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Nostalgia is a powerful substance. And everyone carries it within themselves. It can take us to a distant time and place in a heartbeat. All we need is the right trigger. Luckily, the subreddit of the same name has plenty of them.

Whether we're talking about multicolored pens, Tamagotchis, or having to manually turn off your computer, this online community shares pictures that make you feel old and hit right in the feels.

We at Bored Panda have already covered r/Nostalgia in our older publications here and here, but with 1 million members, its collection of sentimental gems keeps expanding really fast, so we thought we'd release an update to send you down memory lane once more. Safe travels!

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Remember The Visualizer In Windows Media Player? I'd Spend Hours Staring At It

Remember The Visualizer In Windows Media Player? I'd Spend Hours Staring At It

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Even though we all feel nostalgia, it's not entirely clear what psychological purpose it serves. Is this longing feeling for the past good or bad?

Krystine Batcho, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at LeMoyne College, said the word was coined or invented a long time ago, over 300 years ago, and originally designated homesickness. 

"Semantic drift over the centuries has broadened that to the notion of longing for or missing aspects of a person's personal lived past," Batcho explained.

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In The 2000's Everyone Had A Cd Case In Their Car Half Full Of Burned Cds, And It Was Better Than What We Have Now

In The 2000's Everyone Had A Cd Case In Their Car Half Full Of Burned Cds, And It Was Better Than What We Have Now

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Old Stereo Cabinets

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Remember When You Didn’t Have To Enter Your Personal Info Online To Win A Soda?

Remember When You Didn’t Have To Enter Your Personal Info Online To Win A Soda?

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"Most of the research available today including my research argues that nostalgia serves a number of functions," Batcho said. "The thing that ties them all together is that nostalgia is an emotional experience that unifies."

In other words, it helps to unite our self, our sense of who we are, and our identity over time. This can be valuable because over time we change in incredible ways.

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"We're not anywhere near the same as we were when we were three years old, for example," Batcho added. "Nostalgia by motivating us to remember the past in our own life helps to unite us to that authentic self and remind us of who we have been and then compare that to who we feel we are today." This also gives us an image of who we want to be in the future. 

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Having To Manually Roll Down/Up Your Car's Windows

Having To Manually Roll Down/Up Your Car's Windows

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the US, the average new car is $47K, average annual income $53K. We wouldn’t mind manually rolling down the windows in affordable vehicles.

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Is It Me Or Did You Guys Have Those Temporary Trailers Attached To You're School That Were Only Meant To Stay Up For Like 3 Years But Ended Up Staying For Like 30?

Is It Me Or Did You Guys Have Those Temporary Trailers Attached To You're School That Were Only Meant To Stay Up For Like 3 Years But Ended Up Staying For Like 30?

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Kimberley McMillan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I spent all of grade five in a portable. It was so cold in the winter. :(

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Kevin Teng
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I spent the entire 3rd grade in one of these. Sometimes, we had to wear our jackets inside the classroom.

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Eagle Girl
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Portables! They were the best bc you had to leave school to go to school

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T'Mar of Vulcan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We still have them here. They're not trailers, though, they're known as "temporary classrooms" but they are used for YEARS. The first one my school bought was a second-hand one they got from a high school for 18 thousand rand. That was in 1995, and it's still there and in use! We call them "prefabs" here, short for "prefabricated building".

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Kel_how
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was in middle school orchestra, they moved us to a portable. The problem was, they didn't install the stairs/ramp for weeks and weeks. My teacher got fed up and had us climb on a chair to get inside; he held the chair and gave us a hand up. Some parent that worked for the local newspaper took a picture and wrote a snarky article about how he was endangering us, but the stairs/ramp we're installed pretty quickly after that.

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Steve Hawtin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had those at my middle school in the UK. They were always called temporary, but we're still there 10 years after I left!

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had them too. I thought they were cool at first and then they would get bitterly cold 🥶

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Cats Are Pretty Cool I Guess
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My church used to use these for High school and middle school classes. When they added on the building we moved out of them. And thank goodness too. They were moldy and mildewy and the windows leaked when it rained. Oh and there were even a few mushrooms.

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Rebecca Force
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Um, I work in public education. I have never worked at a school that DOESN'T have them - from elementary to high school.

