What is the peak nostalgic period of your life? -

[Dom Cruise]

Without power leveling too much, what is the peak nostalgic period of your life?

For me it's 2005-2007, I was 15-18, those were the happiest days of my life.

You might think that's a little odd because many people pick their childhoods and while I had for the most part a good childhood and there's plenty of happy memories from back then, it wasn't perfect, there's a lot of bad memories like for one example the loss of my grandfather and later grandmother when I was 8 and 10.

There's also just the fact that well, my childhood was a long time ago by this point, the memories feel somewhat faded, as sad as that is, my memories of my mid teens are much clear and sharper, sometimes they feel like only yesterday.

But I just found something magical about being on the cusp of adulthood, of having so much potential, of being older but still having a childlike sense of excitement and fresh way of looking at the world, I also just really liked where the culture was at back then, people had much better attitudes, they would look at you like you were insane if you spouted today's Woke horseshit, despite the worries of back then, the post 9/11, Iraq war era and all that jazz, I felt like it was an exciting time where there was a lot of potential for the future.

But then there was a sharp decline after I turned 18 and while I've had good times since, nothing has ever come close to the magical feeling everything had to me in 2005-2007, it's kind of hard to explain really.

Without power leveling too much about why those were good years for me personally, I'll just say that among other things 2004 was kind of a terrible year for me, I went through some real hardships that year, but then 2005 was a huge improvement, it just felt like such a breath of fresh air and I wouldn't start to really face new challenges until 2008.

It's hard to deal with the fact that all of those years were well over a decade ago now, it's hard to deal with the possibility I'll never be that happy again (but I always hold out hope I will be), but I'm glad that when times are tough I have my happy memories to reflect back on to raise my spirits.

 

[Overcast]

Late 90's to around 2010 or so.

I don't know, the general environment I was in was pretty positive, had plenty of friends to talk to and do stuff with. Games and movies back then I felt were awesome, ect.

I used to dislike my high school years, probably because self-awareness hit me like a ton of bricks and I focused far too much on my flaws. But it's actually kinda nice to look back at how far I came since then and how generally innocent those times were despite all the awkwardness.

 

[Punished “Venom” pH]

Middle school, when I first discovered my special interests but I didn’t have enough time to spend grinding my love for any activity down to a well-worn nub.

 

[JuanButNotForgotten]

2014. Then my life went to shit.

 

[Cheeky Chops]

Definitely the mid 90's. Grunge and alternative rock were massive and in amongst the scene, there was the riot grrrl movement - lots of all female punk rock bands. I feel forever grateful that those women were my inspiration as a teenager, before the Britney's and Christina's took over pop culture. The women I loved didn't give a fuck.

Loads of gigs with mates, crowd surfing and waiting outside to meet bands after the gigs. Going to buy the latest cd or record releases at independent music stories in the local city and spending hours, reading the cd book or vinyl cover, inside out. Loads of outdoor time, daydreaming and learning to play bass guitar, terribly. Fucking great times. Music, gigs, gatherings etc were experienced physically, rather than virtually and the excitement of getting hold of a ticket for your favourite band and counting down the months and weeks before it came. It all felt magical to me

 

[Shovel Mech Pilot]

I think that middle school or high school will be the most nostalgic time for many people (even if it's not the "best" time) because you have minimal or non-existent responsibilities and obligations, while also beginning to experience a huge amount of new and fun things. At least, that's how it was for me.

 

[Swiss46]

It's hard to deal with the fact that all of those years were well over a decade ago now, it's hard to deal with the possibility I'll never be that happy again (but I always hold out hope I will be)

Don't be defeatist and be the creator of the happiness you want to have.

 

[Dandelion Eyes]

I think that middle school or high school will be the most nostalgic time for many people (even if it's not the "best" time) because you have minimal or non-existent responsibilities and obligations, while also beginning to experience a huge amount of new and fun things. At least, that's how it was for me.

Yeah. And then you grow up, and find a job, and your life gets filled with tons of small worries and anxieties ranging from your parents' deteriorating health to the realization that you'll probably work until you grow old and never amount to anything.

 

[McAfee'sCorpse]

2013-2016. I was in the middle of my middle school years and the early years of high school. At this time, I used to hang out with a large group of friends in a gigantic neighbor hood right by the beach and near a bunch of restaurants. The neighborhood itself was kinda sketchy. It's called Naples Park. I loved the wide suburban feel of the neighborhood despite some of the people being druggies, being on house arrest, being rapists, and one being a murderer a while ago. The whole neighborhood was generally pretty chill. I hung out with a large group of friends. I'll have to list them all.

Jackson, 15
Ashton, 11
Seth, 13
Ethan, 14
Chris, 13
Anthony, 15
Dalton, 14
Edward, 15
Kai, 15

These were the group of kids I would hang out with. Kai stopped hanging out with us halfway through my 8th grade year because he didn't like someone or he had a dispute with one of them. Ashton and Jackson were brothers, and the literally lived less then 50 feet across the street from us. I used to come over and play Black Ops 3 and BattleBlock Theater all the time with Ashton and Jackson, also Splatoon and Super Mario Maker on Jackson's switch. We would go to this old karate place in the middle of our neighborhood (yes, it's real) and play manhunt and hide in seek around the building until midnight. We would ride our bikes to a nearby bridge, there was a walkway under the bridge and people fished there, we would climb up the steep kinda hill and sit at the top of the bottom of the bridge. There was a baseball field at the end of the neighborhood with a church right next to it, and sometimes it wouldn't be locked so we would run around and climb on top of the dugouts to watch the stars. One time, Chris broke into the concession stand asked us what we want. We would also climb up onto these unbuilt houses around the neighborhood and hang out. A car was coming down the street and he yelled "SCATTER!". Those were the days. After a couple years, my friends started to move away, Ashton and Jackson moved to an apartment building a couple miles away. That reminds of when me, Jackson, Ashton and Ethan went to this high priced neighborhood with a lake and fished there. Ethan managed to actually catch a fish but accidentally dislocated its jaw. Anyway, Jackson and Ashton were the only kids I would even bother to go to their house. Some of my friends are probably still living in that neighborhood. We moved in 2016 to a smaller, nicer neighborhood with way fewer kids. I still miss hanging out with my friends and causing trouble and playing games, and also riding our bikes to 7/11 to pick up snacks. Those were the days.

