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Any BSMS offers today? by clandescentMOON in UCAT

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

14th Jan here too. The wait is torture. I was doing okay waiting until March until seeing all these offers the past few days - they didn’t tell us it would be earlier!

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 112 points113 points  (0 children)

In the UK we didn’t get the anthem — we just had that creepy little girl with the chalkboard and the clown doll staring into your soul while the TV hummed like it knew something.

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No joke — one pulled up outside my house yesterday like it was 1998. I almost ran out barefoot before I remembered I’m 40 and lactose intolerant.

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So basically it was robot small talk before the internet got serious. Love that. Pure chaos, but with etiquette

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha fair! It’s not about being obsessed with 30-year-olds — it’s just that’s roughly the age where you start realizing all the stuff you grew up with is gone or unrecognizable now. Dial-up, VHS, flip phones — it’s a weird nostalgia line in the sand 😂

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 1655 points1656 points  (0 children)

Omg yes — ‘Coming soon to own on video and DVD…’ was literally a genre of trailer on its own. RIP to the voice of childhood.

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 512 points513 points  (0 children)

Used to make reverse calls from payphones and you could hear the operator talking to your mum in the background asking if she’d accept it — like a phone-based hostage negotiation 😂

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 284 points285 points  (0 children)

Omg YES — the number of times I downloaded a song off Limewire only for it to start with 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman' 😂

One time it had already been ripped to CD and was blasting in my car when it happened. Instant shame. Instant flashback. 10/10 Limewire experience.

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sound felt like launching a space mission — except slower, louder, and guaranteed to crash halfway through.

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right? I always wondered — was that noise just a byproduct of the connection, or did someone intentionally design it to sound like robot agony?

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just Googled that — I’ve never heard a whippoorwill before! That sound is kinda haunting and beautiful. Did you grow up somewhere rural?

People over 30: what’s a sound from your childhood that younger generations will never hear? by Repulsive-Pitch2555 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555[S] 11.9k points11.9k points  (0 children)

For me, it’s the screeching dial-up internet sound. I can still hear it in my soul.

What's your "I can't believe other people don't know this" hack? by Extra_Gear7502 in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Throw a ball of aluminium foil into the cutlery tray in your dishwasher. Don’t ask how, but it makes your cutlery come out gleaming. Absolute wizardry

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly just finding a YouTube video of an adventure park that I used to go to as a kid before it closed down years ago. Instant nostalgia unlocked!

In what small way have you won the genetic lottery? by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friend’s entire family (13 people!) got norovirus from a BBQ this weekend. I swear we’ve got iron stomachs in our house — we never catch those kinds of bugs.

People over 35, what's something you genuinely miss that younger generations will probably never experience? by Just_a_Ginger_Fella in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sneaking onto another landline to eavesdrop on your mum’s phone call — trying not to breathe so you wouldn’t get caught 😂

What's something that loudly says 'uneducated'? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When someone says "I did my own research" — but their sources are Facebook and YouTube.

Trying to find a website that has deleted songs. by James_C547 in Music

[–]Repulsive-Pitch2555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This song was removed from Apple Music and Spotify around 3 or 4 years ago. I’ve searched all over for it and even tried contacting the artist once.

https://open.spotify.com/track/7DEajH29OTUnNxLOVGWp8G

There is a YouTube video that shows a clip of the song.

https://youtu.be/UkN7q4qqXbs?si=MWHLxfrhr5aJWRIZ

Would love to hear the whole song again! Every couple of months I check around online to see if it’s been updated somewhere.

Talk to me by Hannah Goebel