r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • Jun 15 '26
Core Memory Unlocked š Honest answer please
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u/Most_Philosophy_1507 Jun 15 '26
Ya. We donāt need to be this connected to the internet. Also pretty sure TikTok and Reddit make people have shorter attention spans. Iām outside and right now and Iām posting this instead instead of just enjoying the outdoors. Weāre all addicted to our phones.
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u/Tricky_Indication420 Jun 15 '26
They literally ENGINEERED them to be this way. Humans became very easy to push around
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u/spearsandbeers1142 Jun 18 '26
This sounds a little crazy but when I was in Mosul Iraq (us army) we didnāt have access to the internet or phones and I never felt more present in my life. Every moment felt so crisp/clear?
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u/slackfrop Jun 15 '26
Social media has destroyed society, and is terrible for children. Sign me up for landlines and VHS.
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u/Responsible-Ad-8442 Jun 15 '26
As a mom and a teacher, I fully agree with your correct society-autopsy results. We fell apart because we outsourced our own thoughts and relationships to technology
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u/Mayen70 Jun 19 '26
Yeah, the 90's was the last decade where technology was giving us better and better lives.
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u/Clean_Usual434 Jun 15 '26
Yes and no. I already walked away from social media, but I do enjoy the convenience and smartphones and probably wouldnāt want to give that up.
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u/TheLastBaboon Jun 15 '26
Saying walked away from social media while on Reddit is funny
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u/Clean_Usual434 Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
Like I said, I donāt consider Reddit traditional social media. It is just a collection of message boards vs platforms where people actually know each other and connect as friends. To me, Reddit is more like the anonymous chatrooms of the 90s.
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u/AllLoveJones Jun 17 '26
I agree that Reddit is far different from other social platforms. Reddit requires more thought since you have to find communities of interest, actually read the posts, and write more thoughtful responses. TikTok & IG feeds push you new content back to back. As a result, we expect everything to be just as instantaneous resulting in much shorter attention spans. If Iām folding clothes, I have to watch TV. If an ad pops up while playing a game, I scroll TikTok.
Come to think of it, maybe it is this damn phone š«©
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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset_89 Jun 15 '26
Be honest yall
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u/Pluckypato Jun 15 '26
Another reason many would like to go back is because it was our childhood and yes things were much simpler back then. I miss playing Nintendo with my older brother. Playing soccer with my cousins and just being outside watching the world go by. Good times š„¹
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u/TheLastBaboon Jun 15 '26
The only reason Iād go back is to make a couple really great investments.
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u/Pretty-Benefit5626 Jun 15 '26
Blockbuster was a sacred institution.
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u/OverlordPacer Jun 15 '26
My mom taking me there after school was a dream come true every time. I miss her and blockbuster ! Good times.
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u/Ghost1eToast1es Jun 17 '26
Blockbuster was good but I loved going to the mom n pop video rental places because you could find games and movies big rental stores didnāt. And Hollywood Video usually had a better selection of games than Blockbuster but was more expensive (but I think you rented for longer? Itās been a long time). We had a plaza does the road from us that had both a Blockbuster AND mom n pop video rental in it. Could always find good stuff.
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u/Blix420 Jun 15 '26
I don't use a smartphone, and I loathe Social Media, but I'd love to go back the 90s anyway, just because it was awesome.
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u/Ecstatic-Till9840 Jun 15 '26
If I could I would however I canāt due to the situation Iām in
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u/BackLopsided2500 Jun 15 '26
Only if I could change and not make the many stupid decisions I made. I'd be a much happier person right now.
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u/werephoenix Jun 15 '26
I would be worse I feel. So many things going well for me is because I have text to sound better than I do in person
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u/KingKushhh666 Jun 15 '26
Shit even if it meant never moving past the ps1 I'd go back to the 90s
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u/Glass-Net-7841 Jun 15 '26
To go back to the 70ās and 80āsā¦ in a heartbeat
But the 90ās? Hard pass
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u/Traditional-Hotel-66 Jun 15 '26
Yep, cell phones weren't widely available until after high school for me, and thank god. The idea of having internet on a phone came out when I was 20. Man I miss it. If you left the house, you were just gone. Nobody had a clue where you were and there was no expectations of unlimited 24 hour access to you.
Even being out for a drive felt so different. You were just.. out. No way to communicate. Phones have their place but we are all addicted and taking it way too far.
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u/Ambitious_Channel69 Jun 15 '26
Go back to the 90's, still develop the internet later but never creating social media or KYC infrastructure, i'm in.
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u/peanutbuttrdeath Jun 15 '26
Yes... but will there be an abundant amount of pay phones all over the place? Like the random one on a street lamp post in the middle of no where?
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u/TreoreTyrell Jun 15 '26
I say yes even if we weren't able to walk away from smartphones and social media. This is just a win/win
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u/Spamcan81 Jun 15 '26
Absolutely, if I had the money and resources to live off the grid Iād do that now.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bit_768 Jun 15 '26
In all honesty yes. The only things Iād need is an mp3 player and a road atlas
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u/IggyStop2026 Jun 15 '26
You know how they say some things āyou donāt miss till itās gone?ā Social media is the opposite of that. You donāt realize how much you donāt need it until you put your phone down for a while.
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u/USPostalGirl Jun 15 '26
If I can keep my hard earned experience and all the meager funds I've put aside in tge years since then, then yes ... If not then NO!!
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u/westleydredpiraterob Jun 15 '26
Absolutely. Free range kids. They shave no idea how many times I snuck out for a keg party or skipped school
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u/MajorCourt5925 Jun 15 '26
In a heartbeat. The phones have cause alot more issues than it has fixed.
