Current Events > I'm convinced that nobody remembers what 2008 was like

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NittanyLions23
10/17/23 1:38:31 PM
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And I dont mean like the 2008 market crash.

I just mean like how day-to-day life was back then.

Everything post 2020 is like a different lifetime
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SSJKirby
10/17/23 1:41:54 PM
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I don't remember last week

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ViewtifulJoe
10/17/23 1:42:17 PM
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Can't wait for SSBB to come out.

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Ya_dun_goofed
10/17/23 1:43:23 PM
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SSJKirby posted...
I don't remember last week


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Gritty
10/17/23 1:43:47 PM
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It was 15 years ago so.
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Blightzkrieg
10/17/23 1:45:46 PM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
Can't wait for SSBB to come out.
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kelemvor
10/17/23 1:48:04 PM
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I remember house hunting and seeing nice houses in good school districts that barely needed any TLC in the $80-100K range. They are all over $500K today.

A lot of people got rich buying up properties back then, if you had credit and/or cash upfront.
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Ranting__Nord
10/17/23 1:49:57 PM
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Yeah I was working at Best Buy and dating my ex and living in a shitty apartment. I had my computer set up behind the couch in the family room and I think that's when I started playing WoW. I had a Blackjack phone because I wanted to text with the keyboard and they tried to charge me for the internet and I told them no.

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GuerrillaSoldier
10/17/23 1:54:20 PM
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why would anyone care about 2008 lol


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kelemvor
10/17/23 1:56:05 PM
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I also remember everyone on the PC board saying Bitcoin was a scam and not to waste time mining.
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Itachi157
10/17/23 2:00:08 PM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
Can't wait for SSBB to come out.

I for one am waiting for MGS4.
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TheMikh
10/17/23 2:01:51 PM
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the vibes were immaculate

bittersweet, but immaculate

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Maze_
10/17/23 2:03:12 PM
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I'd argue there was a bigger socetial shift post 2001 than post 2008

But you're right in that the explosion of Social Media has totally changed the world.

The future is going to be insane.

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Gobstoppers12
10/17/23 2:04:20 PM
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It was a lot like now, I was playing World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King back then.

Meanwhile, Icecrown Citadel launched last week in WotLK Classic.

In some ways you could say 2023 is identical to 2008.

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GrandConjuraton
10/17/23 2:06:59 PM
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kelemvor posted...
I also remember everyone on the PC board saying Bitcoin was a scam and not to waste time mining.
They were right.

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wesastro911
10/17/23 2:18:34 PM
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GTAIV and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts were the 2 games I was hyped for in 2008.
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kelemvor
10/17/23 2:22:32 PM
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GrandConjuraton posted...
They were right.

I can't do the math since I'm at work, but I wonder how rich you would be if you mined Bitcoin in 2008 with a Core 2 Duo PC with a couple 9800GTs for one year, then let it sit until today.
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GrandConjuraton
10/17/23 2:26:27 PM
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kelemvor posted...
I can't do the math since I'm at work, but I wonder how rich you would be if you mined Bitcoin in 2008 with a Core 2 Duo PC with a couple 9800GTs for one year, then let it sit until today.
Bitcoin crashed a while ago, so not much.

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NittanyLions23
10/17/23 11:59:29 PM
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Not gonna lie, 2008 was sort of depressing
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--Zero-
10/18/23 12:01:27 AM
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I was a skinny shaggy haired kid that did yoga, played video games, had weekend parties with friends, drank every weekend, and was dating around as much as possible lol. 2008-2010 was great.

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modena
10/18/23 12:02:25 AM
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Probably the worst year of my life.I got to Ft Sill OK, started work at a motor pool in the middle of winter.

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ironman2009
10/18/23 12:02:26 AM
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it was a pretty horrible time in my life i do remember that.

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itachi15243
10/18/23 12:04:24 AM
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I actually remember 2008 quite well. It's when I got my first girlfriend and also my first surgery for my chronic illness.

It's actually one of my more fond/memorable years.

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ironman2009
10/18/23 12:05:19 AM
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GrandConjuraton posted...
Bitcoin crashed a while ago, so not much.

bitcoin wasn't always over 25k. you could buy 1000 bitcoin for $1 at one point.

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NittanyLions23
10/18/23 12:07:53 AM
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ironman2009 posted...
it was a pretty horrible time in my life i do remember that.

yeah, I was in middle school and my grandparents were freaking out because they just bought a house like six months prior and they felt like they were going to have to foreclose on their brand new mortgage
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Hexenherz
10/18/23 12:24:08 AM
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2008 for me was...

The peak of my physical fitness, I was running farther and faster than I ever had before and scored the highest I ever did on my PT test (too bad it was only a practice test).

Was when I had my first girlfriend. Although she didn't want to officially be my girlfriend, didn't want to share or keep or show photographs of us together to anyone, and turned out she was actually dating a married guy who had kids.

Graduated my school and went to my first duty station across the country, where it was muddy and cold and wet and I learned the harsh reality of life without a driver's license (worked fast to rectify that though). And completed additional training.

Found my second girlfriend, but we didn't last long either.

Also started smoking.

Spent a lot of time with friends just hanging out at the mall, being young dorks, it was a fun time.

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VFalcone
10/18/23 12:26:15 AM
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Killmonger
10/18/23 12:27:23 AM
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SSJKirby posted...
I don't remember last week


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HannibalBarca3
10/18/23 12:30:35 AM
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I was a senior in High School at the time. If anything I remember being active on the Barwl board. Also I had a friend who walked home with me from school everyday and he sometimes played WoW at my house.

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Verdekal
10/18/23 12:32:44 AM
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I remember enough. It was mundane. But my life was worse back then. I was afraid all the time.

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