Liminal Spaces (2000’s Childhood)

Liminal spaces often create a sense of nostalgia triggered in your mind from early childhood memories mostly ranging from mid 90’s to early 2000’s. They can make you feel nostalgic yet utterly disturbed at any given time to any unnerving image.
To be in a Liminal Space means to be on the precipice of something new but not quite there yet.
liminal spaces are important because of their ability to construct their own values and ideologies relating to a particular time period in history and then to transpose these values to a time belonging to their own experiences
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[@MadKing0313]

Just want to say thank you all so much for liking, sharing, and commenting on this video! This community as a whole is amazing, I read all of your comments and it’s so neat to know how many of us experienced a similar childhood, despite living different lives! If you enjoy these types of videos and want to share liminal pictures of your own, feel free to join my Discord server! Let’s continue growing the Liminal Space Army! Link is down below!👇 discord.gg/VurSu8jm

[@hariranormal5584]

Hey your link there is expired.

[@MadKing0313]

@@hariranormal5584 discord.gg/enGMxWuu try it now, hopefully it works!

[@First2Last._.]

Thanks for the content my guy 💪❤

[@GarrettHampton2004]

I can’t describe how I feel when I see liminal spaces, it’s like a nostalgic, calming, throw back, with sadness, anger and scared at the same time.

[@ProdbyLamont]

Unsettling nostalgia I’d call it

[@kjek7414]

Why because of the scholastic book fair

[@theperfectburger9892]

It’s because liminal spaces are about trying to remind you of a memory that you don’t have. Sure at 0:15 you might have a fond memory of riding that horse or jumping on those couch seats, but we’re those seats always that blue? When was there a big lollipop toy in there? It’s all about Reminding you of those old fuzzy memories from childhood. Ones that you know but don’t understand. It makes you connect dots that don’t connect to begin with.

[@C0rnd0g_L0v3r]

Yeah. my favourites are: 0:07 0:18 0:36 0:42 0:48 1:12 1:42 1:48 3:18 4:06 4:54 5:48 (honestly, this isn’t a liminal space. If reminds me of my great grandma’s house witch isnt liminal at all)

[@user-bs6bf6fc3k]

It's calming and anxiety inducing at the same time

[@funtimestudios2403]

*"Everytime i see those pictures, it gives me memories but.. i was never there."*

[@WallySnarling]

Same…

[@ewalk1526]

There's a word for it, Anemoia. A nostalgia for a time of place you've never known.

[@pharvey9429]

Same

[@Withdaboysvr]

Fr

[@harperburgess9769]

I was at one of these places! 0:37 is a mall near me! Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, Maryland. It’s a really dead mall now. So sad to see when I walk in there.

[@macabee7]

Born in 2002 I remember school computers running Windows XP on black colored CRT monitors

[@The_Cool_Cat_]

My current computer is a Windows XP, and I don't wanna buy a new one. Windows XP forever !!

[@stillnesstv07]

If u were born in 2002 u don't remember sht like that

[@macabee7]

@@stillnesstv07 nice try gatekeeping, you gen alpha

[@AbbeyWagner4547]

With Facemoji’s DIY keyboard function, you'll be the coolest one out there! 😎 Facemoji is a great app 😊

[@AbbeyWagner4547]

@macabee7 If you really want to know about mistakes, you should ask your parents.😶

[@everrunic8375]

Never been in a near death experience, but this gives me the “life flashing before your eyes” feeling.

[@Fictonalicious]

◾Born in 2005 here, I can relate to all of my gen Z brothers and sisters. We will miss this feeling dearly like other generations did with their own places.◾

[@PunmasterSTP]

I was born two decades earlier, but I'm pretty sure I feel the same by looking at these images.

[@kahdin]

I was born in 2005 as well ❤

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

Same here!

