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“The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return,” stated Milan Kundera. 

The days that were and the days that will never be again sum up the joys of feeling nostalgic for something. The daily rut of getting out of bed, making coffee, working for excessive hours, socializing with people, coming home to watch Netflix, sleep and repeat, falls short of the happiness of childhood. 

Those days when life seemed oh so interesting, complex, and explorative. Those days when TV actually had something good on regardless of timing or day of the week. Those days when one didn’t have to pay rent, worry about being able to afford eggs, or ponder the purpose of existence. All those feelings can be summed up in the posts by this Instagram page called  “Ouch, Right In The Childhood.” 

They come with a warning of having the potential to ruin your childhood, so be careful as you scroll through this list, upvoting your favorites and leaving comments in the sections below. It’ll be a good time! And if you’d like another hit of nostalgia, here’s another Bored Panda article right here. Now let’s get into it! 

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He also paid for all his medical care. Robin Williams was just one of the best humans ever. 😢

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A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call nostalgia. A craving for the way things were. An idyllic way of remembering the past. The bittersweet feeling of happiness and pain intermixing. Those times will never truly come back, but there are bits and pieces of them still present. 

The page called “Ouch, Right In The Childhood” has made it their mission to keep the nostalgia train running with their witty memes. Although the page comes with a warning of the potential ruining of one’s childhood, their 142K followers seem to not mind. Started in August 2016, they’re still going strong. 

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    Nostalgia is one of those feelings that is universally familiar, and yet the experience of it is specific to each person. What one person feels deep feelings of longing for, another may have completely forgotten about, and vice versa. Yet in both cases, that feeling may be a result of our own thought processes, rather than an accurate representation of memory. 

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    There is a reason that Alan R. Hirsch refers to nostalgia as a screen memory—not a true recreation of the past, but rather a combination of many different memories, all integrated together, and all negative emotions getting filtered out in the process. One can never return to this past, as it never truly existed, and the present reality, no matter how good, can never be as good as an ideal. 

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    ISeeWendiGo
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always, always, always upvote for Monty Python!🥰🥰🥰🥰🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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    ISeeWendiGo
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always smile when I remember this great, wonderful, kind, and very funny man! RIP Robin, you were always a treasure!🥰😁😢❤️

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    The nostalgic urge to recreate the past within the present in many ways explains the choices we decide to make. Marrying spouses with characteristics reminiscent of those of our parents, painting walls the same colors we had in our childhood bedrooms, sleeping with a stuffed toy, building a diet with the foods that we grew up with, etc. 

    As Dr. Hal McDonald states, we are, after all, the leading actors in the memories that we classify as nostalgic, so some reflection on the type of role we play in those memories is necessary for determining how important or meaningful those past experiences are to the present in which we remember and embody them.

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    General Anaesthesia
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't remember ever thinking I wished we had internet. I can't remember being bored either.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, my brother and I could disappear for days at a time. We used to stop in at the house to "sh*t, shower and shave" and then poof we were gone again.

    Stephanie Did It
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How can a kid wish for internet when it wasn't even a thing at the time? No one sat at home a hundred years ago and sighed, "Gee it's gonna be so boring until they invent television"

    Tinderella
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The internet was definitely a huge thing for most of the 90s. The OP is wrong from the start. We had way cooler chat rooms and websites in the 90s than we have today.

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    Mickysixxx
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I stayed in the house during the 90s I got into trouble or I was sick. We didn't need the internet we just went outside and did s**t. We would go out and see what was happening and get up to all sorts of stuff. I miss not having a phone attached to me all the time. I miss live music. I miss having a beer at the pub. We we're Kings!

    Irish woman abroad
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I miss turning up more than one minute late, and NOT being phoned by your friends, demanding to know where you are!

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    MongoMarcia
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the internet that keeps people stuck in the house. Doy!

    Just_for_this
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can remember my dad wishing we didn't! we had it a week before he upgraded to broadband when he realised we weren't getting any phone calls.

