Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, is a very common and highly social-emotional experience. It is centered around the self, important social connections, and meaningful life events. In other words, when our mind drowns itself in these sentimental memories, it makes us revisit the precious moments we shared with friends and loved ones.
So to invite you on a new trip down memory lane, we at Bored Panda are continuing our series on the popular subreddit r/Nostalgia, and have once again compiled its best recent posts. Continue scrolling to check them out, and if you missed our earlier publications, catch up here, here, and here.
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Who Remembers Making Textbook Covers From Grocery Bags In The Late 1970s And 80s?
Erasers That Never Erased Anything
Research often shows that nostalgia is a primarily positive emotion that can lift people's spirits. But in these studies, participants are usually asked to recall a past event that makes them feel most nostalgic, and the Dornsife team at the University of Southern California thinks that this approach tends to result in people recalling a unique and overly positive, fond memory.
They have found the opposite may be true. Just like in Bruce Springsteen’s nostalgic song Glory Days, people look back to the good times when they feel dissatisfied with their current life.
Manual Credit Card Machine. You Know The Sounds It Makes
A Top 10 Gift If You Were A Kid In The 90’s, I Present To You, The Ultimate Surround Sound Audio, Complete With The Option To Extend The Speakers 2 Feet While Simultaneously Having A Glow-In-The-Dark Solar System On Your Ceiling
Rear Door Ashtrays; Playing With These As A Kid On Car Rides
"When people are asked to describe something that makes them feel very nostalgic, the positive elements dominate,” said David Newman, the study’s lead author and a Ph.D. candidate at USC Dornsife. “They think of a pleasant past experience, and the memories they bring to mind have a positive influence on how they see their own life.”
So, the USC Dornsife team captured how frequently people may feel nostalgic and how intense their feelings are in daily life. The psychologists asked about 230 undergraduate students, in exchange for course credit, to complete daily questionnaires for 14 days.
Who Remembers The Parachute Guy. Would Always Get Stuck Up A Tree Or On A Roof
I still love these guys lol - the excitement you feel as you yeet it off the top of the staircase - ah, the good days…
Getting To Play With The Parachute In The 90s Was Peak “Life Is Good”
Back When I Was Growing Up, Ice Cream Came In A Box!
Then there were 10 boxes of just the strawberry part left in the freezer
These diary studies included questions about whether they had positive or negative interactions with friends or acquaintances, experienced positive moments of achievement, or had negative moments, such as falling behind on coursework.
They also asked about events that could potentially evoke feelings of nostalgia, such as whether the participants had heard a song on the radio that they hadn’t heard in a while.
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The 64 Pack Of Crayons With A Built In Sharpener
The Clear Craze Of The 90s When Almost Everything Was Clear
Leather Phone Cases Used By Some Dads In The Early 2000s
The results showed that people were likely to feel nostalgic when things were going wrong in the present.
"These negative experiences colored nostalgia in a negative light," Newman said. On days when people felt nostalgic, they reported feeling more stressed, depressed, and lonely; expressed more regret and rumination; were less satisfied with their life, and reported lower self-esteem. They also felt less peaceful and calm and expressed more rumination on the following day.
Anybody Else Have Parents Who Saved National Geographics And Included Them On The Family Bookshelf?
Weekend Nights At The Skating Rink Were As Close To A Nightclub Scene As Us Pre-High Schoolers Got Back In The Day
I had my first kiss at the local roller rink in 1990 when I was 13. Cal-Skate lol. It's still in business in the same location 😊
The Original Mouse Trap
I still have mine circa 1963. My desperately want Christmas present. Now my grandkids have grown out of it.
Windows 95 Themes
But although people tend to feel nostalgic when they have had negative experiences, the team of psychologists found another surprising positive correlation.
People were likely to feel nostalgic on days “when they had helped others, were reminded of old friendships or music, felt inspired and engaged in social media use," the researchers explained.
The Original Facebook
Pre 9/11 When A Kid Was Able To Visit The Cockpit Of An Airplane
"A hospital? What is it?" "It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
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Sorting through stuff at my mum's last week I found my Air Canada 'Wings' from back when I visited the cockpit in the late seventies. Flying back home I was sorely tempted to wear them on the plane 40 years later ...
The whole family could walk you to the plane, get on, hang out for a bit.... and say goodbye literally as the plane was ready to close the doors.
"I want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you."
You were invited up to the bridge on long flites if you were a male kid,females,of course ,were stewardesses .Times change.Anyone may be a pilot and No one is allowed out of their seats.
I remember having a little book that you got signed by the captain and if you were lucky you were invited up to the cockpit to get it signed. I never managed as good as a mutual friend who snagged the jump seat (in the cockpit) when a flight was full.
I had a grandson visit the cockpit recently-8/22-I was shocked that he could.