[@ShaneRocker13]

2005?… That’s not the year I was born in but it’s the year…

[@theultimatedriver3858]

Yeah, I miss this feeling. It was such a wonderful time, I wish we could always have it and go back to those more peaceful and happy times. I wish I could hug and see all my old friends, just one last time so I could properly say goodbye. I hope you all are doing well out there and I hope you all can be happy no matter where you are. Thank you for reading this, I hope you have a wonderful day.

[@amberruxpin]

This makes me feel not only nostalgic but incredibly sad aswell. Like this is all that remains of my childhood, now just merely images permanently frozen in time. Images from a time in which I can never return. Images from a time that no longer exists except only in still images, videos and so on. It's like being intensely homesick for a home that is no longer there. This time will always be special to me and I will treasure it always 💗

[@JSh-xt8bd]

I feel the same way. ❤😢

[@mikescshdj]

I feel same way( ❤

[@mr.b3168]

Good way to put it. Homesick for a home that is no more. Because it exists in a different time.

[@Protato_Gamer]

“Homesick for a home that’s not there” that’s the best way I’ve heard anyone put it your keyboard must have been in flames when you wrote that 🔥🔥🔥

[@Sient_VR]

It’s not SEARS 1:28 It’s SEGA

[@RegularInvader]

Rediscovering old school color schemes from these montages have inspired me to paint my future dream house with them. I'm sick and tired of modern-day home decor involving bland colors and basic-styled furniture.

[@PunmasterSTP]

If you ever get around to painting your dream house, let us know how it goes and consider sharing pictures!

[@LovesRolopigeo]

Yes good idea​@@PunmasterSTP

[@RegularInvader]

As of right now, I've made the decision to paint one of the rooms with the exact same color schemes from Animal Junction ("Zoboomafoo"). I've always wanted to foster a couple of dogs, so having such a room with those colors will be perfect.😁

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@RegularInvader That’s awesome, and I remember catching a few episodes of Zoboomafoo back in the day!

[@RegularInvader]

Hopefully my dream house will be somewhere in a countryside because I've grown up admiring rural areas over suburbanian/city life. I'm looking forward to planting as many flowers as I've dreamed of.

[@emmaraingaming]

Im mad that the world grew up, everything used to be so much more colorful, less depressing. And now im depressed all the time, ive been constantly dissociating for the last 5 or 6 years, these videos are the only way to remember any semblance to my childhood

[@PunmasterSTP]

I'm sorry to hear that, and I hope you feel better.

[@TheGodOfGematria]

Watch Paranoia Agent, specifically the 2nd to last episode, and watch the part when he goes to the bar with the old man. Watch that sequence following him being in the "dream" to the end and you will shrug off your depression. Can't you hear the birds singing from the park bench?

[@jcoolguy1548]

The world can still be colorful. You just gotta be willing to explore it. Hope this helps.

[@languafranter3450]

same lol

[@fernthaisetthawatkul5569]

the world becoming less colorful isn't a consequence of it "growing up", it's a consequence of a few adults in charge removing most of the public spaces allocated for children lol

[@chickensandwichenjoyer0]

something about carpeted suburb houses just makes me feel comfortable, one photo of a living room/bedroom can contain so much life and memory in it. just amazing

[@PunmasterSTP]

The burbs are a good place to be 👍

[@wishbonefan]

Something about these images perfectly encapsulate what it's like to be a kid, specifically around like 4 or 5 years old. There's like a bit of enthusiasm and cheerfulness but also a sense of unknown and fear. Plus I feel like these are the kinds of places that you'd think about a lot as a child, for one reason or another, maybe because it brought a really happy feeling, or made you scared or sometimes just because it's interesting to you.

[@PunmasterSTP]

It's been a fun experience taking my kids to places like this, knowing that in the back of their minds they'll make similar memories. It can be an interesting age to live through, and an interesting age to see others living through.

[@l0ve_arri848]

i don't even feel sad when I see these images, I feel happy knowing I got to experience this at some point in my life.

