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[jason10mm]

Carefree Saturday mornings with cartoons and a good bowl of cereal.

Especially cartoons that were just jankily animated toy commercials with none of that bullshit positive messaging or trying to sneak in an education! Just pure wastes of time and imagination rocket fuel

 

[nush]

I wish I could go back to this time, In Blockbuster Mexico, I went in search of each establishment to find video games that were difficult to obtain. I got Fatal Frame, Haunting ground, God Hand, Silent hill 3, among other very difficult games to get for 10 dollars.

It was the same in Blockbuster in the UK, I'd get all the rare games used in those stores. The staff did not know about the value of games and all the actual gamers and collectors would just hit up the major videogame chains instead, provided the staff in those stores hadn't kept the rare games for themselves.

I went through the Blockbuster website and found all the stores in my area and all the stores on my commute home, some of those stores were actually really tiny tucked away on housing estates and you've never know they were there unless you were local. They also didn't take out the 48hour Xbox Live codes from the used games, so I'd scoop those out of the cases, I got about 2 years of weekend play from those. I had no time to play during the weeks so it worked out good for me.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

It was the same in Blockbuster in the UK, I'd get all the rare games used in those stores. The staff did not know about the value of games and all the actual gamers and collectors would just hit up the major videogame chains instead, provided the staff in those stores hadn't kept the rare games for themselves.

I went through the Blockbuster website and found all the stores in my area and all the stores on my commute home, some of those stores were actually really tiny tucked away on housing estates and you've never know they were there unless you were local. They also didn't take out the 48hour Xbox Live codes from the used games, so I'd scoop those out of the cases, I got about 2 years of weekend play from those. I had no time to play during the weeks so it worked out good for me.

Are you my otherworldly self?

 

[nush]

none of that bullshit positive messaging or trying to sneak in an education

I guess you never watched He-Man.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Fear Factor and it’s random challenges.

Sony Walkman downloading MP3’s I grew up with.

I thought I’d never miss McDonald’s playgrounds.

 

[jason10mm]

I guess you never watched He-Man.

What nessage did He-man have other than "get swole to get the guys"?

 

[p_xavier]

Especially cartoons that were just jankily animated toy commercials with none of that bullshit positive messaging or trying to sneak in an education! Just pure wastes of time and imagination rocket fuel

Plus diabetes!

 

[dr_octagon]

Physical media and artwork. Interfaces with buttons and the tactile feel, the sound of a click or whirrings of things working.

 

[Classicrockfan]

m.u.s.c.l.e wrestlers I use to have a lot and all the color variations with ring.

 

[teezzy]

Daily phone calls from my mother (RIP)

They drove me nuts back in the day. I'd kill to speak to her at least one last time though now.

 

[Cattlyst]

Not being connected to the internet 24/7. If you wanted to use the internet, you had to go to a dedicated computer room at school or college or an Internet cafe, and once you were done, that’s it - it wasn’t ubiquitous and all consuming like it is now.

 

[FunkMiller]

What nessage did He-man have other than "get swole to get the guys"?

Every episode of He-Man ended with a moral message for the kids watching. The entire show was based around moralising to the kids.

Not being connected to the internet 24/7. If you wanted to use the internet, you had to go to a dedicated computer room at school or college or an Internet cafe, and once you were done, that’s it - it wasn’t ubiquitous and all consuming like it is now.

This might seem incredible, but there was even a time when there was no such thing as the internet.

 

[nush]

Not being connected to the internet 24/7. If you wanted to use the internet, you had to go to a dedicated computer room at school or college or an Internet cafe, and once you were done, that’s it - it wasn’t ubiquitous and all consuming like it is now.

For me it was only at work and then only a few staff were given access via AOL accounts and modems attached to their PC's. I'd printout some websites to read later and save files of preserved games to enjoy at home.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

 

[jason10mm]

Every episode of He-Man ended with a moral message for the kids watching. The entire show was based around moralising to the kids.