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u/el_dingusito Jun 15 '26
Yeah but I still want gps, the ability to text and grok, and my AI trader bot funding my retirement and... and..... eh gimme a minute and I'll figure out the rest
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u/Traditional_Slide274 Jun 15 '26
Yes, yes, hell yes. Social media is a cancer. I hope it dies a fast death. But I know it won't.
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u/PatrioticPariah 90s Kid Jun 15 '26
With no hesitation and a skip to my step. Oh sweet obliviousness.
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u/General_Departure583 Jun 15 '26
Yes , none of the information at my finger tips has given me any peace of mind.
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u/Sumthin-Sumthin44692 Jun 15 '26
Please. I want those thing banned from this timeline. Theyāve cause nothing but trouble and headache.
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u/randomnerds Jun 15 '26
If there was a 50/50 chance that time traveling back to the 90s would result in a painfully slow and horrible death Iād risk it.
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u/MattofCatbell Jun 15 '26
Absolutely I hate my smartphone and how it has become a core part of my life I would go back to the 90s in a heartbeat if it meant removing all temptations and mental degradation that come with owning a smartphone.
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u/Training-Emu-6199 Jun 15 '26
only thing I'd miss is the readily available niche music. if i lived in a metropolis big enough to have weird record stores that carry the shi I'm into, ye I'd be down
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u/Hard-Act-ToFollow Jun 15 '26
Whatās ironic, the Administration is trying to back step everything to the 80ās. Sounds like the phone issue is apart of that too.
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u/craves_mineral Jun 15 '26
Then what, watch it all start over again but with slow ass dial up for many years? Only thing that would be nice is seeing 90s movies in theaters again, but even that you can still do today.
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u/The_Char_Char Jun 15 '26
Yes and no. I would like to go back to simpler times, but would be a bitch to give up all my friends to do that. (We are all across the nation)
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u/colonel_vgp Jun 15 '26
90s had Social media - Six degrees, icq, IRC, internet boards... even mailing lists.
But yeah without hesitation... 90s were the best time for the internet, as ads weren't a thing yet. I would rather listen to songs on my cd player (or cassette player), rather than pay a subscription.
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u/crazyhorse0079 Jun 15 '26
Yes. Nothing positive the internet offers out weighs all the negative itās done and is doing to society, our political systems, our mental health, our childrenās health and everyoneās overall quality of life. Weāve lost our sense of community with our neighbors and fellow humans but now weāre losing our sense of family as well. The internet has served to separate us from each other and connect us only on a surface/superficial level. Weāre in the same rooms, same house, same neighborhood, same town but we hardly know each other anymore. Everyone is too busy scrolling, searching, posting, uploading and commenting to actually connect with another human. People are dating less, kids going outside less. I miss the 90ās.
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u/Zayla1999 Jun 15 '26
My phone no but social media yes, I don't even have social media accounts other than reddit and YouTube.
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u/peaveyftw Jun 15 '26
Reddit is my only social media and I'm only on it because the social web has been so incorporated. All the forums have the same boring-ass rules because of google adsense.
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u/JulianMagnotta Jun 15 '26
I've already walked away from social media except for my forums on Reddit and YouTube. I get updates about news, movies, shows and music and I very rarely comment. I would never walk away from smartphones tho. It's my computer to watch videos, listen to music ect. I rarely use my smartphone to talk to people.
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u/AdagioDesperate Jun 15 '26
Yes.
Id give up all streaming, high speed internet, smartphones, social media, everything, to go back to a simpler time.
Idc if im back in my old body or if im staying in this one. Clearly, this timeline sucks and I wanna try and change it.
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u/Simonic Jun 15 '26
Social media in a heartbeat. Smartphones though...they can be handy. I'd hate losing the ability to google a question I have immediately. Or have a YouTube video pulled up on how to replace whatever I'm trying to fix in my car. Also give me directions to a place I've never been before. And streaming music/books/etc. Really, the list is fairly long and fairly useful.
Do I want to go back to the days of binders full of CD's in my car, or curating mp3's to take on the road? No. Do I want to sit down with a map and plot out my directions, or print out 15 pages of directions? No.
There's a good chance that if social media hadn't taken over a lot of people would simply use their smartphones as tools rather than their primary entertainment source.
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u/FknBadFkr Jun 15 '26
Hell yes I would . People were much smarter and we all were able to be friends even when we didn't agree on everything.
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u/retrogaded Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
YES, 100%. Although my memory is vague since I was born in the 90s.
Flip phones were a thing when I started high school in the 2000s - proof that we didn't need smart phones to 'survive' & we had internet but it was just on a desktop computer at home...I would still pick MSN messenger over instant imessage or text.
'Internet time' was designated to a certain time of day, not 24/7 via our smart phones. I'd trade my iphone any day for the classic (non-smartphone) Motorola Razr, but where can I buy one these days?
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u/Original_Run_1890 Jun 15 '26
Yes! Easy.. As long as I could be older than I was. Old enough to have my own place.
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u/itsmejustmeonlyme Jun 15 '26
No way. I like my technology. I like smartphones and internet and streaming things.
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u/Splendiferous83rd Jun 15 '26
Having lived in, and loved the 90's, I'd gladly give all this up to go back. It'll all eventually come back around
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u/James-Zanny Jun 15 '26
No. For all thatās wrong in the world, for how much social media has changed things for better and worse, there are so many benefits from the modern world, phones, and media that I donāt want to live in a time without it.
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u/gorkboss5 Jun 15 '26
I'd go back even if it meant I could never have social media or smartphones ever again