Dozzi92

Yeah, it's just a common thing generationally to pine for the days of olde, and for my generation it was apparently playing outside and then early internet, and OP was there for the YouTube heyday, and I can probably commiserate with them, but by the same token I'm like, well, YouTube ruined my favorite medium, whatever that was.

It extends into everything. Music, my favorite band's earlier records were better, the new kids in the scene have ruined it, etc. etc. Nostalgia is a real bitch, unfortunately, and we're all just stuck on Mr. Bones wild ride with no way off it.

I think part of it is experience. You've seen it. You've heard it. You were there for it, and it now just feels old. But I always tell people who never watched The Wire or Breaking Bad that I'm jealous that they get to experience then for the first time. There are only so many greats out there, and you experience them, and you reflect on everything else you experience in that light now.

That's all not to say that there won't be some great shit you'll experience again. You've just experienced so much great shit already that this new great shit has a higher bar. It's your first love. The first time you ate apple pie ice cream. The first time you heard a song that just touched you. Everything else gets measured up against it, and at 15, for the first time, shit seemed better, but only by comparison.

Getting old is a ride OP. The biggest hill on the rollercoaster is always the first one, but that doesn't mean that we can't enjoy the corkscrew or that sharp turn later on. I'm sitting here at Kalahari with my kids, and I go down slides on my own and they don't hit the same, but going down ones with my kid all of a sudden puts a new spice on an old recipe.

I have friends who continue to chase the dragon, and that works for them. Do what you wanna do, don't feel like you need to stick in the same circles and routines you used to. And if your medium isn't entertaining to you anymore, just put it down. I don't play games the way I used to, and that's okay. I pick back up here and there, the same way I pick up my guitar, and the same way I'm thinking about strapping on the skates to play hockey again. And I've positioned myself in a way that I can do these things too, if I want. And if I don't, I don't.

Love ya OP. Go out there and have fun, that's what I always say when anyone asks just about anything.

I see a lot of the same people, recognize the names. I argue with some, know I'll agree with others. I like it. It harkens back to old forum days for me. Reddit may as well be anonymous1 talking to anonymous2, maybe outside of some more niche subs, but here, I can comment on a post about corn and recognize a few of the names who are also commenting.

Harrrrrrr.

Fuck, 92 really?

I upvote things I like. I downvote things by accident, because my back gesture is similar to Lemmy's downvote gesture.

I obviously also downvote people who are being annoying.

Heh, this list used to include beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, wine, wine, wine. So it ain't perfect but it's a better alternative.

Except too much water causes nausea and headaches!

One (double) cup of coffee with some stevia, black. Fiber. Water. Water. Water. Water. Water. Fiber. Water. Water. Kratom. Half of a Zero Sugar Peach Snapple. Water. Milk. Fin. Literally every day.

I'm a soldat!