    Mari Mar Pinta
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine playing outside and riding your bike and not being glued to your phone for hours and everyone knew where we were at cuz all of our bikes and toys were in front of our friend's house down the street. Imagine earning $25/week to deliver the AM newspaper and then splitting that with your sister and still thinking we was rich... at age 12+9. Imagine playing duck, duck goose, red rover red rover and hide and seek for hours, climbing the trees and seeing who could climb the highest without busting your a$$. Imagine hanging out at the pool with your friends without parental supervision because we were actually at the pool frying our skin with baby oil for a tan and spraying lemon water for cool blond highlights lol. Imagine doing homework together with the neighbors and wrapping our books with paper bags from the grocery store and then drawing+doodling all over them to see who's looked the coolest. Nahhh papa, my teenage hood was all good. So glad I got to experience the 80's+90's!

    François Carré
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, we also used to spend an unreasonable amount of time in front of the TV screen, though.

    Jiminy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair: the pandemic lockdowns would've been way worse without the internet.

    HurlWurk
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the 90s, we had BBS, and internet predecessors, it was an amazing time when games were still designed for single players offline, but we could also download patches!

    Mongoose
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh... the internet existed in the 90s. If anything it was more fun than it is now. Between that, all the great TV, and video games, not leaving the house was absolutely an option.

    Evan H
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And not just crappy AOL dial-up, high-speed cable internet was rolled out to major urban communities in the mid-1990s. It was also the golden age of LAN-parties, with games like Doom, Unreal Tournament, Starcraft.

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    Kris
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now it's: "It's 7pm. Do you know what your child is doing online?"

    Kezza
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We didn't NEED internet we had gems like SONIC, DOOM64, tetras and snake,alex the kid, Jack n Dax, Ratchet n clank, FFVII and VIII 90s kids didn't NEED internet we had some of thee best games to exist

    Ray Arani
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We got internet in the late 90s and it was so slow being dialed up and you couldn't even be on the phone and internet at the same time so the internet was only really exciting when the parents weren't home and you could... Ahem, research... whatever you wanted. Cue a million pop ups.

    Endishere
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    90's without internet and bored? Well, this guy never had the experience how tricky it was to hide porns magazine LOL from your dear parents. Well, land telephone is something the reason your parents yelling out your name(s)

    Greenmantle
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was better back then. More quality time with your friends and siblings, and a hell of a lot less stress.

    Iva Kazalova
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was no need for the internet when we were kids because actual social interaction with other kids existed

    Jessiebean
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I say the internet ruined childhoods. It was way more fun before it.

    Paul Neff
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The concept works like this, you cannot envy the past, because you have things now that make it lacking. These things did not bother you in the past, because you did not know about them in order to miss them. It's like asking someone how they felt before they were born.

    AbsintheMinded
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flying toaster screensavers & Lemmings summed up the 90’s for me.

    Ba-Na-Na
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to thank Tana Claus for her response and reminding us about the commercial. That was awesome times!

    David
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was the time 12 year old me went to another country for a day and mom was worried. In USA, lived close to Canada. My friend and I went to Canada (border crossings different back then) with his older brother to hang out with his girlfriend. It got really late, crashed at GF's house and drove back next morning. Thought I was doing mom a favor by not calling her at 2 AM thinking she would be asleep. Came home to cop car in driveway because mom reported me missing. OOPS. lol There are some pluses to being able to send a quick text these days.

    Andrei Marentette
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the 90's were a**? You had bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden who were dominating

    NickTurtle
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We already had computers and consoles and guess what? Even TV and movies. Actually gaming was better without constant online updates..

    Lizz
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read a ton of books and was practically glued to my guitar back then

    Amanda
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We played outside all day and til sun went down. Hung out with friends. Parks were actually used

    Michelle Smith
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true. Out after breakfast and for lunch out again and for supper out again. out after breakfast and for lunch out again and for supper out again, our parents our parents knew we were safe and that all the neighbors watch out for each other’s kids

    Vicki Cunningham
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What fun. Outside playing, home by 11 on weekends. Greatest fun ever....with real live people!

    Panda-Moan-I-Ummm....
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just miss TV going off at night. I have no self-control!!!! I stay up and watch shows if it went off at night if get more sleep. I'm not staying up to clean lol

    tillytrot1000
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I certainly wasn’t bored, I always played out & I never remember it raining, so now we have wet bored kids!!!!

