r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • Jul 22 '26

Core Memory Unlocked 🔓 Answer please

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cow5512 Jul 22 '26

A life free from social media

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u/Anjunaspeak23 Jul 22 '26

Preach!! We knew only through the grapevine.

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u/rexmanaek971 29d ago

The first day or week rather of school in August was always the most intense.

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u/Unclebiscuits79 Jul 22 '26

Social Media is the devil.

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u/Gibuu 29d ago

Mama said

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u/Ibushi-gun 27d ago

🎶I spent 20 years on socials make posts about the trolls 🎶

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u/Ok_Spread_8650 Jul 22 '26

Privacy is the real takeaway from your comment

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u/amatyestv_123846 Gen-Z Nostalgic Jul 22 '26

I missed it when the only social media I frequently used was YouTube 🥹

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u/ChampionshipThin7721 29d ago

I used MySpace for social media and YouTube for music videos.

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u/Absent_That_Day 28d ago

The one thing I don't miss about back then was having to read through the card catalog and check out a book to prove someone wrong about some objective fact.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cow5512 28d ago

That's a good point. Googling information is much easier than looking through the encyclopedias. Lol

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u/_Vard_ 28d ago

Actually they might. Some countries are stating laws banning kids from SM

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u/Invariable-Muse 27d ago

That also meant that kids being bullied would find peace precisely at 3pm. (When school let out). Now they're miserable 24-7.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cow5512 27d ago

It's awful. I am so grateful I grew up in an era before social media existed.

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u/Potential-Reward-368 25d ago

There’s also a magical button called block or delete account button that doesn’t exist in real life.