Man, I suddenly remember the smell and cold breeze of my school's computer labs. Can't forget the office plastic smell of Dell prebuilds, the artificial feel good scent coming from the cold air conditioner, and the nostalgic mechanical buzzing and beeping of chunky desktop PCs of the late 90s/early 2000s.
Born 1993, when I was around 5/6 me and my family had to move to Germany, Osnabruck because my Dad was stationed there for being in the British Army. We stayed there until 2001. I can honestly say from what memories are still there in my head, are the best years of my life. If I could just relive those days, just for a few hours, I would be so happy. I spend hours crying happy/sad tears on Google Earth Pro with the time machine of the maps. Seeing my old Primary School before it was demolished. Seeing the Army barracks my dad was at before that too was sadly demolished. Seeing my old childhood home which I haven't seen since we left 23 years ago. It's even more saddening with how Germany's privacy laws are. Google Street view is practically none existent. So the buildings and the streets I fondly remember are mainly just these pixelated resemblances of buildings that I still vividly remember from my childhood but I can't see how are now or was a few years ago. I only have what I remember, and the odd remnants of videos here on RUclips which is extremely lacking and rare to find Thankfully some time last year, Germany finally lifted those privacy laws for Google Maps Street view and i finally got to see my home again for the first time since we all left way back in 2001. I will be honest. I've never cried so much in such a long time. It was harrowingly different everywhere i looked around Osnabruck but I could also see things that haven't changed at all. The walks we went on, the Warner Brothers Movie Theme Park down south near Dorsten. Pony rides in the woods and picking the oldest one there who was called Boris. I picked him all the time because he liked to eat the grass a lot which made the ride last longer so I could spend more time with him. The little & big lake walk just behind the Nettebad. The traditional Christmas Markets in the town centre. Playing video games when my Dad finally came home on my Playstation 1, we would try and beat the games in one day but never could because I didn't have a memory card. Getting excited whenever Pokemon was on the TV. Friends round mine to share the big swimming pool I had. Watching Halloween Town before going out trick or treating. Finding our first ever pet, a kitten abandoned behind a grit bin while we were on a bike ride and taking her home, we named her Millie. So many memories. All lost to time. With only old VHS tapes & photographs to try and relive those memories at least just a tiny bit. Oh what Id do just to go back to those days. Nostalgia is such a beautiful but cruel mistress. I hate to love it and love to hate it. I Miss you Osnabruck. I miss you childhood. But. I have a daughter now, born Bonfire Night in 2022. Can't believe it's almost been 2 years with her already. And I honestly can not wait to be the best father I can possibly be. And to make everlasting memories with her that she can look back on and smile just as much as I do looking back at the ones I made with my Mum & Dad. Oh Germany. Oh Osnabruck. Oh childhood. You were the best of days. I'll revisit you one day. With the whole family hopefully.
I miss the 90s so dearly. It's more than just nostalgia and that times were simpler then. It's that the future didn't seem so murky and foreboding, at least not as it does today. We still held hope for the future. That we'd wise up and be better versions of ourselves someday. You had time to think, I mean truly ponder on a thought or question that you had no way of finding the answer to. And that was okay because the idea that you'd eventually find that answer provided a small something to look forward to. You didn't have to hear everyone's opinion on everything all the time. I suppose you could say that people were a little more "human" to one another. Even if you weren't there to remember it because you are too young to have yet been born, I promise you, you would have loved it. After all, that's why you're here. And if you were there with me, then hello, old friend. 🤝
Spend less time on social media; the world isn’t as bad as it may seem. Be mindful of what you allow into your subconscious, as it shapes your thinking, especially since we only control about 10% of our consciousness. Take the time to analyze your thoughts regularly. Every day when I wake up, I focus on my goals and strive to spread positivity. Changing a large group of people is challenging, but if each individual commits to improving themselves, positive change will spread more rapidly.
uhm nah even though I had a great childhood growing up in the 90s it was ungodly boring and constantly under stimulated. I love my adult life because there's more to do. we typically yearn for different that brings comfort because we aren't enjoying ourselves in the moment
@@thomaslayton2570 You were a child in the 90s so you wouldn't understand. You have no real understanding of what it was like to function in the world as those of us who were were adults in the 90s. People were different then because society was so remarkably different. That's just something you couldn't possibly comprehend.
