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No. 447 [Reply]

So recenty I been having a blast for what was like to surf the internet 10 years ago when things were not so centralized.
There was always something new and different right after the next corner and every new place had new people.
I haven't felt that feeling of novelty when you stumbled upon a new resource, flash game, webcomic and so on in a long time, it was always different.

The internet is no longer the wild frontier it used to be and all the pioneers have disappeared.

Years ago common forums were very active and lots of people had personal pages
Today not even google can take you somewhere new.
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No.1008

>>1004
Take your own advice you pompous newfag. You have obviously not been on imageboards for long if you think identity is not extremely important.

No.1011

>>999
>letting you be you
It's frankly the best type of internet. It's how it used to be in the beginning, when it was a technical extension of the BBS scene that existed in the 80s. The internet, as its name suggests, made it easy to connect all networks together; in fact it gobbled them up, never to be seen again. People organised themselves by interest, not by identity. Interest is a good way to create connection, while "identity" is often self-defeating.
>>1000
>>1001
Hi :)
>>1003
Define "identity" and then we can talk. If your definition includes random characteristics, like place of birth, then it's limiting and I'm not interested.

No.1012

>>1011
You are talking as if I'm the master of the internet and I decide if and how identity is handled here.

No.1013

>>604
They're both dead, does anyone have the new link?

No.1050

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>>1013
Looking through the archives of both lain and arisu, I can't find it.
I'm sure if you asked you could find it.

For the topic of this thread, a lot of people consider Lainchan dead and a dumb idea for the WWW. https://cyberpunk-life.neocities.org/
there's a bunch of good links and info about cyberpunk and lain here.


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No. 416 [Reply]

Nostalgic Crush Thread
This thread is for any nostalgic crushes that you had. What are they from? Why did you like them? (If they're real did they age well? lol) Animated and real allowed.
Try not to judge anyone. This is a friendly thread :D

I'm starting off with an obvious one for me. Mitchell Tratchenberg from Harriet the Spy. She was also in The Adventures of Pete and Pete she's been in a lot of other stuff too. I remember watching Harriet the Spy a lot on my VCR. I can quote the hell out that movie. Harriet was a really cool character and I've always loved writing and ninja stuff and spy stuff so I connected with her character a ton.

So what about you guys?
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No.974

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This was my first waifu. In 3rd-4th grade I was obsessed with this character.

A notably embarrassing memory, I drew a picture of her that I taped up on my wall and surrounded with these tiny electronic candles. Being woken up by my mom the next morning was awkward when she saw it. She looked marginally concerned and disappointed

This was also part of my “goth” phase. I was an edgy elementary schooler.

No.980

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Cobra Commander from G.I joe. I mainly liked him as a child because his whiny personality made me want to take care of him. Another thing that made me attracted to him was that his hips were well defined. His legs weren't attractive relatively to other members, since it was a cartoon about buff guys, but they were attractive because they weren't covered by large cameo pants. Finally his voice can grow on you.

Going to anwser the age thing, even with a fictional character. Cobra didn't age well for me because it was revealed he was extremely ugly and later seasons he got to whiny with Cora la. Don't like him in reboots because they try to make him a serious leader and redesign him over and over, removing the personality and legs things.

No.981

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Not sure if she was the first, but had a big crush on Paula Trickey in Pacific Blue when I was a teenager. That was also the time I started ruining my bike by taking it on bicycle jumps. A lot of my summer activities for a couple of years revolved around that show.

No.983

>>417
Pete and Pete was something else. Melancholy, whimsical, and capturing that perspective you can only have as a child. And they did it on such a low budget too.

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Mine is a little embarrassing, but The Cheetah Girls were my bisexual awakening, lol.
>>425
Fave qt.
>>925
>>969
You two are me. We are one.


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No. 476 [Reply]

The nostalgia for the 00's right after the next corner, lets talk about it.
I just saw Harry Potter while channel surfing, I know that HP and the whole fantasy wave will be a massive nostalgia blast in a couple of years.

I don't miss much of the culture and stuff but my 90's memories are a void and many important events for my life happen in the 00's
On a personal level I been missing the 00's because I miss teen me, the lifestyle I had back then and the friends I had.
Me and my friends were kind of hipster-nerds, we talked about weird movies, obscure music, strange comics and still keeping an intellectual air to it and there were many persons like that who fed that feeling/aesthetic.
I'm sad that a lost all of that and I became a run of the mill nerd, all other people like that peobably moved on and have jobs and families now.

Lets talk about what we were doing not so long ago.
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No.864

>>779
Eno just hit the nail on the head. I respect the bejeezus out of that guy

No.865

>>781
for sure anon. it's already really charming how goofy and broken it can be at times

No.899

>>476
Same here, I really miss my teenage years and have been really strongly growing a big sense of nostalgia even for things during 2005 - 2007. It used to be '90s - 2005 with it being the cap date from what it seemed. But things still seemed very solid all the way up to 2007 even early to mid 2008. Really seems after that point in time things became shit and hopeless. I also talked about obscure movies, music, and much more as well with my friends during the early to mid 2000s. I introduced most of my social circle to anime and even Newgrounds. I started getting out of touch with everyone in 2007 - 2008 once we all started becoming adults. They've all moved on with families and jobs while I've practically stayed the same with only one friend from that late era left that still associates with me. Also my only IRL friend left which he's getting ready to move. So that's stinging a lot right now.

