>>870 same here, life has been rough on me for past couple of months. but its getting a bit better now.

>>869 school time, back when i was more sociable and outgoing.

The year or two surrounding the start of adulthood. Made friends for the first time, felt like I belonged to something, and overall I got to feel for a short time what all the other teenagers had been feeling since they started school. It felt wonderful being around people who tolerated me instead of seeing me as some tag-along. On top of that I finally got to upgrade my computer from the toaster I'd been using since I was 12. Thing was made in 1998, I got it in 2004, and it wasn't until 2010 that I could afford a newer machine. Wasn't able to do much else besides browse (most) websites and play a few games, mostly SNES roms and Doom wads. Once I got the new computer I started playing some of the games I missed out on in the 00s, as well as PSX games I missed in the 90s. They didn't run well at all, but at least I got to experience them.

unironically, quarantine. For almost a whole year, it was just me, my gf, and our dogs who just had a litter. We played video games all the time, and when we weren't, we were playing card games with my cousin who lived with us. Super hygge since we were indulging in sweets, coffees, teas, liquor, etc. whenever we wanted at any hour of the day. Not to mention when I needed "me" time, I wood just go to the backyard with my eldest dog, sit down with a glass of coffee, and just fiddle around with my guitar or write poetry. *Sigh* it makes me sad that I probably won't have an extended time like that again, but I'm glad I enjoyed it. Even if the world did seem like it was falling apart around us at the time.

>>878 >unironically, quarantine Honestly, me too. I didn't have gf or anyone like that to spend time with but I played lots of vidya with mates (including one who I hadn't spoken to in a while) since we were all locked down. Only other time was after I've left school, I was severely depressed but I had a lot of time to myself thinking about stuff. It was also a great time for Youtube, remember taking comfort in a lot of those videos.

The no-school, no-work period after graduating high school.

>>879 I think it's funny. Some of my fondest memories are of when I was most depressed. Looking back, it was a berry beautiful and comfortable point in my life. Only thanks to my friends who kept me company and distracted me from eberrything.

>>880 Ooooh that's a good one

The H1N1 lockdown we had in early high school, it was one month or a bit more of forced vacations, we were send homework via email maybe twice or thrice and we could complete them fairly easy within a day. I had such a relaxed time because there wasn't any fear mongering, so relaxed i don't recall much of it despite being 30+ days, sometimes we just woke up and walked into a friend's house to talk, drink a soda and then walk back, sometimes we kicked a ball or called another friend to eat at the pizza buffet. It is eerie to think about it as one of the only times we felt like kids, maybe some youths nowadays will see current days as such but back then we didn't have smartphones yet and internet was still blogposting rather than micro mingling, plus the fear mongering nowadays is vastly more rampant back then.

Sitting at home playing video games as a kid when it was snowing or raining. It was super chill and extremely comfy. Also visiting the docks that were a couple of minutes away from my house was really comfy too. I loved going to that place growing up, and I'm glad I lived so close to such a comfy spot.

>>883 one of my buddies and i were just saying how it's weird how this whole era who will be perceived by current youths a decade or two from now. it'd be an interesting social study to observe that cohort

>>884 were you by a lake, or the see? either way sounds pretty great tbh

>>869 I think high-school summer vacations, playing TF2 for literal hours without a care in the world! I'm going to get that comfyness back someday. >>885 I pity current youths a bit tbh. Between web 3.0, tiktok, and possible environmental catastrophes. Well, I'm grateful for growing up when I did.

When I had life insurance money and could afford a car for the first time.

>>869 middle school for sure. Playing pokemon in 6th grade and watching anime in 7th. 8th grade onward was where the comfy times ended....

Summertimes when I was a kid, probably.

>>869 Before I started school. Like age 5 and below. Steady decline ever since.

>>889 >8th grade onward was where the comfy times ended.... this

Probably around 14 when I didn't have any obligations, and right before caca hit the fan quickly. Didn't have any friends and lived in a poopy household, but at least I hadn't quite developed chronic mental health problems yet, and that's around when I started figuring out who I really was as a person, and finding media that's heavily influenced me from then on. Unfortunately I have berry foggy memory from then, probably because of some cognitive damage that noticeably lasted years after I stopped taking these meds I shouldn't have been taking. At least it means I can go back and rewatch things I saw back then and experience it for the first time, since I wasn't able to absorb much of anything back then, I was just a zombie.

There was a time when media was still able to serve as a kind of escapism for me. That is not the case anymore. I am always longing for the kind of calm and serenety that I used to get from anime and video games. But I'm afraid it is gone forever. I feel so old. I feel like I'm wasting my time. But what else am I to do? There is nowhere I can run anymore. Escapism doesn't work anymore. It's all over.

>>895 There is only this crushing kind of melancholia of times long gone

>>896 :(

>>895 God this is way too relatable.

>>895 restlessness

>>870 My life keeps getting comfier anons

>>895 I refuse to believe that it's all over, because if it is as you say it is, because that wood mean those before us had no autonomy over what they did or how they managed to get through.

>>878 gf havers don't belong here

>>903 Yes we do

>>903 Why not?

>>903 i did my time alone lol

Quarantine was bretty good, got laid off so I got some warhammer minis and painted while receiving government checks.

>>903 Rood

>>869 probably quarantine era, now nothing feels comfy.. :(

>>869 Elementary school although it really wasn't that comfy for a number of reasons nya~ >>895 I know that feel, although I still enjoy anime, it's definitely not as enjoyable as it was when I was a teen and even 25 and under nya~

>>4134 So actually, my earliest memories were the most comfy, pre-Grade 1 nya~

>>869 2005 -- 2008 for me. I just lived rent free and played video games. the internet was still fun to use and hadn't got all political and serious yet. back then it felt like a another world full of people, like there were conversations on eberry topic going on eberrywhere all the time 24/7. now it just feels dead. not sure if it's because eberryone left or if people just don't have anything left to say anymore.

>>4958 I am most at ease and happier chatting goalless.

>>4958 Same here man, wood expand it to 2011 as some people still acted and tried to have things be pre-2007 but after that it was ogre

>>869 95-2010 The internet ruined eberrything. I swear to god, eye contact used to be normal and even comforting. Now it almost feels intrusive.

>>895 dang i've been feeling in a rut for this same reason.. now i just try to fill the silence with soft music other wise i'd probably just wallow forever

Despite all adversities, I think there is no better time than today.

Right now :D

this berry moment...is what i feel can be the only answer. no matter what anon strive to be content in this berry moment thats the only thing that matters

I had the best times on the internet around 2009, but mentally I have never been in a better spot. Thus, a bit of then, a bit of now

When I was a baby. I didn't have to think.

>>5554 >I didn't have to think. But you did anyway

I feel like my life peaked before I hit puberty.

>>5628 Same.