@@codecaine This is the truest comment I have ever read. Social media is the problem. I remember it all starting with myspace. Then, when you could have it in your pocket with the mass production of smart phones, social media follows you around. The problem is, social media is addicting.
I was eleven when I stepped into a computer lab for the first time, the day I fell in love with computers, their smells, sounds and how they felt to the touch. It was interesting to me how my two best friends with me seemed to be completely different, one figured out how to open paint and started drawing disney characters from stickers he had. The other opened a text editor and filled it with his name with hearts and symbols everywhere like ascii art. Meanwhile, all I wanted to do was write code. And so I did..
Wasnt alive in the 90s. im an 06 kid. but growing up ive always liked to look at 90s videos. I wish I was alive in the 90s. That way, i wouldnt have had to spend the most important years of my life in quarantine :
And we spent too much time indoors doing nothing too. People make too big a deal about quarantine. Yet all we wanna do is sit in front of some screen...
You're looking at it all wrong my friend, those wernt your most important years. The most important years are the ones you dedicate to your own growth and happiness. Don't look to what you couldnt have, instead see what you could gain :)
Funny these rooms computational power probably fits in your phone now... Makes me really hesitate to buy more machines. It's obsolete before you get home with it...
I wonder how much in weight and in total units in these desktop computers have been thrown away over the years. I wonder if some were repurposed. Mostly recycled? It’s amazing how quickly something overtakes our life and before you know it it’s obsolete and junk.
![you’re studying in an ancient university as the snowflakes fall [ dark academia playlist ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zhaz_30H_0w/mqdefault.jpg)
Man, I suddenly remember the smell and cold breeze of my school's computer labs. Can't forget the office plastic smell of Dell prebuilds, the artificial feel good scent coming from the cold air conditioner, and the nostalgic mechanical buzzing and beeping of chunky desktop PCs of the late 90s/early 2000s.
I liked the smell of heated computers
Born 1993, when I was around 5/6 me and my family had to move to Germany, Osnabruck because my Dad was stationed there for being in the British Army. We stayed there until 2001. I can honestly say from what memories are still there in my head, are the best years of my life. If I could just relive those days, just for a few hours, I would be so happy.
I spend hours crying happy/sad tears on Google Earth Pro with the time machine of the maps. Seeing my old Primary School before it was demolished. Seeing the Army barracks my dad was at before that too was sadly demolished. Seeing my old childhood home which I haven't seen since we left 23 years ago.
It's even more saddening with how Germany's privacy laws are. Google Street view is practically none existent. So the buildings and the streets I fondly remember are mainly just these pixelated resemblances of buildings that I still vividly remember from my childhood but I can't see how are now or was a few years ago. I only have what I remember, and the odd remnants of videos here on RUclips which is extremely lacking and rare to find
Thankfully some time last year, Germany finally lifted those privacy laws for Google Maps Street view and i finally got to see my home again for the first time since we all left way back in 2001. I will be honest. I've never cried so much in such a long time. It was harrowingly different everywhere i looked around Osnabruck but I could also see things that haven't changed at all.
The walks we went on, the Warner Brothers Movie Theme Park down south near Dorsten. Pony rides in the woods and picking the oldest one there who was called Boris. I picked him all the time because he liked to eat the grass a lot which made the ride last longer so I could spend more time with him. The little & big lake walk just behind the Nettebad. The traditional Christmas Markets in the town centre. Playing video games when my Dad finally came home on my Playstation 1, we would try and beat the games in one day but never could because I didn't have a memory card. Getting excited whenever Pokemon was on the TV. Friends round mine to share the big swimming pool I had.
Watching Halloween Town before going out trick or treating. Finding our first ever pet, a kitten abandoned behind a grit bin while we were on a bike ride and taking her home, we named her Millie. So many memories. All lost to time. With only old VHS tapes & photographs to try and relive those memories at least just a tiny bit.
Oh what Id do just to go back to those days. Nostalgia is such a beautiful but cruel mistress. I hate to love it and love to hate it. I Miss you Osnabruck. I miss you childhood.
But. I have a daughter now, born Bonfire Night in 2022. Can't believe it's almost been 2 years with her already. And I honestly can not wait to be the best father I can possibly be. And to make everlasting memories with her that she can look back on and smile just as much as I do looking back at the ones I made with my Mum & Dad.
