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Eh, these past few months i've been bingeing a few 2000's shows like "Gilmore Girls", "Gossip Girl" and "The OC" and i feel weird because the fashion, the tech, the interiors, the music and etc. make me feel a specific type of nostalgia i can barely understand, and ofc it made me think and i can't help but mourn what life used to look and feel like ! And i have been for a while actually, everything and everyone moves on too fast these past few years and everything's so bland and cyclical and marketable and it's just hell, there's barely any place for authenticity or community anymore.
Idk maybe i'm too online and i should put my phone down more often so it feels like 2007 again, at least it does when i indulge in stuff from my childhood like playing on my old consoles, and simply engaging with all types of media that have shaped me into who i am today.
Maybe i just miss being a child, or maybe the world has indeed become a stranger to us all.
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I can get that feeling too. For me, it's been anime from that era—Genshiken, Comic Party, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Hataraki Man, and a few others. There’s this vibe, you know? Like something got lost when we shifted from that more disconnected era.
Life moves fast, but tech moves faster. By the time the new iPhone releases, it’s already obsolete. Nothing's built to last—just to break and force you to buy a new one. And people are so online now that they forget how to talk face-to-face. They need their phones with them like emotional support animals.
A lot’s changed—and not always for the better.
But being ‘too online’? That’s always been there. There’ve always been nerds glued to their computers, outcasts holed up gaming all night (and that has also changed over time, gaming was just another step in a long line of 'weird kid' activities). The difference is how invasive it's all gotten. You're totally right about putting the phone down though.
I went the hard route. I ditched my smartphone entirely for a bare-bones flip phone that just calls and texts. It’s been a lifesaver. I don’t feel the pressure to constantly keep up, or for people to constantly keep up with me. I don’t get that impulse to scroll just because I’m sitting.
Disconnecting like that actually reconnects you to the world around you. Being inconvenienced is kind of grounding, in a weird way. Smart tech sells you the illusion of convenience, but it quietly rewires how you think.
Still, I don’t think we have to miss that era—we can live parts of it today. Sure, the old rituals are gone: coming home, booting up XP, logging into Steam, MSN, Winamp playing your favorite album in the background. You can still recreate the vibe. Just... Not with MSN.
The world will get stranger to us. We’ll become that meme of the old man yelling at clouds. The Simpsons said it best:
‘I used to be with “it”, but then they changed what “it” was. Now what I'm with isn't “it”, and what's “it” seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you.’
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlTexEXxLQ ]
Actually, i've been fancying the idea of getting a flip phone for myself for a while now ! Not only because of nostalgia, but also because i miss being disconnected and having my digital spaces a little more separated from me. Yes, smartphones are really handy but they can very easily take up too much mental space, and just too much space in our lives in general. So yeah, i'll definitely look into that ! I've also been fancying investing in my very own CD collection and a portable CD player so i can rewire my relationship and love for music in a much less algorithm driven way.
And yeah like you said, being inconvenienced is part of being alive. A life without texture and challenges is just not good enough.
And thank you for all the kind words and esp for the simpsons quote, it's true ! We can't help becoming "obsolete" to the world around us because things move without anyone controlling it, but what we can do is keep being present and grounded to things that will never change as part of our human experience.
by saru; ; Report