"I can translate for you, Stewardess. I speak jive." From Beaver's mother, Barbarb Billingsley, of all people!
Seeing this exact post on the 21st anniversary of 9/11... Hits differently.
Oh yes and getting little wings! Highlight of the trip. Not that long ago on one leg of a flight to Texas from Canada, the pilot gave me his card. Justin was such a nice guy too!
Great show, much funnier than the comedies of today. Peter Graves was a great straight man.
OMG I watched that movie last night, haven't seen it in like forever lol
I remember, but during my childhood I only went on 1 or 2 flights. But in March 1994, one of the pilots operating an Airbus A310-304 for Aeroflot from Moscow to Hong Kong allowed two of his children to come to the cockpit and sit at the controls. One of them accidentally unknowingly disengaged the autopilot. The officers had just gotten the plane level but overcorrected and the plane went into a stall and crashed into the mountains, killing all 75 passengers and crew.
I grew up abroad so flew many many times a year as a kid. British airways used to give you and your Teddy/ stuffed animal a cockpit passport each. Teddy and I got through so many of them, I used to know some pilots by their first names and spend hours some flights in the cockpit with them. Such a shame that practice is no longer allowed
In the 50's the boys got wings that said "Junior Pilot" and the girls got ones that said "Junior Stewardess."
I remember this a few time in the scouts. Went in control tower as well.
They still do it in uk sometimes. Our son got to go up in 2020 when we went to Menorca.
.......... now with so much correctness, it is called the flight deck.
I was allowed to do that only a few years ago, but I am not in America so I don't know if it counts
Pizza Hut Glasses
They would bounce and bounce and bounce if you dropped them. No hiding it!
Highlights Magazine
My great grandma at one point had a Highlights subscription, one issue included a game that she carefully removed and taped together, we played it with buttons. I wish I could go back and actually listen when she talked.
Based on their analysis, Newman and colleagues concluded that nostalgia is a mixed bag — but the mix is decidedly negative in day-to-day life.
"The results from these studies stand in sharp contrast to the prevailing conclusion from previous research, which had indicated that nostalgia is a mixed but predominantly positive emotion,” Newman said.
"Deliberately engaging in the recollection of extremely nostalgic moments may improve well-being,” he said. "But in most situations in daily life, feeling nostalgic may not feel very pleasant."
Cd-Rom Games
The Most Relatable Rugrats Quote: "It's Four O'clock In The Morning! Why On Earth Are You Making Chocolate Pudding?" "Because I've Lost Control Of My Life" 1993
Eating Mac N' Cheese By Arranging A Single Noodle On Each Fork Tine
Taking Flintstones Vitamins Growing Up
The Way The Sanford King Size Permanent Marker Smelled
Styrofoam Airplanes
Nothing That Wasn’t Candy Ever Tasted More Like Candy That Ludens Cough Drops
I've got a big candy dish full of these right now beside me in bed right now! My son and I both are on the tail end of a week long COVID infection. Thank God it wasn't anything worse than having the flu (thank you vaccines!). Those body aches, though, there's no description for them they were so intense. Anyway, Luden's cough drops are the best cough aide you can buy, other than liquor😁!
An Ancient Memory. Busytown Mysteries
I refuse to accept this is obsolete. Every one of my nephews was given a Busytown book as their first gift from me.
Short Circuit
Came Across My Game Boy Earlier Today While Cleaning Out Some Old Boxes
A Favorite Show From Childhood. Anybody Remember Muppet Babies?
Whistle Pops (1970's)
Wendy’s Sunrooms
I Found These McDonald's Transformer Toys In My Parents' Attic Recently
Og Goosebumps (1992-1997)
Tale Spin (1990-1991)
Aim (1997-2017)
How many CDs did they mail out over the years? One million? 10 million? Billions?
Who Watched "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?" Growing Up? What A 90s Masterpiece
"The Hologram Store" That Sold Beauties Like These At The Mall
Different Decade, Same Spooky Family
Apple Computers In Late 90s/ Early 2000s
Back when they offered affordable design for the masses. That went downhill fast from there...
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. Nightmares For A Kid In The 90's
For My First Father's Day My Incredible Wife Bought Me My Favourite Toy From My Childhood So My Son And I Can Play Together. She Even Re-Did All The Stickering
My grandma got this exact one for me and my cousins along with a pirate one and a wild west one... love it
Rollercoaster Tycoon 🥹
McDonald's Packaging From The Early 90s
Hybrid Theory And Meteora Were Big Parts Of My High School Years. Linkin Park
The Old Taco Bell Packaging (Also The Easy Button)
Gameboy, American Girl Dolls, Blockbuster, Beanie Babies, Longaberger Baskets, Boom Box, And A Bowl Cut. The Dream Of 1998z
Malcolm In The Middle
Lost (2004)
Somewhere between the third and the nth season I just stopped paying attention on the plot and just stayed to watch Sawyer without a shirt...
