post wallpaper worthy images of photographs from over 20 years ago.
>p10I love these time travel pictures, I sort-of haphazardly collect them. I don't even need to them to be wallpaper-sized. My gratitude and appreciation to all who have contributed thus far ITT.
>>8120990Wanted to look up more info about this one. For anybody else curious, it's New York City in summer of 1979, taken by Peter van Wijk. More here: https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/a-dutch-sailors-photos-of-the-new-york-of-1979
>>8120988Peter van Wijk took this one, too. Meant to include it with that link post
i got ya
>>8117229bruh, the building is at worst 12 years old...that is newcore architecturethe box you walk in.newthink.
>>8121666look at the vehicles, retard
>>8117230i was curious so i did a bit of googling.for those curious. (and not wanting to do googling). apparently this is Vancouver, British Columbia.
>this is what they took from you, the thread
>>8122819Sorry fren. We've got make our own future.
I can't imagine how lonely if must've be in those times before the internet, smartphones, and social media. A hobbyless shut-in might have just had television, newspapers/magazines/books, and later VHS and 900-number telephone services. At least we can shitpost and commiserate whenever we want. Imagine being in any of these photos and being lost. I wonder how easily people got lost just driving around if they didn't bring a map. Imagine how you really could just never see or hear from someone again without a phone number or address. Had a distant uncle that seemed kinda like that. Vietnam vet, never married.
never knew how much I liked these! great thread!
>>8123092What if...someone were to Time Travel, into the past, but no one was there? Just the person that time traveled...Earth was there and existed, but no people...obviously if a person went far enough no people would exist. But what if they went to 1863, but Lincoln wasn't there. The fabric of time didn't allow for people to exist outside of moving forwar- I don't wanna think of that anymore :-(
>>8124507Unless we could travel through time and also the universe in seconds, and find our galaxy and land on earth, we would go back and be stranded in deep space. Anyway, why go to see lincoln?
>>8122819It's a fine line to walk between being reminiscent of or fascinated by the past and some pathetic chudcore shit stemming from the inability to accept the passage of time.
>>8117228>>8117227i rate wallpaper as 9 out of 11never forget
>>8123439Not sure if joking. Nobody responded, so I'll give some insight if this isn't a troll post. You are only looking backwards, with the advantage of hindsight and comparison, and without context. Give yourself these scenarios for contrast:A person in 2125 looks back, thinking "dang, those poor people in 2025 before brain interfaces, and flying cars, and food generators... How did they manage to live with such primitive technology?"A person in 1925 looks back, thinking "By george, those poor people in 1825 before cars and radio must have had it rough! How did they manage to live with such primitive technology?">A hobbyless shut-in might have just had television, newspapers/magazines/books, and later VHS and 900-number telephone services. At least we can shitpost and commiserate whenever we want.-call friends, maybe go over and hang out. Calling people used to be a very real daily hobby.-go in public, be in clubs, etc-write friends and family - on paper, with a pen and envelope and stamps. People used to send cards, too.-print media as you said. Libraries were basically the internet back then.-radio-television - probably the biggest pastime for lazies, basically like youtube now-rent a movie on tape, watch any tape from your collection-listen to your music collection on tape or record etc-a billion hobbies that still exist but can now be shared with an international community instead of local. Sports, bowling, bars, biking, hiking, photography, model kits, pick up chicks, origami, learn language, instruments - literally anything people do for fun.>I wonder how easily people got lost just driving around if they didn't bring a map.If you live anywhere for a while, you get to know it. If you drive somewhere you don't know, you plan beforehand and bring a map, combined with the last resort of asking locals for directions. In general, as a driver you just get good at navigation the more you do it.
>>8125144So, life was not lonely. I daresay it was less lonely, actually - the internet has stifled real life socialisation and online "social media" is not the same and had radically damaged people. No matter when or where you live, people live within their means. In 1825, people still had friends and family, and some were probably pretty psyched about books and their spergy hobbies, while others just drank beer and partied etc just like today.
>>8123895Wanted to know if it was Portland, Oregon or Portland, Maine. It's Maine.