 

[Sage In All Fields]

2016 & 2017, I met some rad people at my sixth form who were edgy autistic anime-loving emo chantards with extreme politics running Linux just like me. I have never felt more at home in my life. The experience of practically telling the teachers to fuck off with their powertripping bullshit and teaching each other instead was amazing, singing emo ballads in the middle of math class or breaking out into heated political debates in compsci, having people you could talk about happenings with, watching your friend try to compile InkScape in the middle of class cus he was based enough to main Gentoo unironically, having to help your friend repair his machine in the middle of class and watching anime & The IT Crowd during free periods.

They taught me how to greentext irl, they introduced me to some great boards, anime and bands. I miss it so much man.

Also if you wanna greentext irl what you do is with your right hand stick out two fingers with your palm facing inwards and sideways, like you're trying to make a greater than sign with your fingers then you just say whatever you're greentexting.

 

[R.A.E.L.]

Late 90’s-early 2000’s. Very simple and carefree times during my childhood.

 

[verissimus]

Late 90’s-early 2000’s. Very simple and carefree times during my childhood.

Same. Great period in pop culture too.

 

[Cup Noodle]

Mid 90's up until about September of 2001. 9-11 kinda ended the more carefree 90's vibe plus I started highschool and that sucked. Once I'm old it will probably be this time period. I'm doing ok and having fun in life which is something I couldn't say about my 20's.

 

[DiscoRodeo]

Born in the early 90s, would probably say before the 2008 financial crisis. Stuff was still a bit fun after that, but the world had changed fundamentally.

I think my happiest times were probably as a kid in the 90s, but really its the period in the mid 2000s to the early 2010s that I look back fondly to "the best we had, culturally". Internet was a lot more fun then.

 

[Strayserval]

Early 2000's, I remember my dad had just gotten a computer and it was so cool, i would spend hours drawing in paint and showing my sister funny YouTube vids.

 

[Sperghetti]

There's actually several for me. I mentally divide my life into multiple smaller eras depending on what I was doing on a daily basis, what my interests were, who I was hanging around, etc., and sometimes I'll go through a period of being wistful about one in particular. Like sometimes I'll particularly miss summers in elementary school where I'd get to go to the public pool most days or just poke around outside whenever I wanted, and my family would go camping on weekends. Or other times I'll find myself missing the time period of the first few years of college where I had more friends and places to go and some of my hobbies were still new and exciting.

 

[Oban Lazcano Kamz]

Back in 1852 my plantations were flourishing into an empire of wealth.

 

[Curt Sibling]

My nostalgic era is still to come.

 

[Ita Mori]

2002. Particularly late spring to early autumn.

- Spider-Man was a box office hit nationwide and cemented that capeshit had a future in Hollywood.
- Korn had released their latest album, Untouchables, which was a teenage favorite.
- Future HoF in their own rights John Cena & AJ Styles were starting their careers in mainstream promotions.
- Killswitch Engage launched their sophomore effort, Alive Or Just Breathing, and are about to put this until then relatively unknown subgenre called Metalcore on the map on the mainstream.
- Eminem releases his 3rd album, The Eminem Show, and it was glorious. Despite not being on the album, Lose Yourself is fucking everywhere.
- The Xbox is killing it, while GTA 3 is still making waves and promises it's spin-off Vice City to be everything and so much more.
- Avril Lavigne makes her debut, and strikes the hearts of pre-teens with her "not like the other girls" pop-punk persona years before it became a meme to be "Not like the other girls" or "One of the boys".
- Everyone was anticipating Star Wars' second prequel with abated breath.
- The first summer post 9/11 had a certain optimism to it after almost a year of gloom and sadness.
- Young me reached 3rd base for the 1st time before school's year ended.
- Young me moved from 1st world... to the ass end poorest state of a 3rd world nation. In other words, to a state so poor even the 3rd world would call it broke-ass.

Despite being so long ago, it feels like it was only a few months ago to me.
01-03 will never feel old or outdated for me.

Edit: LOL, who got the liberal wiggers mad?

 

[Danny]

Early 20's. Finishing up college and starting a business and having a home loan. At the time I felt like I had to risk everything and just go for it so I didn't have to struggle through the rest of my life. I'd grown up on a farm were you always had to work and put everything to bills to scrape by and didn't want to live like that. Business took right off doing residential construction and renovation and the home I purchased in college turned out to be a consistent money maker. It was then that I was spending more time with my Dad than I ever had to have my aunt call one morning at 3am to tell me he's passed away at 46 years old. I was 23, shocked, it was like a dream that wouldn't end. I'd just seen him the day before as he'd come to visit and borrow my truck to haul seed home to finish planting. It was the worst of times and most surprising. What I had never been told was that the was a family trust that I would have my access to at 25, with my father's passing his went me immediately. I'd never have to work again and could do anything I wanted, but without my Dad. I continued with contracting and focused on staying healthy so my heart didn't fail. The trust I refused to touch for well over a year, it felt wrong, guilty even. Eventually I got past that with my fiancee at the time being a help.
That period of time most definitely made me who I am today as much as I wish it would have been different.