One thing you miss right now

[Ele'ill]

more than anything else.

The sounds of Pennsylvania's crickets and cicadas (and other singing insects)

Late summer's and early Autumn's crickets in the evening.

[Sasha]

Yup, esp considering its 4 in the night here and by the sound of it some idiot neighbour decided this would be an good time to do the laundry

[Ele'ill]

My neighbor used to do that.

[Tablo]

Getting fucked up with my friends without a care in the world.

[JazzRemington]

Her.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Just one thing? I'm going to push aside my temptation of quoting JazzRemington's post.
Maybe...

Fall of 2007. Had such awesome times with my band/friends, playing music and shows, not having a care in the world. So much awesome hangage.

[Amphictyonis]

My 20's and that job I had which payed $23.50 an hour.

[Ele'ill]

My 20's and that job I had which payed $23.50 an hour.

Right there with you.

[bcbm]

free time

[Bright Banana Beard]

Fooling around with vagina

[Jazzratt]

Her. Someone was going to.

I miss being warm. This country sucks for temperature.

[bcbm]

I miss being warm. This country sucks for temperature.

psh come here in february

[Jazzratt]

psh come here in february If I find it too cold here and now why the hell would I want to go somewhere colder?

[Blackscare]

I miss a 'her', too.


They leave your heart in tatters sometimes, them dames.

[Fulanito de Tal]

Socializing. It seems like the older I get and the higher the level of education, the less people want to hang out and talk to each other like people.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I'm jonesing for a joint right now.

[Ele'ill]

I'm jonesing for a joint right now.

I'm there with you. Marijuana doesn't go well with 2nd job searching efforts- for a variety of reasons.

[Magón]

Working as an accomplice/bait for my old childhood friend's little scams as a kid.

Those were fun days.

[praxis1966]

I'm jonesing for a joint right now.

I could really, really, really, really use a friggin' beer right now.

[Ele'ill]

I could really, really, really, really use a friggin' beer right now.

I'm drinking my third right now. Then I'm going to eat. This is acceptable because I'm winning.

[Il Medico]

Fags. Never wanted one so bad when I did smoke, or even when i would go cold turkey for a month or so just to lean down the dependency. Its been 3 months or so since I quit for good and fuck me I miss them every single time I get stressed or have a headache or something.

I also miss hanging out with one of my good friends who i haven't seen since Jan. She is a she so I guess this would count as a 'her' :lol:


I also miss a proper 'her' though. Which is kinda ridiculous seeing as I saw her last week. but meh.

[TC]

- My years as an undergraduate.
- Ex-boyfriend.
- Best friend.
- other old friends.
- youth.
- confidence.
- purpose.
- optimism.
- having energy

[brigadista]

the sun...
its freezing here and i have no heating - sick of dark skies want the heat and light of the sun..

[Il Medico]

Oh yeah, I miss the 'Winter', Its getting terribly hot already. :(

[southernmissfan]

Definitely the innocence and optimism of childhood. As the old saying goes, youth is wasted on the young...

[Tablo]

Definitely the innocence and optimism of childhood. As the old saying goes, youth is wasted on the young...
So true.

[the last donut of the night]

my old haunting grounds

[Pavlov's House Party]

warm weather and cigarettes... i had to stop a while ago because i got this nasty cough/itch in my throat. it's just the worst when i'm having a drink or some coffee and i get a reaalll bad craving.

[brigadista]

Oh yeah, I miss the 'Winter', Its getting terribly hot already. :(

maybe we should swop ....:)

[TC]

Definitely the innocence and optimism of childhood. As the old saying goes, youth is wasted on the young...

I can't disagree more - children are oppressed to a greater extent than any other demographic and innocence is just another word for ignorance.

When I was a child it would drive me crazy when adults would romanticize childhood and say that we were lucky to be children and they envied us - I knew that adults had it so much better. Now that I'm an adult I can confirm that my view as a child was absolutely correct.

