“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” - Andy “The Nard Dog” Bernard
One thought provoking comment I saw years ago was someone who posted the thought that … at one point when we were out there running around with our friends when we were kids, there was one special moment when we last saw each other together and then everything changed and we couldn’t be together again.
I think about that often.
The night before I left town for good. I didn’t know I was the glue.
Yeah. Same. Although I was painfully aware that night was significant. This many years later, I still resent the fact I had to leave.
That’s depressing as fuck
The night of my 11th birthday party when my mom received a call about grandma passing away… someone overheard it, so they decided we’d play hide&seek, and left me “seeking” while everyone just left and went home.
I don’t think about it often anymore, but that was the last time I called them “friends”.
Shit my dude
Damn it’s always tough when you know it’s the last time you’ll ever see that person, like you feel like you somehow need to sum up your entire time knowing that person. A lot of people just kind of dip out quietly to try and avoid that super tough last time.
I went to a blockbuster once while tripping on LSD. That was such a crazy time. Aladdin was playing on the TV’s. Thankfully my buddy was sober and enjoying my silliness. He told me nobody would have known but I was fuckin tripin balls. I remember walking back to his car and saying something like " idk who’s who right now but I hope your Jason my friend" lol we laughed about that for years
This meme hits me right in the ♥️
I always joke with my friends who tell stories like this about tripping acid or some hallucinogenic.
I tell them they’re still on the trip and that it hasn’t stopped yet.
It’s still 1998 and you’re living on the street out of your mind thinking you’re on the internet in 2023.
‘But how do you really know though?’
In Portland, we have a huge video store called Movie Madness. $3 rent for almost any movie in existence. With an actual museum of Hollywood costumes, models and props around you. And you can sip a draft beer while you browse. It’s always humorous when cable news portrays Portland as being some uncivilized hellhole.
It’s always humorous when cable news portrays Portland as being some uncivilized hellhole.
I don’t think anyone portrays it that way except folks trying to claim the entire city was burned to cinders in 2020. At least, I don’t get that impression from anyone else.
I think the general reputation is that it’s lefty and weird (in a good way).
I have had to assure my dad a few times that Portland is, in fact, still there.
That sounds so awesome. I’d love to go there someday
We had a little rental place like that where I’m at, too. Not nearly as fancy, but nice. It was a great place to spend a party of a date, before heading home with your movies.
Anyway, they shut down this summer. I actually don’t remember exactly which time was my last in there… Apparently they were never actually profitable. The owner just kept it running out of good will.
Rose colored glasses?
Bro a rental was $4 for three days and a late fee was $10. In 1999 money, that would be $7.39 today, and the late fee would be $18.50.
Blockbuster deserved to die.
Even before they got rid of late fees you could always weasel your way out of them if you really wanted.
It’s pretty dope when ur not the one paying lol
Peak good times was when they got rid of late fees.
Definitely correct with regards to Blockbuster.
I think more specifically this brings back feelings of the social side of video stores and being a kid and doing everything with a group. Usually we’d have friends over (mine or my siblings) to watch the movies with us. I’m an adult now and still happy but I miss all the social things I used to do with my friend group. I still see them but not as often and almost never all at the same time. Youth is an interesting time of life.
Not rose coloured for me. I made VHS copies of the ones I loved with masking tape on the front as a label. Got great use out of those copies. And all for a low, low price!
I still have my membership card in my wallet.
Damn remember me and my bro scrolling through the ilses and then peeking into the adult section … inconspicuously
When the “good old days” were so long ago they were before you were even born.
