The holiday season stirs up all sorts of nostalgia. Certain smells, tastes, sights, and sounds can set us off on an epic trip back to our younger years—a time before the stresses of adulting took over our once-carefree lives. A time when Santa Claus really did exist. And a time when we yearned for a Walkman, roller skates, or a Game Boy for Christmas.
While thinking of days gone by can bring us a tinge of sadness, many experts say nostalgia is actually a positive and beneficial emotion. If you're not feeling nostalgic enough yet, we may have found something to help you whip up those fuzzy feelings just in time for this holiday season.
"Old Internet" is a special little corner of the World Wide Web, where more than 280,000 people go to revisit memories of the past. As per the X account, it "posts things that have the feel of the old internet or just old things (meaning before 2015)." Bored Panda has put together our personal favorites for your perusing pleasure.
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See now I miss this! And the windows music player screen. Bring them back!
Remember before our 'smartphones' when it was all the rage to have the smallest phone?
If you look in the right places you can find these sorts of things again. I was futzing around with Xbox Design Labs and uh, you can have yourself a new Xbox controller with translucent pieces. Was tempting.
Whether it's vinyl, cassette, or CDs, they are all mine! And I still believe analog vinyl has the best warmest sound of all of them.
Before we left the states, went to the Book Fair with my kids. The book fair is a sad shell of what it once was...
I can't imagine how gross those got from your hands, and then trying to clean them.
Cue memories of Amazing Race teams having to navigate foreign Internet cafes to buy tickets.
I remember the original TV guide which was smaller. We would get the new one in and i would read it from cover to cover and do the crossword on the back.
pretty sure this was a "remake" from a few years back which was a console that just stored a bunch of PS1 games...?
Still have and still have plenty of fun with partner playing with it when we get in bed, the DSLite.
I remember this edition 😂 snow board kids was so good
If there is a God, I would bet my big toes and immortal soul that it has zero interest in what that trust fund, pseudo hippie scum of burning man have to say about anything. "Like! Oh MY GOD!!! My father has paid for my last 8 years of Los Angeles art school and my apartment(Like, I cant do shared showers! Yuck!) But, like, I totally feel like i have found my primal voice with this obscenely over priced, poser art fest thats custom tailored to non creative garbage so we can hold each other and cry while pretending to be part of a long suffering community! but then of course waking up in our air conditioned RV to call daddy early to send more money for a $200 burning poser t shirt! #MODERNSHAMANLIFE!.
The US is interesting. You could probably work out the time of day if you knew what season of the year this screenshot was taken.
Me: I once got stabbed three times by a skinhead in a street fight because I had a liberty spiked mohawk on their turf in socal. I was terrified. The only thing that saved me was the tire chain I wore as a belt. I felt it and remembered it while I was on my knees bleeding. I was fortunate enough to get it off and crack the skin across the face with it when he was coming back in for another stab. The weirdest part was what happened next. A big guy in a cowboy hat came running up and yelled "hey man! Why dont you pick on someone your own size!?" The skin then looked at him, looked at me, grabbed me in a hug and whispered in my ear, "Im sorry man, I have no idea what Im doing, I just killed my girlfriend". Then he ran off. Cowboy hat cleaned me up a bit and sent me home. got many stitches as a result. Next day, My father bought me steel toe docs to help defend myself. It was the moment he accepted me. Her:UUUUM...cool,,, but are you "punk" enough to know hot topic and twilight?
Half of these have nothing to do with the "old internet" (or the current internet) whatsoever.
I think whoever compiled this list got distracted and lost the plot. 🤔 Edit: Looks like someone woke up and removed "internet" from the title. 😄 2nd edit: Shoulda kept my mouth shut. "Internet" has been restored to the title. 🤷♂️
It appears to be the name of the account. BP should apply some editing when selecting which ones to post.
Load More Replies...I’m doing my part to keep electronics out of the landfill, and the early 2000’s alive. I still use my iPod every day, my Toshiba laptop with Windows 7, and my original AOL account.
I bought my daughter an Apple laptop in 2010 when she was at uni for $1400, which included a student discount. She still uses it today.
Load More Replies...Half of these have nothing to do with the "old internet" (or the current internet) whatsoever.
I think whoever compiled this list got distracted and lost the plot. 🤔 Edit: Looks like someone woke up and removed "internet" from the title. 😄 2nd edit: Shoulda kept my mouth shut. "Internet" has been restored to the title. 🤷♂️
It appears to be the name of the account. BP should apply some editing when selecting which ones to post.
Load More Replies...I’m doing my part to keep electronics out of the landfill, and the early 2000’s alive. I still use my iPod every day, my Toshiba laptop with Windows 7, and my original AOL account.
I bought my daughter an Apple laptop in 2010 when she was at uni for $1400, which included a student discount. She still uses it today.
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