>>559
>I really miss 2000s internet culture. Particularly when flash was the big thing. It was a lot of fun to seek out new flash games and share them with people at school. Flash animations were a lot of fun too. They were a simple time where shooping George Bushes head onto a cat or something was the height of comedy. The early 2000s was a good balance between the mass infested net we have now, and the slow clunky net of the 90s.

I completely agree with you.

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>>577
Yeah, I got my first cell phone around 1999 just an old basic Nokia but I used phones all the way up until about 2012. I hated the way everyone became so obsessed with their smart phones. So much so I refuse to use a phone in the modern day. Also I agree with your statement about Japan.

>>579
Yeah, I still have my Walkman. Works perfect. Also yeah, I skipped CDs and went from cassettes to mp3. Getting a mp3 player really early on. I even had those weird small cartridges that played music that you could swap out that only had like one song a piece on them. Can't remember what they were or called though.

>>707
Newgrounds was my main site as well. I remember getting on a bunch the only two I really remember sticking out besides Newgrounds from the earlier days is JoeCartoon and Killfrog.

>>721
I never stopped getting on there, been there since 2004/2005.

>>752
This is the truth as well. Everyone was much more creative back then and original.

Also before I end my post. I'll also share a picture of my first phone since a couple of others did throughout the thread.

No.987

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>>476
Check out the y2k aesthetic twitter to see a lot of cool stuff


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No. 478 [Reply]

What are some lessons that you remember learning during your childhood?

Did you learn them the "easy" way - sitting on your grandpa's knee? Or the "hard" way - that touching that hot stove when mom says not to is not such a good idea!
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No.872

>>561
>Don't climb a tree with no way down
I learned this too. An extension is, "don't ask someone to help you up into the tree if you won't be able to get yourself back down."

No.874

>>775
>>871
>>872
based necromancers

anyways my advice is that it pays to do the right thing, but not to be right. sometimes its okay to be wrong, the bad guy. everybody likes the underdog, nobody likes ned flanders

No.884

>>872
This reminds me of a time my buddy and I were hiking up a really steep mountain in a dense jungle and we decided against getting a guide and just heading up trailblazing. About maybe halfway up it became a practically vertical climb and eventhough we couldve prolly climbed it, there would be no way back down without falling. We decided to call it quits and turn back. Turns out we took the wrong path and other people have died on the unsanctioned trails that we were on lol

No.894

>>478
Don't stick my hand in a blender. It wasn't on, but I still cut my hand up. Also don't drink flea shampoo.

No.984

I'll throw one in: Dont mess with crazy women and avoid serious relationships until you have yourself in order. I have had a few friends of mine who've tried getting with crazy fat chicks out desperation or something and it ended up nearly ruining their lives. Years of time gone and lots of money spent for nothing.


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No. 681 [Reply]

Does anyone get really nostalgic over certain smells? There's plenty of various smells that do this to me. But first I'll mention freshly opened packs of Pokemon, Digimon, and Yugioh cards.
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No.772

yes, the smell of elmer's glue sends me right back to a particular hallway in my elementary school, and gives me general "back to school" mems.

No.773

A couple of times in the years since, I've come across the scent of my exgf
There's an immediate and momentary feeling of happiness as my brain reacts, but I know she's not near and that I could do nothing if she was
I glance around and try following the smell, chase that feeling, but it's already gone

No.956

Movie theaters and smelling that fresh popcorn being made always takes me back for a moment to better times as well as when movies were good. Then reality hits me and depression settles in.

No.957

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For some reason I could swear I had replied to this thread. Aside Yu-Gi-Oh card's smell, I'm always reminded of my childhood by the smell of some of the perfumes my mother used, also by the smell of some of the scents she used to clean the house, and the smell from dish-wash soap.

My mother's dressing table was next to our computer, I used to spent most of my free time playing games, so her perfumes reminds me of that.

And as I child I always had to wash the dishes, I always wanted to do it really fast to go back playing or watching anime (on tv), and I'm reminded of that by the smell of certain brands of soap.

>>773
>A couple of times in the years since, I've come across the scent of my exgf
I know that feeling.

No.961

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>>957
This seems like it would be from Pixiv. I used to go there for years, collecting art. I haven't been on there in many years, probably because it ends up becoming exhausting to keep up with.


No. 766 [Reply]

i'm too old for this vid to find this specific vid nostalgic, but i love the idea of this subtle, relaxing nostalgia fuel. it makes me want to try and make some of my own?

what would your scenes be like?

mine would be: journaling/doodling late at night while i listen to Art Bell on the radio during a thunderstorm, rp-ing on lotr forums while listening to loreena mckennit, sneaking downstairs at night to watch cowboy bebop on adult swim after everyone else had gone to sleep.

