Things you miss, The reminiscent thread (Chapter one)

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SeraRelm

I miss going to the arcade, even though it was expensive in the long run.
I miss going out every weekend (been working a lot).
I miss hitting the beach and going swimming.
I miss talking with several friends who have moved on and away with their lives.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I miss playing Arcade fighting games competitively, traveling state to state to participate in small tournaments, winning enough money to go to the next one and the awesome people who ran/participated in the tournaments.
I miss staying up ridiculously late playing Ultima Online with my brother. Side by side we slaughtered so many people our Bounties were legendary.

You know, I'm struggling to think of things that I miss because for the most part, I think things are much better these days.

I don't miss the Half Pixel boards because these are far superior.
I don't miss the days of waking up early to watch Sat. Morning cartoons because I have any and every series I'd ever want to watch at my finger tips.
I don't miss the days of playing really hard old school games because they were just lessons in reptition.
I don't miss any of my childhood as that wasn't exactly my favorite part of my life.
I don't miss the years I spent with my ex because of how it all ended and all that I went through because of it.

Damn, guess I'm just much happier in current times than "nostalgic" ones.
 
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SeraRelm

I'm definitely happier now, but there are always the little things we miss.
 
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Soliloquy

I miss the knowledge that a rainy day meant cookies would be prepared when I got home.
I miss being able to watch a sunset over the ocean any evening I felt like it.
I miss the sense of wonder that came with the ignorance of childhood.
I miss having friends I could just pop in and say hi to.
I miss friday night game night.

I don't miss the ignorance that came with the childhood sense of wonder
I don't miss having overbearing hyper-conservative parents watching and questioning my every move.
I don't miss being utterly broke.
I don't miss being a socially-crippled fearful outcast.
I don't miss mandatory 3-days-a-week chapel service.
 
Frank

Frank

I miss my old apartment I had right after high school. It literally shared a parking lot with a decent sized mall and my place was always where people would hang out because of it's super convenient location to everyone I knew. Those social days were rad, of course I was making 8 dollars an hour in my job and barely scraping by but, you know, I miss the fun parts.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I miss my friends, hundreds of miles away.
I miss the odd liberation college provided.
I miss my dog.

I don't miss childhood.
I don't miss the horrid flux of emotions and bitterness I used to be before I learned myself.
I don't miss a house full of yelling.
I don't miss homework.
 
HCGLNS

HCGLNS

I miss the days before the cyanide Tylenol murders, when packaging could actually be opened in a matter of seconds.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Things I miss:
-The days when a bunch of friends had time to come over for things like movie nights. Of course, almost all of us were on the same schedule due to school.
-Heck, I miss when I used to have a regular social life. I don't know if it's me (probably) or because a number of my friends are busy either with jobs, living far away, or having kids.
(I'm very lonely these days, if it's not obvious. :()
-I kinda miss being excited for the latest, greatest comic book events. But then, my tastes have also evolved greatly.
-Being 30 pounds lighter. :(
-Video rental stores, partly for the movies, but mostly for the games. Hoping Jumbo Video will still be open when I move back to Fredericton.
-My excitement and passion for pro-wrestling. It's hard to enjoy it when you realize how skuzzy the business is behind doors. It's especially hard to enjoy it when you see all the superstars you grew up on either pass away - usually from drugs or suicide or both - or the ones who live become a shell of their former selves. Plus, it's hard to be excited after things like Owen Hart or Chris Benoit happen.
-Speaking of pro-wrestling, though, I miss going to the bar to watch the latest Pay-Per-View. It was the best, cheapest, and most convenient way to watch them.
-Toronto, though I don't think I could live there again. I miss the freedom of urban cycling, the great used bookstore (BMV), and biking Toronto Island.

Things I don't miss?
-Being less educated, especially on literary things. There's so many things I appreciate more when I get more of the references. Shakespeare, for example.
-Having less confidence in myself. I've come a long way in battling my depression, though I still have bad days/weeks.
-Not knowing about Doctor Who. :p
-Not having my cat, Diomedes, in my life.
-Not having created Dilbert Pinkerton, yet.

