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A few days ago I found my old iPod touch and I was able to charge and go through all the stuff I had on there. It’s so surreal to see what I liked and had interest in as a kid. How much that has changed and stayed the same, I don’t always remember little details like that. Feeling lucky that I came across my very own time capsule. I highly suggest finding yours.
Also shared that with my parents and starting talking about simple social media (like most people are longing for) and also feel so lucky that I found this platform.
Also shared that with my parents and starting talking about simple social media (like most people are longing for) and also feel so lucky that I found this platform.
Jan 21, 2025
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🎥the internet was not in our pockets and our brains were way fucking healthier for it.
nothing was instantaneous either. i think we all had a LOT more patience. like i ordered my prom dress off the internet and we got SCAMMED HAHAHAH like that shit doesn’t really happen now. like ordering things offline was like a MYSTERY. it was so crazy
i remember having the school phone book they’d publish every year and it was just everyone’s names & phone numbers (i think you could opt out or whatever) but if i wanted to have a play date id have to go to the phone book look up the name and then go to the oldddddd school ass phone with the twisty dial up numbers and they’re parents would answer and i’d have to be like “hi mrs. mom is your son there can i talk to him?” i’d literally call my childhood crush and we‘d talk on the phone all the time but he’d ignore me at school 🙄
i also remember like i could come home from school and it didn’t feel like i was still easily accessible to everyone. i could get away and like recharge properly each night. kids don’t have that these days and it’s soooooo fucked. the more i learn about phones and the more i teach kids, the more i sound like a conservative. im like LET THEM PLAY OUTSIDE ALONE, tell em to come back when the street lights come on!!!!!! NO PHONES until 18!!!!!!
if i could i would change the law that lets ppl market their products to kids under 12 or something. i’d make kids being given phones under 14 illegal.
another funny anecdote from the early 2000s was that in middle school, lil wayne released the carter III and i CALLED MY STEPDAD from school and said you need to pick me up so he took me to newbury comics (irresponsible) we BOUGHT the CD and i blasted it in his car on the way back to school 😂
oohhhhhhh my god also the WAY i would just sit in my room and look up lyrics on AZlyrics.com and just sing the same 4 songs over and over until i learned all the words. or like listen to the song and write out the words if they weren’t up yet 😭😭😭😭
i also opened my diary and there was an entry from like 2011 and it just starts “I love tumblr.”
i also have a lot of sweet memories of going to blockbuster with my mom 🥲 i can still smell the smelly smell and see the rug inside there and i’m half as tall as the VHS shelves 😭
there’s soooo much more, i cherish my childhood now even tho i was neglected as fuck. it was a very special time and i’m very lucky i got to experience that.
nothing was instantaneous either. i think we all had a LOT more patience. like i ordered my prom dress off the internet and we got SCAMMED HAHAHAH like that shit doesn’t really happen now. like ordering things offline was like a MYSTERY. it was so crazy
i remember having the school phone book they’d publish every year and it was just everyone’s names & phone numbers (i think you could opt out or whatever) but if i wanted to have a play date id have to go to the phone book look up the name and then go to the oldddddd school ass phone with the twisty dial up numbers and they’re parents would answer and i’d have to be like “hi mrs. mom is your son there can i talk to him?” i’d literally call my childhood crush and we‘d talk on the phone all the time but he’d ignore me at school 🙄
i also remember like i could come home from school and it didn’t feel like i was still easily accessible to everyone. i could get away and like recharge properly each night. kids don’t have that these days and it’s soooooo fucked. the more i learn about phones and the more i teach kids, the more i sound like a conservative. im like LET THEM PLAY OUTSIDE ALONE, tell em to come back when the street lights come on!!!!!! NO PHONES until 18!!!!!!
if i could i would change the law that lets ppl market their products to kids under 12 or something. i’d make kids being given phones under 14 illegal.
