What are some things that make you feel Nostalgic?

[TSE]

What are some things that make you feel nostalgic? Doesn't need to be Apple related!

But for me, two things that make me nostalgic is my favorite design of all time, the iMac G3. I remember being in grade school and it was the first time I ever used the internet, and it was the first time I got fixated on a design of an item - it planted the seed for me to become an industrial designer later in life. I also miss this time in Apple history - it seemed a little bit more fun and took itself a lot less seriously than it does today.

And another one is old wrestling clips from the 90's - my favorites were Goldberg, Sting, Hollywood Hogan, and of course the legendary Stone Cold Steve Austin. Wrestling was just pure entertainment back then and as a 5-8 year old, man it was a blast!

 

[Madonepro]

Once

 

[Gutwrench]

The smell of napalm in the morning.

 

[eyoungren]

What are some things that make you feel nostalgic? Doesn't need to be Apple related!

But for me, two things that make me nostalgic is my favorite design of all time, the iMac G3. I remember being in grade school and it was the first time I ever used the internet, and it was the first time I got fixated on a design of an item - it planted the seed for me to become an industrial designer later in life. I also miss this time in Apple history - it seemed a little bit more fun and took itself a lot less seriously than it does today.

Come on over to the PowerPC section on MacRumors and you can feel nostalgic all the time! https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/powerpc-macs.145/

 

[eyoungren]

Not me or the group I was involved with, but merely an example:



Nostalgia is all night AD&D (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons) gaming sessions with snacks and good fun on Friday and Saturday nights with your friends in the mid-80s. Back when you had no responsibilities or obligations and could roleplay anything you wanted in fantastic worlds.

PS. I'll be 50 this month and I'm still involved in gaming.

 

[jdclifford]

Being able to interact with the human race w/o wearing a mask; eating at a restaurant, taking a vacation, not fearing coming into contact with another human etc. (And I thought living through the 1960’s was dangerous).

 

[bodonnell202]

Being able to interact with the human race w/o wearing a mask; eating at a restaurant, taking a vacation, not fearing coming into contact with another human etc. (And I thought living through the 1960’s was dangerous).

Came here to say roughly the same thing... going to the pub with a group of friends for drinks after work is up there. Not having to wear a mask and do the social distance dance in public. Hugs and handshakes...

 

[Madonepro]

Being able to interact with the human race w/o wearing a mask; eating at a restaurant, taking a vacation, not fearing coming into contact with another human etc. (And I thought living through the 1960’s was dangerous).

Welcome to Perth, Australia...

 

[Apple fanboy]

Not me or the group I was involved with, but merely an example:

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Nostalgia is all night AD&D (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons) gaming sessions with snacks and good fun on Friday and Saturday nights with your friends in the mid-80s. Back when you had no responsibilities or obligations and could roleplay anything you wanted in fantastic worlds.

PS. I'll be 50 this month and I'm still involved in gaming.

Clearly that photo had been photoshopped. There were no girls playing AD&D in the 80’s. Or any other time!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Clearly that photo had been photoshopped. There were no girls playing AD&D in the 80’s. Or any other time!

I knew a few women who played AD&D in the 80s; not many, mind you, but a few.

While I never played AD&D myself, I did play some other board games, and was treated with considerable caution and no small degree of reserve and respect whenever someone (male) encountered me over a Trivial Pursuit board.

 

[eyoungren]

Clearly that photo had been photoshopped. There were no girls playing AD&D in the 80’s. Or any other time!

I knew a few women who played AD&D in the 80s; not many, mind you, but a few.

While I never played AD&D myself, I did play some other board games, and was treated with considerable caution and no small degree of reserve and respect whenever someone (male) encountered me over a Trivial Pursuit board.

There were a few females I gamed with and have gamed with over the years. I found them to be serious gamers that treated the entire thing with respect. I have always preferred the company of women over men simply because I don't have to prove anything or maintain the whole stupid 'guy' mentality. So, it was generally a fun, pleasant experience.

That said, I was a 'nerd' and 'loser' to jocks anyway because RPGs were nothing any muscle-bound classmates would engage in. Nevermind, most of them were stupid and ignorant. Ah well.

 

[Apple fanboy]

There were a few females I gamed with and have gamed with over the years. I found them to be serious gamers that treated the entire thing with respect. I have always preferred the company of women over men simply because I don't have to prove anything or maintain the whole stupid 'guy' mentality. So, it was generally a fun, pleasant experience.

That said, I was a 'nerd' and 'loser' to jocks anyway because RPGs were nothing any muscle-bound classmates would engage in. Nevermind, most of them were stupid and ignorant. Ah well.

When I played as a young teen (probably younger), there were no girls in our social circles. By the time there were we would never have admitted to playing RPG and Warhammer to them!

 

[eyoungren]

When I played as a young teen (probably younger), there were no girls in our social circles. By the time there were we would never have admitted to playing RPG and Warhammer to them!

I got started in 1983 (I was 13). I ended up creating my own game, not realizing AD&D existed. It was a BS kind of thing because I had no idea how to do any of that. For my 14th birthday a friend got me the D&D Basic Set (the old Red Books). I devoured the manuals but it still took me a few years to figure things out. I lived rural so there were very few people to play with. I also had the unfortunate aspect of that same friend that gave me the game being a a DM who was only interested in body count. He took advantage of my lack of knowing the rules to create some BS system that favored him and consequently it was a rare character I had that survived anything. The kind of DM that made the grass poisonous if you didn't remember to buy shoes when equipping the character. I suppose having to buy your basics should have been a tip off, but I was clueless then.

Another friend got a hold of me and figured out what was going on. He ran a real game and at that point I realized I'd been screwed over. But it all turned out okay from that point on and became really fun.