Sure, so did GI Joe, a little bit at the end. But that's nothing compared to the level of messaging in cartoons for kids today. Granted, I think a lot of the saturday morning type stuff is gone, replaced by anime or cartoon network, but what my kids watch now is way more preachy IMHO.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Carefree Saturday mornings with cartoons and a good bowl of cereal.

Never been an early riser for Saturday cartoons, but I tried my best to watch these when I could wake up.

D&D 9:30
Spiderman Amazing Friends and Alvin and Chipmunks somewhere around 10:30 or 11:00 am I think

I forget what else I watched, but probably Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

That inner child literally being all of you and those around you enabling a pure enjoyment and curiosity of all things. You could be on a bike with your mates or walking home from school or just finding joy through imagination with literally nothing around. Adulting sucks by comparison, I live through my kids, their friends and hanging on to just having fun anywhere and anytime but it ain't the same as actually being a carefree kid at play.

Also a New York slice of pizza with chili flakes. You just don't get it the same in the land down under.

 

[Romulus]

Talking to people without them fighting the urge to check their goddamn phone, or outright looking at it in mid conversation. "Huh?"

 

[Cattlyst]

This might seem incredible, but there was even a time when there was no such thing as the internet.

I’m aware - I’m in my mid 40s. Just reminiscing about the early days!

 

[Classicrockfan]

I also loved and missed

I wish Nintendo would rerelease thsee as an online subscription all past issues.

 

[Shtef]

Being young

 

[jufonuk]

I miss how when I was a kid a few hours could feel like days, the anticipation of things like summer vacation or an upcoming birthday. I miss knowing all of my friends phone numbers by heart which I still remember to this day as if they were my own.

Pretty much this. The summer holidays felt like months back then. Now I work. I feel like I go through months so quickly.

Going round a mates house or them coming round yours with a group of friends to play Baku Baku animal or death tank. Just the laughs we would have. All the silly things.
It’s nice to have online play but real life with a group just playing all day laughing and joking. Nice times. Fun to look back on.

I also miss the sheer naivety about feeling like I could take on the world. Now I’m just trying to get by and provide for my family.

 

[BigBooper]

Phonebooks. Every business and every person in town was listed in one place. You didn't have to search Google, Facebook, and Yelp to see what their contact information was. Just look them up in the book for their number and address.

 

[jufonuk]

It was the same in Blockbuster in the UK, I'd get all the rare games used in those stores. The staff did not know about the value of games and all the actual gamers and collectors would just hit up the major videogame chains instead, provided the staff in those stores hadn't kept the rare games for themselves.

I went through the Blockbuster website and found all the stores in my area and all the stores on my commute home, some of those stores were actually really tiny tucked away on housing estates and you've never know they were there unless you were local. They also didn't take out the 48hour Xbox Live codes from the used games, so I'd scoop those out of the cases, I got about 2 years of weekend play from those. I had no time to play during the weeks so it worked out good for me.

Worked for them as a part time job. It was ok. Could take tapes home to watch. But not the new releases (provided we return them them in a few days)

I had dreams to open a video rental shop/arcade. But yeah. Don’t think that will work anymore lol

 

[nush]

Worked for them as a part time job. It was ok. Could take tapes home to watch. But not the new releases (provided we return them them in a few days)

I had dreams to open a video rental shop/arcade. But yeah. Don’t think that will work anymore lol

I worked for Blockbuster for a couple of months, way before they sold preowned games in a small high street store. It was super slack, there was no actual store manager, just an area manager who wasn't paid enough to give a shit about the other stores he had to manage when he also was given his own store to look after at the same time. Also he was my mate and hooked me up with the job anyway.

We would smoke in the back room where all the videos were stored, set up one of the Saturn or PlayStation consoles they rented to play on and take home whatever tapes or games we wanted. I found there was so many classic films in the back we didn't know we had because the actual case for the tape would be stolen not long after that movie was played on TV and someone made a home recording of it. First time on TV, that case is going to be missing in a week.

Easy job, but shit money and hours.

