Don't get me wrong, streaming and digital downloads are super convenient. But I was just thinking about how much I miss the actual anticipation of things.

​Like walking around a video store on a Friday night trying to pick a movie, reading the back of a game manual on the car ride home before you could even play it, or waiting a whole week for a new episode of a show that everyone was watching at the exact same time.

​Now we have infinite choices right in our pockets, yet we spend 45 minutes scrolling through menus just to give up and rewatch the same comfort show for the 10th time. Everything is instant, so nothing feels like an "event" anymore.

​What is one small ritual from the pre-streaming era (like burning CDs, midnight releases, or renting movies) that you miss the most?

I recently learned that some patients recovering from anesthesia need someone to accompany them home, but not everyone has a friend or family member available.

It got me wondering what happens in these situations.

For nurses or anyone who works in healthcare, have you ever experienced this firsthand? What usually happens when a patient is ready to leave the hospital but has nobody to come for them?

I'd be interested to hear your experiences. And if you've ever been in a situation where you had to face something difficult without anyone to rely on, how did you handle it?

4 years ago I was in a really bad accident. I got brain damage, broke my knee, and tore a bunch of muscles around it.

I don’t remember any of it. The last thing I remember is being in a convenience store to buy a charger, and the next thing I knew I was in the hospital after surgery. I hadn’t slept in about a week and I was in a psychosis at the time, so my head was not in a good place.

Somewhere between leaving that store and the crash, I put my seatbelt on. I hit a hydro pole so hard it snapped in half. The doctors and everyone else told me I would’ve died if I hadn’t been wearing it.

What gets me is that my mind wasn’t working. I wasn’t thinking about anything. So how did I put on a seatbelt?

I think it’s because I always wore one. Every single time, for years. It got to the point where I didn’t have to think about it, my body just did it.

So yeah, doing something over and over really does become second nature, and sometimes that’s what saves you.

It's got a four round quiz with animations and silly fonts, pass the parcel and other party games. I've got tacky decorations to put up and a costume theme. I even got party bags with bubbles and sweets and glowsticks in.

Its next Sunday but I can't stop thinking about how much I'm looking forward to it. Parties with my friends are normally just get together and chat, maybe in costumes, which is nice but I love doing big events like this and I've had such a good time planning it.

I can't talk to any of my friends about it because I don't want to give away too many details, so I thought I'd tell strangers on reddit about it instead

I’ve been craving this chocolate lava cake from a restaurant i’ve never been to alone. been there with family and friends but not by myself. i know they have seats for one person but the concept of solo dining kinda makes me self conscious ? Is it considered weird/inappropriate. I really am craving that lava cake and i’ve got tomorrow off from work…

I have been trying to ease myself into going out solo. I once solo dined at a breakfast restaurant and it felt really nice. I guess I just never see many people solo dine at restaurants and i wonder if it’s weird to do so.

Hi, I'm new here.

I'm just a very ordinary person with some not-so-ordinary stories to tell. Or maybe they're ordinary too, just the kind of stories people don't usually talk about.

I've got things to confess, things I've kept to myself, and stories I've never really had the courage to share.

I'm alone with my thoughts a lot, and I thought maybe I'd start putting them somewhere. One confession at a time.

I don't know if anyone will read this, or if anyone will care. But I guess it feels good to finally start somewhere.

So, here I am.

If you have a high level of confidence, what kind of things do you tend to look out for?

If you have a low level of confidence, what steps do you take to ensure you aren't fooled by propaganda?

i’m so grateful for my little buddy! life’s been rough the past few years (growing pains…?) and i’m so grateful i have my little buddy to hangout with everyday. having a pet gives me a reason to live other than myself and i just wanna give my doggo the best day everyday

No matter the temperature (usually its humid) , I just can't sleep without covering myself from head to toe with my blanket.

