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Things you miss, The reminiscent thread (Chapter one)

Apr 8, 2012#1

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.

Apr 8, 2012#2

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.

Apr 8, 2012#3

SeraRelm

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

Apr 8, 2012#4

Shegokigo

Except that from ages 7-25 I didn't exactly have alot of "good times" to miss.

Apr 8, 2012#5

bhamv3

I miss my mom's egg tarts. She lost the recipe when I was around 12 or so, and she's never been able to recreate them.

Apr 8, 2012#6

DarkAudit

bhamv3 said:
I miss my mom's egg tarts. She lost the recipe when I was around 12 or so, and she's never been able to recreate them.

I miss my dad's home fries. Usually served with sauteed chicken livers and onions. Comfort food all the way.

Apr 8, 2012#7

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.

Apr 8, 2012#8

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.

Apr 8, 2012#9

Bowielee

I miss ZenMonkey.

Apr 8, 2012#10

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.

Apr 8, 2012#11

HCGLNS

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

Apr 8, 2012#12

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.

-Not having my cat, Diomedes, in my life.
-Not having created Dilbert Pinkerton, yet.

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

Apr 8, 2012#13

Hailey Knight

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

Don't you have little kids? They can pop off those childproof bottle caps no problem.

Apr 8, 2012#14

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.

Apr 8, 2012#15

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.

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.

Apr 8, 2012#16

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.

Apr 8, 2012#17

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...

Apr 8, 2012#18

David

Well, great. Next to Sera, now I just look like:

Apr 8, 2012#19

SeraRelm

David said:
Well, great. Next to Sera, now I just look like:

Don't.

I miss David not feeling like First World Problems lady.

Apr 8, 2012#20

LittleKagsin

Soliloquy said:
I miss having friends I could just pop in and say hi to.

This. 1000 times this!

Apr 8, 2012#21

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.

Apr 8, 2012#22

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.

Apr 8, 2012#23

North_Ranger

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.

Apr 8, 2012#24

Chad Sexington

I miss Drake's coffee cakes.
I miss my mom's coffee cake. Why hasn't she made any lately? God, what is wrong with some people!

Apr 8, 2012#25

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.

Apr 8, 2012#26

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.

Apr 8, 2012#27

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.

Apr 8, 2012#28

fade

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.

Apr 8, 2012#29

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...

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.

Apr 8, 2012#30

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.

Apr 8, 2012#31

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.

I miss not being depressed.

Apr 8, 2012#32

littlechicka

I miss Holiday's with my family.

Apr 9, 2012#33

GasBandit

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.

Apr 9, 2012#34

fade

GasBandit said:
Then I'm pretty sure I came and posted about it.

Apr 9, 2012#35

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.

Apr 9, 2012#36

jwhouk

I miss living within 15-30 minutes of practically anywhere I really wanted to go or anything I wanted to do.

I miss having a Starbucks within 10 minutes of my home.

I miss living a few blocks from the off-ramp of a freeway that could lead me into the largest city in the state.

Apr 9, 2012#37

SeraRelm

Yoshimickster said:
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.

Cell shading is computer art.

Apr 9, 2012#38

fade

I really couldn't stand those 90s cartoons. Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, etc. I thought the art was pretty bad. All the faces in Spider-Man looked roughly the same, and there were like 3 frames per second. Sure, they were shaded, but so were 80s cartoons whenever it was relevant to the story (bright lights, for example).

Apr 9, 2012#39

Bowielee

fade said:
I really couldn't stand those 90s cartoons. Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, etc. I thought the art was pretty bad. All the faces in Spider-Man looked roughly the same, and there were like 3 frames per second. Sure, they were shaded, but so were 80s cartoons whenever it was relevant to the story (bright lights, for example).

THANK YOU. I always wondered why people thought those cartoons looked good. I always thought they looked pretty terrible.

I always thought the 80s GI Joe/Transformers/Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends had much cleaner character drawings and were animated way better.

Apr 9, 2012#40

Yoshimickster

Bowielee said:
THANK YOU. I always wondered why people thought those cartoons looked good. I always thought they looked pretty terrible.

I always thought the 80s GI Joe/Transformers/Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends had much cleaner character drawings and were animated way better.

Well...YEAH! I was talkin' stuff like Animaniacs, Hysteria, Rocko's modern life, that stuff. But I disagree ALMOST completely with Spider Man and His Amazing friends. Mostly for the numerous scenes where I saw Spider-man web-slinging....where there were no buildings to web-sling on. Like he was holding onto a magical flying string.

And while were at it:

SeraRelm said:
Cell shading is computer art.

Sorry, I stated the wrong term. I meant back-ground shading, when the back-grounds would look FREAKING BEAUTIFUL! Like paintings! Or is that just called Background art? Either way I feel it ain't as good as it used to be.

Apr 9, 2012#41

Bowielee

You mean cell animation. Cell shading is the process of making 3D computer rendered models look like they're traditional cell animation.

Apr 9, 2012#42

Yoshimickster

Bowielee said:
You mean cell animation. Cell shading is the process of making 3D computer rendered models look like they're traditional cell animation.

