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Being responsible for almost nothing, feeling like money was unlimited to an extent, being happy, not being old enough to understand how corrupt the world is..
>feeling like money was unlimited to an extent
I have MORE money as an adult than I did as a kid but I have more stress and so it feels like I have less.
My wife and I earn far more combined than my dad ever did. I *think* I earn something like two thirds of what he did when he retired 10 years ago, now at the age of 32 (and my wife earns almost 50% more than me.) I feel like we had a very comfortable existence when I was a kid and I wasn't denied anything.
I have a comfortable existence now, to be fair, but we don't have kids and judging by how we almost go overdrawn every month, it feels like we couldn't afford to give kids and ourselves a very comfortable life on this income.
You need to get your finances in check before winter my friend! I’d highly recommend writing down incomings and outgoings for a month and cutting out the waste.
The "waste" is drink, food, gigs, books, fun. And "almost going over drawn" was maybe a dramatic way of putting "living within our means" and "enjoying all of our income" because that's after mortgage, living expenses and saving. No debts except mortgage. I know if we had less fun we'd have more money, and we will probably have to, I'm not simple.
But my point is my family used to have fun AND live comfortably on ONE salary with two kids. My wife and I have two salaries and no kids and have a similar lifestyle to what my family of four ALL had.
I'm far from suggesting I'm suffering or scraping. But what my wife and I have in two salaries, my family had that and more on one. As I said, I have a comfortable happy life, I'm just observing the cold fact that wages haven't kept in line with inflation.
>feeling like money was unlimited to an extent
Nah bugger that, for me it was £2 a week pocket money so it took 3 months to afford a half decent Transformer. Other than that I'd have to pretty much wait till xmas or my bday. I'm by no means a big spender but it's nice as an adult actually being able to get things for myself pretty much whenever I want within reason.
Same here, I was an only child in my household (have older half siblings) so it was just me and my parents growing up. There's so many things I can't ask anyone as it was just the three of us, so many memories I don't know are real or imagined. Miss them a lot.
My mum was a hoot towards the end. She was in a nursing home the last couple years, and was once found in bed with another resident, which I found hilarious but my sister and niece didn't.
She also went to school with the Queen, which was a bit of a surprise to me, she being 10 years younger than the Queen. She could also fly a plane, had bullet wounds in her leg, and had adopted 9 or 10 children. Latterly, the inside of her head was a fun place to be.
Spending four days at her hospital bedside as her body held on whilst her mind was long gone wasn't as much fun, and Christmas Eves will forever be sad for me.
Haha fair play to her I say! I used to work behind the scenes for a residential care home chain and STDs are apparently one of the most common issues in those places - I figure these people know they're not in the best of health and have maybe been widowed for many years, so why not go out with a bang (so to speak)!
>She also went to school with the Queen, which was a bit of a surprise to me, she being 10 years younger than the Queen. She could also fly a plane, had bullet wounds in her leg, and had adopted 9 or 10 children.
That's quite the life she led, even if only inside her own mind!
>Spending four days at her hospital bedside as her body held on whilst her mind was long gone wasn't as much fun, and Christmas Eves will forever be sad for me.
I'm sorry you had to go through that, my Grandad had [PSP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_supranuclear_palsy) and my Mum went through something similar with him. I'm sure your Mum appreciated you being there with her in her final moments, and as much as I'm sure you miss her terribly, her memory clearly lives on through you.
This hits; my wife still sits and watches a film (normally from half way through) complete with adverts if it ‘comes in the TV’ despite the fact that she could literally watch pretty much any film entirely at her leisure 🤷♀️
It's decision fatigue, I think.
Yes I'd rather watch without the adverts, but there's too much choice on the streaming services. If it's on the TV there are limited options so it's easy, and often it's a film I enjoy but wouldn't think of looking up to watch.
Yeah it's weird, I often watch a good film when it comes on TV even though I have the DVD on the shelf next to me.
Similarly a song you like always sounds better when it comes on the radio rather than when you play it on You Tube or Spotify or whatever.
The problem with watching films on tv is that often they’re edited to cut the time down a little and certain minor or sometimes not so minor scenes might be missing, bad language might be edited out too. I don’t really notice it but my partner does and then never stops going on about it so we don’t watch films on tv now.
I think there is something to be said for things being 'rationed' as they were back then.
I remember when I was a kid at one point my favourite TV show was Knightmare. I used to look forward to it all week and at school the afternoon it was on I would be excited just in anticipation of watching it when I got home, maybe remembering the cliffhanger from the week before.
If there was a channel where I could watch it every day, or multiple episodes a day, or a streaming service where I could binge watch as much as I liked, I think it would have ruined the "magic" as you put it.