Oh Germany. Oh Osnabruck. Oh childhood. You were the best of days. I'll revisit you one day. With the whole family hopefully.
Great memory sir
I felt it on my heart sir, words makes me cry, greetings
perfect
I miss the 90s so dearly. It's more than just nostalgia and that times were simpler then. It's that the future didn't seem so murky and foreboding, at least not as it does today. We still held hope for the future. That we'd wise up and be better versions of ourselves someday.
You had time to think, I mean truly ponder on a thought or question that you had no way of finding the answer to. And that was okay because the idea that you'd eventually find that answer provided a small something to look forward to.
You didn't have to hear everyone's opinion on everything all the time.
I suppose you could say that people were a little more "human" to one another.
Even if you weren't there to remember it because you are too young to have yet been born, I promise you, you would have loved it. After all, that's why you're here.
And if you were there with me, then hello, old friend. 🤝
Its perfect, totally agreed.
Spend less time on social media; the world isn’t as bad as it may seem. Be mindful of what you allow into your subconscious, as it shapes your thinking, especially since we only control about 10% of our consciousness. Take the time to analyze your thoughts regularly. Every day when I wake up, I focus on my goals and strive to spread positivity. Changing a large group of people is challenging, but if each individual commits to improving themselves, positive change will spread more rapidly.
uhm nah even though I had a great childhood growing up in the 90s it was ungodly boring and constantly under stimulated. I love my adult life because there's more to do. we typically yearn for different that brings comfort because we aren't enjoying ourselves in the moment
@@thomaslayton2570 You were a child in the 90s so you wouldn't understand. You have no real understanding of what it was like to function in the world as those of us who were were adults in the 90s. People were different then because society was so remarkably different. That's just something you couldn't possibly comprehend.
@@codecaine This is the truest comment I have ever read. Social media is the problem. I remember it all starting with myspace. Then, when you could have it in your pocket with the mass production of smart phones, social media follows you around. The problem is, social media is addicting.
Gold
somehow the perfect music for studying. I love itttt
Love it!
So glad!
Thanks for the mix!
Thanks!
🔥
I was present and accounted for all of the nineties and yes I do miss them like you would an old friend
I was eleven when I stepped into a computer lab for the first time, the day I fell in love with computers, their smells, sounds and how they felt to the touch. It was interesting to me how my two best friends with me seemed to be completely different, one figured out how to open paint and started drawing disney characters from stickers he had. The other opened a text editor and filled it with his name with hearts and symbols everywhere like ascii art. Meanwhile, all I wanted to do was write code. And so I did..
vibes
Simply Awesome!
Thanks again!
Awesome! I like t`is ambient.
Many thanks!
Wonderful
awesome!
Glad you think so!
Enjoy the moment. 20 years from now those of us still alive will miss the 2020s.
Perfeito para estudar, adorando! Obrigado
Game on the title screen is Canon Fodder and was released in 93
Of course it's Cannon Fodder and Amiga 500 - I played it in 1993, just like Settlers on Amiga :)
idk this makes me sad. gotta take care of my inner child today, I guess
Wasnt alive in the 90s. im an 06 kid. but growing up ive always liked to look at 90s videos. I wish I was alive in the 90s. That way, i wouldnt have had to spend the most important years of my life in quarantine :
As a 90's kid we were into the 80's
Happens to each generation. You have the retro folks and the newf*gs.
And we spent too much time indoors doing nothing too. People make too big a deal about quarantine. Yet all we wanna do is sit in front of some screen...
You're looking at it all wrong my friend, those wernt your most important years. The most important years are the ones you dedicate to your own growth and happiness. Don't look to what you couldnt have, instead see what you could gain :)
I grew up in the nineties…it was okay.
Spending your youth in quarantine? It was like a year or two!
That's how computers used to be
There's a lot of soulless music out there, this is even more so since it's made by an AI
Funny these rooms computational power probably fits in your phone now...
Makes me really hesitate to buy more machines. It's obsolete before you get home with it...
I wonder how much in weight and in total units in these desktop computers have been thrown away over the years. I wonder if some were repurposed. Mostly recycled? It’s amazing how quickly something overtakes our life and before you know it it’s obsolete and junk.
Noo puedo chumas escuela chico ablar familiar mucho chumas