[Fawkes]

mi mama, cousin, and friend.


my (step) brother whose douche bag abusive dad took him when he moved to another state

[Quail]

I really miss teenage parties.
I miss being able to smoke weed whenever I want it. (Can't really smoke when you have a young child around.)
I miss not caring about a thing in the world.
I would probably also miss not having body and food issues, but I don't remember what that's like.

[brigadista]

my father

[Omsk]

My old home,Cockta,celebrations at the 25 may,Vucko.
Alot of things really..:(

[Jazzratt]

I can't disagree more - children are oppressed to a greater extent than any other demographic and innocence is just another word for ignorance.

When I was a child it would drive me crazy when adults would romanticize childhood and say that we were lucky to be children and they envied us - I knew that adults had it so much better. Now that I'm an adult I can confirm that my view as a child was absolutely correct. I find the opposite. Now I'm an adult and I have to do shit and worry about shit like work and money I really appreciate the massive degree to which being a child/young teen was a fucking cakewalk. Being able to drink (when I can afford it) and (theoretically, at least) have sex legally hardly makes up for being able to exist at someone else's expense with minimal responsibilities.

I do agree that childhood innocence is just ignorance and not really all it's cracked up to be.

[Chambered Word]

not having more homework to do than is humanly possible while still retaining some grasp of recent politics and having a good social life outside of school, all the while not even getting stunning grades. fuck year 12.

[La Comédie Noire]

My home planet, you humans have taken a long detour from what you'd call "communism".

[Ele'ill]

I can't disagree more - children are oppressed to a greater extent than any other demographic and innocence is just another word for ignorance.

I was ignorant of the freedom of childhood until I was an adult who no longer had such freedoms. I miss not caring about school, not having to work, even not caring about work when I did work when I was a bit older. Free time is gone- The older I get the more I lose myself as a human being.



When I was a child it would drive me crazy when adults would romanticize childhood and say that we were lucky to be children and they envied us - I knew that adults had it so much better. Now that I'm an adult I can confirm that my view as a child was absolutely correct.

The problem is that the freedom to allow personal growth and acceptance of personal growth stops when you hit your teens/early adult. It's no longer allowed in society (here in the US anyways).

[black magick hustla]

a place i can call home

[La Comédie Noire]

I really miss believing in god actually, becoming an atheist was a long and devastating process that I never recovered from mentally.

[Tablo]

I really miss believing in god actually, becoming an atheist was a long and devastating process that I never recovered from mentally.
It is nice always having to comfort that no matter what shit you go through you will go to heaven when you die. I think I'm more comforted now knowing things will end though.

[Il Medico]

It is nice always having to comfort that no matter what shit you go through you will go to heaven when you die. I think I'm more comforted now knowing things will end though.
Indeed. I find the idea of eternal life to be as unnerving as ceasing to exist, if not more so. I take comfort in the fact that everything dies. From me, to the earth we stand on, to the stars in the sky and even the universe itself, they will all eventually end.

[the last donut of the night]

Indeed. I find the idea of eternal life to be as unnerving as ceasing to exist, if not more so. I take comfort in the fact that everything dies. From me, to the earth we stand on, to the stars in the sky and even the universe itself, they will all eventually end.

i agree. eternal salvation also means eternal damnation, and i find some comfort that both hitler and i will end up as worm food

[Jazzratt]

I really miss believing in god actually, becoming an atheist was a long and devastating process that I never recovered from mentally. I'm sorry mate :( Becoming an atheist was the single most affirming experience for me. Strokes and folks, I guess.


I was ignorant of the freedom of childhood until I was an adult who no longer had such freedoms. I miss not caring about school, not having to work, even not caring about work when I did work when I was a bit older. Free time is gone- The older I get the more I lose myself as a human being.




