The internet just collectively realized that the Neopets of the world must be hungry

Believe it or not, life before social media existed. And, people have naturally taken to social media to reminisce about it.

“For those of you that have been using the internet since at least AIM, where did you spend your time online before the rise of social media (pre 2008)?” Twitter user @cvrlne asked on Friday. 

I’m curious

For those of you that have been using the internet since at least AIM, where did you spend your time online before the rise of social media (pre 2008)?

— CΛ ✨ (@cvrlne) June 14, 2019

As it turns out, people were all too happy to reminisce. Much of that reminiscing involved Neopets.

Remember Neopets? That website where you collected virtual pets and had to constantly remember to log in to feed them and play with them or else you would feel bizarrely guilty.

Yeah, you’re starting to remember, aren’t you?

Everyone suddenly remembering their old Neopets: pic.twitter.com/zkbyTdf4xe

— Low Quality Facts (@lqfacts) June 15, 2019

Don’t worry, pretty much all of us are in the same boat. It’s a good thing those little buddies never actually die, even virtually, or we’d all feel way worse than we already do.

Habbo Hotel and Neopets are both trending purely because of nostalgia. All that wasted HC furniture and my poor starving pets. Twelve year old me would be disappointed 💔 pic.twitter.com/GBOSfaR3lh

— Emily-Jane Jones (@EmilyJane_93_) June 15, 2019

Putting the guilt aside, a reminder of life pre-social media is bringing Twitter together in a Neopets-themed trip down memory lane. 

https://twitter.com/MilkBeforeWater/status/1139885194197045248

fun fact: when i was 12 i befriended someone on a neopets message board. 6 years later she moved to my city, and now 13 years on we’re still best friends and see each other like every month

— chuck 🍁🐦 (@charlubby) June 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/allisondotnet/status/1138980111871545344

Wow #neopets was trending?
Nostalgia reminded me of my gambling addiction….Those auctions had me messed up 😂 pic.twitter.com/ai0IdtwrjQ

— Tiana A (@tiana_anechan) June 15, 2019

can we talk about the omlette options in neopets tho? pic.twitter.com/VMvxvGQFuX

— m a r i a (@di4rentmaria) June 15, 2019

Neopets is trending and it is hitting my right in the nostalgia feels.
Life was so much simpler in the AIM/ Diablo/ Neopets/ Popcap Games era. pic.twitter.com/6qkhPRZU0R

— AggroSquirrel (@AggroSquirrel1) June 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/shyhyena/status/1139659086017028096

Before we had social media, simple people like us would socialize with just a bunch of virtual animals and a lot of money for them#neopets pic.twitter.com/alkyZFtrQk

— Supreme Stereo Tweets Archive (@thegoofeffect) June 15, 2019

Of course, some people are just really holding onto the guilt of letting their Neopets down throughout all these years.

https://twitter.com/badgirlnails/status/1139865289032552448

https://twitter.com/Space_Polar/status/1139311920098365440

Neopets trending.

Logs on after MANY years.

Me:

My Neopets: pic.twitter.com/LlZG7mYsKO

— Marisol (@_mariisool_) June 15, 2019

Yo neopets really trending for nothing…y’all gotta remind me of my dead pets for nothing pic.twitter.com/ZVF78upv5H

— 🇵🇸 ʙᴏʙʙʏ ᴜᴢᴜᴍᴀᴋɪ 🇸🇩 (@a__goner) June 15, 2019

They were our virtual BFFs and did nothing to deserve such neglect!

While some of us are experiencing the dawning horror of realizing we’ve left our buddies virtually hungry for years and years, for others, this has turned into a great opportunity to brag about actually remembering to keep up with the game.

everyone’s talking about how they let their Neopets starve meanwhile I still login to use the lab ray… 😶😵

— Matthew Cook (@mattercook) June 15, 2019

Neopets is trending & people are bein nostalgic while I’m over here still playin after 15 ½ years. pic.twitter.com/Z6gfbL2Ic7

— Mischa ✨ (@Mischaloola) June 15, 2019

Hahaha yeah neopets trending wow who remembers that ancient site that I definitely haven’t been active on for like 20 years pic.twitter.com/dtRAkzS9bU

— fate (@fatehounds) June 15, 2019

Neopets is supposedly getting a mobile app this summer, though nothing has been announced since January. So, seeing Neopets trending sent a lot of nostalgic fans into a hopeful tizzy for a moment.

https://twitter.com/dedpassm/status/1139726885535932417

Neopets trending and I thought there was news of an app or something. Nah, it’s just a mass wave of nostalgia and now I’m sad. pic.twitter.com/nhkLde8MXL

— 8Bit (@Mega8Bit_) June 15, 2019

It was, of course, short-lived. Much like our Neopets themselves.

Yet, the Neopets website is still active, the Neopets Twitter account is still active, and there’s still hope that that mobile app will eventually come out. A new addition to the Neopets gameplay experience after all these years would certainly be welcomed.

The fact that the Neopets website has remained nearly the same for well over two decades reminds me there are still constants in this ever-changing world.

— Violet ✨ (@thatnerdviolet) June 15, 2019

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