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Good free apps/ apps that you only had to pay once for.
Robin Williams.
An Ad-less internet. Every where I go it’s just ads. I’m ducking sick of corporations trying to get me to “buy their products”. YouTube now has up to 3 unskippable 15 second ads or 2 30 second unskippable ads. It’s disgusting.
Instagram has just moved from the “cool service for photographers” category to the “Wow, I can take a shot of my food and share it with my buds!” category, and the hipster subculture is at the peak of its popularity. The PlayStation 4 has just been released, and the most coveted smartphone on the planet is the iPhone 6. What can I say - a screen diagonal of 5.5 inches is considered simply indecently large! Yes, as good old Frank Sinatra once sang, “it was a very good year!”
Affordable houses. 2012 was the bottom. Unattainable for many first time buyers now.
Thick skin and common sense.
On the other hand, were things really so much better in 2014 that it looks like a genuine “Golden Age” compared to our time? Yes, there was no such political tension in the whole world, the economy was reallyway healthierthan today, and the houses were really affordable for many of us. And there was no TikTok. Is this enough to make you nostalgic for the times of ten years ago?
Common sense appears to be on the verge of extinction these days.
Netflix streaming that had everything in one f*****g goddam place.
Single-topic blogs.Remember those? Regretsy, Stuff White People Like, Cake Wrecks, People of Walmart, FML, Look At This F***g Hipster, St My Dad Says, Awkward Family Photos, etc. Those things were everywhere from about 2007-2013, and then just sort of went away, though some live on, in a way, as subreddits now.
“In fact, every historical era, no matter how bad it may seem to the people living in it, also has its merits. And it’s human nature to be nostalgic for the ‘good old days,'” says Valery Bolgan, a historian andeditor-in-chiefof the Intent news agency from Ukraine, whomBored Pandaasked for a comment here. “Our memory often retains only good things about past days, and the further they are from the present, the more they resemble a ‘golden age’.”“Those of us who lived through the 1980s, for example, often look back on them as a genuine era of prosperity, when in fact there were plenty of bad moments as well. Likewise, the middle of the last decade is just another year. With its advantages and disadvantages," Valery summarizes.
“In fact, every historical era, no matter how bad it may seem to the people living in it, also has its merits. And it’s human nature to be nostalgic for the ‘good old days,'” says Valery Bolgan, a historian andeditor-in-chiefof the Intent news agency from Ukraine, whomBored Pandaasked for a comment here. “Our memory often retains only good things about past days, and the further they are from the present, the more they resemble a ‘golden age’.”
“Those of us who lived through the 1980s, for example, often look back on them as a genuine era of prosperity, when in fact there were plenty of bad moments as well. Likewise, the middle of the last decade is just another year. With its advantages and disadvantages," Valery summarizes.
Phone booths.
My hairline.
Hesitancy towards online shopping, and/or general preference to travel to the store to buy an item.
“We’re nostalgic not because the past was better than now, but because memory gives us mostly good memories. And also because, for example, ten years ago, many of us were younger, more beautiful, stronger, and had better health. And we, accordingly, transfer our own perception of the era onto the era itself," Valery Bolgan says.“However, in the first half of the ’10s there were a lot of really interesting things and phenomena that deserve some nostalgia. On the other hand, the very mechanism of our perception of information has changed significantly over these ten years. Just try watching some viral videos on YouTube from 2014. I’ll bet a lot of you will find them damn long and boring," Valery states. “So every year is truly wonderful in its own right.”
“We’re nostalgic not because the past was better than now, but because memory gives us mostly good memories. And also because, for example, ten years ago, many of us were younger, more beautiful, stronger, and had better health. And we, accordingly, transfer our own perception of the era onto the era itself," Valery Bolgan says.
“However, in the first half of the ’10s there were a lot of really interesting things and phenomena that deserve some nostalgia. On the other hand, the very mechanism of our perception of information has changed significantly over these ten years. Just try watching some viral videos on YouTube from 2014. I’ll bet a lot of you will find them damn long and boring," Valery states. “So every year is truly wonderful in its own right.”
Leaving the house for a night out with a digital camera, mp3 player and a phone. Sometimes a whole ihome depending on where you’re going.
People not trying everything in their power to get internet clout. Now it’s just a slog of people “trying to go viral”.
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Vine.
Mp 3 player.
My youth.
Apparently therapy, this thread is depressing.
The WiiI love the console don’t get me wrong but I nearly know anyone that uses it as well asMii’s.
BlackBerry phones.
User repairable Apple products.
Tivo.
The night life scene in Minneapolis.
Professional baseball in Detroit.
Kanye’s career.
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