And am I the only one who sniffs their blanket??

every drawer in my dresser has its own weird system. plain tees stay folded flat in the bottom one, but the moment one has any kind of graphic it moves to the middle drawer and gets stacked sideways like a row of books. socks share that drawer too, though only the ankle ones, rolled into little balls. the top drawer is for the shirts i actually wear most, even if they all look almost identical. it sounds simple until i need to find something and realize i memorized a map that no one else can read. still, it keeps everything off the floor and that counts as success.

I have been years on reddit and have made a lot of posts asking for recommendations. Books, movies, games and so on. Mostly books though.

And I notice that an alarming number of replies do not read the post they comment to. Often they dont even read the title. Sometimes its even as high as 30 to 50 percent of the replies that do this.

As an example I recently I asked for book suggestions and I asked for long series that consist of books that are also long. So many people recommended to me books from long series, but omitted the second part of the title. That the books themselves need to be long too.

Its like if there are multiple requirements to the question, many people only read and remember one of them.

It's actually funny how we live in a world where you can argue with a complete stranger on the internet for 45 minutes but can't reply to your friend's "what's up?" for three business days.

Like, I'll spend an hour reading a debate between two people about whether pineapple belongs on pizza, get emotionally invested, pick a side, and mentally prepare my counterarguments.

But when someone asks me what I did today, suddenly my entire personality disappears.

"Nothing much."

BRO, I HAVE THOUGHTS. I HAVE OPINIONS. I HAVE A 17-PAGE MENTAL DOCUMENT ABOUT WHY PEOPLE WHO WALK SLOWLY IN MALLS SHOULD BE STUDIED.

I just need the right conversation to bring it out of me. 😭

And honestly, sometimes random conversations with people you don't even know are more fun than talking to people you've known for years.

No awkward history, no expectations, just two strangers having the most unnecessary but entertaining conversation of their lives.

Why don't we do that more often?

Also, what's the most random conversation you've ever had with a stranger that somehow lasted way longer than expected?

There’s a strange intimacy in owning an older laptop, car, or piece of hardware where it only works if you turn the key at a 45-degree angle or tap the chassis once to stop the fan buzzing. Anyone else using it thinks it's broken beyond repair, but to you, it’s just communicating. At what point does mechanical troubleshooting turn into actual affection for an inanimate object?

Speaking as the father of a three year old, I can only logically conclude that children share at least one property of gasses. They expand to occupy the space allowed. My daughter can sleep peacefully in her own toddler bed and yet, somehow, expand to the point that I have 5 inches of bed with my wife pressed against my back. EVIL SUPERPOWER!

I was talking with some friends about what they listen to when they go to sleep and got some of the usual answers: white noise, a fan, true crime, etc. I mentioned I listen to people playing video games pretty often and got a few weird looks but didn't really think much of it. I don't listen to streamers who make their content solely around making as much noise as possible.

Thinking about it now though, I realized that prior to Youtube Let's Plays, Twitch Live Streams, etc, I would fall asleep listening to my older brother playing video games pretty often. I remember being around 6-10 years old, this happening on and off throughout those years. The majority of the active game consoles were in my bedroom and my mom didn't care if he played as long as I went to sleep. This was top for me bc I loved my older brother and hanging out with him!

I remember falling asleep to the revving engines of modified geometric cars in Need for Speed Underground 2 along with its soundtrack (I still have some songs in my playlist today), I remember listening to him playing Tomb Raider and hearing the various animals growling, yowling, roaring, and the occasional "dang it" coming from under his breath when he died. I remember hearing the cartoonish sound effects and fantastical noises of the Mario and Zelda games, and all the music.

It was a good set of memories to relive.

love my everyday life but i also crave adventure but it's scary giving up my stability! sometimes you just wanna do something for the plot.... anyone relate lol

Who else on here thinks 2026 has gone by so fast the start of the year feels like yesterday and now we are over halfway through October and Christmas is 8 weeks on Friday

Nothing, just thought I'd ask you

I feel alone, so I thought that some of you might feel the same

Are you all okay Na??😭😭😭

How's life going?

