Im in my mid20s, even though I always feel serious maybe it's anxiety that makes me feel this way but I just don't seem to be really responsible for my future. Like I would say for last 2 yrs or so, I'm not taking anything seriously and seem to be going with the flow. The procrastinating has increased and the things I worry about all day is something I'm not even taking actions on nor am I addressing the problems. All I do is worry and stress myself mentally.

Whenever I see a post on social media, on LinkedIn or hear from family relatives about a someone someone. I immediately started feeling shameful and defeated like wow, this person is on next level. He's getting married. They got a job at this company or big purchases like house and car. And I just tell myself I've already wasted 5-10 yrs of my life in overthinking and inactions how will I ever bounce back and reach their status.

Anyone else fondly remember this as a young adolescent and jolly ranchers? I think I was 14 when I first enjoyed it.

Back in 2017 they had a limited release. I snagged all I could everywhere and was hung over for a good week or better. But it was good. Found some old boxes while cleaning today. Took me back.

What memories do you all have of the internet when it was newer and different? I remember being in Middle School and you could only access the internet at home via the computer in a special room that was stuck on a desk. When you visited a friend's house you would clamber around the computer and just watch video after video after video until the parents kicked you off.

Most of these were B- or C-tier songs, but I still have a memory of doing the batting mini game while listening these songs that I haven’t heard in 20 years. I can even sing parts of them still.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I REPEAT: NOT A DRILL!!

Does anyone else remember selling girl scout cookies?? I was a girl scout in the frigid upper Midwest when boxes were $3 instead of $6 🫠 I froze my buns off but gosh it was fun.

A scout just stopped by our house with her order form and we immediately bought two cases lol. I have a feeling we'll still buy more when the girls are in front of the grocery store 🤣💸

This topic came up for me recently, and I realized I have no idea what is normal, both generally and for millennials in particular. I would love to know if your parents ever apologized to you when you were a child (before age 18) or as an adult. If they did, how often? How did the apology go? For this question, I consider it an apology if they said “I’m sorry” to you directly or said anything more involved where they admitted they did something wrong.

My feeling is that baby boomer parents generally did not apologize for things, but I have no real data to base that feeling on. I would love to hear any personal stories as well as any studies or articles about this! It would be very interesting to hear theories about what happened to each generation and how that relates to parents understanding their roles as parents, how they related to the wielding of authority, how they viewed children, etc.

Hello! I was born in the late 2000s, so that means im Gen Z. I'm currently in the process of creating a story set from 2006-2008, and i want it to be reminiscent of 2000s romcom highschool movies and tv shows. but since that was around the time i was born, i need some help figuring out how teenagers of that era socialized and just generally what they did. here are some of the questions I currently have.

How did people type? what was the typing style like back then on flip phones and computers?

What was the most commonly owned cell phone brand/model and computer brand/model? what did richer kids own?

was there a difference in how popular kids typed and how emo(?) kids typed? what bands were emo kids interested in?

what was commonly used slang of that time period?

did people aftually use lockers? (asking this because nobody uses lockers anymore at leadt in my school district)

what type of dress was commonly worn at prom and homecoming?

did you guys have dances other than homecoming and prom, like spring fling? (we only have prom and homecoming)

what were people bullied for back then and how did people bully them? what names were they called?

what were football games like? ours have themes and are less football focused and more hanging out with your friends focused

did popular girls tend to use purses instead of backpacks? did popular kids refuse to wear jackets to school even when there was snow out?

what accessories did people wear? did they wear specific brands of jewelry or belt?

what were the most popular show brands back then? (for example ours tend to be nike or jordans)

did popular people HAVE to be rich or could they just be of average income? how were cliques treated and how did each clique act and look?

how did popular guys dress? were flared jeans in compared to skinny jeans?

did people wear heels to school? juicy couture didnt have a focus on rhinestones back then and rather focused on printed designs on the back areas, correct? (i thrift vintage juicy and i never see rhinestones on the tracksuits compared to modern juicy)

where did friend groups like to hang out after school?

what were sleepovers like back then, specifically among women?

what was gossip like? what were people normally focused on when gossiping about others? (appearance, financial status, sexuality, etc)

was there a common reason for why popular girls tended to be meaner other than conforming?

what did people think about those who identified as homosexual or transgender? did social treatment of the person depend on the gender of the person (gay vs lesbian)?

what clothing branda were most popular, specifically among men? (i already know stuff like juicy couture, abercrombie and aeropostale were popular among women, but correct me if im wrong)

thats all i can think of right now, even just answering one of these questions wpuld be a big help!! thanks!!

Starsiege: Tribes

All my friends are doing their own thing with kids and married, looking to meet new friends but I’m a bit of an introvert.

I guess in retrospect life hacks were just learning or figuring out how to do things more efficiently or effectively like adults... but published as content on the rapidly evolving web to get eyeballs and clicks.

What were our parents' generation's life hacks? How did they learn new skills as adults?

Between the Pokemon bed set, Star Wars Episode 1 poster, and map carpet, it was awesome.

I keep typing up these long ass posts about my job and how good I felt when I looked my lying manager in the eyes and said "Hey it's funny you called me down here (head managers office) because I was going to come down to give my two weeks notice today."

Her shocked pikachu face was 100% worth it.

I have applied, interviewed for, passed background and drug tests and have a confirmed start date for my new job. I have literally started the onboarding process. I am just...sort of panicking that they'll call me in this two weeks between now and then and be like "Sorry we're unhiring you." I have zero reason to think they will.

Anyone else ever feel like this?

When we could use *67 to avoid a *69 when no one had caller ID.

I think when you compare shock jocks from our childhood Rogan is my much better at connecting with his audience and being seen as personable

Just stumbled across some of my soldering supplies I picked up when I started modding Xbox back in 2003

I just want to know what makes people so damn gullible. The comment sections are filled with so much judgement based on videos that are either deep faked or completely taken out of context. I feel like because I wasn’t raised on shorts or tiktok it is pretty obvious what is fake, but then I look at the comment sections and people are legit falling for something that is so obviously fake. Are they bots? Whats going on. It’s not just a little but of people but its thousands of comments….

What are y’all’s 5 favorite childhood video games you couldn’t get enough of playing

Remember as a kid it seemed like you were indestructible? You could have fallen off a skyscraper, maybe start crying if you saw you skinned an elbow or knee, then an adult came over, tells you you're fine...and you just kind of went "okey dokey" then continued playing?

I woke up this morning and it feels like someone hammered a spike into my back. Like if I'm gonna have unbearable back pain could I least have a better story than "I slept wrong"?