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  • other_cat@piefed.ziptoFunny@sh.itjust.worksMe either
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    6 days ago

    Not even the usual “things were simpler/better when I was a kid” nostalgia alone, but having a ritual/routine (most people went every X, so they had something to look forward to), being out of the house (even if it was to a store, at least you were outside for a bit), and sometimes even just getting to go somewhere with your friends/family (see: malls)

    I don’t miss Blockbuster but I do miss little routines.






  • other_cat@piefed.ziptoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldyeet
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    9 days ago

    I genuinely wonder if it’s something that’s meant to aid our development of things like empathy too. I only mention it because I remember when I was a child having an intrusive thought, while fishing, of splatting a fish against a cinderblock I could see poking out of the water and actually followed through on it. Hit by INSTANT regret and sorrow. It was a very shitty thing I did but since it still sticks with me I think it did teach me something about the value of animal life. So I wonder if that plays a part–getting kids to do stupid things to learn from them.



  • other_cat@piefed.zipto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneSuffering rule
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    9 days ago

    Plenty of people have told you ‘yes’ but I wanted to just say that this meme resonates with me, not because I wake up in the middle of the night, but because I’ve developed a really bad habit of eating about 1-2 hours before bed on snacks. I know it’s a habit and not just being hungry because I’ve been still-full from dinner and went “This is about when I’d be having a snack” and suddenly I want one.

    Not having late night snacks really is the best way to break that habit but yeah the meme is a mood.




  • Tangent, but I remember when I was a kid I would try to explain people that I could “smell” the “air coonditioned air” and everyone was like “what? No you can’t, it’s just air. It doesn’t smell like anything.”

    I never did figure out what the smell was. I’m guessing it was some kind of chemical; it wasn’t a bad smell, though. It smelled like ice cubes (which I know, doesn’t make a lot of sense either.)

    Anyway, all this to say that a lot of people have very strong senses. (And the other comments about water not being neutral are correct as well!)