And yeah...I guess that's it?
 
HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Yes, but before it was a child proof cap with some cotton over the pills. Now it's a box, then a hard shrink wrap over the cap/bottle then a metal seal over the opening then some cotton, then finally the pills.

And ever try to open a Barbie doll these days? Need a chop saw.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

HCGLNS said:
Yes, but before it was a child proof cap with some cotton over the pills. Now it's a box, then a hard shrink wrap over the cap/bottle then a metal seal over the opening then some cotton, then finally the pills.

And ever try to open a Barbie doll these days? Need a chop saw.
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Not a Barbie doll, but I've had to open some robot action figure thing for my cousin. I think the stuff tying it into its packaging broke my skin at one point.
 
David

David

I do miss waking up for Saturday morning cartoons. Cartoons used to be a special once-a-week event that just isn't the same when I can choose to watch through them at any time and get through episode after episode of a show in one sitting until I'm sick of it. Nor is it the same without the silly Kids WB commercial bumpers.
I miss feeling too excited about Christmas to fall asleep the night before.
I miss being young enough to trick-or-treat without getting weird looks.
I miss having a functional car.
I miss when my parents used to give half a shit about keeping the house nice-looking.
I miss not feeling depressed over bullshit all the time.

I don't miss being a socially awkward shut-in who was afraid to talk to girls.
I don't miss being the chubby, smelly unpopular kid.
I don't miss how unhealthy I was before I started working out and eating better.
I don't miss internet speeds prior to modern HD-streaming capability.
I don't miss analogue antenna reception (I might be in the minority of 90's kids who grew up poor enough to remember having to deal with that, though. I missed out on pretty much all the Nick shows that everybody always said was so awesome.).
I don't miss CD players.
 
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SeraRelm

I don't miss the constant comparison, belittling, spite, anger, yelling, physical and emotional abuse, bigotry, racism, bible quoting, arguments, aggression (passive and overt), and finally disownment from my family.

I do miss my niece and nephew...
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I miss being excited about holidays.
I miss a good bit of my childhood, sans what happened at school.
I miss being able to watch my favorite cartoons with-out watching them on some crappy internet video service.
I miss the original Spyro and Crash the Bandicoot series.
I miss my friend before he became a complete junky who constantly borrowed money from people.
I miss when web-comics were fun and full of funny jokes and not depressing soap operas.
I miss my gramma.
 
HCGLNS

HCGLNS

I miss the newspaper weekend edition being so hefty and full of news and coverage that it was an event to pick it up from the dock.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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At the risk of bumming people out...

I miss being able to live without constant worries about my health.
I miss my independence from outside help.
I miss being able to enjoy masturbation.
Hell, I miss sex.
I miss being able to take a leak or a crap without worrying about blood in 'em.
I miss being able to just get up and go wherever the hell I want to on a day off.
I miss a friend who suddenly went silent almost a month ago - a person who really helped me keep my spirits up through this whole cancer bullshit :(
I miss the guarana-flavoured soft drink they used to sell years ago.
I miss being able to take a shower without having to plaster the drain in my side - and then still worrying about it getting wet and infected.
I miss being able to do physical activities such as bowling, archery or even jogging without constantly worrying about pain.
I miss the days when I didn't have to take medication on a daily basis.
I miss being able to travel.
I miss being able to lean back in a comfortable chair. Can't do that now since even the softest cushions can make my side ache if they press against the drain.
I miss it when things I bitched about were things I could do something about.
I miss Ireland.
I miss live music in Ireland - or Irish live music, for that matter.

