bUt tTIs iS thE MosT iMPortANt elEcTIOn oF OUr liFeTImE… until the next one, and then the one after that, o and the next one after that…

how’d you guess? haha

Not as drastic as some of these comments, but I used to be pulled over once a month when I had long hair and a beard. I had a 45 minute commute everyday and like clockwork, once a month I would get pulled over for a bs reason (speeding by 5mph, flashing highs to warn other drivers, suspicious vehicle etc). Once I cut my hair, no more problems, go figure.

Ive never paid for subscription on pandora. The ad version isnt that bad, but I also dont listen to it for more than an hour at a time. I would say on average I get 5 -15 second ads an hour.

Veterinarians

Pandora. I remember when it was a “music experiment”

Paid streaming services that have ads in the UI (youtubetv). Amazon firesticks having ads on the UI. I actually complained to YTTV and they sent me an email explaining why there are commercial on live TV, pissed me off even more.

Social media ;) /s

Go touch grass = just dont think about how the world is going to shit. lol great advice everyone

I had a MTV Road Rules page on angelfire. Its still there, but the HTML is embarrassing. (this was when frames were becoming popular on sites. 1999ish)

The Tamagotchi - for obvious reasons.

Mods, I know this doesnt follow post criteria, but I thought it was relevant. Please remove if its no bueno.

For the longest time I told people the peppy tgif waiter from Office Space was the voice of Michelangelo. Then I looked it up… its not true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTeUAHNMpeA

I’d settle for a headphone jack period. Any suggestions?

Dirt tracks were amazing. We had a few, one of which was a huge bowl in the ground. The jumps were enormous and I always thought “whos hitting these?” Like pro level size and you would never see anyone on them. Then you’d hear “so and so” did a 3 on that one. It made for some good myths. Luckily there was so much empty space, we’d just make some jumps for our skill level.

It was definitely the time to do stupid shit, but it was also great freedom. I remember constructing skate parks in abandoned factories that would rival some of the best pre fabs today. We made a 2 story indoor go-ped track. Obviously very dangerous stuff, but i wouldn’t trade those memories for anything.

We used to leave on our bikes for the day (no phones, so basically unreachable). The only rule was you had be back by dinner.

and then Intergalactic

In my own experience I found that .world communities are usually the ones to stay away from. Most of the comments devolve into petty bickering and go off topic quickly. It was a great improvement when I made a new sub list of topics from other instances. They arent as active, but the quality of discussions is higher and respectful.