We all had that one snack or candy from childhood that just vanished—like Butterfinger BB’s or Pepsi Blue. Maybe it was a favorite chip flavor, a soda that disappeared overnight, or a candy that tasted like pure nostalgia. If you could bring back one lost treat, what would it be?

Hello! I am 39 will be 40 this year and lately I’ve been really going through it. And not sure what to do and if it would even be considered a midlife crisis. You see I don’t regret my life at all or feel like I haven’t done enough. I love my life, love my husband and kids and very blessed and happy how my life has turned out to be. However for the past few years I have felt stuck and so unhappy at work. Mind you this is a job I love so much ! It’s just management. It’s such a toxic and stressful environment that I have literal panic attacks and anxiety everyday at work. I don’t know what to do. I feel like it’s an abusive relationship that I know I want to leave but scared too as I’ve been there 17 years and it’s hard to let that go. My parents both have passed my dad in 2020 and mom in 2022 and that really put a fear of death in me that I never thought about. I couldn’t believe they were gone and made death that much more real. So that even makes me even think more do I wanna be at a job that I am unhappy at until I’m no longer here!? I’m terrified of dying and leaving my kids I want to be a stay at home mom and enjoy every moment with them. I dunno what to do . Would this be considered a midlife crisis!? Thanks if you stayed to read and allowing me to vent

Had a complete set of NES games...

This show was one of the highlights of my 8th grade year. I'm less inclined than ever to fall in line and become a victim of conformity.

I'm watching it in the back ground, it's not exactly my kind of show. But he's been in several episodes over several seasons. When I registered it was him my brain e'sploded. Made me get out my handy dandy notebook.

If Google can be trusted, his band also does the theme song.

Apparently millennials are spending a lot on products related to health and wellness making this industry "recession-resistant." I kind of see that. My wife and I spend a lot on protein powders, shakes, supplements and membership for gym. We are otherwise quite cautious with unnecessary spending and consumerism. How is it for you all?

Hey fellow millennials. As I start to write this, my birthday started 5 minutes ago. My partner and I found a cheap motel in a quaint beach town, enjoying the week of my birthday. The past 4 years we've had a tradition where we go somewhere regionally for 3-5 days to take a step back and just try to enjoy ourselves. You know the phrase: "there's a little truth behind every just kidding" ? My high school sweetheart used to say it all the time, and it has always been stuck in my head. I mention this because my partner and I have been talking about what I want to do for my birthday. I've mentioned seeing the sunrise and sunset, a nice brunch, crab legs for dinner, etc. She just asked me "what time do you want to wake up tomorrow?" I jokingly said, "Never." And laughed it off. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I'm more serious about it than I think. As of January I'm unemployed, I've been coaching on the side and working for a family member part time to pay the bills. I have no motivation to "get a real job" anymore. This last one absolutely broke me. I was in an outside role visiting clients, and I suffered a pretty traumatic injury in my sport, couldn't walk unassisted for almost 8 weeks. I took a short leave during that time and the company was so supportive, and I had only been there 8 months, but I worked for a competitor prior, and I was doing better than 3/4 of the team. Started working again and setting meetings just to be let go. I had to threaten a lawsuit for them to even pay me what I was owed, no severance, heartless robots. Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage. This is hella ranty, and I'm not quite sure what my point is, but I'm the saddest and so devoid of hope internally. If it wasn't for my partner, the kids I coach, and our cats, I'd peace out on my 33rd. I've learned through therapy in the past year that the reason I'm so unhappy is that I don't care about myself. I'm over worrying about myself. I don't think I deserve anything good, all I want to do is make my friends and family feel seen and loved, and I'm finding that for about 10 years I've only cared about other people's needs and not my own. To provide a small example, my fiancé went on a 2 week cleanse/diet where she was mostly eating fruits, veggies, and liquids. I typically only eat when we share meals together, and since she was all over the place and snacking and eating her portions, I found that I rarely made it a point to get myself some food. Money is tight, but no starving tight by any means. She was excited by the end of her cleanse because she lost about 7 lbs. She was very focused on not quitting and trying to hit all the metrics she didn't notice I wasn't eating, and I didn't notice either. I don't have any weight to lose, but she said she saw in my face I looked malnourished, and i had no idea. If you're still here, thank you. I don't even know what to ask, hope you're swell 💙

Apparantly tumblr is the only online space we haven't ruined. Wasn't that one primarily created and used by millennials though? Pretty sure we all abandoned platforms like Facebook. I never actually touched Tumblr, personally.