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AmandaKay
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My High School's Maternity Class was housed in one of these trailers. All pregnant students were required to attend classes in the trailer. They were only allowed in the physical building to attend SexEd a Senior class with a BIO-2 B average pre-requisite. Most of the girls were freshman-senior & a few attended more than one year in the trailer. It was known around town as the SlutShack. (say that like you are singing the B-52s). Ah the past was the WORST.

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Huddo's sister
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's horrid, but then again, my school wouldn't even have that option! It was a given you would just drop out.

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Emily Manning
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our school still has those. The roof blew off one during a wind storm and we had to put tires on the remaining shingles:/

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Scagsy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember the weird springy floor they had? I don't know why but I hated that feeling.

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βud Small
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can still feel/hear that boom 'n bounce to this day lol! And 5th grade for me was way back in '79! 😂😭😖

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Sean Wickham
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did anyone take classes in quansit huts? I don't even know if I'm spelling.that correctly.

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Huddo's sister
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My high school had them (though I think they called them Nissan Huts) when it opened, but that was more than 60 years ago so I never used them. I think they had them for about 5-10 years.

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Katie Lutesinger
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*raises hand* Yo. We called 'em portables too! At my old primary school they're still there 23 years after I graduated.

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David Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep, we had 6 or 7 when I was in school. They're still there.

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Lillukka79
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Weren't a thing when I was at school, now they are everywhere.

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Michelle M Fisher
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’d seen portables but they were less common in Michigan, probably the weather!

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Tinaaa
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YOUR and YOU'RE have a DIFFERENCE (sry can't help it is a pet peeve)

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Emjay Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Portables that had no running water. You had to hike a bucket inside the school, fill up in the janitor's room, and hike it back to class. I felt like Laura Ingalls or Anne Shirley during the days of the one room school house.

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April Pickett
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope, they didn't have temporary classrooms when I was in school.

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Lyn Moffett
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Spent 5 years in one that was supposed to be a temporary classroom. Bleeding cold too

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Jane Dorothy Warner
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here, they're called Elliott Modular Classrooms, and I can see as I drive past the school that they are still there after 30 years.

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Nancy Lynch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Portables. The number of students maxed out the school. Needed more classrooms. My high school class was 600 in 1979.

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Jeff Diamond
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My ex-wife's first four years as a teacher were in one of these. My kids' school still has one.

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Laura Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My elementary and middle school had them and they still have them now

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mark glass
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is the building at fault for your not knowing the proper usage of your and you're??

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Lib Elder
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had Quonsot Huts- literally a half pipe of corrugated metal with a door at each end and a dividing wall for 2 classrooms.

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Mr. B
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We only had one at our school it was called I.C.E portables weren't a THING yet

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jack sprat
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, sir. I'm pretty sure there are still schools that use them.

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Huddo's sister
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At my Primary school they had one from at least the 70s when my mum was at the school (and called it the new building) until it burned down in the mod 2000s!

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Clover
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had those the very first year that the school (high school) opened. Seemed like they didn't plan well from the very first.

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Nicole Tomme
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. Yes I do. The high school did not build a second building until a decade after I graduated.

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sara Attar
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's still happening 😂 Swedish schools in the ghetto 🤷🏻‍♀️

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J L
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ours ended up having elevated levels of radon gas. Many of my classmates developed cancer in their 50's and 60's, many have died.

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Breanna Ardrey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Getting sent outside with all the other "trouble maker" kids.. I mean boys & having to spend most of 10th grade math outside in the snow/rain in Enumclaw, Washington (Bout an hour towards the mountains from Seattle, Wa) UGH lol

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βud Small
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had four, called them "the annexes". And we were top dogs that year! 5th grade classes all in them, so we ruled the elementary school as the oldest. Then next year across the street to a junior high built in 1912 lol! "youth is wasted on the young". 😞 I'm 56 now and wish I could have a do over...the simple, good days of youth. 😞

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Amanda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same and im 32. We thought we were super cool walking past the cafeteria to get to the annexes over the other kids. But now I look back I realize they were so much colder and the floors scared me.

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Jose Cabanas
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Took em like 20 years until they finally made those additions to the school, sadly I was long gone by then =:D

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Katie Abernathy-Holm
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think we watched "the video" in Highschool health. It definitely seemed intentional 🤣

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Cisco Cushing
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Middle was like that and also went to a charter school in high school which was mad of them except for the principals office

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Sam J
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At my elementary school, there were about six portables by the time I left. I had eighth grade in it and it was actually fun.