 

[jufonuk]

I worked for Blockbuster for a couple of months, way before they sold preowned games in a small high street store. It was super slack, there was no actual store manager, just an area manager who wasn't paid enough to give a shit about the other stores he had to manage when he also was given his own store to look after at the same time. Also he was my mate and hooked me up with the job anyway.

We would smoke in the back room where all the videos were stored, set up one of the Saturn or PlayStation consoles they rented to play on and take home whatever tapes or games we wanted. I found there was so many classic films in the back we didn't know we had because the actual case for the tape would be stolen not long after that movie was played on TV and someone made a home recording of it. First time on TV, that case is going to be missing in a week.

Easy job, but shit money and hours.

Yup. Good times though I had some jobs worth manager demanding I arrange the sodas label out and snacks etc all lined up. Used Harrods as an example about when you shop there you see nicely decorated shop. He wanted the shops to be the same. Also got grilled about a missing bottle of coke in store 2litre one. I didn’t take it. Long story short after a few shifts the managers would audit the store to see what confectionery was missing. Wasn’t on my shift a few others stole loads never got told off. Only time I heard was one guy who worked there stole a load of new releases denied it. When they threatened to bring the police round he said oh seven tapes. (Back then I was told they had to buy the tapes off the distributor so it wasn’t a tape it had a value which they needed to recoup by rentals) so it had a lot of value like a few thousand.

Oh another time working on my own closing shop (despite having lowest rank) some shit thought it was funny to throw a firework behind the counter and it went off. I called the boss said I am not working the rest of the shift and closing up. Was talked out of it. Man blockbuster did take the piss with forcing the lower ranked staff to do most of the jobs the managers are paid for then Act annoyed when you want more money and don’t think things are fair. So glad that trend has stopped.

Looking back the pay even for managers was shit but they acted like they were lords of the galaxy. What summed it it p best when I worked for them and they needed cover they would call up know my name offer double pay etc. Even on days off. When I quit ran Into my manager a few months later who suddenly forgot my name and the fact I worked for them. Shows my importance to them. Yeah was my first serious job. Don’t regret it. Learnt a lot from it. Despite grumbling. It was a piece of piss. Ten mins from my house walking could watch movies in store (pg highest rating and no new releases) could take tapes home to watch and any out of date chocolate etc could take home. Just not the behind the counter stuff.

 

[gimmmick]

Not starting any political debate here, but I miss the guy and the 2008 in general. Good music happening, simpler times and a good man in office.

 

[Tams]

Going to the photo mat with my parents and picking up four to six months' worth of pictures.
We would actually make a night of it going through the photos from holidays and vacations when we picked them up - sometimes even have neighbors and family over if it was after a big trip.

I always laugh now when I see somebody taking and retaking a selfie at a restaurant, traffic stop, or point of interest while making that ridiculous duck face.

We did that. My parents had several friends and my mum's father who were more into photography, so they'd have slides. We'd go over for dinner and afterwards darken the room and watch a slideshow with whoever's photos they were narrating.

I'd 'sneak' a few sips of whatever after dinner liquor they were drinking. Sometimes it was even from the place (usually a foreign country) they'd visited.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

blowjobs

 

[VenomousCoffee]

I miss conversations. I remember watching adults, when I was a kid, talking about one topic for an extended amount of time, and they would take turns as they spoke, each waiting for the other person to finish their thought before the next one started talking. Now, it seems like everyone is just always talking all at once, all the time, often about different subjects. Unless they're looking at their phone, of course.

 

[p_xavier]

blowjobs

My sympathies on your dick loss. A small thing of the past to remember.

 

[Catphish]

I miss the corner store, where you could get a candy bar for $.50, a little plastic juicy bottle with the aluminum foil top for $.25, and a pack of Kools with a note your dad gave you.

 

[Porcile]

Going into games without expectations and being surprised nearly every single time.

 

[Billbofet]

I miss the corner store, where you could get a candy bar for $.50, a little plastic juicy bottle with the aluminum foil top for $.25, and a pack of Kools with a note your dad gave you.

