>> It’s usually some youthful period where, in hindsight, everything seemed to glow and there seemed to be no problems whatsoever, even when there were all sorts of problems, we just forget, for some reason, by choice or otherwise.<<
I can usually remember the problems too, just feel they are or were outweighed by the good parts.
>>Often, when we’re actually living in that golden moment, we don’t even realize it,<<
I've learned to recognize perfect days, and excellent seasons. Beyond that it gets more challenging.
>> dad refusing to use text messaging because back in his day you had to call people and actually hear their voice, and, according to him, there’s just something incredibly anti-social about text messaging, <<
Science does seem to indicate that modern society is much less connected than it used to be. There are many causes, but some of the technology contributes to it.
>> grown adults who haven’t played a new video game or watched a new movie in twenty years because they just don’t make ’em like they used to or whatever.<<
I never did care for video games much.
I do watch new movies, and some of the modern ones are truly spectactular. But much of modern taste is outright off-putting to me. Humiliation scenes, fake tension, and gray-on-gray morality leap readily to mind. It's okay if other people are into that, I'm just not. Scroll back a few decades, and it was a different batch of mainstream traits turning me off much of it.
>>Anyway, the point is, that’s why I’m here,<<
newcomers has lots of resources about how to use Dreamwidth and where to find things you'll enjoy here. If you're coming from Tumblr, soc_puppet is posting tutorials for that angle.
The Follow Friday Master Post has lists of active communities by topic where you can look for some based on your interests. Many bloggers use recurring posts to pin down their key interests and maintain activity, which is also a good source of inspiration if you aren't sure what you want to post yet. The current big event is the sunshine_revival in July.
This isn't exactly the same as old LiveJournal, but it's probably the closest still running. Many people have tried modern social media and find that they miss the feeling of LJ and other long-form blogs. So if that's what you're after, mention it whenever you do introductions, and that'll help you find others.
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Date: 2025-07-08 12:20 am (UTC)I can usually remember the problems too, just feel they are or were outweighed by the good parts.
>>Often, when we’re actually living in that golden moment, we don’t even realize it,<<
I've learned to recognize perfect days, and excellent seasons. Beyond that it gets more challenging.
>> dad refusing to use text messaging because back in his day you had to call people and actually hear their voice, and, according to him, there’s just something incredibly anti-social about text messaging, <<
Science does seem to indicate that modern society is much less connected than it used to be. There are many causes, but some of the technology contributes to it.
>> grown adults who haven’t played a new video game or watched a new movie in twenty years because they just don’t make ’em like they used to or whatever.<<
I never did care for video games much.
I do watch new movies, and some of the modern ones are truly spectactular. But much of modern taste is outright off-putting to me. Humiliation scenes, fake tension, and gray-on-gray morality leap readily to mind. It's okay if other people are into that, I'm just not. Scroll back a few decades, and it was a different batch of mainstream traits turning me off much of it.
>>Anyway, the point is, that’s why I’m here,<<
The Follow Friday Master Post has lists of active communities by topic where you can look for some based on your interests. Many bloggers use recurring posts to pin down their key interests and maintain activity, which is also a good source of inspiration if you aren't sure what you want to post yet. The current big event is the
This isn't exactly the same as old LiveJournal, but it's probably the closest still running. Many people have tried modern social media and find that they miss the feeling of LJ and other long-form blogs. So if that's what you're after, mention it whenever you do introductions, and that'll help you find others.