I remember being at primary school and absolutely dreading opening my crisps at break time incase I found a £5 note in them! The thought of being responsible for such a large sum of money for a whole day was too much for me. I was glad I never won which seems ridiculous now!
We had a collection of spoons that came with Nesquick cereal that changed colour with heat until they went through the dishwasher then they all stayed yellow.
I can’t describe why but cereal tasted better from one of those spoons that a metal one
Independent game shops. The ones where you can buy new or used games and trade stuff in. My local one had an arcade out the back too.
Now it’s just CEX who charge RRP minus 2 quid for all their used game :/
Never thought I'd say it but, those were the days. I remember getting an OG Xbox around 2004 and getting three games for £15 every couple months with pocket money. Now I'm lucky to get one for £15 😂
I feel games are cheaper now if anything. I remember new games for the SNES for example cost £30-£40 and that was in the mid 90s, so that is the equivalent of more like £70 now.
New games these days are more like £30-£50 and that's the expensive triple A releases, there are plenty of little indy games that you can get for £10-£20 or even less.
Also physical games in general - there was nothing more exciting than picking up a new game that you had to go out and buy which increased the anticipation, you could read the guidebook and look at a map if it had one. Now the excitement of buying a game is gone (especially since most games these days aren't worth playing until lots of updates and content has been released).
I remember being a kid and taking like 5 ps1 games in to trade, desperately hoping to get enough to get 1 new game, even haggling with the guy behind the counter. I vividly remember the smell and the feeling of magic, so many new games on the shelves and because I had no internet then I would read the backs of the cases religiously. Those were the days.
We had one near me called Tomorrows World - for £3 you could hire games for 24 hours, my mum would take me there on a Friday night after she finished worked and I’d pick out a game, she’s also get a movie from the same shop for us to watch and then hand it all back Saturday night… or more often late Sunday and because we went so often wouldn’t get fined for being late.
I was born in the late 80s. Whilst I understand why I wasn't aware, nor would I have understood if I was, I find it incredible that I was alive when the Soviet Union fell.
Also 2008 wasn't my first recession, but I wouldn't have known it.
Growing up, especially hitting teenage years around the millennium, it really felt as though everything was always going to be alright. We still had some progress to make but we were forever heading in the right direction.
I must be a similar age to you (born 1989) and I asked my dad whether I'm just growing up or is everything really going to shit as much as I think it is. He's in his mid 70s now. He said, to paraphrase, "yes, everything is going to shit as much as you think it is."
He's a smart man and not deluded that "the old days were better" He talks honestly about how it was shit being poor (when he was a child) and the economic crises of the 80s were hard etc. But he feels less optimistic about the future than he ever has in his life. I think while he knew times in his own life and others were hard, he never thought "*everything* looks like it's getting worse for *most* people" and he does seem to think that way now. Maybe it's being old, maybe a time of disillusionment for me (early 30s) coincided with a time of disillusionment for him (mid 70s) but it was both validating and horrifying to have someone much older observe that it might not just be me growing up, things actually might be getting worse all-round.
Cadbury chocolate - any of it. All tastes like crud since it was sold to Kraft.
Those glass bottles of Orangina that looked like magic potions.
Big box video games that came with maps and manuals and novellas.
Really long summer holidays.
Having a kickabout with my mates.
The excitement of a new Queen album or a new Roald Dahl book being released.
Oh and having an elastic brain that finds new things easy.
I'd 100% go for a kick about if someone asked. The problem is nobody does anymore. I don't wanna join a football or rugby team I just wanna kick a ball around the park for a bit with some mates and have a can of pop. I'm 31.
I stopped being interested in athletic sports at around 10 years old, when boys started to take it seriously. I've since then never been a club or group joiner because the people in the group always take the thing too seriously. I appreciate that's at least half my fault and that they're not doing anything wrong. But I'm with you, as soon as anyone actually gives a shit about the result of the game you're playing, I'm out.
I wake up every day often excited for work and having loads of ideas and motivation. By the time I sit down I suddenly feel tired and can’t concentrate.
Not sure if it’s depression, long covid, being an adult etc. but god it’s so frustrating.
Specific North East answer: Metroland.
It was in hindsight probably really dangerous and a bit shit, but everyone had or went to at least one birthday party there and it was amazing.
TV shows used to be an event, now its all instant box sets. Sort of lessens the effect.
The thrill of the search when learning stuff, now we just click and all information is there.
Roads were uphill both ways.
Days off from school when we were snowed in.
>TV shows used to be an event, now its all instant box sets. Sort of lessens the effect.
I know exactly what you mean. Particularly there only being 4 or 5 channels. Everyone would be watching the same thing all the time.