The problem is that the freedom to allow personal growth and acceptance of personal growth stops when you hit your teens/early adult. It's no longer allowed in society (here in the US anyways). A post that argues for rep in chit chat.

[TC]

I find the opposite. Now I'm an adult and I have to do shit and worry about shit like work and money I really appreciate the massive degree to which being a child/young teen was a fucking cakewalk. Being able to drink (when I can afford it) and (theoretically, at least) have sex legally hardly makes up for being able to exist at someone else's expense with minimal responsibilities..

Huh? I thought you were chronically unemployed, living with your parents, and living off your parents and the state? You must have even less responsibility now as an unemployed adult than you did when you had to do stressful work in school. Lots of adults exist at someone elses expense with minimal responsibilities (like you right?) and many children have major responsibilities.

[TC]

I was ignorant of the freedom of childhood until I was an adult who no longer had such freedoms. I miss not caring about school, not having to work, even not caring about work when I did work when I was a bit older. Free time is gone- The older I get the more I lose myself as a human being.

What kind of an idyllic childhood did you have where you didn't have to care about school and didn't have work to do? Children are frequently foisted into structured activities after school and homework after that - I am sure I have way more free time as an adult than I did as a teenager.


The problem is that the freedom to allow personal growth and acceptance of personal growth stops when you hit your teens/early adult. It's no longer allowed in society (here in the US anyways).I don't see how you figure that. You can carve out opportunities for personal growth until you die if you're creative and determined.

[Luisrah]

i agree. eternal salvation also means eternal damnation, and i find some comfort that both hitler and i will end up as worm food

Lol, I know that if heaven and hell existed, I'd have a VIP ticket down there heh.

But whenever I think about dying (heck I never know how to write diyng or dying bleh) it really bothers me that it's going to end.
I guess what happens after you die is the same thing from before you were born. Do you remember anything before you were born? I suppose that's how it is after you die. Better than hell.

But whenever I start thinking about not existing, not seeing my friends and family. Jesus I can't even imagine what's going to happen when my parents die, it's going to be terrible.

I can't think too much about that or I'll start crying lol

Well, one thing I really miss is having a girlfriend.

[Ele'ill]

What kind of an idyllic childhood did you have where you didn't have to care about school and didn't have work to do?

TC, I really wish I could show it to you, it was fantastic. It was a broken home and I didn't care about school- but I also had awesome babysitters who told me that it was ok to run in the meadows without pants. I had a mother three break downs later who was an English teacher tell me that she wasn't anybody to tell me what I need to be good at but only that I have to wade through the bullshit in order to know what it's like. So while I wasn't focusing on the forced structure because it simply wasn't there- and I couldn't keep up with school stuff anyways (until college where I've been an A student) I was focusing on important tasks like exploring forests. I was an expert snake catcher too- best in the world if I had to make such a claim.

I got older and see that thread of early adult juvenile delinquency for a list.



Children are frequently foisted into structured activities after school and homework after that - I am sure I have way more free time as an adult than I did as a teenager.

So you never put on the war paint? Mine was more like a tattoo.



I don't see how you figure that. You can carve out opportunities for personal growth until you die if you're creative and determined.

Yeah, I was a creative and determined little young person but it wasn't accepted- and it hasn't and won't be in this adult life either.

[Wanted Man]

I find the opposite. Now I'm an adult and I have to do shit and worry about shit like work and money I really appreciate the massive degree to which being a child/young teen was a fucking cakewalk. Being able to drink (when I can afford it) and (theoretically, at least) have sex legally hardly makes up for being able to exist at someone else's expense with minimal responsibilities.

I do agree that childhood innocence is just ignorance and not really all it's cracked up to be.


I was ignorant of the freedom of childhood until I was an adult who no longer had such freedoms. I miss not caring about school, not having to work, even not caring about work when I did work when I was a bit older. Free time is gone- The older I get the more I lose myself as a human being.