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It's a nice nostalgia trip, but someone really needs to learn what "obsolete" means.
You can still sometimes get them in candy shops. I know of at least 5 places where I live that have them still.
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Oh... Um. If obsolete means my daughter played/watched etc. What am I? Ultra -obsolete? Uber-vintage? Damn. I'm still in my 40's
Oh my gosh, I just found mine when I cleaned out some totes!
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Wax Lips... Candy Cigarettes, Pine Bros Cough Drops, Commodore 64's, 8 inch floppy disks...
Does anyone remember The Young Ones https://www.google.com/search?q=the+young+ones&oq=the+young+ones&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i433i512j46i433i512j0i512l4j46i512j0i512.10698j0j1&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=dTyoxYqEM9dlqM
I guess what's nostalgia for some people is 'just a little while ago " for others.
This list has reminded me where my processed food addiction came from. Not to sound like a geezer, but between profit maximization and health concerns, modern snack foods can't hold a candle to the industrial, toxin filled, abominations before god that were the chemical snack food chimeras of deliciousness in the 90's.
Hand crank car windows. Fighting over who gets "shot gun" and the window seat. Halloween masks you couldn't see out of. NOT wearing a seat belt or helmet. 8 track tapes. Common sense
So funny this came up in my feed! Just last night my husband was so excited putting one of those planes together. About an hour later I came into the living room from the kitchen and got abruptly hit in the face by it not realizing I was walking into a flight zone……Such child nostalgia for sure 😒🤣
The best - und so sustainable: Making Textbook Covers From Grocery Bags. How is this done nowadays?? I loved doodeling on the covers :-)
You want obsolete? I was born in 1953-I didn't get half of these. Gen X?
" 50 Obsolete Things To Prove How Much The World Has Moved On And Changed ".the american world that is !
all I can think of while going through this is Animaniac's "Randy Beaman's Pal"
i mean this in the best way possible, but these lists always make me upset. the people who grew up with this stuff have children, like my parents had all this and they saved a bunch and stuff and so me and my siblings understand a good deal of this stuff. and some of this is still in use and popular. stop saying only 80s and 90s kids will understand, because i was born in 2007 and i understand.
Don't be upset over people feel nostalgic for things from their youth. 15 years from now you'll be doing the same thing with the fads of today.
Load More Replies... It's a nice nostalgia trip, but someone really needs to learn what "obsolete" means.
You can still sometimes get them in candy shops. I know of at least 5 places where I live that have them still.
Load More Replies... Oh... Um. If obsolete means my daughter played/watched etc. What am I? Ultra -obsolete? Uber-vintage? Damn. I'm still in my 40's
Oh my gosh, I just found mine when I cleaned out some totes!
Load More Replies... Wax Lips... Candy Cigarettes, Pine Bros Cough Drops, Commodore 64's, 8 inch floppy disks...
Does anyone remember The Young Ones https://www.google.com/search?q=the+young+ones&oq=the+young+ones&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i433i512j46i433i512j0i512l4j46i512j0i512.10698j0j1&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=dTyoxYqEM9dlqM
I guess what's nostalgia for some people is 'just a little while ago " for others.
This list has reminded me where my processed food addiction came from. Not to sound like a geezer, but between profit maximization and health concerns, modern snack foods can't hold a candle to the industrial, toxin filled, abominations before god that were the chemical snack food chimeras of deliciousness in the 90's.
Hand crank car windows. Fighting over who gets "shot gun" and the window seat. Halloween masks you couldn't see out of. NOT wearing a seat belt or helmet. 8 track tapes. Common sense
So funny this came up in my feed! Just last night my husband was so excited putting one of those planes together. About an hour later I came into the living room from the kitchen and got abruptly hit in the face by it not realizing I was walking into a flight zone……Such child nostalgia for sure 😒🤣
The best - und so sustainable: Making Textbook Covers From Grocery Bags. How is this done nowadays?? I loved doodeling on the covers :-)
You want obsolete? I was born in 1953-I didn't get half of these. Gen X?
" 50 Obsolete Things To Prove How Much The World Has Moved On And Changed ".the american world that is !
all I can think of while going through this is Animaniac's "Randy Beaman's Pal"
i mean this in the best way possible, but these lists always make me upset. the people who grew up with this stuff have children, like my parents had all this and they saved a bunch and stuff and so me and my siblings understand a good deal of this stuff. and some of this is still in use and popular. stop saying only 80s and 90s kids will understand, because i was born in 2007 and i understand.
Don't be upset over people feel nostalgic for things from their youth. 15 years from now you'll be doing the same thing with the fads of today.
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