The stuff you miss

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I miss being a kid and not seeing the world for what it really was.

I miss when the internet wasn't filled to the gills with shills, actors, virtue signalers, and political drama.

I miss when the video game industry was filled with people who actually enjoyed games and not mostly filled with people shoving out unfinished products and trying to nickel and dime you every step of the way. Hell, I miss the times growing up with games like Spyro, Oddworld, Sly Cooper, ect.

I miss when social media wasn't a thing and didn't turn everyone into retards.

I miss when trans-people kept to themselves and didn't try to insert themselves into everything.

And I miss the pets who have passed away over the years. My cat Gidget and my one eyed chihuahua Lola. Both of them were great little animals.
 
Sometimes I miss knowing less. Especially about people. I miss having no experience in some things. On one hand it's nice to be calmer about things and confront them with experience on the other hand it would be nice to get excited in the same ways again. I miss being the youngest guy in whatever it was I was doing. I guess I miss being an unprofessional. Being the next generation. Being the still not unlocked potential. It was nice to be young. All the worlds' eyes where on you.

I did a lot of work to get where I'm at and of course it's also nice to be treated with respect and having your own office and having people come to you with their problems with hope in their eyes because they think you probably just know how to resolve everything but sadly I know enough now that I also know that I don't have the answers to everything and never never will. In fact I'll leave this world with more questions unanswered as I entered it with, if that makes sense. Every new answer just seems to bring more questions.

I miss having completely dark hair. Going grey sucks. I still have all my hair though, so guess I should count myself lucky.

I miss being unfamiliar with death as a process, knowing what all goes into a person dying in a society. It's depressing how routine and unremarkable it is.

I miss being unimportant. I don't enjoy asking myself if I could've done something different. It was nice sometimes to affect absolutely nothing and no one. Gives you a certain freedom you are never getting back once you lose it.

Also to be a bit more banal and less depressing, I also miss good videogames. I miss these weird games that were obviously the dream/fantasy/vision of some random guy who was good with computers somewhere, now it's all just so commercial and calculated and perfected and bleh. All these indies don't get that their products lack love..
 
AmpleApricots said:
I miss having completely dark hair. Going grey sucks. I still have all my hair though, so guess I should count myself lucky.
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When I started getting grey facial hair it really bothered me. But, I'm just grateful I'm not balding! Plus I never get carded for smokes or liquor so that's a positive I guess.
 
I miss...
when arcades actually were fun to hang out at, both for the games and the other things you could get up to
cartoons that didn't try to push "gender boundaries", when the hero could be macho, punch the bad guy in the face and rescue the chick
when you didn't have all this technology that could track you
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Finally, on a personal note, I miss this snowcone place my parents and I used to go. There was a flavor there called 'Lion's Blood' that I remember really liking but now, I can't remember what it tasted like.
 
registereduser said:
I miss the old internet.
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I told my friend that I wish we could dial back the internet ten years or so. He agreed. I hate social media. Everyone's feefees are constantly dripping weepy vag juice all over the place. Mean tweets count as news stories now. It's like everybody turned into a blubbering five year old that cries to the teacher every time Billy calls them a poo poo head.:roll:

Feels Over Reals said:
Millenials never experienced the internet when it was fun.
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Well they think twitter tantrums are what the internet is all about. They'll never see it the way those of us who remember the interweb pre-social media do. And it's not because "waaah you're just an oldhead!". It's the truth. The internet is like the Springfield Tire Fire now. Nothing left to do but watch it burn.*sigh*

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Waking up and walking outside as a child and actually feeling the suns warmth, big bright boy doesn't seem to have that affect on me anymore.
 
The internet before a whole bunch of big co-orperations cucked all of the ToS so there's no more naughty stuff because advertisers don't like it, anti ad block everywhere, surprise subscription to stuff you don't want and they guzzle your data probably like Riley Reid guzzles cum. Anti-trust suit when, bring back the internet of small independent content creators instead of big massive google, make youtube great again.
 
I miss the times when getting drunk was like heist movie. Planning, getting the tools, making it all come together and walking away with no one being the wiser. It didn't always turn out that well, sitting swings in the harsh winter warming our hands on lukewarm beers, but still, good times.
 
I miss when I was still creative and full of ideas.
I miss being able to work on my truck all day and not be sore as hell from it.
I miss not being a complete asshole in person. Like holy shit I've got a scowl that would make the AVGN proud.
I miss so many of my old friends, but some are impossible to find now or dead, like no shit my best friend from grade school died of a heart attack 5 years ago and I only found out about it this year.
I miss the feeling of awe and wonder I had as a kid. Now nothing surprises me anymore.
I miss her, but she isn't coming back.
 
I miss those little jello capsule things you used to be able to buy in the bags. Don’t know what they were called but you could get them back in the late 90’s/early 2000’s and they were fucking delicious.

I also miss the days when movies actually had effort put into them. Maybe it’s just nostalgia blinding me here, but I remember when I was a kid even the shittiest movies had some flair to them. Seems these days everything is so formulaic and visually bland that it’s rare to find a movie that genuinely stands out.
 
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