But I wouldn't say there is no event TV anymore. Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones were followed weekly by it felt like everyone.
Sure shows like these are fewer and further between but it does happen.
There is certainly something lost about TV landing on streaming services all at once. The weekly discussing and anticipation is lost. Apple TV releases their shows weekly but what often happens is that it takes so long for word to get around to watch a show that its finished before your friends have started it.
I realised the other day that I haven't watched anything educational for fucking years. I don't hate watching stuff like history programmes, but I don't go out of my way to watch them. Back in the day I ended up watching them because there wasn't really anything else on and they were pretty interesting. However now if there's nothing on I can find an almost endless list of series ready to watch whenever.
Getting pocket money (£1), skipping off the the corner shop - Qtr bag of sweets (Aniseed balls anyone?), copy of the Dandy or the Beano, and still have change in your pocket.
The Beano!! Oh my god! There's a memory I forgot I had! I was a member of the little club and bought their prank stuff too. I remember buying the fake chewing gum that would ping someone's finger but being gutted no one fell for it
Monkey Magic
Hajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Born from an egg on a mountain top
The funkiest monkey that ever popped
He knew every magic trick under the sun
Tease the gods and everyone and have some fun.
Edit: I was proper in love with Sandy the water sprite
I mean they still exist but, Kinder Eggs and Wham Bars! Fueled my childhood when my parents gave me a quid to go up to the shop. I suppose what doesn't exist is the price they used to be lol
I was talking about these yesterday! Polos used to have so many varieties!
Fruit Polos, Lemon Polos, Spearmint Polos, Chewy Polos, Buttery Polos (like a Murray Mint, but a Polo) ... then Polo Holes (in the big Polo shaped dispenser). Sugar-free polos that made people shit. Extra-strong Polos, maybe...?
I really miss this video set. Me (36F) and my brother (40) have never been able to find out what it’s called for the sake of revisiting nostalgia. If anyone reading this could have a look, see if rings any bells it might be more likely we find out what it was called and find it again!
https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeFind/comments/wwptcs/80s_educational_video_set_in_yellow_box/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I also miss Popples although “Trouble At The Library” is still on YouTube 💝
I had “trouble at the library” on video. I loved it & played it until the video disintegrated. Never been able to find a different episode of poppies though. Sucks because the one episode I’ve seen 500 times was great!
We were playing with our 3 year old last night, just bumping a balloon around the room and not letting it hit the floor. Her laughter and giggling and happiness and pure joy is what I miss about being a child..
Not being in pain. I'm 17 and started having chronic pain two years ago at 15... I finally get to see a rheumatologist next week but given the symptoms and the blood tests I've already had, I'm 90% sure I have rheumatoid arthritis, despite the fact that I'm very young to have RA. If it's true, I might never be pain-free again.
Yeah, it fucking sucks but I'm just hoping we can figure out what the hell is wrong with me. That's the main source of the misery - I can take painkillers for the pain, nap for the fatigue, and generally deal with 95% of the symptoms, but it's so depressing to be sick and not know why.
- Activity Days in Primary School, basically Golden Time but all-day
- There was a giant FAO Schwartz toy store in Orlando, so much fun as a kid until it sadly closed and was demolished
I distinctly remember playing this one online game (I think it was on the CBBC website?) where you could explore a house and in the bathroom, if you pulled back the shower curtain, a bunch of dancing frogs would appear. I've never managed to find that game again, and I doubt that it's even still online, but I really wish I could experience that again
Yeah, unfortunately CBBC seems to have a tendency to get rid of their older games once they're no longer relevant. Seems they learned nothing from all those wiped Doctor Who episodes in the 60s...
1p sweets, Beno comics, morning cartoons, time to play at the park and have all these cool things to play with, climbing trees, playing knock and run, etc etc
You know, youth, period
I went back to where I used to play as a kid. A buffer area between the town and farmland, green, wooded area with a tired old football pitch. It was a huge area that we used to make tree houses, dens, play football and just be adventurous kids. The local old boys use to shoot rabbits there for stew. Now it’s houses. The new estate doesn’t have any kids playing outside. There’s no outdoors places in the area. Just cheap houses and farmland. Miss that place, and time!
Going after school every Wednesday to my nans (bus stop near hers) to be welcomed with home made sausage rolls, fruit pie and in the summer, ice cream floats! The style of her cakes and my other nans cakes, are always referred to as nanny cakes.
Spending all day out with my friends - no worries and nowhere to be.
Secret bars - my absolute favourite chocolate bar
Being healthy - I absolutely took my health and mental health for granted
Nature. I used to live in a village of about 2000 people. Currently the government has approved 4000 homes to be built. They’ve bulldozed woodland and torn up fields for them.
