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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Jan 15, 2015 7:14:07 GMT -5
A little bit. Yeah I do miss my grandparents and various other family members who have passed away over the years, but eventually you learn not to let their deaths affect you too much in your daily life. My social life has certainly improved in the past five years than it ever did in my childhood, and really applying for college and university led to me understanding what kind of man I wanted to really be throughout my life. So long as I have friends, family and a good time overall I tend to enjoy soaking in the present.
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Post by The Unconquered Sun on Jan 15, 2015 7:48:55 GMT -5
I miss how easy my life was when I was a kid. My life now is 100x better, but I do miss not having the responsibilities. Sunrise, sun set I guess.
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Post by Duke Delicious on Jan 15, 2015 8:01:38 GMT -5
Definitely
I miss being healthier and not having health issues, i miss my home state and the friends, who while i can still stay in contact with via social media, i'll probably never see them in person or be able to hang with them again and other things like that. There's aspects of my adult life that are great but i'm a very sentimental person so i miss the past.
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Post by MC Blowfish on Jan 15, 2015 9:28:44 GMT -5
My childhood kind of sucked. Not all of it. I definitely wish I could go back and kick my teenage self in the butt though.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 15, 2015 9:40:41 GMT -5
I do miss not having to pay bills and a bunch of old cartoons but ultimately no.
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Post by Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan on Jan 15, 2015 10:00:12 GMT -5
My childhood? Not really. But 16-24 was just one big blur of wasted opportunities and regrets. That's the only timeframe I wish I could live again if I had the mindset that I have now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 10:14:54 GMT -5
No f***ing way.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my childhood well enough, but it doesn't even compare to the kind of life I have now. More freedom, more fun, more cognizance of who and what I am and what I enjoy.
Everyone likes to pretend they were so free as a kid, but there were just as many rules if not more dictating your life back then.
As far as I'm concerned nostalgia is a drug. The more you indulge in it, the more you lose site of what's really going on.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 15, 2015 11:11:26 GMT -5
I was a giant of a kid that was too laid back and gentile to fight back. Which means I spent most of my life until college being the target for every low-self-esteem-dickbag that thought he had something to prove.
I'm glad you can't relive the past.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 15, 2015 11:44:52 GMT -5
My childhood? Not really. But 16-24 was just one big blur of wasted opportunities and regrets. That's the only timeframe I wish I could live again if I had the mindset that I have now. Same here.
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Post by bigjohnsons on Jan 15, 2015 13:02:09 GMT -5
I feel like I'm stuck in a endless cycle of nostalgia lol
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Jan 15, 2015 13:23:05 GMT -5
Parts of it. The not having to pay taxes/bills was great.
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Post by Long A, Short A on Jan 15, 2015 13:48:05 GMT -5
"Everyone likes to pretend they were so free as a kid, but there were just as many rules if not more dictating your life back then."
Truth and a half right there, truth and a half
When I think about my childhood, I think about all the things I wish that I had. I can't miss something if all my memories of it revolve around wishing that it was better.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 15:24:06 GMT -5
Absolutely. Not that I'm unhappy now in the slightest, but I had a great childhood with great parents and a great sister and a great neighbourhood and a great school. I was a really happy kid. Exactly this for me, combined with the fact that I would like to have do-overs on several things.
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Post by mizerable on Jan 15, 2015 15:35:05 GMT -5
Everyone likes to pretend they were so free as a kid, but there were just as many rules if not more dictating your life back then. As far as I'm concerned nostalgia is a drug. The more you indulge in it, the more lose site of what's really going on. It's not only that, it's the people that were a part of your life that aren't there anymore. Not all nostalgia is bad. Let's look at nostalgia through pop culture. I think a lot of people here are in the age frame of 20 to 45, so a good portion of people who lived through the late 70's through the early 90's, which in my opinion did the most for pop culture than any other time frame. I noticed a dramatic dropoff around 1998 or so, in terms of originality and more emphasis on going back to old stale formulas. A lack of originality really sets the tone for reflecting on the way it was done before and if you critically compare something now to something then and come to the conclusion that something then was done better, then it's hard to argue. It's not always the case, but lack of originality and vision make you long for the days when that wasn't the case.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 15:46:32 GMT -5
Everyone likes to pretend they were so free as a kid, but there were just as many rules if not more dictating your life back then. As far as I'm concerned nostalgia is a drug. The more you indulge in it, the more lose site of what's really going on. It's not only that, it's the people that were a part of your life that aren't there anymore. Not all nostalgia is bad. Let's look at nostalgia through pop culture. I think a lot of people here are in the age frame of 20 to 45, so a good portion of people who lived through the late 70's through the early 90's, which in my opinion did the most for pop culture than any other time frame. I noticed a dramatic dropoff around 1998 or so, in terms of originality and more emphasis on going back to old stale formulas. A lack of originality really sets the tone for reflecting on the way it was done before and if you critically compare something now to something then and come to the conclusion that something then was done better, then it's hard to argue. It's not always the case, but lack of originality and vision make you long for the days when that wasn't the case. Well, I'll have to disagree with you on that one about pop culture. The 90s were largely seen as worse than the 80's in terms of its unoriginality. I remember hearing quite a few early Gen Xers talking about how the mid-90s were the end times of originality (though I'm sure they'd be shaking in their flannels just thinking about stuff today). But, you like what you like, so that's neither here nor there. When I look at MOST stuff from the 90's - its largely doesn't hold up. Maybe a handful of films, shows, etc do, but the bulk of it - not so much. "originality" is one of those things that each generation complains the next generation doesn't have. Its been happening since history coudl be written. Personally I see a lot more originality and creative gusto today than I ever did as a kid - largely because its easier to make, disperse and recieve music, films and shows. There aren't just 4 channels, cineplexes and AM/FM band to get your media through. Its wide open now. But I agree about the people who aren't in your life anymore. Though that's not really nostalgia unless you distort how you saw them and only remember the good. Nostalgia itself is basically editing out the bad and over-emphasizing the good of a period in the past. The past itself isn't bad, but mis-remembering or distorting it to make it seem better than it really was - that's the problem.
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Post by StuntGranny® on Jan 15, 2015 22:35:44 GMT -5
There was a ton of negative shit in my childhood, but I miss the days of being relatively care-free. Without sounding too mopey, life was mostly miserable then but it's worse now.
I always tell everyone that, as far as I'm concerned, life ended when I graduated college and became aware of how shitty things actually are. Or that's certainly when the rose colored glasses came off.
In short, if possible, I'd go back in a heartbeat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 22:59:55 GMT -5
I really do. I pretty much enjoy my life as an adult, but my childhood was awesome. The only thing missing from it was comics (which I ended up picking up in adulthood).
I'd love to have my childhood in today's world. It would be heaven. The best toys. The best cartoons. The best wrestling. Add comics, the WWE Network, Netflix, and the DVR? Sleepovers would f***ing rule!
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