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2000s were my best years evrn though Im in a better position now (lemmy.world)
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I remeber 2006 I was in the 6th grade, all the world cup songs, chilling at my local lake with friends, ... maybe it was just because I was a young kid.

But now I think a lot about the 2000s.

I was able to download and Listen to All Songs of 60s, 70s, 80s, and the 2000s had great songs too.

Like Linken Park with Breaking a Habit or Red Hot Chili Peppers with Snow.

It was also a time I spent a long time in Azeroth (WoW) but also a lot of time in real life with friends.

Right now at this moment my job is awesome, I earn enough money, have a wife,... but I cant recreate the Summers of 2000s.

I said it in 2015 those were the best days and now a decade later I still say it. The 2016s to 2019s were also great. But not like 2005 to 2009. Something about those years that gives me a cozy Feeling.

Sonetimes I think Corona ruined everything. Nothing is back to how it was pre 2020. People are so confused, lie and cant tell the difference between fake news and Real news, all only on the phones.

This feels like Im living in a Shell that is empty now. And all this being said my Life SHOULD now be better than in 2006. I have a great job, money, more free time... but dunno.

Anyone else feel this?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I found that in general, young people are able to connect with their peers more. It was easier to spontaneously go with your friends someplace and spend time together. (The mall, the woods, each other's houses, or many other possibilities.)

Contrasted with being an adult, where it may be more difficult to be able to do that. I'm American, so it is geographically harder. But even if you don't live in a car-centric area, you might still run into difficulties with scheduling and responsibilities that you didn't even have to consider when you were young.

I remember the good times, but there was a lot of bad, too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Were those neighborhood kids? I think it's way easier for today's utes to communicate and coordinate, so they're not limited the same way I was. Back in my day you only really talked to people on a regular basis if they were physically close by, in my case that meant living a few doors down the street and/or going to the same school.

The only time I've seen bands of free-range children in recent memory was in military base housing, but I'm not quite sure how it was tangibly different from other places I've lived beyond the obvious. Maybe it's a demographic thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, neighbor kids. Different neighborhoods have different feels, but I've noticed as long as the neighborhood isn't constructed in a pedestrian-hostile way, kids will be out. Even today.

I will say that neighborhoods have increasingly become more pedestrian-hostile though, so I'll give you that.