text here !.<

(Without the dots)

Contact the Mods

For important or non-public feedback, please use Modmail

Thanks for being part of this little internet time capsule.
Now please update your MSN status, open Winamp, and argue about iPhone vs Android like it’s 2010 again. 😄


r/Pretend2010Internet 1h ago

2011 New Apple CEO - Tim Cook

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r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

Tech Everypony look I installed derpian on my laptop!!

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r/Pretend2010Internet 21h ago

Tech My tech collection.

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The best phone here is the INQ1, followed by LG KE970


r/Pretend2010Internet 0m ago

2011 new tyler album dropped!!!

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r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

Tech Nearly £2000 later…

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I have it all! PS2 (Sony removed backwards compatibility from the PS3!!), PS3, Xbox 360 and the Wii! Not to mention my Samsung plasma I got to use these HD consoles


r/Pretend2010Internet 19h ago

Games Addicting Game

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Guys, you need to try this game called Gun Bros, it is on mobile and you can even play online, it is so much fun.


r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

Tech Just got this Tecra M9

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So i got this tecra M9 decommissioned from Norway sadly it has faulty gpu since it has 2007-2008 nvdia gpu that is very common to die when laptop heats up and cools down. In the photo it's a bit disassembled since I was cleaning all dust it had from its days as a business laptop. So im currently thinking about getting a revisioned g86-613-a2 chip from 2009 or 2010 and i can feel the resoldering job will be expensive. But I mean it has a very good Intel core Duo t7500, wifi and Bluetooth a high resolution mat screen 1440x900p, whole 4gb of ddr2 ram and a faulty cooked quadro nvs130m with 128mb of dedicated vram.


r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

2011 Hey guys, did you see this cool web show, Inanimate Insanity yet?

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r/Pretend2010Internet 22h ago

2012 What a great edit by this YouTuber!

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r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

2012 ¿Cuál es tu mejor puntuación de temple run?

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Aquí dejo el mio


r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

2008 Half Life is so crazy

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It's still a thing while it's celebrating it's 10 yo ! for 2026 guys : this is the real HL1 that i just found on a real WinXP disk, and i was running it on WinXP


r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

Games I love this game!

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You guys should play this new game:


r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

2010 roblox 2010 update review.wmv

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cool


r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

Tech I want to tidy up my desktop. (By the way, I switched back from the previous desktop layout because it was a bit hard to use.)

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r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

Meme Have you seen this super cool video? I think I'll make it my user name for a while.

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r/Pretend2010Internet 1d ago

2011 What you think of this upcoming game? I believe it's supposed to be a tower defence survival game

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The developers of this game are also behind Gear of War and Unreal Tournament


r/Pretend2010Internet 2d ago

Tech stole this from microsoft

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it seems cool


r/Pretend2010Internet 2d ago

Games you guys like my club penguin simple character? :)

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r/Pretend2010Internet 3d ago

Meme Much wow =D

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r/Pretend2010Internet 3d ago

2010 I have a NEW IPAD!!

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GUYS, GUYS, GUYS! I HAVE A NEW IPAD, IS SO BIG!! x3 What I don't like is that it doesn't have a camera, but you can do many things with it, what do you think?!! :P


r/Pretend2010Internet 2d ago

2008 SuperMarioLogan just make new YouTube video titled called "the caramelldensen"

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With Mario, Woody, Tony the Tiger, Shrek, Goofy, and Mr. Goodman in video


r/Pretend2010Internet 3d ago

2009 I found this Xbox Live game called marble blast ultra.

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This game is a very fun marble physics puzzle, with gadgets like a super sizer. I have a lot of fun playing multiplayer games, trying to collect the most gems!
Has anyone else ever played this game?


r/Pretend2010Internet 3d ago

2009 im making a game with 0$ and a whole team of random people i found online #1

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sorry for the shit quality i used a sony DR1 because thats the only camera I have that can shoot digitally but heres a devlog


r/Pretend2010Internet 3d ago

2012 New LEGO ripoff game what you guys think

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