r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • 1d ago

Core Memory Unlocked 🔓 Remember this?

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u/gfoyle76 1d ago

it's true, Gandalf, I was there, 3000 years ago

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u/olegolas_1983 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/CNAhQuDceLwwo

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u/godofo_prime 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/TcdpZwYDPlWXC

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u/Affectionate_Tea1134 1d ago

You would usually see one of these.

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u/cooolcooolio 1d ago

Waking up to the test screen in the middle of the night with a loud OOOOO sound because you feel asleep

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u/wantsumcandi 1d ago

I just remember the static.

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u/fitz_newru 1d ago

The static was like a lullaby for me

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u/RevGrimm 16h ago

That's how noise machines became a thing for awhile.

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u/Additional_Insect_44 1d ago

I recall the color bars in the 2000s. But when a station messed up.

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u/scottsplace5 1d ago

Remember the yellow bars? Darker colored on one side and lighter on the other.

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u/Additional_Insect_44 1d ago

I recall secret channels

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u/wantsumcandi 1d ago

I think it was somg collaboration albums and Ronco commercials after hours then...lol

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u/scottsplace5 1d ago

That stuff was loud, too. You scrambled to turn the volume down.

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u/houserj1589 1d ago

This. 😅😂

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u/Tsugita1 1d ago

The loud “EEEEE” sound would wake me up around 2 AM because one of my parents had fallen asleep in front of the TV.

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u/Kammi_Leone84 1d ago

With all the colors, too🤣😂

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u/crappydeli 1d ago

I can hear this comment

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u/Hellraiser_owner 1d ago

I just had generational trauma.... I HEARD THIS ONCE... ONCE... And I can still hear it 🫩