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Anti-nostalgia thread: what are y’all happy is gone and hope never returns? (hexbear.net)
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With UlyssesT out there touching grass, I haven’t seen this thread in a while. What in the past do you NOT miss? It could be very personal or just something everyone experienced but doesn’t anymore.

For me, I am so fucking happy the food scene in burgerland has changed since the 2000s. People seem to enjoy more well-seasoned foods and healthier options seem to outstrip the unhealthy slop I remember in the 2000s. Even my yee-yee ahh Ohio suburb has changed somewhat noticeably to support fresh ingredients. Less WASPslop is always good.

How about y’all?

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[–] 37 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Being an absolute asshole online. Sure places like reddit and 4chan still exist but it feels like in general the internet has gotten, nicer? Like the other day I was playing an online game in someone in chat was popping off anti-immigrant shit and praising Trump and the entire guild chat turned on them shitting on them and telling other players how to add them to your blocklist. The general edginess I used to see in the aughts online feels like it's dissolved into people being nicer, maybe it has something to do with irl being more ruthless than ever.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think some of that is because there are more older (by which I mean like 30+ or even 20+) people online. You'll still occasionally run across the YoU WoUlDn'T LaSt In A MW2 LoBbY types, and all I can think of is "Damn, sorry you failed to grow up and the rest of the world moved on". Some of us didn't like screaming slurs into a headset even back then.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    YoU WoUlDn’T LaSt In A MW2 LoBbY

    back button -> dpad over the gamertag -> a button -> mute player -> back button

    everyone i used to play with could do it in like 2 seconds lmao

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Even the people that do banter that can be seen as rude or toxic "go fuck yourself/mom/dad/goat" etc stuff can surprise you when somebody pops off a N word or something and then it's all "fuck off racist pos"

    It's a nice surprise to find.

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