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Jan 01, 2023, 11:28 AM
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Desert Kitty hates titles
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Member Since: Jul 2008
Location: TARDIS
Posts: 12,647
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Originally Posted by rdgrad15
Yeah looking back at my post, I can see how it may make me sound way older than I am. I'm only 32 but I probably sound like I'm in my 50's or something, I do remember a time when there was less technology when I was a kid though. Kids played outside more back then, for me though I just miss some of the people I was on good terms with which isn't many but there are some. Also it is true that people who come around now don't stick around long, another thing is that most people prefer to socialize through social media and I think people in general have become more introverted because of it which is okay since I'm an introvert myself.
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I also wonder what became of people in my past, which I asked in this thread:
Question of the Month
Alas, it worked much better when the QOTM was a FORUM, but the powers that be.....
I know most people prefer social media and like you, I'm an introvert too. But I still need face to face contact. As humans we are hard wired to seek connections, and I strongly feel that even Facetime (which I even never used) doesn't substitute for face to face contact.
Even using emojis doesn't always communicate the right tone. So I'm nostalgic for things like hearing the tone of voice or seeing the person's face, in person. So many people want to email or text me, they never want to CALL anymore even.  The phone has been around for centuries but now people want to type words on a screen. I wonder what Alexander Bell would think of cell phones.
Anyway I thought I'd find other threads you started, as I found the most/least favorite holidays thread.
Now that yet another year has gone, I think more of not only last year but the last few decades. I listen to a lot of music from my youth more often as I get older, as it reminds me of simpler times. And not just in the country in general, but in my life. I mean even stuff like telemarketing calls were rare. Ah, I miss that silence. We got a wrong number once in awhile or a sales call. NOW we get bombarded.
Guess I'm nostalgic for the days of more privacy too, more control over who has your information. I mean we didn't have databases of people's info everywhere.
I could write a book on what I'm nostalgic for.....And since it's a new year we are getting that optimistic message from the media as usual. I'm reading a book along those lines: Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking has Underminded America by Barbara Ehrenreich. Eye opening....
You are wise beyond your years.  Sometimes I feel like I'm 100 as I've been through so much. When I was your age (ha ha I'm old enough to say that), I didn't feel nostalgia much. But it was a different world then, as the Internet was still in its infancy. We still talked on the phone or met face to face.
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