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Nostalgia is a powerful and, quite frankly, fun thing. Many of us likely have a favorite TV show we watched the first thing in the morning while preparing for school, the same one that influenced our personalities. Or perhaps you can recall the lighter things, the ones that make you laugh and grant some respite from the hectic pace of the world. And then there are the light mistakes, like the popular candy that left a sour taste in your mouth. Basically, nostalgia comes in many forms, we each have fond memories related to childhood (or not-so-distant youth!), and from time to time, it's nice to recall the carefree days of our lives.

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Walter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wasn't old enough to remember blockbuster, but i do remember going to the mailbox with my grandma whenever she got deliveries from netflix

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to make these at summer camp while gossiping with the older girls and counselorsurs

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Twitter users jumped right on the ongoing trend of "You had to be there", posting pictures that encapsulate certain times in their lives. Some of the posts can involve things from a few years ago, while others go back decades—and each of them is accompanied by the feeling of nostalgia that's attached to the pictures.

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Mishka Katira
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the ones that gave me a sun burn. yes. And the endless amount of splinters i got.

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Trinity
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

thats what our local park looks like. It has the metal slides and everything. You cant go there with out getting a splinter.

Loki odinson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i love parks like that my grandma used to take me to one before it got destroyed for safety reasons

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a kid I always gauged how great my day was by how many splinters I got climbing up the wooden jungle gyms or how burnt my legs and shoulders would get sliding on those huge metal slides. My favourite park was also taken down as a kid for "safety reason." Sigh, skinning your knees and falling off the teeter-toter were sign of passage as a kid.

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B Hobbit
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of kids on these things when they were first built was stunning! The tire swings were the best.

Inclusion2020
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a park like this. It's got EVERYTHING. I'm just waiting to foster or adopt a kid so I can go there again without being creepy hahaha

Michaela Zahner
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a place like this near me. Grew up calling it Pingo Pongo...not at all relevant to the actual name

Batgirl Kitty
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not really. I, a 11 year old, have one near me. It hurt. But the worst thing i saw happen on there, was a family friend’s 3 year old jump from a level down and bite down DEEP into his lip and have to get stitches. Poor kid. I was about 8.

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I adored the old wooden playgrounds as a kid. I think I was completely oblivious to the risk of splinters and all the hornets nests underneath some of the wooden structures. Who could forget sliding down those giant metal slides and getting splinters in your bum and feeling like the back of your legs were getting burned off.

Mia Hernandez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

these playgrounds looked like absolute paradise but then I played on them and,,it hurt,,

Hehehehehehehehe (ve/ver)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was one of these a block from the house me and my family rented in Michigan a couple years ago! Was really fun with the 7 year old.

Laura Mortensen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had one of these at the park near my house. It was a lot of fun as a castle on weekends.

Ash
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

these are bringing back memories I haven't thought of in a while.

Karen Weiland
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Possibly Cheshire, CT. I spent a lot of time at one just like it with my son. Sadly, the wood rotted so the playground was replaced with a metal one.

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Autumn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love these types of parks!! Sadly there's are only two I've been two and there both quite aways away. Always worth it though!! Just be wary of hot slides.........

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Plenty of people are jumping in on this trend, from regular folk to official and certified accounts, each post presenting a blast from the past that was somehow special for them, be it TV series that aired a decade ago or a newer movie that's only a few years old. Time is a flexible thing, and the trend reflects different periods that people grew up in.

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And there's an unspoken rule to these posts—you shouldn't add a description to the pictures. Basically, if you know, you know. If you don't, don't worry about it. The variety of the posts—containing old movies, physical items, or discontinued media—apply to people of different ages. So, there's a bit of everything for everyone.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man, this reminds me of my first car (an Acclaim). Like driving a pillow with better safety ratings.

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Walter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's time to see who's under that mask- Oh, so we just ripped a mans face off...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For some reason I loves matching the could cables to the colours idk if it was just me

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Walter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

funny story- when i moved as a kid, my dad accidentally left altoids out the day they took pictures for anyone looking to buy it. so, when we met the new residents, the dad said "oh, by the way, thanks for the free altoids!"

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yvette
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had no idea this chimera of a fandom existed... Weirdly cute tbh, they would actually work pretty well in hogwarts!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Online nail salons were the best I mean- all those 'girl games' on online game sites were my life

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William Faulk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me and my dad grew up on that!(he had a see through HALO edition Xbox!)

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Walter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

D.A. is a pretty shitty website now. i miss the days were there weren't a crap ton of drawings of anime girls for discord mods to set as their profile picture.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those clickers really hit different we used to steal them from our teachers😂

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure Sarah Wayne Callies is a nice person, but between Prison Break and Walking Dead, I can't stand the sight of her

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i have played every game and i have watched all the moves/shows about dragon ballz

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OH MY GOD AQUAMARINE I CANT me and my older sister used to watch this movie together every time we went over to our grandparents house

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William Faulk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

AY! Black ops 2! (idk the sand one, but the plane one seems familiar) Hijacked + MK-48 w/ zoom, FMJ, and suppressor = automatic 100 round camper.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I miss my crackberry. Maybe next phone, since they brought physical keyboards back!

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Diddlybop
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg one direction when I saw Zayn Malik w his gf in my girly comics I felt so betrayed that he had a gf lol

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