2007 Seemed Like Much Simpler Times.

"Luc - The Acadian Oppo" (luc5) 11/10/2015 at 18:35 • Filed to: None

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When I look back I’m honestly shocked with just how much life has changed in the last 8 years. You know the era before Smartphones and Facebook ?

I remember thinking I was a total badass for Having a Sony Ericsson Walkman phone. Now I no longer needed to carry both a MP3 player and a cell phone. Man weren’t we just the coolest?

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The Sony PSP was still very much alive. You could carry around your own personal DVD player in your pocket. I thought UMD disk was simply the greatest invention since sliced bread.

My share of the rent cost me $200 bucks. Now I pay almost 10 times that for my house. I had spending money galore even if made $10/hr less than I make currently.

My daily driver was a 1990 RHD Nissan Fairlady Z Twin Turbo (JDM 300ZX)

We used to hang out at the Arcade (THE ARCADE!!!) for tournaments of Midnight Maximum Tune 3. This was a very big deal back then and now that arcade is long gone and it is now a calendar store.

Every Friday night my then GF and I went out to either Blockbuster or Rogers Video and RENT a DVD. Half the fun was looking for 45mins, walking all the isles for the perfect movie only to find out it was rented but they forgot to mark it as rented so you had to look for another movie.

Back then even tho I was an Adult and was living on my own, we were still sort of allowed to be kids. Life was just so much fun, no one was ever staring down at their phones, people would actually hang out together and socialize instead.

Now it seems like I finally am a full blown adult with real adult responsibilities and the level of excitement from life seems to have dwindled a fair bit. Life is still good and I have other things to look forward too.

I just can’t help but wonder what would life be like if Facebook, Twitter and smartphones didn’t take over?

TheHondaBro > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 18:43

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Never forget.

Under_Score > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 18:45

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They tore the Blockbuster by me down and replaced it with a Chase; that’s what happened to most of them. But, A CHASE! AND THERE WERE ALREADY TWO OTHER BANKS IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER!

I was young back in 2007. My mom still had her MPV, and I still loved cars, but for me, technology wasn’t a big deal back then.

LongbowMkII > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 18:47

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You are old. Facebook was around in 2007, only it was limited to people with college emails. There was less fussing about starbucks cups and more... well other pointless crap, but it was simpler. Those were the halcyon days of social media.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 18:48

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DUDEEEEE that ZX...oh man

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 18:54

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Didn’t you give up pop a while ago? How’s that going?

coelacanthist > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:01

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I remember getting the first iPod video, 2005 I want to say, it was pre iPhone for sure. That thing blew minds... I was thinking about that when I was getting angry with my iPad the other night, how far things have come.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > LongbowMkII 11/10/2015 at 19:07

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Yup I’m 30 now and that’s officially old. I know Facebook existed already but people didn’t give a damn about it yet. Myspace was the big thing back then. Which I used as a dating site more than anything.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 11/10/2015 at 19:10

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Yup! It will be 3 weeks on Thursday. Never felt better, By far one of the best things I ever did.

No idea if I lost any weight since I never bothered to weigh myself at the beginning. I don’t really care either. Allthough I can afford to lose a few pounds(by few I mean 80 or so) It was never about weight loss. Just needed an overall better quality of life. With a history of Diabeetus in my family I figure I better quit while I’m ahead.

In the last 3 weeks I’ve had 3 beers,about 1 litre of 1%milk and the rest was good old H2O

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:14

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Keep it up. Your clothes will probably feel looser soon.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 11/10/2015 at 19:17

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The thing was MINT!!! I kick myself for ever getting rid of it. It only had 85,400 kms (53,375 mile)

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:19

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Don’t remind me of Blockbuster... Too many childhood memories took place in blockbusters...

LongbowMkII > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:20

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Myspace was the worst unless you had a thing for freshmen girls with wayyy too much eyeliner and being 17... i did.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:23

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Good stuff. It’ll likely save you a little bit of money as well.

scoob > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:25

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I wasn’t born yet.

Just kidding.

I was like ~10.

duurtlang > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:25

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Meh. I never got on the facebook bandwagon, I’ve been listening to music on my phone for a decade and haven’t been to a DVD rental place or arcade in close to 15 years. I’d been downloading since Napster... My rent is twice as high as it was a decade ago. My main ways of communicating with people hasn’t changed much, other than that SMS and the instant messenger I used then have merged into whatsapp/google hangouts on my phone. The principle is still the same though.

Cars are different. I didn’t own a car nor had I ever owned a car in 2008. I’ve bought 10 since, of which I still own half.

I was born in 1983, so I’m not exactly ancient.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > duurtlang 11/10/2015 at 19:28

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I’m in 1985 to give you perspective. But I’m sure being on the other side of the pond makes that the culture would of been a bit different I suppose.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > BaconSandwich is tasty. 11/10/2015 at 19:29

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Not really I’ve been drinking some Sparkling Water to mix things up so I don’t get bored of plain water and that stuff cost more than pop did.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > LongbowMkII 11/10/2015 at 19:30

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I was 21-22 at the time so yeah I had no issues with that at all. if they were 18+ it was game on.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > scoob 11/10/2015 at 19:31

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Then likely you will feel the same way I feel now in about 10 years.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 11/10/2015 at 19:33

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Every Friday! and we would get one of these to go with the movie.