I think around when I ten or so, they released Cherry Coke. I was so excited I biked, by myself, to Rexall Drug to get a can. It was like Willy Wonka with people coming up to me asking about it.

 

[thefool]

I miss everything that is tangible. It can be paper, books, disks, even menus but especially the way we interact with stuff. Its beyond mere digitalization.
Touching stuff, its physical forms, textures, aspect, the quality of physical possessions, all have an inherent quality and unique value.

 

[Catphish]

I think around when I ten or so, they released Cherry Coke. I was so excited I biked, by myself, to Rexall Drug to get a can. It was like Willy Wonka with people coming up to me asking about it.

We must be around the same age. I have a particularly warm and fuzzy memory of a perfect summer night, I was about 10 or 11, and myself and a bunch of other kids on the block were at the neighborhood carnival earlier in the day, and came home with all kinds of light-up stuff. I had a visor with little lights across the top, other kids had bracelets or wands or stuff like that. And one of the kid's moms brought out cans of Cherry Coke for us. It was the first time most of us had tried it. Just a grand evening, chasing each other around, lights blinking, listening to 80s pop radio, sipping Cherry Coke.

I'd give anything to visit that night again.

 

[Tumle]

I can smell this picture. I miss lots of things. One of the foremost on my mind lately is my hair.

Don't worry, Will Smith got your back!

 

[jufonuk]

LAN parties.

Fucking hell is that real or shopped ?

 

[PSYGN]

Going to Wal-Mart with my bro and digging for some cool Hot Wheels cars.
Or opening a pack of Pokemon cards... my family wasn't rich so it was like a once or twice a year event.

 

[StabbyStabStabStabStab]

Hmmm... I think its probably Noseybonk

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I miss the corner store, where you could get a candy bar for $.50, a little plastic juicy bottle with the aluminum foil top for $.25, and a pack of Kools with a note your dad gave you.

I dont know if corner stores do this anymore, but probably back around the same time, I could buy Swedish Berries for 1 penny each (maybe it was 2 cents?), and sour keys were I think a nickel. The store clerk would give you a small brown bag and you fill it up. And he trusted what you had in the bag

Looking back it was gross. You'd just grab the shit out of the open box with your sweaty hands. lol

I remember buy these tiny orange juice gum + 3 shitty lollipops for $0.60 I think. It was $0.35 for the carton and 3/$0.25 lollipops at a grocery store.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Being bored. There is always something going on.

 

[kurisu_1974]

This is about 10 minutes from my house

 

[ResilientBanana]

Gamepro
The Real Ghostbusters Toys
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Saturday Morning Cartoons

 

[Pejo]

Also, hanging out with my girlfriend before TikTok was around. Now I get forced into watching other people's pet and baby videos non-stop.

 

[kurisu_1974]

Also, hanging out with my girlfriend before TikTok was around. Now I get forced into watching other people's pet and baby videos non-stop.

Why forced? I quit using almost all social media and it's awesome.

 

[Pejo]

Why forced? I quit using almost all social media and it's awesome.

she literally shoves her phone at me and says "watch this". I don't have a tiktok of my own, are you crazy?

 

[-Minsc-]

LAN parties.

Was never at something like that but it does remind me of some friends bringing their computers over in the early 2000's and LANing it up.

Phonebooks. Every business and every person in town was listed in one place. You didn't have to search Google, Facebook, and Yelp to see what their contact information was. Just look them up in the book for their number and address.

I must admit, you make a very logical point.

 

[kurisu_1974]

isn't the phonebook online now like https://www.whitepages.com/

Or do you actually miss the big paper doorstop?

 

[BigBooper]

I miss the corner store, where you could get a candy bar for $.50, a little plastic juicy bottle with the aluminum foil top for $.25, and a pack of Kools with a note your dad gave you.

I don't know if it was strictly legal, but when I was a kid some local businesses still had cigarette vending machines. They were unattended, so you didn't even need a note.