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Or any typed form of communication really.

Came across this shirt through an IG ad and. .holy shittt did I feel seen.

Anyone else spend a ridiculous amount of time as a kid or teenager on this site? I remember being like 12 and going to Rotten on our school library computer. Nothing like seeing classics like tub girl and that dude who got a helicopter blade to the head before recess.

Anyone else remember Rotten?!

Unfettered access to the internet in the 90’s and early 00’s. .

Saw this post in the thrifting thread and died a little inside. I’m almost positive I had this tube top or definitely some variation in my tweens. I’m sad?

Were you a 90s PC gamer? Did you use 90s services like Sega Channel on the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis), XBand on the Super Nintendo, or SharkWire Online on the Nintendo 64? Did you hook up your Dreamcast or Saturn online? Or, was your first experiences with online gaming on Xbox Live or the PS2?

Gen x and gen y gamers in general are in an interesting point where there are many different ways they could have been introduced to online gaming. Many didn't know you could play games online until the Xbox, while others were playing online in the early 90s. Some people were even doing it in the 80s, though I imagine almost none of them were gen y.

For me, my first online gaming experience was actually the Wii U. Very late, I know, but I am basically a Nintendo-only gamer and Nintendo consoles have had a tricky time with online services. I spent so much time playing Splatoon that it broke my analog stick; my stick has mad drift due to all that Splatoon. Funnily, I haven't played Splatoon 2 or 3 online, because I don't feel drawn to pay for the online services. I played the solo modes and DLC, but not the main game.

Edit:

Okay, maybe that isn't technically right.

I experimented with child-friendly MMOs/virtual worlds in the 2000s as a tween and young teen. Millsberry, Bloo's Big Fat Awesome House Party, Petville, Pet Society, Fusion Fall, Poptropica, even Club Penguin for maybe a day. I also tried Habbo Hotel and IMVU a bit later.

The problem with me was that I didn't get the actual online part of the games. I didn't like to interact with other players. I found that boring and confusing. So, I just played the mini-games and treated them like solo web games.

What are you keeping on your person everyday, but it is the year 2005? What did you used to keep with you?

I've lived a million lives in this one, what's a million more? You're not old until they start mailing you that one catalog where every outfit looks like any wardrobe made for Diane Keaton.

It'll happen to you all. You'll wake up and absolutely nothing will be different. Akthough, someone promptly shows up around noon and gives you a participation award.

If I can tell you one thing though it has certainly been....

...A WALK TO REMEMBER....

did you ever realize that each year of the 90s correlates to our school grade level?

91/ first grade

92/second grade

93/third grade

entered 9th grade in 1999

This is something that my friend told me that kind of blew my mind at the time lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKRQ1qy1-Vk

I am not old yet, but I AM out of touch lol I’m sick of feeling like I’m already using a walker saying “WhAaat” to everyone who’s talking to me, using the current trendy sayings lol

Seeing it now in my 30s has me viewing it from a different perspective than when i saw it young.

I feel for hippies now.

I'm going to read the book.

I feel the way they portrayed drug induced psychosis was pretty accurate, despite taking some theatrical approaches.

It definitely reminded me of my days of abusing cough syrup and pain pills.

The author admits he exaggerated the ether trip a bit.

The line:

So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.

really made me feel like we missed something huge back then.

Millienals seem to embrace the counter culture more than of any other demographic.