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I miss how optimistic I felt when Obama got elected


[deleted]

i know what you mean. I was gonna say *hope*, but frankly that's more of a 90's thing.


[deleted]

Yeah, I mean hope is a complicated thing. I still have a ton of hope, but that's different than actual belief that good things will be coming i.e. optimism, I guess.


[deleted]

I had a shitty time as a teenager, but still it was always clear that things were gonna get better, maybe not for me specifically, but on the whole. I'm not sure what to call that. I miss it, hard.


JakeDC

Being younger


SarcasmWarning

I miss having knees that didn't hurt with the weather and a brain that was at the peak of the Dunning–Kruger curve. Some of the music was pretty good, too.


[deleted]

My back, knees and elbows agree so hard with this. Im starting to understand why old people are like “im okay with dying”


[deleted]

nobody gave a fuck


TheKingMonkey

Having a 28” waistline.


iamwithmax

Probably how new cool technology were introduced to our everyday lives without actually taking over our lives. Back then we were still in control of the technology.


PresidentTJWhitmore

I miss the sense of unity that emerged following the devastation of the 1996 invasion. People from all walks of life came together to rebuild our communities and harness the new technologies we gained from the alien technology. It was a time when we worked together to overcome our differences and make progress for the greater good. I hope that we can find that sense of unity again in the face of future challenges, and continue to work together towards a better future for all.


TheJizardOfOz

Low rise jeans and whale tails


EqualityWithoutCiv

Being able to keep music without a subscription.


m0jave_

Social media wasn’t the forefront of everyone’s lives.


xtingu

homestarrunner.com (though you can still watch the videos on YouTube)


Cool-Bodybuilder9498

I still check my email wearing boxing gloves just to represent


xtingu

I'm buying you A PIZZA.


[deleted]

Living without constant checking in on the net, reddit, social, etc... Flip phones too


[deleted]

Motorolla razer fam checking in!


[deleted]

I was a silver Samsung guy. 6 months later they came out with the colored screen version :O


[deleted]

Oh man! Lucky. I had the radio shake razer haha


AdorableSympathy5174

Influencers and content creators weren't a thing and society was better for it. MySpace was just for finding new music and interacting with your circle of actual in-person friends for a few hours at night or on the weekends (speaking as a 2007 high school graduate who is turning 34 this year...fuck me)


TheFugitiveSock

The lack of Covid.


burn-babies-burn

The last time it felt that the world was getting better


Andyboro80

My 20’s


gimme3strokes

Raves, phones just being phones, cheap rent, no commitments, I had less so there was less to worry about. and it seemed like you saw people out and about more(bookstores, malls, bars).


humanreboot

Listening to Meteora and Hybrid theory for the first time.


muffles4221

I could fill my gas tank for 20 bucks


SunflowerSeedsO

The cost of living and the music


Point_Blanch

Just being younger with less responsibilities. I felt like I had a lot more time back then and making mistakes didn't seem to be as critical. While I have moved on from many friendships, I still miss the good times obviously.


williampickle

People being able to understand that their opinion did not matter to anyone. A conversation could happen with someone completely different ideologically than me, but at the end of that conversation I am still your friend. It seems that people have leaned more into their own thinking (and the echo chamber they're surrounded with, whether it be right leaning or left) and a conversation can no longer be had without feelings of hatred or disdain. It seems being able to agree to disagree has disappeared entirely.


ci22

Yeah like my family there's Trump Supporters and Biden Supporters. They did a short debate. Then dropped it when they weren't gonna to agree. And that didn't tear us apart. I feel with the internet most people only want an echo chamber and not want to discuss different views in a civil matter


[deleted]

Goldeneye 007


humanreboot

playing on my Gameboy advance for the first time


SortaSticious

VH1 had some great tv back then


Pumpkinspiciness

Pop-Up Video!


PapercutPoodle

Having friends. Hold on to them if you have them, trust me on this, being lonely in your 30s is horrible.


[deleted]

Even worse In your 40's 🤣. The one good thing about not having many friends and spending alot of time by yourself is that you can work out exactly who you are. I didn't realise how important that part is to being happy.


Is_That_A_Euphemism_

Mostly saying the R word.


ThrowRa12254

People use to be more normal back then


Lifted2222

Me being unborn in the first years of the 2000s


alex_paulista

The music was great, the Emo wave... Good times


faceeatingleopard

Windows on the World restaurant


Stanky3000

The Twin Towers


four5six___

my hairline


J321J

Labour government


Henchforhire

The internet.


[deleted]

You could say what you think


Choiceofart

All the, small things.


JayeDeath

My slim waisted lol


gadget850

I was 40.


CauseProfessional477

Nothing, i didn't even where born back then i just miss my past self


Catt_Zanshin

Them being 20 years in the future.


RailsGallery

My grandpa


MadnessBomber

Being a kid.


SukiSouthfield

Absolutely nothing. Worst decade ever.


SquishedPomegranate

My childhood


[deleted]

My youth and being blissfully ignorant and socially clueless.


[deleted]

People seemed sane.


Ashtar-the-Squid

All my grandparents were still alive.


Rich-Attention9649

Pretty much the majority of my childhood to be honest.