another funny anecdote from the early 2000s was that in middle school, lil wayne released the carter III and i CALLED MY STEPDAD from school and said you need to pick me up so he took me to newbury comics (irresponsible) we BOUGHT the CD and i blasted it in his car on the way back to school 😂
oohhhhhhh my god also the WAY i would just sit in my room and look up lyrics on AZlyrics.com and just sing the same 4 songs over and over until i learned all the words. or like listen to the song and write out the words if they weren’t up yet 😭😭😭😭
i also opened my diary and there was an entry from like 2011 and it just starts “I love tumblr.”
i also have a lot of sweet memories of going to blockbuster with my mom 🥲 i can still smell the smelly smell and see the rug inside there and i’m half as tall as the VHS shelves 😭
there’s soooo much more, i cherish my childhood now even tho i was neglected as fuck. it was a very special time and i’m very lucky i got to experience that.
Jul 20, 2025
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🌸one of the biggest things is letting yourself be bored. i feel lucky for all of us who missed being ipad kids and a little dread for the ones who didn't. so much of the life and personality and individual perception i have now came from the little games i used to play in my head and the way you think when you have nothing else to do
i finally just started getting that back. for years i'd always pull my phone out, never go a minute without music or a podcast or some other media injected straight into my brain, and i think i forgot a little how to generate. how to output and create something of your own instead of constantly consuming. but now i walk slowly and see the little worlds in each flower, in each inch of water. everything is so beautiful if you make it so in your head.
i feel like the child version of you is the truest and purest, and most of our lives are spent trying to get back to them, to undo all the layers of alienation and distraction we've placed upon ourselves.
i finally just started getting that back. for years i'd always pull my phone out, never go a minute without music or a podcast or some other media injected straight into my brain, and i think i forgot a little how to generate. how to output and create something of your own instead of constantly consuming. but now i walk slowly and see the little worlds in each flower, in each inch of water. everything is so beautiful if you make it so in your head.
i feel like the child version of you is the truest and purest, and most of our lives are spent trying to get back to them, to undo all the layers of alienation and distraction we've placed upon ourselves.
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💻I just found out last night that my 2012 MacBook Pro can no longer be upgraded past iOS 11, which means I can no longer listen to Spotify on desktop because it no longer supports anything below iOS 14.
My Laptop is a relic. She got me through all of college and was my first big purchase. She holds a charge for maybe an hour and you could honestly cook an egg on her charging brick. But she and I watched YouTube videos learning about design and cinema 4D to get through tough classes. Her light up keys click-clacked all through the night when I was writing essays in the dark. The glowing apple on her back reminds me of the back tattoo I designed for myself with her when I was learning Adobe illustrator.
She also reminds me that old things can still work, and that even though they’re not the best, sometimes don’t need to be replaced.
I’m willing to make functionality sacrifices because she is not only my laptop, but a reminder of how far I’ve come through my transition from young adult to adult-adult. She keeps my lap warm and genuinely makes me happy to use.
Humans are conditioned to favor convenience, but how important is that when it’s weighed against our hardwired sentimental nature and drive to love?
In loving her I am appreciating myself in ways that I could only ever do indirectly. I am proud that she continues to work and boot up every day, just like I am of me.
My Laptop is a relic. She got me through all of college and was my first big purchase. She holds a charge for maybe an hour and you could honestly cook an egg on her charging brick. But she and I watched YouTube videos learning about design and cinema 4D to get through tough classes. Her light up keys click-clacked all through the night when I was writing essays in the dark. The glowing apple on her back reminds me of the back tattoo I designed for myself with her when I was learning Adobe illustrator.
She also reminds me that old things can still work, and that even though they’re not the best, sometimes don’t need to be replaced.
I’m willing to make functionality sacrifices because she is not only my laptop, but a reminder of how far I’ve come through my transition from young adult to adult-adult. She keeps my lap warm and genuinely makes me happy to use.
Humans are conditioned to favor convenience, but how important is that when it’s weighed against our hardwired sentimental nature and drive to love?
In loving her I am appreciating myself in ways that I could only ever do indirectly. I am proud that she continues to work and boot up every day, just like I am of me.
Dec 20, 2024
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🚶i kinda hate that after having a hard day walking does make a huge difference in my mood and is a better way to spend my time. (im slightly stubborn)