DoYouEvenShift > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:33

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Back when phones, MP3 players, GPS, computers, were all different devices.

Id be fine with Facebook not being around. Smartphones, thats a tough one, they make everything so easy.

scoob > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:35

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The future is scary.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > DoYouEvenShift 11/10/2015 at 19:35

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I guess is Social Media wasn’t a thing then people wouldn’t always have there face glued to it. I still sort of like when everything was it’s own device. When your phone battery died you weren’t totally fucked.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > scoob 11/10/2015 at 19:37

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It is big time. If people get so upset now over a red coffee cup just imagine what they will freak out about in 10 years.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:37

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Ah. Well, at least you are off pop. I did it for almost two years. I’m sure I definitely lost weight as a result. More I only try to have it on the rare occasion.

scoob > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:41

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Time to colonize Mars!

Or dump those people to Mars!

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > scoob 11/10/2015 at 19:41

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I was thinking the same thing. Send the crazies to Mars

tromoly > coelacanthist 11/10/2015 at 19:41

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I was the cool kid because I could rip DVDs into “iPod format” and load them on people’s iPods, my computer got a workout my last year of high school and first year of college. Then the iPhone came out and people forgot the iPod existed.

DoYouEvenShift > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 19:50

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On another note, I dont really consider myself a full-blown adult untill kids come along. And thats not in the near future at all.

I have a career, own a house, several cars, etc etc. But really, besides work. No “real” responsibility. On the days I dont work, I sleep till noon. Still stay up passed midnight pretty much everyday.

Once your a parent, your life revolves around them 100%. And thats fine, thats the way it supposed to be.

Birddog > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 20:30

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2007? Hmm..

Had a Job making within a hares breath of 6 figures, a just introduced Blackberry Curve that I loved, a nice house on a dead end street with 2 acres of donut space, a 2001 Dakota R/T, 85 Omni GLH and a wife that was still sleeping in “Our” bed not everybody elses, I was about 30lbs lighter and had a lot more hair on my head.

2008?

F$&K 2008! And 09, 10, 11 and 12 for that matter.

hike > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 20:46

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Funny you post this as I’ve been cleaning up and found my old PSP and cell phone from 07, except I had a pretty lame Samsung flip phone.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Birddog 11/10/2015 at 22:08

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Yeah Mine was something along those lines too. 2007 essentially the best year of my life. 2009 on the other hand by far the worst.

since 2007 I gained 80 lbs. Stress and financial hardship caused most of that.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > hike 11/10/2015 at 22:10

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The PSP is still my favorite handheld gaming device. I don’t give a rats ass what is newer or better the PSP is Peak handheld gaming for me. I play mine ALL the time I never go more than 2 days without playing it.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > DoYouEvenShift 11/10/2015 at 22:16

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Then I have until February to be care free. I’m actually excited for the little guy to come around. I will give life meaning. Right now I’m just bored of the stuck in between kid and adult. where I have a shit load of responsibilities but no great reason to do them other than that’s what you should be doing.

hike > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 22:17

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I went through my old games and kept remembering how fun they were. Single best feature was I could shut it off and pick up right where I left off.

DoYouEvenShift > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/10/2015 at 22:44

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Congrats! Your a braver man than I lol! You sound like your getting it figured out, best of luck, seriously.

Frank Grimes > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/11/2015 at 00:09

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I have a zune in my car the battery sucks after being ignored for a few years it is so wierd to use a non touch screen device. I want to walk around campus rockin out and people will be like “what a zune thats so cool where can I get one?!!!!???”

Is it really weierd that I never use my phone as a mp3? I got a 64gb ipod what the crap do I need a phone with tons of mp3 on it for? Of course I dont even know how to share all the music across my shiz but whatevs.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Frank Grimes 11/11/2015 at 11:19

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As of 11-15-15 Microsoft is ending services for the Zune

Frank Grimes > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/11/2015 at 17:21

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wut? I can’t believe they still have zune services at all. I should see if there is an update for my device.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Frank Grimes 11/11/2015 at 19:55

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Yeah the Zune product ended June 2012, but updates and Zune software support was still active. You will no longer be able to use the software to buy music and such, but just as an interface to load your music you already own.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Frank Grimes 11/11/2015 at 22:50

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I actually had to google it. I had no Idea what a Zune was. I must of seen it back then but I can’t remember it now.

What ho, Jeeves > coelacanthist 11/12/2015 at 02:06

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Back then, I had nothing but internet computer screen in front of me all day. Just like today.

Frank Grimes > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/12/2015 at 15:19

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yeah it wasn’t a success.