[The Libertine]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

Every damn day of my life.

You just can’t put a value on the memories; they’re truly priceless.

[tcphoto]

I rarely feel nostalgic because I'm trying to keep moving forward and stay relevant. I think the downfall of younger generations accelerated with video games, iPads and other devices, parents let those distractions raise their children and they became more selfish and self-centered as a result. Feel nostalgic for people respecting others, learning from other cultures and societies? Yes. As I've said, commonsense is not so common anymore.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Society has proven itself unprepared for the internet age.

To me, this is typical of people. Give us an inch and we'll take a mile, every frigging time.

[tranquility]

I could get philosophical about this...

It's irony how this amazing modern technology has lowered the quality of humans and quality of life. It was supposed to be like The Jetsons, but it made ppl even busier and hectic and harsh.

Processed foods are a lot worse due to the pursuit of the almighty $ when they actually tasted decent and were relatively healthy back in the day.

If Dystopia hasn't been realized yet, just look at the past few years w this pandemic thing. It is literally unreal, the whole thing, how ppl are acting and to each other...everything. Oh, don't say the wrong thing, you're gonna get mobbed and cancelled...and I thought science was about asking questions.

I remember way back an episode on The Twilight Zone/Outer Limits...one of those kinds of shows, they were showing everyone w 'smart devices' and everyone was linked up and somebody did something that was perceived offensive and everyone around that person proceeded to dock 'points' on said somebody until their rating went crazily into the red and they got ostracized. Watching it back then I thought it was such a crazy concept and just insane....it's just incredible and scary that this actually turned into reality.

Conversely, all these muppets saying cringey stuff like "OH TY!! I can't believe I got some many likes for my comment!!!" What? Who cares?! What is a 'like'? Does that feed your family? Get a life. All these clowns making fools of themselves on TikTok/etc, grown adults doing the most stupid infantile things for views/likes/whatever. Ppl should literally really get out more.

Ppl not knowing how to have a normal and decent conversation...it's a lost art. The internet is just a MEDIUM but they actually treat it as a different way of interacting, so some (many) say/type the most odd, anti-social, tactless, rude things and think it's perfectly normal due to some perceived shield of anonymity.

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

The big one is music, i know every generation likes it's own but jesus H it is dire right now. Absolutely dire. Forget my preferred heavier angle, even basic pop songs are dead. It's all talk singing, fucking Drake and the like. It is abysmal.

Originally Posted by The Libertine

Today’s music is generally garbage.

As a die hard metal head growing up in the 70's and 80's, in general I concur. That said, this young man and his band gives me hope that good music is not dead, just on a break. Best acoustic flat picker ever, and as a group best live jam band since the Dead, IMO.

And yes, other than BP, social media is a plague.

[Esteban]

Agree with hubbahubba. ^^ Very good guitar player here. ^^

[Oldgixxer]

Born in '69 so I miss Saturday morning cartoons,toys that could actually kill you,the music(80s being my fave) and a lotta other things that are long gone.

However,absolutely do not miss the 70's/80s BUSH

[wtwo3]

Originally Posted by Oldgixxer

Born in '69 so I miss Saturday morning cartoons,toys that could actually kill you,the music(80s being my fave) and a lotta other things that are long gone.

Saturday morning cartoons! Totally forgot about that. And cartoons were good back in the day too.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by The Libertine

You just can’t put a value on the memories; they’re truly priceless.

I couldn't agree more.

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by wtwo3

Saturday morning cartoons! Totally forgot about that. And cartoons were good back in the day too.

YES! I used to get up at 5:15 for the Pink Panther at 5:30, and roll on from there!

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

YES! I used to get up at 5:15 for the Pink Panther at 5:30, and roll on from there!

We tried to get home by 5:00 PM (next to impossible) to watch Huckleberry Hound.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

Is it the internet though or more like smartphones and social media?

I mean I think the internet is amazing and smartphones are not bad on their own either. Do you really want to go back to using maps? Or having to go on mapquest before going anywhere to print your directions?

Personally I think social media is what started the downward spiral and having access to it 24/7 on your smartphone is just the icing on the cake.

I do miss having zero knowledge or care about politics though. Ahhhh 2019... the good ol days.

I believe it is both. Social media breeds more trouble than it's worth, while the internet is loaded with propaganda, myths and lies. Websites are easy to create and can mimic legitimate websites incredibly easy and by a-holes sitting in a closet in BFE who'd like nothing more than to see our democracy fail.

I realized the power of the internet, both good and bad, clear back in 1994 when I published my 1st website. I could easily publish any bullshit I cared to (but didn't).

[NoMoreVauxhalls]

Growing up in the 70's and 80's in the East End of London, was certainly an experience. There were good times and bad times then, as with all places, but generally it was good - and I often feel melancholy about those times, and the friends I had then.

I sometimes have dreams about the places I used to hang at, and the people I used to hang with, and I really like being transported back there...

As well as Saturday morning cartoons, I also miss early Saturday evening TV! The A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, Buck Rogers in the 25 Century, Happy Days, etc. etc. Great shows.

And Airfix models. I miss my Airfix models! I used to love getting those little kits and putting them together - I had quite a collection. Hmmmm..... maybe I should treat myself to an Airfix model now...