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I immediately fell in love with the Internet because I love going down rabbit holes of research. But, I'll be the first to admit that it's isolating. Prior to the Internet, we actually had to go out for research, which led to engaging with other humans.

    Michele Clarke
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We were actually out in the world experiencing life, not sitting infant of a computer making a fake one up!

    Juliette Dauterive
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder what “kids these days” are going to have for memories. OMG, we had fun! Sex drugs, rock n roll! In person! We also went canoeing, camping, and grew gardens.

    Ashley H.
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 90s went over two or three spots of change. Early we had a Mac lab at school to do papers sometimes, no often. There was a lab with programs to learn data entry and not sure what else. I was pretty bad at it. I'm 96 my first year in college a teacher had us to to the library and use a PC to get on the World Wide Web. I remember being scared haha! By 98 I had my own PC and I taught myself how the PC worked, which most cannot do now. Learn so you don't go into debt buying a new PC/Mac/tablet/phone/notebook or whatever every few years. I was definitely not bored. And SIMS! LOL. Also people still talked to one another without looking at their hand every 5 seconds.

    Liz Downing
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a kid in the 60's and 70's, I had a wonderful childhood and feel like it was in the "best time to be a kid." I hope ALL kids feel that way.

    Autumn Artemis
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to have been born in the 80s-90s. I wish I wasn't surrounded by technology all the time :,)

    Autumn Artemis
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't get me wrong, technology is amazing and my life is very dependent on the communication that technology provides, but I regret how often I sit and scroll my phone or laptop tbh

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    kathy fitzpatrick
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now that message would have to be on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok or no one would ever see it.

    Laura Probst
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss the days of playing outside for hours, only knowing it was time to come home when my father's piercing whistle echoed through the entire 12-block neighborhood.

    RiceRiceBaby 929
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the 90s, you couldn't keep us in the house. Kids today, you can't get them out of the house.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idk how my mom didn't lose her mind letting me run wild as a kid and not knowing where I was or when (or if) I was coming home... I can't go a full hour without checking on my dog with our cameras, I can't imagine going hours without hearing from a literal child.

    Herbert Strunk III
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That started in the early 80's, right along with the fried egg saying this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs. My mom was a stay at home mom with a police scanner, my aunt was a vice superintendent of schools. I didn't get away with s**t.

    Shoto Todoroki
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a kid growing up in the 90s we had internet, problem was, for AOL users that is (which was my family), you had to put in a disk that gave you a x number of free hours to use it. But the real problem was waiting for it to boot up. It was so loud and so slow that you'd find yourself doing other things that are more productive while you waited. But yeah I was never bored, I'd play on the gameboy or N64, read a book. It's were I figured out I liked writing

    Rachel
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had internet in the 90s. Pay by the minute sort, yes, but I’ve been online since about 1988.

    Sinnsyk Jakte
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I reference that commercial a lot when my managers are nowhere to be found. 'Another three-bell. Do you know where your mate's at?'

    Jason Smith
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I kept myself busy outside, who cared about the internet lol??

    Dianellian
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We did have the internet in the 90’s. 7.4K! How excited we were to upgrade to14k! That’s kilobytes.

    Joe Hurd
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lmao inside.... I spent my entire childhood outside roaming free with my friends. Just be home by time streetlights turn on

    Susan Bosse
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely were not stuck in the house. You looked for bicycles or skateboards to know where everyone was if they weren't at your house.

    Blackheart
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have lived well over half my life with no internet and no cell phone. Believe me, I had fun!

    Veegenius
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had to ride or walk miles just to find out, that so and so is not home. Street lights come on, get inside.

    Katrina Anderson
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, until the Internet came along, before that I was never never bored, always outside doing something. And I also remember that 10pm commercial. My parents were very deligent about rounding all of us in the house by about 8pm latest if we were having fun. About 13 when the Internet became a thing and my Dad wouldn’t let me on there Internet till I was about 16. And even then it was even able to be on it all the time time.

    Anon Anon
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bruh, life at home without the internet was better than life at home today. We had the Super Nintendo, Rugrats, Microsoft Golf, etc. That s**t was the LIFE. Kid me was never bored at home.