I don't miss some "friends" who pretty much proved to be pissants.
I don't miss any of my ex's. God forbid if I had been dating any of them when this shit started.
I don't miss the forty-or-so pounds I've lost since August.
I don't miss my old hometown. My home has been here for over a decade now, and I've taken root.
I don't miss any of the people I knew as a kid. Most of them were assholes, anyway.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I miss not being able to go to the store and pick up stuff without my every motive being questioned. I could have an uncountable amount of (mostly) legit fun and awesomeness if only people didn't automatically assume that ordering my own glassware automatically means I'm a building a meth factory, or getting a jar of Potassium Chlorate didn't automatically get me labeled a Taliban sympathizer.

I miss when decisions were made based on how awesome or useful something might be, rather than how much money it would make/save.

I miss being able to do something because I loved it and wanted to do it, rather than because it was required of me*.

I miss being able to concentrate on something until I could polish it to transcendence instead of having my attention diverted a million different ways until I can't even remember my original goal.

I miss crying at a movie because of how deeply I was touched by it, instead of because of where it touched me on my childhood.

Basically I miss being able to contribute to society rather than being barely able to maintain it.

--Patrick
*I still have a few of these left, and I treasure each of them. This board is one.
 
Cheesy1

Cheesy1

I miss playing a sax. Mine has been busted forever, and to get it fixed or buy a new one is still way too much for my finances.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

I miss California.
I miss being able to say "Fuck it, I'm riding my bike today," and riding through the logging trails.
I miss swimming at Edward's Crossing, where the pyrite glittered beneath the river current, and the falls were juuuust big enough to jump over and have a nice fall, but not so high as to bust your ass at the bottom.
I miss Scouting.
I miss not being so cynical.
I miss that sense of wonderment that Soliloquy touched on.
I miss going to school.
I miss late-night gaming, staying up until the sun rose, then sleeping til my next shift started.
As much as I love my family, there are days that I miss being only (ir)responsible for myself.
 
fade

fade

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This may sound weird, but I miss being depressed. I feel like I haven't written anything decent since I basically became successful in life. Depression has its obvious downsides, but it also is a tonic.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

SeraRelm said:
I don't miss the constant comparison, belittling, spite, anger, yelling, physical and emotional abuse, bigotry, racism, bible quoting, arguments, aggression (passive and overt), and finally disownment from my family.

I do miss my niece and nephew...
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100% with the exception that the only person I would have missed, disowned the family in return for disowning me. If it weren't for him sometimes, I would have ended up a very different person for sure.
 
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SeraRelm

I understand, but those two were too young to understand why the ostracizing was taking place. I'm sure they're being filled with all the BS though... I can only hope they don't turn out the same.
 
Gusto

Gusto

fade said:
This may sound weird, but I miss being depressed. I feel like I haven't written anything decent since I basically became successful in life. Depression has its obvious downsides, but it also is a tonic.
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I miss not being depressed.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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I think I've said this before, but I miss the smell that comes from a newly opened NES cartridge. You know, they came in a thin cardboard sheaf just barely big enough to fit the cartridge and it's black textured plastic sheath, and about an inch of similarly dimensioned styrofoam at the bottom. That smell... the strange metal and plastic aromas mixing to create a unique smell that conditioned you to associate it with the excitement and joy of popping open a brand new game for the first time, probably during a time in our lives when receiving a new NES game was an infrequent treat - maybe even just two or 3 times a year for some. And given that barely any of us even kept the plastic sheaths, much less the boxes, the cartridges would soon lose their scent tossed in a drawer or on a shelf.

A year or two ago, at the radio station I was walking past a room with some malfunctioning electronics, and they emanated that magic mixture of odors... it hit me full in the face, and I felt things my bitter, emaciated, adult husk had forgotten it could feel. I stood there in the hall, my task forgotten, trying to linger in the invisible cloud of the "new nes cartridge" smell until I couldn't find it any more. Then I'm pretty sure I came and posted about it.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

You know what, I'm just gonna say it. I miss 90s, early 2000s cartoons. New cartoons are getting better but I still miss the style that nineties cartoons had.

Subsequently, I miss cell-shading in animated tv shows. I know computer art is easier but I've always felt cell-shading was better.
 
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