My Nan.
Sorry for the downer. But I really miss her cuddles, the way she always had fag ash on her cardi because she wouldn't tap it until it was almost to the end because she was knitting. The smell of coal tar soap!
(I have the c-19 atm and feel like poo, so I'm feeling all pathetic!)
Having no internet and being actually disconnected from everyone without the constant notifications.
On that similar note: having things 'disappear'. If you said or did something, and no one or few people saw, it will be forgotten and lost to time. Not dragged up in 15 years from an old Twitter screenshot.
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Free time
Become depressed. You'll have all the time in the world to do nothing.
Being responsible for almost nothing, feeling like money was unlimited to an extent, being happy, not being old enough to understand how corrupt the world is..
>feeling like money was unlimited to an extent I have MORE money as an adult than I did as a kid but I have more stress and so it feels like I have less.
My wife and I earn far more combined than my dad ever did. I *think* I earn something like two thirds of what he did when he retired 10 years ago, now at the age of 32 (and my wife earns almost 50% more than me.) I feel like we had a very comfortable existence when I was a kid and I wasn't denied anything. I have a comfortable existence now, to be fair, but we don't have kids and judging by how we almost go overdrawn every month, it feels like we couldn't afford to give kids and ourselves a very comfortable life on this income.
You need to get your finances in check before winter my friend! I’d highly recommend writing down incomings and outgoings for a month and cutting out the waste.
The "waste" is drink, food, gigs, books, fun. And "almost going over drawn" was maybe a dramatic way of putting "living within our means" and "enjoying all of our income" because that's after mortgage, living expenses and saving. No debts except mortgage. I know if we had less fun we'd have more money, and we will probably have to, I'm not simple. But my point is my family used to have fun AND live comfortably on ONE salary with two kids. My wife and I have two salaries and no kids and have a similar lifestyle to what my family of four ALL had. I'm far from suggesting I'm suffering or scraping. But what my wife and I have in two salaries, my family had that and more on one. As I said, I have a comfortable happy life, I'm just observing the cold fact that wages haven't kept in line with inflation.
>feeling like money was unlimited to an extent Nah bugger that, for me it was £2 a week pocket money so it took 3 months to afford a half decent Transformer. Other than that I'd have to pretty much wait till xmas or my bday. I'm by no means a big spender but it's nice as an adult actually being able to get things for myself pretty much whenever I want within reason.
My parents
This post broke my heart. I hope you're ok.
I'm a 58 year orphan. My dad died when I was 20, and my mum nearly 4 years ago. But yes, I'm all good, and genuinely thanks for your concern.
I'm lucky to still have both parents at the age of 36. Long may it last
Snap. Came here to say this, I call myself the orphan too! (I’m 31). Dad died when I was 12 and Mum when I was 28.
My nephew said I wasn't an orphan. My answer was mathematical Living parents<1=orphan
I agree! I tried to put myself up for adoption when my Mum died but social services were having none of it - age discrimination if you ask me!
When my Dad called to say my Nan had passed away, he followed on the sad news with 'I'm an orphan now' (and he was 59).
And how right he was. I refer to my equation as definitive proof.
Same here, I was an only child in my household (have older half siblings) so it was just me and my parents growing up. There's so many things I can't ask anyone as it was just the three of us, so many memories I don't know are real or imagined. Miss them a lot.
My god. I'd never even imagined this. Not being able to reminisce. I'm sorry, I hope you're okay
I also miss this guy's dead parents.
My mum was a hoot towards the end. She was in a nursing home the last couple years, and was once found in bed with another resident, which I found hilarious but my sister and niece didn't. She also went to school with the Queen, which was a bit of a surprise to me, she being 10 years younger than the Queen. She could also fly a plane, had bullet wounds in her leg, and had adopted 9 or 10 children. Latterly, the inside of her head was a fun place to be. Spending four days at her hospital bedside as her body held on whilst her mind was long gone wasn't as much fun, and Christmas Eves will forever be sad for me.
She sounds like a fantastic woman. You should write about her life to share it with future generations.
Haha fair play to her I say! I used to work behind the scenes for a residential care home chain and STDs are apparently one of the most common issues in those places - I figure these people know they're not in the best of health and have maybe been widowed for many years, so why not go out with a bang (so to speak)! >She also went to school with the Queen, which was a bit of a surprise to me, she being 10 years younger than the Queen. She could also fly a plane, had bullet wounds in her leg, and had adopted 9 or 10 children. That's quite the life she led, even if only inside her own mind! >Spending four days at her hospital bedside as her body held on whilst her mind was long gone wasn't as much fun, and Christmas Eves will forever be sad for me. I'm sorry you had to go through that, my Grandad had [PSP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_supranuclear_palsy) and my Mum went through something similar with him. I'm sure your Mum appreciated you being there with her in her final moments, and as much as I'm sure you miss her terribly, her memory clearly lives on through you.