    Kurichfield
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can still remember my family and friends phone numbers...fat chance now. Where's my phone? aka my new main brain.

    D Bhudia
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When we were kings and queens. Nothing had a hold over us.

    BatPhace
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was no stuck in the house when there was 10acres to run around in lol I was the forest sprite of my own childhood lol

    Jessica Cifelli
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They say ignorance is bliss. We didn't care about internet, because it just wasn't there until later in the 90s. That being said, I can hear the man's voice

    Bethany Heller
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God I wish I were living then. I'm dying here in the house, not allowed to leave, playing third parent.

    Deborah B
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No internet, no mobile phones, 4 tv channels and blockbuster was a rare luxury. One computer shared with 6 other people, only the inbuilt tetris and solitaire as computer games. We read books and played cardgames.

    DCB
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IF I had a choice - and this is not an easy call - I would go for "no internet" existing

    Wicked Adi
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was never bored in the 90s, I barely knew home existed! Miss those days when you hung out with friends and actually talked to each other and did ridiculous and idiotic things!

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I was about 8 y/o when the internet went public in the early 90s, and I can definitely say like most of us who were growing up at that time, we were never "stuck in the house." We spent so much time outdoors, having adventures, that I barely remembered what my parents looked like. Lol

    Carlos
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the internet isn't the problem, its a great tool. The problem is that we have it at the tip of our fingers 24/7 and it has been weaponized to sell us things that we do not need.

    D Peterson
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I needed as a child & teenager was a library & books to read.

    Amber Cook
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the 80'd we just got told be home when the street lights come on.

    RoanTheMad
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter is autistic, and she does love browsing youtube and does that a lot on her tablet, but during nicer weather I make sure to take her out and about so she learns about stuff in the world too, she loved seeing the lambs last spring, so that will be coming around again soon. x3

    Mari
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom didn't let us play outside. We were always stuck in the house. We were playing with dolls, were reading books or watching tv and also a lot of time bored to death!

    BenS
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had the Internet in 1994. No idea what this post is talking about.

    SayaCat
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yup. I was born in 92. n we didn't have Internet untill maybe 2009. didn't really bother me too much. my grandparents were super old school. I had books, music (records mostly, bit also guitar and piano) I miss those days. sometimes ill still have days were ill go off the grid. just becuz the internet just seems so crappy. clickbate, scams, ect.

    Scott Crowe
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    S**t....life was actually BETTER without it. IDGAF what you're having for lunch or the status of your kid's bowel-movements.

    Anonymous
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I didn't have the internet growing up, I'd probably have fulfilled my dream of building a submarine at a much younger age.

    RAWR
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw one recently that said, "It's 7:00, do you know where your kids are online?" Yeah, this is where we are now.

    Persephone
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would play in the yard or with friends... would love if my kids found that as wonderous as I did.

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back then, since I was quickly going from relationship to relationships, "Do you know where your kids are? came across more as an accusation than a question to me.

    Gigi
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember getting excited about going over to friends houses just to listen to a new album that just came out. Because only one of us had the cash to buy it. We'd listen for hours and talk and eat junk food.🥹

    Walter Brameld
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine being a modern kid, not even realizing that playing outside is an option.

    The Other Other White Meat
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't even remember living at my own house... just went there occasionally for food and to sleep 😂😂

    tuzdayschild
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't miss what you jever had. What we had was a great time playing outside.

    BenS
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No idea what this is all about. I've had the Internet in my house since 1994.

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    Joshuah Johnston
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And today, the actors who played Short Round was nominated for an OSCAR and he's predicted to WIN!!! CONGRATS Short Round 🎉🎊

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    There are a few things you can do to avoid the negative effects of nostalgia. As advised by VeryWellMind, one should aim to ground themselves in the present moment. What are you doing right now that you enjoy? Also, make an effort to connect with others, spend time with people you care about, and talk to them about your positive memories.

