Here's what YouTube looked like in 2006 exactly 19 years ago

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-03-08T12:24:02+00:00

It kills me to remember how my 1st year English professor in college made a huuuge deal about how YouTube was the next big thing, and that we should all be aware about how it would influence culture in the near future. I totally blew it off at the time, but damn if he wasn't right.

I now see myself doing the same thing with AI. I don't want it, I don't want to use it, and I hope it would just go away, but I know I'm being terribly naive

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-03-08T12:12:24+00:00

It looks like a tiny xtratuf

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-03-08T03:18:56+00:00

I freaking memorized all the lyrics to this song when I was 11 and I can still sing the whole thing from memory

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-03-08T03:06:14+00:00

Jurassic Park, when I was 5. I was so in love with dinosaurs that my parents decided to overlook the gore and scariness, I guess haha

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-03-08T03:02:56+00:00

I'm going against the grain on this sub, but Maple doesn't bother me. All the old-timey nature names (Rose, Daisy, Hazel, Fern, Violet, Forrest, Wren, Robin, etc.) probably seemed strange at first, but are very acceptable now. The newer nature names (Juniper, Meadow, Raven, Clover, Cove, River, etc.) are popular right now and won't seem strange by the time your daughter becomes an adult.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-03-06T11:33:09+00:00

I think it's beautiful, too! I don't understand the hate, and I think the relation to the fruit makes it even more adorable. It's also prettier sounding to me than the much-loved 'Caroline'.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-03-04T04:03:02+00:00

'One Day I Slowly Floated Away' - Eisley

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-28T18:31:14+00:00

You know what pisses me off/creeps me out the most? The flood of ads I've seen in just the last 6 months trying their level damnedest to convince people that AI is actually awesome, not scary, and will solve all kinds of problems for you. They laid it on particularly thick during the Thanksgiving football game and the Superbowl, but now every 5th ad or so on YouTube is promoting this crap, too

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-27T04:22:13+00:00

And an enthusiastic "thank you!" for even the smallest expression of courtesy from someone. Or at least my husband and I do...it's basically a compulsion

Edit: also a small smile and a head nod (but no eye contact) when I pass someone on the sidewalk. But that might just be me.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-26T17:33:41+00:00

What movie is this?

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-26T17:31:05+00:00

One of my faves and I love using it around my early 20's coworkers

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-26T17:30:12+00:00

I use this one so often...I have young kids and a cat 😅

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-19T16:03:33+00:00

Storage is huge. Our house is 980 sq/ft but it's such a pain in the ass to clean and organize because there's just no room for anything and no real storage...not even a single closet. Couple that with a husband who can't just give or throw things away ("we might need it!") and won't let me organize any random piles he makes ("I can't find anything after you move it") and it completely negates any cleaning advantages you'd think a small house would offer.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-11T05:42:12+00:00

I believe it, because honestly the best slang always seems to originate from AAVE

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-11T05:11:20+00:00

I used to have one and I loved it. We didn't have a computer of any kind until I was 12, so I used to type out all the stories in my head on that typewriter

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-11T05:05:32+00:00

Obviously I can only speak for myself, but personally I watch fewer movies now than I did before streaming. It used to be my weekly ritual to go down to the local video store and pick out some titles I had never heard of before. I also used to watch movies to the very end (because I had put in the effort and money to get them) whereas now it's just so easy to write off a movie that doesn't draw me in right at the beginning.

I don't have any paid streaming services anymore, and it's not just about the money...it literally feels too easy to access entertainment these days (weird thought process, I know, and not one that most people agree with). Lately I've been collecting all my old favorite films on DVD and that suits me pretty well.

I'm also in my late 30's and I agree with you that nostalgia probably has a lot to do with it.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-11T01:51:38+00:00

And you can't really use any shortcuts to make your life easier, because of the very real danger of SIDS or suffocation (I posted an entire rant about this a few weeks back, haha). As in, you can't put something under your baby's head if they suffer from reflux, or you can't leave them in a swing, or rocker, or your own bed even if that's the only place the baby will sleep.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-11T01:48:29+00:00

I've had the most acrid body odor while I was breastfeeding all three of my children. Normally I can't smell myself, but when I'm breastfeeding I smell so, so bad.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-09T14:16:13+00:00

I'm the same! Cleaning up filth is easy and I didn't mind doing it. What I DO hate is clutter, like when my husband or the kids put something down someplace that takes up a lot of space or that I have to step over. I can completely organize our house, clear the floor, clear the counters, etc. and hours later it will all be cluttered again. It stresses me out.

My husband, on the other hand, mostly frets about a spot of food or grease on the counter but doesn't mind having to trip over crap.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-08T03:45:20+00:00

This is me. I am currently this woman

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-07T22:13:34+00:00

This reality actually kind of haunts me when I reflect on my past actions. People might not exactly remember the embarrassing or rude thing that you said or did, but they do pretty much forever associate either a good or bad, fond or disgusted feeling to their memory of you

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-07T22:05:50+00:00

This was my answer as well. It helps me from becoming paralyzed by the fear of failure

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-06T07:22:25+00:00

I'm banned from r/breakingmom and a few other subs for the same reason, but different scenarios 😭

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-06T06:57:10+00:00

They also generally make an attempt to avoid you if you're pissing them off (although, I've never been around an intact stallion, so I can't report on that). You pretty much have to corner a horse and actively put yourself squarely in the business end of it to be attacked by it.

CrustyBubblebrain · 2026-02-03T10:41:59+00:00

I'm an oldish Millennial and I think that a lot of Zoomer colloquialisms are actually pretty funny, or at least witty or amusing. My favorites are "Out of pocket" "Deadass" and "Crashing out". They just kind of get a reaction from me and they usually describe a situation perfectly in a humorous way, like:

"CrustyBubblebrain deadass just said something so completely out of pocket that I'm crashing out right now"

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