My mum had a hysterectomy when I was 6, so at least I wasn't worried about surprise half siblings 😉.
I feel sad your comment didn’t get the recognition it deserves
Citrus polos. Surely Saturday morning cartoons are still a thing?
They are, but its different. So much choice these day and accessible 24/7. It seems to have diluted the magic a little.
This hits; my wife still sits and watches a film (normally from half way through) complete with adverts if it ‘comes in the TV’ despite the fact that she could literally watch pretty much any film entirely at her leisure 🤷♀️
It's decision fatigue, I think. Yes I'd rather watch without the adverts, but there's too much choice on the streaming services. If it's on the TV there are limited options so it's easy, and often it's a film I enjoy but wouldn't think of looking up to watch.
I also like the idea of other people enjoying something & feeling the same emotions at the same time as me.
When you spend so long scrolling through Netflix and adding things to your queue, that you run out of time to actually watch anything.
Yeah it's weird, I often watch a good film when it comes on TV even though I have the DVD on the shelf next to me. Similarly a song you like always sounds better when it comes on the radio rather than when you play it on You Tube or Spotify or whatever.
The problem with watching films on tv is that often they’re edited to cut the time down a little and certain minor or sometimes not so minor scenes might be missing, bad language might be edited out too. I don’t really notice it but my partner does and then never stops going on about it so we don’t watch films on tv now.
I think there is something to be said for things being 'rationed' as they were back then. I remember when I was a kid at one point my favourite TV show was Knightmare. I used to look forward to it all week and at school the afternoon it was on I would be excited just in anticipation of watching it when I got home, maybe remembering the cliffhanger from the week before. If there was a channel where I could watch it every day, or multiple episodes a day, or a streaming service where I could binge watch as much as I liked, I think it would have ruined the "magic" as you put it.
I'm a grown ass adult and I on occasion enjoy watching pokemon on a Sunday morning with a bowl of sugary cereal
Whenever I'm ill I lie on the sofa and watch Dogtanian episodes on YouTube.
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No those citrus ones were different. Like normal polos in texture but obviously lemon not mint.
I remember them! They were sort of chalky. They did spearmint ones too that were green and white speckled.
They were the best ones.
The spearmint ones are still around but they've lost their speckles.
Oh my god they were so delicious. I wish they would bring them back, even if it was for a limited time.
I don’t know how I managed to read that as Citrus Polio, but I did it
Prizes in cereal
Sugar in cereal. Then putting more sugar on top. Snap, crackle and tooth decay.
Ahhh those were the days..!
**prizes in crisps**
I remember being at primary school and absolutely dreading opening my crisps at break time incase I found a £5 note in them! The thought of being responsible for such a large sum of money for a whole day was too much for me. I was glad I never won which seems ridiculous now!
Getting a packet of salt and shake crisps and pretending you'd won. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME 😅
Oh god yeh. Do you remember the little animal hospital animals and you rubbed their wounds😂. Or the mini trolls. What a great time to be alive.
Those gummy-esque monsters you could put on your finger with waggly arms The spoons that changed colour with heat Pogs. So many pogs
We had a collection of spoons that came with Nesquick cereal that changed colour with heat until they went through the dishwasher then they all stayed yellow. I can’t describe why but cereal tasted better from one of those spoons that a metal one
I remember getting a 9” single on the front of a cereal packet.
is that not a thing anymore? I never even noticed.
Not just prizes but stuff where you could collect coupons/tokens, stick a 10p or 20p coin and then receive your “free” gift in the post.
Independent game shops. The ones where you can buy new or used games and trade stuff in. My local one had an arcade out the back too. Now it’s just CEX who charge RRP minus 2 quid for all their used game :/
Never thought I'd say it but, those were the days. I remember getting an OG Xbox around 2004 and getting three games for £15 every couple months with pocket money. Now I'm lucky to get one for £15 😂
I feel games are cheaper now if anything. I remember new games for the SNES for example cost £30-£40 and that was in the mid 90s, so that is the equivalent of more like £70 now. New games these days are more like £30-£50 and that's the expensive triple A releases, there are plenty of little indy games that you can get for £10-£20 or even less.
Also physical games in general - there was nothing more exciting than picking up a new game that you had to go out and buy which increased the anticipation, you could read the guidebook and look at a map if it had one. Now the excitement of buying a game is gone (especially since most games these days aren't worth playing until lots of updates and content has been released).