Never been a fan of Facebook and those other platforms so they're pretty much off limits to me. I work in the computer security industry, so maybe that has something to do with it!

[UncleWede]

I come by my "ancestral" home and take a walk. That's where Bill lived, the Smiths over there. I never did deliver very many newspapers on this block. The Glens house looked beat in 80's, and STILL it hasn't been painted

That corner used to have a gas station. There was that time we had a soda can, made a dent and pricked some little holes, then inhaled in the repair bays. Then we crossed the parking lot and got some buttermilk crullers from the donut shop


That what you talking about?

[The Libertine]

Originally Posted by NoMoreVauxhalls

Growing up in the 70's and 80's in the East End of London, was certainly an experience. There were good times and bad times then, as with all places, but generally it was good - and I often feel melancholy about those times, and the friends I had then.

I sometimes have dreams about the places I used to hang at, and the people I used to hang with, and I really like being transported back there...

As well as Saturday morning cartoons, I also miss early Saturday evening TV! The A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, Buck Rogers in the 25 Century, Happy Days, etc. etc. Great shows.

And Airfix models. I miss my Airfix models! I used to love getting those little kits and putting them together - I had quite a collection. Hmmmm..... maybe I should treat myself to an Airfix model now...

Never been a fan of Facebook and those other platforms so they're pretty much off limits to me. I work in the computer security industry, so maybe that has something to do with it!

I spent a good part of my childhood growing up in London (Nottinghill Gate area). London was a bit drab back then compared to its state now, but do have fond memories related to shopping on Oxford Street, hanging out on Kensington High Street with friends. TV selections were not so great (BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV) as I recall, but did have my share of Airfix models!

[NoMoreVauxhalls]

Originally Posted by The Libertine

I spent a good part of my childhood growing up in London (Nottinghill Gate area). London was a bit drab back then compared to its state now, but do have fond memories related to shopping on Oxford Street, hanging out on Kensington High Street with friends. TV selections were not so great (BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV) as I recall, but did have my share of Airfix models!

Hahahah yeah. Up to the early 80s we only had those three terrestrial channels!! Then, I think around 82/83 we got Channel 4, and then Channel 5 came along in the 90s.

We were too poor to have satellite TV in the 80s, so we had to make do with those meagre offerings lol

BTW - this is how sad I am. I had some time off over Christmas, so I found myself trawling YouTube for the old shows I used to watch as a youngster. I watched a couple episodes of Quincy ME lol, and somehow started watching dumb 80's kids TV shows like Chocky and Stig of the Dump

So yeah - I do get those nostalgia feelings...

[The Libertine]

Originally Posted by NoMoreVauxhalls

BTW - this is how sad I am. I had some time off over Christmas, so I found myself trawling YouTube for the old shows I used to watch as a youngster. I watched a couple episodes of Quincy ME lol, and somehow started watching dumb 80's kids TV shows like Chocky and Stig of the Dump

So yeah - I do get those nostalgia feelings...

I’ll do the same. Heck, you can even find compilations of TV commercials, etc. from past decades. Those are also an interesting watch, and noting which products are no longer available.

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by NoMoreVauxhalls

Growing up in the 70's and 80's in the East End of London, was certainly an experience. There were good times and bad times then, as with all places, but generally it was good - and I often feel melancholy about those times, and the friends I had then.

I sometimes have dreams about the places I used to hang at, and the people I used to hang with, and I really like being transported back there...

I can relate to this so much. I sometimes dream about my childhood home and its surroundings. I wonder where my childhood friends went and try to look them up online w/o much luck.

I sometimes all of a sudden recall funny things that happened when I was child, like the time I walked to school really, really early, so early that no one was around, so my little brain thought school was closed and walked home but then I was balling my eyes out cuz no one was home and I was locked out! I then went to the neighbors and rang their bell but no one's there either...they had this cat that came to the entrance, I saw it through the window beside the door, it was literally repeatedly jumping up trying to reach the lock, I really think it was trying to open the door for me because it saw a frantic kid crying his eyes out in distress. What a beautiful kind creature, I miss that cat and hope it had a good life. Anyway, after a while, I walked my dumb X back to school and everything was fine haha. The End.

[The Libertine]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

YES! I used to get up at 5:15 for the Pink Panther at 5:30, and roll on from there!

I feel sorry for the children watching current Saturday morning programs. All rubbish compared with what we grew up with.

[wtwo3]

Originally Posted by The Libertine

I feel sorry for the children watching current Saturday morning programs. All rubbish compared with what we grew up with.

A few years ago I was randomly awake early on a saturday morning and was flipping channels... happened upon some cartoons. Holy shit... the people who must be creating these cartoons these days have to be on some sort of LSD or PCP or something. It was awful and made absolutely no sense.

[Esteban]

Reading to my daughter when she was very little. She learned to read at a young age and sometimes she would read to me.

One of our favorites was "Calvin and Hobbes." Another was "The Night Before Christmas" at Christmas time.

She is so sweet, for Christmas this year she gave me a couple of vintage pop up books of The Night Before Christmas. She knew I loved those times with her. When I opened those gifts I broke down in tears.

[tranquility]

This video hits hard. What is this endless meaningless? circle of life?