The problem is that the freedom to allow personal growth and acceptance of personal growth stops when you hit your teens/early adult. It's no longer allowed in society (here in the US anyways).

Childhood had its benefits, but I generally find myself more on TC's line of thought. The 'horrors' of adult life are fine with me when I consider that I no longer have to get up when someone else tells me to, learn what someone else tells me to, spend my time off in a way that someone else tells me to, etc. College FTW. (In before someone calls all this "bourgeois" because all real communists work 80 hours a week in the coal mines)

I generally find that people who glorify childhood endlessly are also the ones who take the least amount of responsibility towards themselves and others, and who are difficult to trust in general. I know people in their 20s whose mothers still make their breakfast. An infantile worldview is the result. But something with folks and strokes.

[Das war einmal]

Structure

[Jazzratt]

Huh? I thought you were chronically unemployed, living with your parents, and living off your parents and the state? You must have even less responsibility now as an unemployed adult than you did when you had to do stressful work in school. Lots of adults exist at someone elses expense with minimal responsibilities (like you right?) and many children have major responsibilities. I'm not entirely sure if you;re being deliberately insulting to get a rise out of me or genuinely have no understanding of the UK benefits system. Needless to say I would rather be back at school being set the "stressful" task of a bit of a reading and simple problem solving than being required by the state to jump through numerous hoops for the minimal dignity granted by the insulting pittance granted to me as a fortnightly stipend. That's without even mentioning things like spending roughly a third of the last year doing "voluntary" work to earn dole payments - meaning that in real terms I found myself earning half the hourly rate granted to people on minimum wage. Work that was draining both physically and, eventually, emotionally (I got signed off with mental health problems in the end.)

Children in the first world have it fucking easy for the most part.

[Ele'ill]

Childhood had its benefits, but I generally find myself more on TC's line of thought. The 'horrors' of adult life are fine with me when I consider that I no longer have to get up when someone else tells me to, learn what someone else tells me to, spend my time off in a way that someone else tells me to, etc. College FTW. (In before someone calls all this "bourgeois" because all real communists work 80 hours a week in the coal mines)

What you're listing here as differences are nothing more than similarities, college, you get up when you have to because of work or school, you have learned that these are important now and no longer need the adult to tell you to do them- it's almost a form of trauma. You have become ok with what you're told to do to the point that you no longer need someone telling you. You understand the agenda.


I generally find that people who glorify childhood endlessly

I don't think anybody here is doing that but yeah there are people who do that.



are also the ones who take the least amount of responsibility towards themselves and others, and who are difficult to trust in general. I know people in their 20s whose mothers still make their breakfast. An infantile worldview is the result. But something with folks and strokes.

Maybe, most of the people I know who really like their childhood have had a wild life.

[Il Medico]

Huh? I thought you were chronically unemployed, living with your parents, and living off your parents and the state? You must have even less responsibility now as an unemployed adult than you did when you had to do stressful work in school. Lots of adults exist at someone elses expense with minimal responsibilities (like you right?) and many children have major responsibilities.
I'm not sure if you are trying to be insulting (no only jazzy, but unemployed people as a whole) or you were just lucky enough to come off that way. Either way, it is something that calls for at least an apology.

[Fulanito de Tal]

a place i can call home

I used to feel like that for about 8 years. Then, I realized that home is made up and so, I made Earth my home and everyone my family.

[the last donut of the night]

i've lived in 4 different countries in my life, and i'm in the middle of a move now. no place to call home, tbh

[Lord Testicles]

Huh? I thought you were chronically unemployed, living with your parents, and living off your parents and the state? You must have even less responsibility now as an unemployed adult than you did when you had to do stressful work in school. Lots of adults exist at someone elses expense with minimal responsibilities (like you right?) and many children have major responsibilities.

Yeah, because juggling you're bills and your food budget and not being able to afford to go out is so much less stressful than handing in your homework and taking stick from your parents, boo-fucking-hoo :rolleyes:

[Ele'ill]

Besides, it's much more socially acceptable to build a pillow fort when you're a kid- it gets weird at dinner parties and such.