    Furthermore, do things that make you happy. Listen to music, go for walks, watch your favorite movie. If you’re feeling particularly down or drifting more and more into the past, it would be a good idea to speak to a therapist about it all, as they can help you make sense of things. Most importantly, be mindful of how much time you spend dwelling on the past.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well i've recently learned you need to make those markers wet before using. Lets say 30 years to late.

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    At the end of the day, nostalgia is an experience that unites us all as people. Albeit different in each case, nostalgia motivates us to remember the past, uniting us with that authentic self and reminding us of who we have been, then comparing that to who we feel we are today. The conflict of the bitter longing for what can never be again together with the sweetness of having experienced it is what makes us all inherently human. 

    As you continue to scroll through this list of hilarity and painful nostalgia, make sure you’re upvoting your favorites and leaving comments along the way, and I shall hope to see you in the very next one! Have yourselves a good one! 

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    Cassi Lyris
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's even a bit sadder now, since the actor also died pretty young. 😥

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scriptwriter: "I dreamed of writing the Great American Novel, but this is what I ended up doing instead. Oh well, might as well make the best of it and use some of my "A" material."

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the next line, for anyone wondering is: Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i. Which is the original line, backwards.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mythbusters did this one once. The bad guys would hear you crawling through that metal vent from a mile away. Clang clang clang. "I'm being stealthy" Clang clang clang.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After I watched this a few times I remember thinking about that same thing and there goes the Ed Gein of the Cars world!

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    ISeeWendiGo
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many celebs will wear the same thing in public because it makes the paparazzi photos worth less money.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For the rest of us it is trying to kneel on a piece of wood balanced on a kitchen table, trying to saw a bit off and the wood keeps moving, you then find the cut piece is crooked and you've left a small nick in the table top. Sawdust is sticking to you and you tea/coffee has gone cold.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a photo from a particular type of adult movie, involving a group of black males towering over a very small white girl. I believe this is in reference to that particular photo,

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I may get hated for saying this, but Im not mad at Will Smith for acting out pain for his wife. He just did it on national tv. To make a joke about his wife's medical condition is a f****d up thing to do too. That was just overshadowed by the actions of Smith

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did he find love in orange suits? Btw, why is the name of the actor Jeff Daniels, who was just as awesome in Dumb and Dumber as Jim, so little mention?

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me either. Now my Walmart makes the stock people stock shelves in the morning. It takes them at least 3 hours longer than it did overnight because now they have to try and dodge around more shoppers. I'm a relatively early shopper and I've been run into by stock people more times in the last 3 years than I had in the entire rest of my life prior.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Audio-video cables. Van Gogh - only one audio cable. Beethoven, only visual (he went deaf). Stevie wonder --only audio cables (he was blind)

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How long did it go for Dale to not realize his son was not his son? 13 years? 14?

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The second from the left and also the second from the right will always be my favorite Velma.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went straight to the fridge and grabbed a water bottle right after seeing this

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flash games were OK, but websites designed on Flash were a real pain in the low back.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the comic book series: Fables, Gepetto is the puppet master that controls an evil and cruel empire

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But, let's be honest, Disney Villains are more true to life. That sweet kil'ol' lady can't be a villain? Oh, she was a secretary, at Belsen. That doctor, who lives on our street can't be evil, he gives full size Snickers at Halloween?! Oh, he euthanizes people he seems a burden. That college guy can't be bad, he helps out down at the animal shelter? What do you mean his Frat Bro's call him, "Mr. Roofie".

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh god, I hated these things... Want a mushy cake disaster? Get one of these. Trust me, OP, I wanted to keep forgetting...

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still no annyoing commercials in every 15-20 minutes and you can choose whatever you want to watch. You can pause everything if you wanna go to the toilet. You can also stop watching it, go to sleep and continue where you left it. You don't have to remind yourself to record the stuff you are interested in if you are not at home because you can watch anything whenever you have time for it. If you liked a scene you can watch it again. So it's still not the same.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shen was such a good villain in KFP2. They had it set up perfectly where you'd think "maybe he'll learn.....maybe he'll redeem himself"...THEN NOPE! SMASH!

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's 2011, I am 38, I didn't know I would have my first son 2 years after... Let's go multiplayer.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only remember annoying orange. That was the only thing that aired when I used to watch TV. The rest of them I don’t know

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