Things you miss, The reminiscent thread (Chapter one)

I miss playing Arcade fighting games competitively, traveling state to state to participate in small tournaments, winning enough money to go to the next one and the awesome people who ran/participated in the tournaments.
I miss staying up ridiculously late playing Ultima Online with my brother. Side by side we slaughtered so many people our Bounties were legendary.

You know, I'm struggling to think of things that I miss because for the most part, I think things are much better these days.

I don't miss the Half Pixel boards because these are far superior.
I don't miss the days of waking up early to watch Sat. Morning cartoons because I have any and every series I'd ever want to watch at my finger tips.
I don't miss the days of playing really hard old school games because they were just lessons in reptition.
I don't miss any of my childhood as that wasn't exactly my favorite part of my life.
I don't miss the years I spent with my ex because of how it all ended and all that I went through because of it.

Damn, guess I'm just much happier in current times than "nostalgic" ones.

Except that from ages 7-25 I didn't exactly have alot of "good times" to miss.

I miss my mom's egg tarts. She lost the recipe when I was around 12 or so, and she's never been able to recreate them.

bhamv3 said:

I miss my mom's egg tarts. She lost the recipe when I was around 12 or so, and she's never been able to recreate them.

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I miss my dad's home fries. Usually served with sauteed chicken livers and onions. Comfort food all the way.

I miss my old apartment I had right after high school. It literally shared a parking lot with a decent sized mall and my place was always where people would hang out because of it's super convenient location to everyone I knew. Those social days were rad, of course I was making 8 dollars an hour in my job and barely scraping by but, you know, I miss the fun parts.

I miss ZenMonkey.

I miss my friends, hundreds of miles away.
I miss the odd liberation college provided.
I miss my dog.

I don't miss childhood.
I don't miss the horrid flux of emotions and bitterness I used to be before I learned myself.
I don't miss a house full of yelling.
I don't miss homework.

I miss the days before the cyanide Tylenol murders, when packaging could actually be opened in a matter of seconds.

Things I miss:
-The days when a bunch of friends had time to come over for things like movie nights. Of course, almost all of us were on the same schedule due to school.
-Heck, I miss when I used to have a regular social life. I don't know if it's me (probably) or because a number of my friends are busy either with jobs, living far away, or having kids.
(I'm very lonely these days, if it's not obvious. )
-I kinda miss being excited for the latest, greatest comic book events. But then, my tastes have also evolved greatly.
-Being 30 pounds lighter.
-Video rental stores, partly for the movies, but mostly for the games. Hoping Jumbo Video will still be open when I move back to Fredericton.
-My excitement and passion for pro-wrestling. It's hard to enjoy it when you realize how skuzzy the business is behind doors. It's especially hard to enjoy it when you see all the superstars you grew up on either pass away - usually from drugs or suicide or both - or the ones who live become a shell of their former selves. Plus, it's hard to be excited after things like Owen Hart or Chris Benoit happen.
-Speaking of pro-wrestling, though, I miss going to the bar to watch the latest Pay-Per-View. It was the best, cheapest, and most convenient way to watch them.
-Toronto, though I don't think I could live there again. I miss the freedom of urban cycling, the great used bookstore (BMV), and biking Toronto Island.

Things I don't miss?
-Being less educated, especially on literary things. There's so many things I appreciate more when I get more of the references. Shakespeare, for example.
-Having less confidence in myself. I've come a long way in battling my depression, though I still have bad days/weeks.
-Not knowing about Doctor Who.
-Not having my cat, Diomedes, in my life.
-Not having created Dilbert Pinkerton, yet.

And yeah...I guess that's it?

HCGLNS said:

I miss the days before the cyanide Tylenol murders, when packaging could actually be opened in a matter of seconds.

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Don't you have little kids? They can pop off those childproof bottle caps no problem.

Yes, but before it was a child proof cap with some cotton over the pills. Now it's a box, then a hard shrink wrap over the cap/bottle then a metal seal over the opening then some cotton, then finally the pills.

And ever try to open a Barbie doll these days? Need a chop saw.

HCGLNS said:

Yes, but before it was a child proof cap with some cotton over the pills. Now it's a box, then a hard shrink wrap over the cap/bottle then a metal seal over the opening then some cotton, then finally the pills.

And ever try to open a Barbie doll these days? Need a chop saw.