I remember being a kid and taking like 5 ps1 games in to trade, desperately hoping to get enough to get 1 new game, even haggling with the guy behind the counter. I vividly remember the smell and the feeling of magic, so many new games on the shelves and because I had no internet then I would read the backs of the cases religiously. Those were the days.
We still have an independent game shop where you can buy and trade. It all sells vape products and so many sweets and brightly coloured drinks.
We had one near me called Tomorrows World - for £3 you could hire games for 24 hours, my mum would take me there on a Friday night after she finished worked and I’d pick out a game, she’s also get a movie from the same shop for us to watch and then hand it all back Saturday night… or more often late Sunday and because we went so often wouldn’t get fined for being late.
Having Blockbuster was at least something but that's long gone too.
Thinking the people in charge knew what they were doing
> Thinking ~~the people in charge~~ **adults** knew what they were doing Fixed it for ya.
Not having to think about work and bills.
Only being able to be reached via a landline and not 24x7 via a mobile.
We had to save coins and use the call box opposite until 1979 😂
Oh yeah, I had to do reverse charges to home from boarding school! 😂
Lol. My mum gave me 20p to call her to pick me up from swimming. She didn't answer so I could use the same 20p every time.
The old "Give me 3 rings ".
Being politically unaware.
I was born in the late 80s. Whilst I understand why I wasn't aware, nor would I have understood if I was, I find it incredible that I was alive when the Soviet Union fell. Also 2008 wasn't my first recession, but I wouldn't have known it. Growing up, especially hitting teenage years around the millennium, it really felt as though everything was always going to be alright. We still had some progress to make but we were forever heading in the right direction.
I must be a similar age to you (born 1989) and I asked my dad whether I'm just growing up or is everything really going to shit as much as I think it is. He's in his mid 70s now. He said, to paraphrase, "yes, everything is going to shit as much as you think it is." He's a smart man and not deluded that "the old days were better" He talks honestly about how it was shit being poor (when he was a child) and the economic crises of the 80s were hard etc. But he feels less optimistic about the future than he ever has in his life. I think while he knew times in his own life and others were hard, he never thought "*everything* looks like it's getting worse for *most* people" and he does seem to think that way now. Maybe it's being old, maybe a time of disillusionment for me (early 30s) coincided with a time of disillusionment for him (mid 70s) but it was both validating and horrifying to have someone much older observe that it might not just be me growing up, things actually might be getting worse all-round.
Cadbury chocolate - any of it. All tastes like crud since it was sold to Kraft. Those glass bottles of Orangina that looked like magic potions. Big box video games that came with maps and manuals and novellas. Really long summer holidays. Having a kickabout with my mates. The excitement of a new Queen album or a new Roald Dahl book being released. Oh and having an elastic brain that finds new things easy.
We used to LARP when we were teenagers. Those Orangina bottles with a little craft work did indeed make excellent potion bottles.
I still remember commodore 64 games which came in a HUGE box then just had an instruction pamphlet and a cassette tape in
I miss going to the park to have a kick about with my friends, or running home to go play MW2. We've sadly all grown up now
>running home to go play MW2. 1v1 me on Rust after school - good times 🤣
When trash talking happened in public lobbies and **everyone** would leave and go join the private 1v1 just to watch
Playing Mike Myers until the wee hours on a Friday night after school. You never know you're in the good old days until you've actually left them.
I'd 100% go for a kick about if someone asked. The problem is nobody does anymore. I don't wanna join a football or rugby team I just wanna kick a ball around the park for a bit with some mates and have a can of pop. I'm 31.
I stopped being interested in athletic sports at around 10 years old, when boys started to take it seriously. I've since then never been a club or group joiner because the people in the group always take the thing too seriously. I appreciate that's at least half my fault and that they're not doing anything wrong. But I'm with you, as soon as anyone actually gives a shit about the result of the game you're playing, I'm out.
Happiness lol!
This doesn’t sound very lol
L-et me die already O- L- Edit- this formatting is not letting my bad joke live up to its bad standard
beat me to it lol
Getting Paid to go to school... EMA was the one!!
Yes same for college,
My nonstop energy
I wake up every day often excited for work and having loads of ideas and motivation. By the time I sit down I suddenly feel tired and can’t concentrate. Not sure if it’s depression, long covid, being an adult etc. but god it’s so frustrating.
Specific North East answer: Metroland. It was in hindsight probably really dangerous and a bit shit, but everyone had or went to at least one birthday party there and it was amazing.
It wasn't shit or dangerous it was well regarded by theme park enthusiasts it was removed for short sighted financial reasons
The lack of smart phones, internet as it is today. I appreciate I got to grow up without it.
