The Nostalgia Thread: What do you miss about the past? (Non-SW related)

[AnthonyAnderson]

I agree 200% with your post. The following is quite powerful:

But one of the thing i miss the most is my "innocence".

I had a similar thought the other day, which was: " I miss my capacity to be amazed". We have been chronically (and acuetely) overstimulated by online content. I do my best to limit my consumption of digital content. I get my news from various reputable sources, but I also check X (30 min max, not every day) to see what mainstream media doesn't show us.

I was happy last year, when I visited an art exhibit (impressionist art) that I had not completely lost my capacity to be amazed... Internet and social media in particular, has poisoned our lives.

 

[Smitty Jaeger-Manjenson]

I agree 200% with your post. The following is quite powerful:

I had a similar thought the other day, which was: " I miss my capacity to be amazed". We have been chronically (and acuetely) overstimulated by online content. I do my best to limit my consumption of digital content. I get my news from various reputable sources, but I also check X (30 min max, not every day) to see what mainstream media doesn't show us.

I was happy last year, when I visited an art exhibit (impressionist art) that I had not completely lost my capacity to be amazed... Internet and social media in particular, has poisoned our lives.

I had two (2) FB accounts. A "professional" one and a "personal" one. Pro one is alright, personal one tripped a false positive in FB's faggiola AI (for something I posted privately to a friend's timeline, no less) and ended up getting deleted. On one hand, although if I had every last one of the developers who programmed that AI in an enclosed area and a supply of mustard gas at my disposal, I'd flip the switch with a Satanic grin on my face, I've also not felt this free in years ever since that profile got suspended. Now I no longer spend hours arguing and trolling random cunts from thousands of miles away when I could be spending those hours on more fulfilling activities.