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Not a Barbie doll, but I've had to open some robot action figure thing for my cousin. I think the stuff tying it into its packaging broke my skin at one point.

I do miss waking up for Saturday morning cartoons. Cartoons used to be a special once-a-week event that just isn't the same when I can choose to watch through them at any time and get through episode after episode of a show in one sitting until I'm sick of it. Nor is it the same without the silly Kids WB commercial bumpers.
I miss feeling too excited about Christmas to fall asleep the night before.
I miss being young enough to trick-or-treat without getting weird looks.
I miss having a functional car.
I miss when my parents used to give half a shit about keeping the house nice-looking.
I miss not feeling depressed over bullshit all the time.

I don't miss being a socially awkward shut-in who was afraid to talk to girls.
I don't miss being the chubby, smelly unpopular kid.
I don't miss how unhealthy I was before I started working out and eating better.
I don't miss internet speeds prior to modern HD-streaming capability.
I don't miss analogue antenna reception (I might be in the minority of 90's kids who grew up poor enough to remember having to deal with that, though. I missed out on pretty much all the Nick shows that everybody always said was so awesome.).
I don't miss CD players.

Well, great. Next to Sera, now I just look like:

Soliloquy said:

I miss having friends I could just pop in and say hi to.

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This. 1000 times this!

I miss being excited about holidays.
I miss a good bit of my childhood, sans what happened at school.
I miss being able to watch my favorite cartoons with-out watching them on some crappy internet video service.
I miss the original Spyro and Crash the Bandicoot series.
I miss my friend before he became a complete junky who constantly borrowed money from people.
I miss when web-comics were fun and full of funny jokes and not depressing soap operas.
I miss my gramma.

I miss the newspaper weekend edition being so hefty and full of news and coverage that it was an event to pick it up from the dock.

I miss Drake's coffee cakes.
I miss my mom's coffee cake. Why hasn't she made any lately? God, what is wrong with some people!

I miss not being able to go to the store and pick up stuff without my every motive being questioned. I could have an uncountable amount of (mostly) legit fun and awesomeness if only people didn't automatically assume that ordering my own glassware automatically means I'm a building a meth factory, or getting a jar of Potassium Chlorate didn't automatically get me labeled a Taliban sympathizer.

I miss when decisions were made based on how awesome or useful something might be, rather than how much money it would make/save.

I miss being able to do something because I loved it and wanted to do it, rather than because it was required of me*.

I miss being able to concentrate on something until I could polish it to transcendence instead of having my attention diverted a million different ways until I can't even remember my original goal.

I miss crying at a movie because of how deeply I was touched by it, instead of because of where it touched me on my childhood.

Basically I miss being able to contribute to society rather than being barely able to maintain it.

--Patrick
*I still have a few of these left, and I treasure each of them. This board is one.

I miss playing a sax. Mine has been busted forever, and to get it fixed or buy a new one is still way too much for my finances.

I miss California.
I miss being able to say "Fuck it, I'm riding my bike today," and riding through the logging trails.
I miss swimming at Edward's Crossing, where the pyrite glittered beneath the river current, and the falls were juuuust big enough to jump over and have a nice fall, but not so high as to bust your ass at the bottom.
I miss Scouting.
I miss not being so cynical.
I miss that sense of wonderment that Soliloquy touched on.
I miss going to school.
I miss late-night gaming, staying up until the sun rose, then sleeping til my next shift started.
As much as I love my family, there are days that I miss being only (ir)responsible for myself.

SeraRelm said:

I don't miss the constant comparison, belittling, spite, anger, yelling, physical and emotional abuse, bigotry, racism, bible quoting, arguments, aggression (passive and overt), and finally disownment from my family.

I do miss my niece and nephew...

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100% with the exception that the only person I would have missed, disowned the family in return for disowning me. If it weren't for him sometimes, I would have ended up a very different person for sure.

fade said:

This may sound weird, but I miss being depressed. I feel like I haven't written anything decent since I basically became successful in life. Depression has its obvious downsides, but it also is a tonic.

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I miss not being depressed.

You know what, I'm just gonna say it. I miss 90s, early 2000s cartoons. New cartoons are getting better but I still miss the style that nineties cartoons had.

Subsequently, I miss cell-shading in animated tv shows. I know computer art is easier but I've always felt cell-shading was better.