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Candi Cabaniss
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have them now in the school I teach at. School caught fire and things will not be cleaned up until christmas. I'm so glad they are not the FEMA ones.

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Jay Stone
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After a major hurricane you could also have a temporary as a home and school.

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Jennik
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My classroom for Form 1 (Year 7) was what NZ schools refer to as a prefab. It was on the far side of the sports field, miles away from the rest of the school. On the plus side, it was positioned against a steep bank so I could jump out the window, climb onto the roof, and run along to the girls' loos (also in a prefab) to escape the boys who kept beating me up because I was a girl and brighter than them. After a bit I realised that a short, sharp kick to the nads was also quite effective (and more satisfying than running away).

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Paul Hewings
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our whole school was a temporary building built in the 60s. It had a couple of thousand kids and wasn't replaced until the late naughties. It used to rain inside in my German lessons.

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Captaindolly_767
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the only people who made any effort were the janitor and my choir teacher. They had the automatic doors turned off, if I pushed the button nothing happened. The buttons were only on once or twice when I was using my chair at school daily. I had to quit using it at school because it was too dangerous and it was causing me more pain which is why I got the chair in the first place. Thankfully my medication was FINALLY adjusted to the right dose and I was able to stop using my chair altogether. I still have pain today but its well under control.

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Captaindolly_767
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I spent half of grade 6 and all of grade 7 in one except next to it was a permanent building that was offices, this building had a bathroom and we were NOT allowed to use it if we needed to use the bathroom we had to walk down a long hill and then a short steep hill to get to the main campus. The school put us up there and I was a part time wheelchair user at the time and sometimes used it at school. The school was fully aware of my condition and still put me up there. i tried using my wheelchair once and it was a disaster. when I was on the main campus almost nobody helped me-

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All of 4th grade in one. It was actually really cool. Right next to the playground. Gave us a reason to be outside while on a bathroom break. It was never too cold or hot

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Mikuel Sampaguita
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those classes were always the cool teachers and was always the noisiest

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April Hodakowski
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! The entire fourth grade were in these. Like, screw you fourth graders! Banishment for you!

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Russell Bowman
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Okinawa (Kubasaki HS) we had Quonset huts ... with one window rattling AC.

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Amy Stone-Chandler
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup. Portables. We have them in Canada. Still traumatized from running from main school through blizzards for music classes

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Axolotl King
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ye. Our music class was in one of these, there was a lockdown once. Idk why I remember that so specifically

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Mari Mar Pinta
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my gosh yes! My 4th grade school year in Darwin Public School, Chicago in the late 80's! And guess who sat in the back row... the COLDEST row? Yep...

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Victoria Anderson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My local DMV is using one of those bc the main building is being renovated

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Aubrie Allen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The ones that went up at my elementary school when I was a student there are still up. And I just turned 41!

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Molly Block
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I spent one grade in one of those, the 6th grade, in Miami. But I can't remember--- did they have a bathroom inside? BC I seem to remember having to get permission to go to the bathroom, and it was in the "real" school's building, a good walk away.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still have them at my brother's middle school. They're so old they're kinda rusty and the bases are desintegrating

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Tom More
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My middle school had them since the 90s and it was called the portable classroom. It never moved once, until they built a track over it in 2020. And by moved they demolished it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And in Florida where they are still in use, they are dangerous due to the toxic build-up of mold and mildew. Not to mention the gator that used to go visit the portable where my sister taught. And then there were the snakes.

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Ron Man
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Portable classrooms are obsolete? Is the author a f*****g elitist prick who went to European boarding schools or something? These are everywhere

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Azure Adams
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so many portables!!! Seemed all my classes were in portables until like high school due to my schools undergoing so much construction for who knows what and it lasting forever

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My entire middle school was portables. No real building. It was 50 something years old when I went.

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RoseTheMad
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My art classes were in one of these one year. We didn't have hot water in them, so that was fun when you were covered in paint/clay etc.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the year after you graduate, they deside to actually start building something 😅

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Cee Mor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We still have one at my school. Finally getting replaced this summer 2022! (built in 1995)

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Heidi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! That's where our computer lab was and I remember getting super excited about playing Oregon Trail when we'd go out to them.. yes, I'm that old..

