“Ebay when it was just people buying second hand stuff from other people who didn’t want it any more.”
“Blockbuster. There was something fun about going to the movie rental shop and browsing through the collection to decide what you were going to watch that weekend, or renting a game and having like 48hrs to beat it.”
“Burning CDs. Most computers don’t have disk drives pre-installed anymore.”
“Coming back home with a new video game. It would be a thrill, you’d sit in the car and look at the back of the case and read it 10 times over, then you’d run back home and pop that bad boy in. Now its just “oh, this new game came out? is it on steam? ok add to cart”
“The wild west internet. Content without copyright bullsh#t. Early Youtube. Newgrounds, Albinoblacksheep, weeblsstuff. Those where the days. Also KaZaA and LimeWire could get you any song, movie or software for free.”
“Being 20 years younger.”
“The excitement of getting a new magazine.”
“MSN Messenger. Rushing home after school to log on and chat with all of your friends… what a time to be a kid.”
“Having the excitement of being a very young adult with a whole world of possibilities ahead of me but very few of the responsibilities or disappointment yet.”
“The mall being a fun place to hang. Anytime you were bored, you could find something to do at the mall. Music stores. Cheap gas. Bookstores. Thrift stores without resellers. I miss the pop culture and fashion. I was in college then so I miss everything. Oooh! Flip phones and IMing.”
“The old Disney and Nickelodeon shows”
“Toys R Us, so many memories.”
“The general absence of social media!”
“How colourful everything was there was so much colour in room decoration, media, clothes ect back then it’s starting to come back in alt fashion and styles but I miss the bright coloured paint and lava lamps man.”
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