For those of you who've been around for 20 years, you might remember that on the first version of Subeta profiles you could list your interests. It was an open ended field, where you could write anything, and did folks write anything.

Here are the first 100 interests saved in the database, from the year 2004, and i'm still laughing at these diverse interests.

anime drawing wicca witchcraft witch hunter robin evangelion slytherin draco malfoy tom felton black japanese cowboy bebop fruits basket flcl abenobashi momo eating sleeping drawing dogs cats animals ferrets cookies hot sauce lollipops art drawing poems subeta chocolate lollies lensmoor 50 cent action movies black eyed peas canada chingy d-12 dj quik eminem fatman scoop houston i-20 ice hockey j-kwon jadakiss jay-z just blaze kanye west lil john lil wayne lloyd banks magoo marques houston mobb deep nate dogg nina sky omarion pharrell playstation 2 rap music sheek snoop dogg styles p terror squad the game timberland tony yayo twista usher video games ying yang twins young buck young rome nhl computer games my friends mcdonalds parties the new guy bad boys 2 s.w.a.t wicca psychology crystals pie blob dolls figure skating dancing sushi singing subeta internet art the color pink piano playing music bbs poodles

The next chunk:

yu-gi-oh linkin park nightwish lacuna coil spasms the zodiac alice cooper kate bush roleplaying randomness creativity i love cheerleading a clockwork orange alice in wonderland amy lee brandon boyd donnie darko edward scissorhands evanescence halloween harry potter hello kitty incubus john cusack johnny depp living dead dolls michael myers office space potc satc smashing pumpkins subeta the crow gilmore girls camping computers fishing hunting outdoors petsites shooting guns music boys photography graphic arts love art other wacky things drawing dream theater flying kitties other pixish things reading skipping writing virtual pets ppt tv japanese manga socks inuyasha drawing aim birds boys computer dogs hugging internet ipod laughing music pets phone roleplaying smiling walkman typing

just 🤣 "aim". I bet that evanescence in there was me 😭

who among us was not spending our time on our instant messenger of choice (i used aim, yim, and msn messenger/windows live all at varying points in my life) being so random lawl xD at some point in our early internet years zomg... 🧓

at 15 almost 16, 20 years ago, My interests were, pretty much the same as they are now.

what a blast from the past lmao

rip iPods

WALKMAN!! is in there!!!

gonna put walkman in my interests in 2025 just so i can show off my sony walkman MZ-R700 minidisc player that i still use 💽

It was a joy to read that list and remember a past era. The early 2000s Internet was certainly a different place.

I actually still have my iPod from 2004 and it still works. Things were built to last back then!

i love that ;-; thank you for sharing!! i had an iPod nano that only held 4gb so i couldn't fit all my music on it LOL but now that i'm thinking about it, my mom has it and still uses it.

my iphone could never

damn what a blast from the past, i dont even remember what i listed as my intrests, i made my first account when i was in highschool, when my friend showed me subeta in computer class. when we had to learn...how to use computers 😭 reading through the list though like damn, aim and walkman...i used msn more myself, and i still miss it sometimes can't lie. trying to think what i would have put down, probably pokemon at least xD

What a snapshot in time! Thanks for sharing Keith, haha. I don't even remember what I put down tbh..

aim and walkman are both incredible (also obsessed with the single-minded person who put slytherin, draco malfoy and tom felton in consecutively lmao) but lensmoor absolutely took me OUT 😭😭😭 what a blast from the internet past!

“I love cheerleading” gives me life 🤣

i, too, am interested in boys and inuyasha

Draco Malfoy is classic lmao

This was amazing! Thanks for posting these so I could get a quick kick of nostalgia!

I love the little snippet of user demographics you can get from these interest tags omg. Kind of surprising that Walkman was listed since the iPod had been out for a couple years by that point!