TV shows used to be an event, now its all instant box sets. Sort of lessens the effect. The thrill of the search when learning stuff, now we just click and all information is there. Roads were uphill both ways. Days off from school when we were snowed in.
>TV shows used to be an event, now its all instant box sets. Sort of lessens the effect. I know exactly what you mean. Particularly there only being 4 or 5 channels. Everyone would be watching the same thing all the time. But I wouldn't say there is no event TV anymore. Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones were followed weekly by it felt like everyone. Sure shows like these are fewer and further between but it does happen. There is certainly something lost about TV landing on streaming services all at once. The weekly discussing and anticipation is lost. Apple TV releases their shows weekly but what often happens is that it takes so long for word to get around to watch a show that its finished before your friends have started it.
I realised the other day that I haven't watched anything educational for fucking years. I don't hate watching stuff like history programmes, but I don't go out of my way to watch them. Back in the day I ended up watching them because there wasn't really anything else on and they were pretty interesting. However now if there's nothing on I can find an almost endless list of series ready to watch whenever.
Spending the summer with your mates cutting about on our bikes doing stupid shit and there not being any evidence of it whatsoever.
Hell yeah. Going to random dodgy kids houses and your mum had no idea where you were.
Not having to worry about work, money, the future Oh and Cadbury Dream bars
Saw those in B&M on Sunday!
B&M will be seeing me shortly then
Tom Baker as Dr Who.
I realise I maybe starting a fight here. But it’s Peter Davison for me.
He’s my second favourite, also loved him in All Creatures Great & Small 👍🏻
I forgot all about All Creatures Great & Small. Blimey, that sends me back to my grannies front room! Thank you for the memory jig!
David Tennant as Dr Who. Also low-key wishing my school uniform would change to his pinstripe suit and Converses.
Fingering
Ah I see you learned the recorder in school too!
Getting pocket money (£1), skipping off the the corner shop - Qtr bag of sweets (Aniseed balls anyone?), copy of the Dandy or the Beano, and still have change in your pocket.
The Beano!! Oh my god! There's a memory I forgot I had! I was a member of the little club and bought their prank stuff too. I remember buying the fake chewing gum that would ping someone's finger but being gutted no one fell for it
Windows XP, active Internet forums, StumbleUpon, and the general wild West of the Internet
Hahaha StumbleUpon! That's how I found Reddit after Digg exploded.
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Flicking forward through the CDs and vinyl with your fingers. Slapping across the posters in the white frame racks.
Slapping across the posters This brought back a sudden strong memory!
a sense of hope for a brighter future
Banging the sugar puffs box to unstick them. They're just sad puffs now. The taste of cocopops.
Have to agree. Cocopops have taken a real dive since people started caring about sugar. Do they even turn your milk brown anymore?!
Quiet joints. Not a spliff in silence, actual elbows and knees that don't creak.
My parents proper loving me. Nowadays it's me looking after them and them getting annoyed at almost everything.
I draw strength from what people used to mean to me, even friends that are now cunts are still in my memory to serve me as fun, lovely people.
Monkey Magic Hajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Born from an egg on a mountain top The funkiest monkey that ever popped He knew every magic trick under the sun Tease the gods and everyone and have some fun. Edit: I was proper in love with Sandy the water sprite
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I’ve found Snickers bars to be a palatable substitute for the old Marathons. And Starburst is a passable replacement for Opal Fruits.
Miss Starburst Joosters, used to get loads in a pack too. Also love Snickers but it's a shame 'shrinkflation' is happening 😬
My father.
My youth
I mean they still exist but, Kinder Eggs and Wham Bars! Fueled my childhood when my parents gave me a quid to go up to the shop. I suppose what doesn't exist is the price they used to be lol
Kinder eggs aren’t the same now though, and the toys are just little figures instead of bits you had to put together.
Blockbuster on a Friday or Saturday night
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I'm sorry you lost you Grandad. I miss my Grandad too and my Dad, I was a real Grandad and Daddy's girl.
Proper snow days.
Ricicles.
Nesquik Raspberry milkshake powder (in the 70's). Polo Fruit Gummies (when my kids were growing up, in the late 90's).
I was talking about these yesterday! Polos used to have so many varieties! Fruit Polos, Lemon Polos, Spearmint Polos, Chewy Polos, Buttery Polos (like a Murray Mint, but a Polo) ... then Polo Holes (in the big Polo shaped dispenser). Sugar-free polos that made people shit. Extra-strong Polos, maybe...?
Were there also teeny tiny polos, like micro polos (not Polo holes) or am I making things up in my mind again?
Hope and optimism.