[Os Cangaceiros]

i've lived in 4 different countries in my life, and i'm in the middle of a move now. no place to call home, tbh

The working class has not country! Nomadism, fuck yeah!

[the last donut of the night]

The working class has not country! Nomadism, fuck yeah!

im not working class though

rep da petty bourgeoisie till i die

[TC]

I'm not entirely sure if you;re being deliberately insulting to get a rise out of me or genuinely have no understanding of the UK benefits system.


Wait, who said that there is anything wrong with being unemployed? The reality I think is that if you aren't in a position where you can get fired and where your performance is not being evaluated, and where you don't have dependents, and where you have basic food and housing security - thats not a position of responsibility. Its just not. It might be stressful or annoying or distressing, but its not a position of responsibility.

There is also nothing wrong with it. There is nothing to celebrate about submitting to the logic of capitalist employment so conversely there is nothing to feel bad about being unemployed. I don't have a problem with people receiving state support - i'm a socialist I think everyone should receive a guaranteed income from the state. I also don't believe that working in meaningless jobs for anonymous companies to make or distribute consumer goods or services that people don't need is anything to glorify or celebrate.

So there was in fact not an insulting intent. I do maintain however that children have it worse than adults. They have no control over their lives, no autonomy, no privacy, and they are under constant supervision.

[gorillafuck]

oh lord.

[Ele'ill]

I do maintain however that children have it worse than adults. They have no control over their lives, no autonomy, no privacy, and they are under constant supervision.

The expectations are below their level of clever. That's the difference.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I miss someone I shouldn't because that person was really not a healthy relationship for me. I need to be strong and not let him back into my life.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

So there was in fact not an insulting intent. I do maintain however that children have it worse than adults. They have no control over their lives, no autonomy, no privacy, and they are under constant supervision.

Surely that depends on the parents? I had privacy (my parents never rooted through my personal belongs and computer or searched my room), and I certainly wasn't under "constant supervision". I got to play with petrol and mercury and electricity and all sorts of fun stuff. I could stay out pretty much as late as I wanted. My internet access was never subject to any kind of "net nanny" software. Maybe I was just lucky, but I distinctly remember most of the strictures I had to endure ultimately came from the state, not my parents.

[A.J.]

My sanity.

[Quail]

Surely that depends on the parents? I had privacy (my parents never rooted through my personal belongs and computer or searched my room), and I certainly wasn't under "constant supervision". I got to play with petrol and mercury and electricity and all sorts of fun stuff. I could stay out pretty much as late as I wanted. My internet access was never subject to any kind of "net nanny" software. Maybe I was just lucky, but I distinctly remember most of the strictures I had to endure ultimately came from the state, not my parents.
I was mostly the same - I think partly because my parents have no idea how computers work :lol:
Still, I look back with nostalgia at being a child because at the moment I have so much responsibility. I have to do uni work and look after my son, which is hard work. When I was a child I didn't have to worry about anything, and I was happy. I'm not happy now as an adult.

[MarxSchmarx]

my 80cm/32-inch waistline.

[La Comédie Noire]

Surely that depends on the parents? I had privacy (my parents never rooted through my personal belongs and computer or searched my room), and I certainly wasn't under "constant supervision". I got to play with petrol and mercury and electricity and all sorts of fun stuff. I could stay out pretty much as late as I wanted. My internet access was never subject to any kind of "net nanny" software. Maybe I was just lucky, but I distinctly remember most of the strictures I had to endure ultimately came from the state, not my parents.

Yeah, my parents were mostly awesome as well.

[Ele'ill]

I miss having direction in my life. I miss having a goal.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

i miss having a regular girlfriend that i actually like and feel attracted to, rather than filling holes in my life with alcohol and casual relationships with people i don't really wanna be with at all.