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Duncan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, the Donga. Never a popular classroom. Nothing scarier than the dental van though!

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Danielle Ocasio Fast
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had trailers for elementary and middle school classes on an army base... But each class was its own single "trailer." We used to distract our 6th grade history teacher enough to change the clock and get out of class early.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Spent all of 4th grade in a portable. Was probably my favorite class out of all elementary school.

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Ellie J
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awww yeah, our 'maths block' was infact two sheds in the field

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Trinity
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was in year 5, I transferred over to a private primary school down the road (my parents finally caved in from my Catholic Grandma's nagging), but I lived on the opposite side of the road from my old state school. About a year after I went to the new school, some wankers decided to burn my old school down, so they had to replace a lot of the buildings with the temporary ones that stayed there even to this day.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My school had a few of these, though I'll never understand why as the school building was huge and we had loads of empty classrooms. (The school was built in the 50's for 1000+ kids but by the 90's had just over 100 students.) I left that school in 98 and they were there until the school was demolished in 2012, apparently they'd been built in the 70's!

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βud Small
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fifth graders had four of them! You knew you were top dog when you started that year... 😂

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Blackstone
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hated these during storms. You'd get soaked between classes and always wonder if the storm was about to blow it away.

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P R
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who is WRITING these titles/headers, and who is not PROOFREADING them?? "you're" instead of your; "like" twice in the same sentence?!?

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Pym Cat
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe someone should have spent more time there to learn your and you're

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Enothor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s where French class was…you know, the most important language to learn in the US apparently…

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gay insomniac assassin panda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes. it turned up about five years ago and will for as long as the world stands by the look of things.

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Nostalgia also serves an essential psychological function in that it's a highly social emotion. It connects us to other people.

"In the beginning, when we're very young, it's part of what bonds us to the most important people in our life, our parents, our siblings, our friends. As we go through life, it can broaden out and extend to a wider sphere of the people we interact with. It's a social connectedness phenomenon and nostalgia is in that sense a very healthy pro-social emotion."

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Before Cell Phones… Here’s How You Found Your Friends

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Solitaire Card Backs

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Who Panda 420
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know if you choose the one at the end sometimes an ace would shoot out of his sleeve. And if you choose the one with the castle the bats will move and the one with the robot some of the dials would move

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The Art On The Back Of The Little Golden Book Series

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Who Else Remembers Cigarette Vending Machines That Had No Way To Check A Persons Age And Operated On The Honor System?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

75 cents at the pizzeria. You had to run in quickly while the guy was busy or lie & say it was for your mom

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In itself, nostalgia is somewhat of a conflict because it is a bitter-sweet emotion. But that also has a hugely positive effect because it helps us to unify what otherwise would be felt or experienced by us as conflicts.

"The bitterness comes from the sense that we know for sure that we can never really regain them, they're gone forever. The irreversibility of time means that we absolutely cannot go back in time so it helps us to deal with the conflict of the bitter longing for what can never be again together with the sweetness of having experienced it and being able to revisit it and relive it again," Batcho said.

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Silly Erasers That Never Worked

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Having To Manually Turn Off Your Computer

Having To Manually Turn Off Your Computer

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha I had forgotten that. One thing I won't forget is the absolute paranoia my dad had about computer viruses in the 90s

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According to Batcho's research, nostalgia can be a stabilizing force and comfort us during times of transition.

"It's very difficult to grasp change, because in some sense, at a very deep psychic level, change threatens us," the psychologist explained. "It's a little frightening because we're not 100% sure that we can control it. One of the most important aspects of being a healthy human being is having a sense that you are in control of things. When things start to change, either very substantially, such as major events in a person's life, getting married or getting divorced, getting a new career, going back to school or graduating from school, it's comforting to have a nostalgic feeling for the past that reminds us that although we don't know what the future is going to bring, what we do know is that we know who we have been and who we really are."

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Teacher's Grade Book

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Magic Mitt For The 90s Kids Out There

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Nostalgia brings things back. It stimulates memories of the times when we were accepted and loved and this phenomenon is very comforting. Knowing that at some point in life we didn't have to earn our love can be very powerful. Nostalgia helps us realize that our parents, our siblings, or our friends simply loved us unconditionally. And these thoughts can work miracles on us when we're undergoing turmoil in our personal lives.