No.767

>>766
when i was little, i had a digital alarm clock then when you held down the snooze button, would produce an orange glowing light. at a close range this proved to work well as a flashlight.

i'd use this clock to read chapter books and archie comics when i was supposed to be asleep.

No.769

Playing minecraft hunger games in the evenings with my buds would be a big one. In the summer we'd spend the afternoon at the pool then run home to play once it started to get dark. I'd convince my mom to let me skip dinner so we could keep playing. The server we played on was cool in that you could go way out into the map (like thousands of blocks) and were only pushed back in after a while. You could build floating bases and stuff and defend them, it was really fun.

Also my first year of college I was really depressed and would spend the nights hiding in a corner of the library reading and texting my high school friends. Kind of weird to be nostalgic about it since I was pretty unhappy, but I guess you forget that with time.

No.770

>>769

aw, i like these. i have similar college memories of finding the most isolated corners of the library stacks to do work in, all night long. it was lonely and sort of spooky, but it also inspired me somehow. i never want to pull another all-nighter in my life, but you're right, somehow those memories are still nostalgic.

No.771

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The comfiest scenes of nostalgia fuel for me would be late night grinding on Guild Wars back in, I guess it would've been middle school. During summer days my room would be far too hot without AC, so I'd only be able to play once night came around, and if it was raining the atmosphere would be even better, with the cold breeze and smell of rain refreshing my room; pretty similar to OP's vid.
I feel like I can never re experience that feeling unfortunately, the closest I can get is mid-spring late nights spent studying and listening to music.

No.955

Sitting on my old PC finding random websites to come across as well as various anime forums and geocities all the while watching late night anime on TV in the early 2000s.


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No. 399 [Reply]

Merry Christmas! Does anyone have really memorable Christmas stories/traditions that remind you of your childhood?
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No.632

Bump.

No.633

>>401
Did the same thing, we'd use oatmeal for the reindeer

No.912

>>399
Used to go driving around to see the lights every year until "gas prices" suddenly became an issue.

No.927

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chocolate oranges at the bottom of our stockings. cats sleeping under the christmas tree. taking off my glasses and looking at the lit-up christmas tree was like a instant, huge kaleidoscope due to my awful vision.

my mom didn't get a lot of things right but she really knew how to make holidays feel cozy and special.

No.938

>>429
>>430
Jesus Christ. I feel for you, kiddo. Try to keep a proper bond with your nieces and/or nehpews; it sounds like there aren't any good role models for them to look up to around, but you can at least be a good aunt for them.


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No. 928 [Reply]

I was born a bit later than most of you it seems and this is what I grew up with. The music still stirs up strong emotion.

No.929

>>928
for me it is mario sunshine. mario 64 too, though i played it on wii virtual console - i was once sick for almost 2 weeks, and i would play it all day long.

No.930

I played the 2nd game and I liked it a lot. It was fun to have 2d and 3d levels.Yoshi is the best addition and his items allowed for some cool levels.

The challenge was high enough for young little me to take over a year to complete it 100%. Still my favorite Mario game.

No.933

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The galaxy games were past my time, but not by much. Super mario 64 on the N64 and then Sunshine on GC were mine, and yes, the music in both of those games I regularly listen to. Video game music has become a really big part of my audio library.

Either way, we can all relate to the fact that Nintendo makes wonderfully memorable games with levity and a great ability to make you want to lose yourself in them for a time.


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No. 452 [Reply]

board game time
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No.465

>>464
In a ridiculous bid to seek our approval, my stepdad (then my mom's boyfriend) years ago set this up for me and my sister, and said we'd get a quarter for everyone each of us caught. This repeated for a few rounds. Made so much money that night

No.473

>>465
ba$ed $tepdad. Remind a family member of that memory. I'm sure it will lead to some other good stories.

No.901

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>>452
>>453
>>455
>>456
>>457
>>464
I literally had every single one of these.

Let me post another one I had as a kid.

No.906

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Did anyone else play Kookoonaughts?

No.908

>>906
No, I've never even heard of that before. What year did it come out?


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No. 460 [Reply]

I miss the builzon-kun ;_;


That's a kind of nostalgia?
I think so, So I created a thread for him.


Post everything related with builzon.

also

>inglés nivel sexo
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No.463

;_; builzon

No.494

Wilson Is Very Important.
Mod(s) please sticky this thread.

No.904

>>460
Tell me more about this "builzon-kun" I have no idea who he is but I do remember that guy from Excel Saga. He lived a sad life. Felt bad for him.

No.905

>>904
It's an internal joke I have with some friends, They know I post here so they made this thread, Don't mind it.
>Excel Saga
Yeah, in the anime he's called Pedro, my friend used that picture because it resembles the 'Builzon'.

No.907

>>905
Ah, I see. lol
Yeah, that's right his name was Pedro. It's been way too long since I've watched Excel Saga now.
Hope things are going well and you aren't dealing with problems like Pedro.


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