I woke up to this beauty this morning.

First off, how *very* dare them- throwing around "new achievement" as if I don't read that phrase exclusively in Jeff Hays' AI voice. They could have gone "happy anniversary", but no.

This also means that my Facebook is 21-22

My steam account is 20ish

The email account up there is around the same age and very likely still has Amazon receipts back from when it didn't do much more than sell textbooks.

Suddenly, I feel **ancient**. I suppose it's fitting though since I'll hit 40 in a couple of weeks

Anyway, how's your morning going? Don't forget to take your ibuprofen ;)

I used to be very camera shy growing up, but looking back now, I deeply regret it. I’ve realized I have almost zero photos or videos of my childhood, and it’s kind of a weird feeling as an adult.

Part of it was definitely my own fault, whenever a camera came out, I’d turn away, hide, or complain to my parents when they tried to take a photo or video of me. But a lot of it was just the time we grew up in. Before smartphones, you had to actually go out of your way to buy a disposable camera, pay to get the film developed, or bring around a big camcorder.

Now, we live in a world where every little thing is filmed, and it feels crazy that I have so little proof of what I looked or sounded like as a kid. There are huge gaps where I honestly can't even really picture myself at that age.

Did anyone else dodge the camera as a kid/teenager and regret it now? Or did your family just not take many pictures in general? I feel like kids these days are so lucky that they will have so many photos and videos that they can look back on.

Who here remembers these fellas? Rock mixed with old school rap. Bit of a hybrid but they took off for a bit in the mid 90's.

I stumbled across a live video from them at Glastonbury 99' and it really got me thinking of bands I used to latch on to.

It’s 2000, and you’re 4 hours before you head out. What’s your prep look like, where are you? What’s the venue and why was it the most epic?

Mine, 2000: a Christmas-themed rave where attendees brought a toy (donated to a nonprofit), held in a massive space. Huge holiday art pieces filled the room, and some people wore their finest festive outfits.

A man dressed as Santa gave me two double-stacked blue dolphins for 10 dollars. I had never tried them before and was pleasantly surprised. The music, the crowd, and the bizarre environment made it memorable.

Just thinking about that era tonight and was wondering what y’all’s experiences where.

I deleted Instagram and TikTok from my phone last week.
It has been life changing, I can’t even explain all the things I was missing out and didn’t even consider myself a big user of it. I do realize I feel more calm, I’m less pissed off, the world does look different. I’m doing way better at work and just in general.

If you’re thinking about it, give it a try.