I am very bored

Feeling very lonely with no one to chat with

Going to cry tbh

It used to be Xmas when I was younger but now at 16 I really like them both much the same.

I still do a party at Halloween but not trick or treating.

Xmas day is always magical though.

- for kids specifically.

Last year was overwhelmingly kpop demon hunters and almost everyone knew that ahead of time.

Normally by now I have some kind of idea of what the kids are going to dress up as but I am totally lost!

I’ve asked a lot of people and no one knows either.

Like 2024 was a lot of Deadpool/wolverine, inside out, and descendants

2023 was lots of Barbie

2022 was a lot of stranger things, hocus pocus

2021 Spider-Man

2020 superhero’s and dinosaurs

These are what the stats on costumes showed but also my personal experiences. We get between 50-100 trick or treaters and I helped out at a trunk or treat event maybe 3 of those years.

I’m just not sure what pop culture movie/book popped off enough this year to be the winner for kids costumes this year.

I think adults will be lots of dungeon crawler Carl and fourth wing

I used to feel scared with friendships like this.

I would think that "if I say this to them, then they would leave and villainize me, and its disheartening knowing we had a plethora of good things we had shared together..."

But now, I love friendships like this...

The old me was a people pleaser, But I realized if they are really for me, then they truly are.

It really is good to have friends with whom you have contrasting ideas. It opens your mind to probably all perspectives, and honestly it humbles you to the point where the cliché quote, "The More You Know, The Less You Know," grounds you to Earth.

What brings me more joy is that, when I find this kind of friendship, it also brings me (also them) genuine security in our friendship cause we can both pour our thoughts though contradicting. Its refreshing since it always bring substance.

And since these friendships are like diamonds in the rough, its personally more valuable to me.

I hope you also find genuine friendships, maybe not like this type, but certainly one that will shape you to your best you :3

I was looking into why we do this, and apparently it's tied to anxiety and our brains craving predictability. I ran the exact psychology through an article breakdown and it made total sense. What's your ultimate comfort show?

I have an idea of how I want to dress in my head and outfit inspo saved, but when I go shopping, I'm super indecisive if I should buy something because I have to imagine all the ways I could wear it and I just end up being overwhelmed and not buying anything.

It's very rare that I LOVE something and 100% sure about it. And I don't want to buy something I'm not 10000% about because I don't want clutter lol

Whenever rain starts falling really hard I feel this shift inside me. Suddenly I want to slow everything down, put on a hoodie, and just listen to the drops hit the roof. Tasks that felt urgent five minutes earlier stop mattering. I make tea I never finish, open a window even if the air is chilly, and kind of drift from room to room without a plan. It is like the noise outside gives my brain permission to stay quiet. I always wonder if other people get that same flip in their mood or if it is just me being odd. Anyway, rain is the one thing that can flip my whole energy without trying.

was very close with a friend as in we shared our values and hopes and dreams etc. she then went to college became popular and I remember us catching up and I thought I had better just let her talk about herself cause she had made a previous comment that I was so heavy for talking about the tough stuff. So I let her talk about herself and how amazing her life was during dinner then she commented on how nice it was that it wasn’t so heavy like our last catch up (granted in the last catch up I had been not sleeping and dealing with family dysfunction before a wedding and she had traveled an hour on a train to see me so I didn’t show up in the best way.) after that dinner I messaged her and apologised for being so heavy and said I valued our friendship. after that she moved to Canada and I sent her the odd message to cheer her on. she then flaked out on me when I tried to catch up with her in our home town and I then never tried again. i felt rejected and like she wasn’t particularly kind and was kind of self absorbed. I blocked her on social media and LinkedIn. I still find he this interaction stings because she rejected me for being too much after being vulnerable with her. I spoke to a mutual friend who said that she has friends who are good time friends which made me feel better. But I still feel like I’m carrying a fear of vulnerability and trust because of this rejection. It’s been a long time but I’m eager to move on and past this past hurt.