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Remember those innocent days of 2016?

It was the year of Pokemon Go and Brexit, a time when we posted anything, any time, with no real consideration of the consequences.

2016 was the year of the Pokemon Go craze that saw adults flocking to parks, malls and various landmarks to catch virtual cartoon creatures.

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Elizabeth Paton

Earlier in January, as Iran went dark and President Donald Trump decided to start “running” one country (Venezuela) while

eyeing up another (Greenland)

, a sizeable swath of the internet opted out of reality to post snaps of themselves from a decade ago. Rather than talking about 2026, millions of people decided we should be dwelling on – or even in – 2016 instead.

Who were you in 2016? Did you love a pair of spray-on skinny jeans, winged eyeliner and choker necklaces worn with off-the-shoulder tops? Was your fledgling Instagram account a grainy paean to plates of avocado toast and acai bowls? Have you felt the need to reveal a one-time chronic use of Snapchat filters, including a puppy dog face and Coachella flower crowns? Or the fact that as a grown adult you happily roamed the streets playing Pokemon Go?

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