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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Around 2010 my friend lost his job. It didn't matter really, both of us were well off at the time and could afford not to work for long periods of time.

We spent the better part of the year playing black ops over Xbox live and smoking weed out of a massive hookah we bought and called the Black Dahlia after a stripper I once fancied.

It was an easy going care free time in my life and a long cherished memory. In a way I've been chasing that kind of camaraderie ever since then. I doubt I'll ever find it again.

[–] CantSt0pPoppin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That brings back memories! Around the 2000s I would go to a friend's house back when you could create a lan party with the original Xbox play Halo and get blitz out of my mind. I would be so high that I would find a hiding spot in the map so i could collect myself. Those carefree times really do mean something in this 2/7 news dump of a world with all of its perpetual issues that never seem to stop. Maybe we were ignorant back then, but I guess that's why they call it bliss! Thank you for sharing your story with me!