@AceAcumen
The air was different back then. The sky and smell was too.
@InfinityBasils
I feel like what people really miss is childhood, when you're a child everything seems better
@mr.voidout4739
I love the liminality of that pic. A place you've never been, yet it feels all-too-familiar.
@joshsmith2071
Anybody out there still watching this in 2001?
@MrDiesel237
My heart just broke. I saw the thumbnail and wanted to go back so bad it hurt.
@rez-ye
The thumbnail rly hits one of the real American experiences for me, there is def gonna be those times where your gonna have to do a long drive cross country living here and getting to a gas station in the dark whether it's the only building for miles or there's like a strip mall or hotel nearby with big parking lots. Being the passenger and either being half asleep or awake and just letting your parent or guardian get gas or grab some stuff while you look around being comfy. Now I'm the driver 95% of the time where I rarely get to experience just being a passenger, that was a big part of my childhood.
@High_Key
I was 9 in 01. Just a magical time to be a kid. The world started to change after 01 but for a kid...you didn't notice anything except that your games & toys were getting better, the movies and cartoons/shows were getting better, the snacks were getting better. It wasn't really until the Recession that we were of age to realize and be affected by what was happening. Disney, Cartoon Network and Nickleodeon were peak in this era. Star Wars came back. We were still playing outside every day. I know it's nostalgia, but I truly believe humanity peaked around here give or take a few years.
@Pilps
Born 1993, when I was around 5/6 me and my family had to move to Germany, Osnabruck because my Dad was stationed there for being in the British Army. We stayed there until 2001. I can honestly say from what memories are still there in my head, are the best years of my life. If I could just relive those days, just for a few hours, I would be so happy. I spend hours crying happy/sad tears on Google Earth Pro with the time machine of the maps. Seeing my old Primary School before it was demolished. Seeing the Army barracks my dad was at before that too was sadly demolished. Seeing my old childhood home which I haven't seen since we left 24 years ago. It's even more saddening with how Germany's privacy laws are. Google Street view is practically none existent. So the buildings and the streets I fondly remember are mainly just these pixelated resemblances of buildings that I still vividly remember from my childhood but I can't see how are now or was a few years ago. I only have what I remember, and the odd remnants of videos here on YouTube which is extremely lacking and rare to find Thankfully some time in late 2023, Germany finally lifted those privacy laws for Google Maps Street view and i finally got to see my home again for the first time since we all left way back in 2001. I will be honest. I've never cried so much in such a long time. It was harrowingly different everywhere i looked around Osnabruck but I could also see things that haven't changed at all. The walks we went on, the Warner Brothers Movie Theme Park down south near Dorsten. Pony rides in the woods and picking the oldest one there who was called Boris. I picked him all the time because he liked to eat the grass a lot which made the ride last longer so I could spend more time with him. The little & big lake walk just behind the Nettebad. The traditional Christmas Markets in the town centre. Playing video games when my Dad finally came home on my Playstation 1, we would try and beat the games in one day but never could because I didn't have a memory card. Getting excited whenever Pokemon was on the TV. Friends round mine to share the big swimming pool I had. Watching Halloween Town before going out trick or treating. Finding our first ever pet, a kitten abandoned behind a grit bin while we were on a bike ride and taking her home, we named her Millie. So many memories. All lost to time. With only old VHS tapes & photographs to try and relive those memories at least just a tiny bit. Oh what Id do just to go back to those days. Nostalgia is such a beautiful but cruel mistress. I hate to love it and love to hate it. I Miss you Osnabruck. I miss you childhood. But. I have a daughter of my own now, she just turned two in November, still crazy to say that, time truly doesn't stop. I honestly can not wait to be the best father I can possibly be. And to make everlasting memories with her that she can look back on and smile just as much as I do looking back at the ones I made with my Mum , Dad and Sister. Oh Germany. Oh Osnabruck. Oh childhood. You were the best of days. I'll revisit you one day. With the whole family hopefully.
@mrjack8849
I think 2001 is one of those years where everything changed. Nothing seemed the same again from the 90's after that point. When I see old commercials and movies from the 90's, there is sort of an innocence. I just don't feel that anymore from movies or other things after 2001.
@faerirsamra6376
I saw a quote on another one of these videos that said "Nostalgia is the most beautiful kind of pain.." and I felt that in the deepest parts of my soul. Never does my entire being ache like it does when I think back to a simpler time. A time when everything seemed to move slower and be less important. When reading the instruction manual for a Lego kit was as far out of my mind as rent and bills were. Back when the TVs still made sound long after you turned them off. When entertainment centers took up whole walls in living rooms. When we were the center of our own worlds and anything was possible. Before all the light in my eyes went out, and the people became darker and life became harder and more callous.
@CommanderCheapSkate
That's the year everything changed, and it never got better....
@JJackMoto
How can one single image grab so many memories? Freshman in college in Tennessee, heading to Hastings to grab a Dreamcast/N64 game with friends, swinging by the gas station, then Taco Bell on the way back to the apartment. Still feels like yesterday. Like Andy Bernard said "I wish there was a way to know you're in "the good old days", before you've actually left them."
@katsagespark
I was born in the '90s, and the 2000s felt like the peak. There weren’t major outbreaks of crazy diseases or illnesses, and politics didn’t dominate public conversations like today. Adults seemed more composed and trustworthy - people you could look up to. There was a stronger sense of empathy, community, and social connection and overall life just felt safer. We could still get into trouble without facing severe life altering repercussions. Times were simpler and kids could be kids. We could go outside unsupervised and go on our own adventures without worrying about our safety. Movies just hit different back then too. Whenever a new movie came out it felt fresh and exciting and there was collective hype. It also seems like they were more creative with ideas, characters, and stories, making everything feel unique and memorable. The tech boom. It felt like we had just the right amount of technology, enough to feel modern and connected, but not so much that it dominated every aspect of our lives. I swear it feels like holidays felt more festive back then too. There was a special kind of magic in the air, with neighborhoods decorated, families coming together, and traditions that felt warm and meaningful. People seemed to take more time to truly celebrate, creating memories that still feel nostalgic. Yeah... those were the days. 😔
@mikey5396
Really feels like 2001 is when a lot of things started to go downhill. I think Agent Smith was right in that 1999 was the peak of human civilization...
@RagnaRok852
Im 30 now and all i can feel is childhood innocence from this.
@VaporSynth85-95
that thumbnail though. How many times I've seen this exact image in real life... Down to the brand of gas station... The music with it hits just right
@whatwasthequestion4051
Late 90s and early 2000s were the golden years
@jesussamurai8433
Born in 1994 I feel everything kinda abruptly changed around 2015. I can even look back at 2010-2014 with nostalgia but anything 2015 upwards just doesn’t feel right.
@drkujavec
I think I am privileged to have been born in 1980 and to have lived through the turn of the millennium, the development of the internet and cell phones, the transition to digital and, more recently, the onset of social networking and even AI more recently. The cold war, historical events such as the fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11 and more recently the COVID pandemic. What more events and technologies will I still witness? I am fascinated by the future and what I have seen so far. In 2001 I was 21 years old and this music that evokes my childhood atmospheres still transmits to me the uneasiness of an uncertain future. Thank you for creating and sharing this beautiful music.
@dudewithachannel1163