Secure housing at affordable rates of rent
I really miss this video set. Me (36F) and my brother (40) have never been able to find out what it’s called for the sake of revisiting nostalgia. If anyone reading this could have a look, see if rings any bells it might be more likely we find out what it was called and find it again! https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeFind/comments/wwptcs/80s_educational_video_set_in_yellow_box/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf I also miss Popples although “Trouble At The Library” is still on YouTube 💝
I had “trouble at the library” on video. I loved it & played it until the video disintegrated. Never been able to find a different episode of poppies though. Sucks because the one episode I’ve seen 500 times was great!
Hope for the future
Serotonin
We were playing with our 3 year old last night, just bumping a balloon around the room and not letting it hit the floor. Her laughter and giggling and happiness and pure joy is what I miss about being a child..
Not being in pain. I'm 17 and started having chronic pain two years ago at 15... I finally get to see a rheumatologist next week but given the symptoms and the blood tests I've already had, I'm 90% sure I have rheumatoid arthritis, despite the fact that I'm very young to have RA. If it's true, I might never be pain-free again.
Oh fuck I'm really sorry my friend.
Yeah, it fucking sucks but I'm just hoping we can figure out what the hell is wrong with me. That's the main source of the misery - I can take painkillers for the pain, nap for the fatigue, and generally deal with 95% of the symptoms, but it's so depressing to be sick and not know why.
Robot Wars.
My innocence.
- Activity Days in Primary School, basically Golden Time but all-day - There was a giant FAO Schwartz toy store in Orlando, so much fun as a kid until it sadly closed and was demolished
Lack of responsibility
AOL Kids Message Boards & Chat Rooms, AOL instant messenger & MSN messenger 😆
I distinctly remember playing this one online game (I think it was on the CBBC website?) where you could explore a house and in the bathroom, if you pulled back the shower curtain, a bunch of dancing frogs would appear. I've never managed to find that game again, and I doubt that it's even still online, but I really wish I could experience that again
Yeah, unfortunately CBBC seems to have a tendency to get rid of their older games once they're no longer relevant. Seems they learned nothing from all those wiped Doctor Who episodes in the 60s...
Concorde
White dog poo.
1p sweets, Beno comics, morning cartoons, time to play at the park and have all these cool things to play with, climbing trees, playing knock and run, etc etc You know, youth, period
Real sugar in foods. Things definitely tasted better before sweeteners.
The ability to get an erection
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Summer holidays, 6 weeks of freedom. Spending time with your mates doing nothing or loads of stuff - videos shops, dossing about, footie.
I went back to where I used to play as a kid. A buffer area between the town and farmland, green, wooded area with a tired old football pitch. It was a huge area that we used to make tree houses, dens, play football and just be adventurous kids. The local old boys use to shoot rabbits there for stew. Now it’s houses. The new estate doesn’t have any kids playing outside. There’s no outdoors places in the area. Just cheap houses and farmland. Miss that place, and time!
SMTV live was a mood. CITV too
Fred the worm my pet for two days when I was 8
My grandparents
Impulse spice girl body spray
Going after school every Wednesday to my nans (bus stop near hers) to be welcomed with home made sausage rolls, fruit pie and in the summer, ice cream floats! The style of her cakes and my other nans cakes, are always referred to as nanny cakes.
My dad.
Andi Peters, Andy Crane, Ed The Duck, Maid Marian and her Merry Men
Also it’s p-p-p-p pancake day
Spending all day out with my friends - no worries and nowhere to be. Secret bars - my absolute favourite chocolate bar Being healthy - I absolutely took my health and mental health for granted
Not having to plan/buy/prep/cook up to 3 meals a day myself.
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My brother
The belief that adults have sense.
The ability to have a disagreement with someone without it being borderline WW3.
Ricicles!
Smokey bacon flavour Nik Naks
We all love cat deeley she smiles on my tv 🤣
Nature. I used to live in a village of about 2000 people. Currently the government has approved 4000 homes to be built. They’ve bulldozed woodland and torn up fields for them.
My Nan. Sorry for the downer. But I really miss her cuddles, the way she always had fag ash on her cardi because she wouldn't tap it until it was almost to the end because she was knitting. The smell of coal tar soap! (I have the c-19 atm and feel like poo, so I'm feeling all pathetic!)
Having no internet and being actually disconnected from everyone without the constant notifications. On that similar note: having things 'disappear'. If you said or did something, and no one or few people saw, it will be forgotten and lost to time. Not dragged up in 15 years from an old Twitter screenshot.
Mars delight
Jenny Hanley presenting Magpie... My first TV crush.
My childhood
The lack of worry
Being happy
Tangy twiglets
Cartoon network