Right, thank you. I am just TERRIBLE with terms sometimes.

Okay, something non cartoon that I miss....OH! The ignorant belief that the government is there to help you and that everything is okay. Basically childhood again but still.

Apr 9, 2012#43

Gusto

Apr 9, 2012#44

Yoshimickster

Gusto said:

Squinting is cheating, if your going to be in a staring contest do it right!

Apr 9, 2012#45

PatrThom

Actually, I think you mean "cel" animation. Otherwise you're talking about this:

--Patrick
(Yes, that was the best I could find)

Apr 9, 2012#46

Yoshimickster

Great, now I'm gonna be studying cells all night...again. I HOPE YOUR HAPPY PATRICK!

Apr 9, 2012#47

SeraRelm

Apr 9, 2012#48

Yoshimickster

I miss the cool toys from that series. Hell, I miss being able to play with dinosaur toys and get away with it as well.

Apr 9, 2012#49

SeraRelm

I miss being able to breathe properly.

Apr 9, 2012#50

Yoshimickster

I miss being a kid at my mother's family Christmas parties. Kids always got the best presents during those things. Now I get gift-cards to places that aren't near my neighbourhood OR a thoughtless sweater. I have enough sweaters.

Apr 10, 2012#51

figmentPez

I miss:

being free from pain. It's been so long I've forgotten what it feels like.
having friends I see on a regular basis.
being able to eat grains.
being active
not caring about all the stuff I can't do

Apr 10, 2012#52

Yoshimickster

I miss gym class. Excercise just isn't fun anymore without dodge ball.

Apr 10, 2012#53

fade

I miss "your" and "you're" being properly used.

Apr 10, 2012#54

Yoshimickster

I miss Jhonen Vasquez doing his own comics. I really wish he'd make a new Jhonny series, the ending left us with almost no closure.

Apr 10, 2012#55

SeraRelm

fade said:
I miss "your" and "you're" being properly used.

In days of yore.

Apr 10, 2012#56

Emrys

I miss wading in the surf, catching tadpoles, climbing trees, playing hopscotch, and just generally being a kid.
Fortunately, I'm almost to the age where I can go senile and reenact my childhood all over again.

Apr 10, 2012#57

Null

SeraRelm said:
In days of yore.

While watching Yor, The Hunter From The Future

Apr 10, 2012#58

blotsfan

Senior year of high school. The first 3 years ranged from shitty to meh, but senior year was just so much fun. Got into college early enough that I didn't have to worry about it, mostly took fun classes and spent about half of any given day just goofing off with my friends.

Apr 10, 2012#59

fade

Man, I hated senior year. In SC they have this state-sponsored gifted and talented program that takes place over the summer between junior and senior year in which you basically go to college. It was like giving a kid crack, and then saying, "Nope, no more for a year". Senior year just felt like biding time.

Apr 10, 2012#60

Yoshimickster

blotsfan said:
Senior year of high school. The first 3 years ranged from shitty to meh, but senior year was just so much fun. Got into college early enough that I didn't have to worry about it, mostly took fun classes and spent about half of any given day just goofing off with my friends.

Ditto. Senior year...DAMN! I don't think I did ANY serious work during that year. Also that was when we were allowed to eat in the Culinary academy's restaurant. Mmmmmmmmmm. I also miss my school's cooking.

I miss a lot of my high school friends. I only got to hang out with them at school because most of them lived like 2 hours away from me. I see a few of them at my community college sometimes, but it's not the same.

Apr 10, 2012#61

Bowielee

I miss free time. Being able to watch a movie all the way through or get to the end of a video game would be super. I'm seriously considering taking a year between graduation and grad school.

Apr 12, 2012#62

Cajungal

*One thing I miss about being a child is having an excuse to not talk to anyone. You were just shy or playing or you just plain didn't understand what the grown-ups were going on about. I don't like being at a gathering and feeling rude because I'm not comfortable talking to people.

*I miss enjoying a soda. I remember how satisfying an occasional soft drink was in the hot summer months, and now I can't get past 2 sips unless it's a Mexican Coke.

*I miss my baby brother. I'm so proud of him making his way as a musician in New Orleans, but it's so weird not having my pal around.

*I miss feeling sure of myself. I was the "leader" of my group in high school--their words, not mine. I organized get-togethers, talked people through their problems, and pretty much kept the peace. Now I'm no one's glue, but I sure would like to be again someday.

Apr 12, 2012#63

Thread Necromancer

I miss being able to tell any random or not random person to fuck off and not be worried about the consequences because I didn't hold a position that could be compromised if I did.

Apr 12, 2012#64

Terrik

I miss Asheron's Call in its heyday. Darktide was an experience I won't soon forget. You could write a novel about the stuff that happened on that server.

Blood, GEN, the anti-PK alliances. Alberon Mindeater and forth Tethna. The retaking of AB. Disguising your high level self in newbie clothes to ferret out the low level PK gangs. Running around with a lugian hammer for the hell of it. "Death items", looting the corpses of your enemies again and again until they had nothing but their undroppable GSA armor and wet tears.

Apr 12, 2012#65

Gusto

I miss sex.

Apr 12, 2012#66