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Magic Slate Paper Saver

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Family: Why Do You Love Pizza So Much? My TV As A Kid

Family: Why Do You Love Pizza So Much? My TV As A Kid

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Visiting Your School After Dark If You Were Attending A Performance Or Exhibit. The Eerie Type Of Feeling You'd Experience

Visiting Your School After Dark If You Were Attending A Performance Or Exhibit. The Eerie Type Of Feeling You'd Experience

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Mr. Sketch. Our First “High”

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Batcho believes nostalgia might even have an element of infectiousness and wishes it was even bigger. To understand what she means by that, think of a group of people who have some shared experience.

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"The best example of that is when a group of friends are reminiscing about their antics, the things they did as either teenagers or children or what have you. There it's a bonding experience. Another example of that is we know from current research that sports fans love to do that. They talk about the games that they enjoyed and when their team was victorious. When you have a common bond, it can be very infectious and it's like a domino one memory triggers another."

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A Complete Fisher-Price Medical Kit

A Complete Fisher-Price Medical Kit

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Candy Powder Filled Fruit

Candy Powder Filled Fruit

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And the reason why she wishes it was more infectious is that this, let's call it, collective nostalgia can break down when you have a group of people who do not have shared experiences to be nostalgic about. Suddenly if you have one individual wanting to reminisce about their past but no one else in that group remembers those things or lived through those things, you might get things like a generation gap. Someone is talking about the 1950s and a teen says they can't even imagine it.

So when you think about it, r/Nostalgia is doing a beautiful public service. The subreddit is bringing together those who might not have anyone to daydream about the past with.

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Countertop Popcorn Machines

Countertop Popcorn Machines

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These still slap. If you like popcorn, do yourself a favor and go buy one. 1000x better than microwave

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The Computer Section Of A Public Library In 2006

The Computer Section Of A Public Library In 2006

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I Never Had A Pair Myself, But I Recall Quite A Few Childhood Friends Having The 80s Style Fisher Price Roller Skates…

I Never Had A Pair Myself, But I Recall Quite A Few Childhood Friends Having The 80s Style Fisher Price Roller Skates…

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Robinhood Men In Tights (1993)

Robinhood Men In Tights (1993)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Their once was a man from Nottingham who tried to cross a river. What a dope. He stepped on a rope now look at him shiver

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My Daughter. Playing With Her New Tamagotchi

My Daughter. Playing With Her New Tamagotchi

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

😳 my granddaughter has that same flannel nightgown…. now i know 💯 i am old 😢

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California Raisin, 1987, You Heard It From The Grapevine!

California Raisin, 1987, You Heard It From The Grapevine!

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Kit Kat With Foil Wrapping

Kit Kat With Foil Wrapping

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3D Pinball For Windows - Space Cadet Gif

3D Pinball For Windows - Space Cadet Gif

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Limewire

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Spending a few hours downloading a song only to find out its someone's cover or not what you were looking for, but I had a stack of CDs like in the other picture thanks to it.

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Turn Off Computer

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well we still do it as of today so as to allow fresh start of the computer

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Mcdonald’s Burger Seats. I Can Still Feel Them - The Hardest Substance Known To Man

Mcdonald’s Burger Seats. I Can Still Feel Them - The Hardest Substance Known To Man

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Bedding Sets From The 90s

Bedding Sets From The 90s

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't forget about the little mermaid and Pocahontas sets too with matching curtains.

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#47

The Old Comedy Central Logo. The 90s To Mid 2000s Were Peak Comedy Central

The Old Comedy Central Logo. The 90s To Mid 2000s Were Peak Comedy Central

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember turning it on and seeing actual stand up comics being funny. Not just sitcoms.

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#48

Celebrating A Merry Birthday In 1997

Celebrating A Merry Birthday In 1997

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aww! I have a Merry Birthday Too! Only upside to one present is when your mom is struggling, sometimes you get something good like a Nintendo.

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Ringtone Commercials

Ringtone Commercials

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was Jamster in the UK with the Crazy Fog... still trying to forget that noise

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Connecting With The World In Aol Chat Rooms

Connecting With The World In Aol Chat Rooms

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then leaving the chat room when everyone notices a predator is in the chat ruining everyones conversations. Soon enough it was impossible to chat without people wanting to "talk dirty" maybe I just had bad experiences but I remember it being so cool at first

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