[@Okeen12]

Me too couldn’t be more grateful i was born at such a good time lol

[@NY_Mapper]

As a 2001 baby, all I can leave is this quote: “We had a perfect and glorious civilization, what the hell did we do to it? “

[@kolpkii]

we grew up..😞

[@mr.goodboi2780]

I have no idea, and it's not just me getting old. The world has gotten shittier the last 5 or so years. So sterile and uninteresting. Funny how we keep evolving technology but we only think of lame and lazy ways to use it. As a society we are politically, socially, and emotionally stunted, and I don't think the pandemic did anything good either, if not made it worse.

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@mr.goodboi2780 I totally agree. Especially since covid a lot of things have gone downhill.

[@NY_Mapper]

@@mr.goodboi2780 well said. I think growing up is a part of it, but our generation is scientifically proven to be less happy than our parents and way less happy than our grand parents. The world is so dull, it’s unhappy and bitter. The pandemic made it twice as bad. And honestly, there is no fixing it. It is ruined. We just have to ride the wave and let come whatever shall come.

[@cheytec9089]

​@@mr.goodboi2780its like the purpose of life has been sucked out of the world.. Nobody cares about anything anymore, we lack purpose and in that we have become political loveless godless monsters.. We prey on the weak for personal gain, we have strong opinions about things we don't understand, we sell our souls for an extra buck. To be young again, and to be excited about tomorrow

[@MMSkittles-zw7zn]

As someone who was born in 2007, I can confirm that these pictures are very nostalgic. Looking at these pictures make me relive childhood memories and playplaces, but it also relaxes me.

[@felicityhoneycutt8570]

As someone who was born in 1999 can confirm that $hit was nostalgic

[@andywest5773]

As someone who was born in 1977, I can barely tell the difference between these pictures and pictures that were taken yesterday. If you were born in 2007 I've got news for you: you're still living childhood memories.

[@MMSkittles-zw7zn]

@@andywest5773 Yeah but in 4 years I'm an adult so.... EDIT: Sorry I mean 2 years since I’m 16

[@MMSkittles-zw7zn]

@@andywest5773 That's true, but I'm too old to go to the playplaces that are shown here, so that's why it's nostalgic to me. Besides, right now my life isn't good, I'm suicidal plus I have non-supportive parents and a rude brother who didn't care when I told them (after struggling to tell them--It was hard to admit) that I have suicidal thoughts and I want to kill myself. On top of that, 3 years ago, my mom told me (on an leisurely evening walk---She wasn't mad and didn't blurt these words out) that "I wouldn't really care if you died. I have another child and I could just make another. Your brother is a lot more liked and popular than you and nobody at school even likes you, let alone wants to be your friend. I wouldn't even be DEVASTATED if you died. You're stupid anyway." Yup, those are her exact words. I never forgot, even after 3 years. Remembered the insults word for word. I even remember every insult my father and the internet gave me. I don't even have other family members to support me because none of them like me. I don't have friends to support me because I have never known how to socialize--I am socially awkward and shy, yet I want to make friends. And even then, I avoid people. I'd rather forget my memories from my teen years starting 3 months into being 13. (Also, sorry for over sharing, I've been doing that a lot when I type ever since I was 13)

[@BlackFrog24]

Makes me happy knowing someone ten years younger than I am can partake in the same nostalgia I feel.

[@tenebrisfaciesabscondita]

the nostalgia that invades me

[@PlushyDom2004]

Born in 2004, every time I watch these types of videos I just want to find a way to go back to the times…I miss being a kid….😢

[@TopJimmy_66]

I always feel a sense of comfort looking at these places because i had some of my best childhood memories at some of these places. It's no use looking at what could of been, but reminiscing about what has been is the best/saddest feeling you can have.

[@kurnma3776]

1:30 imagine coming back from school to play flash games... good times

[@samuelramos421]

I would have had this kind of childhood if I had had a PC when I was a kid lol But still I'm only fourteen so I have a lot to enjoy

[@The_Cool_Cat_]

when I come back from school, I play Sega Dreamcast, Sega Genesis, Game Boy Advance... those were REAL videogames. Wooooooo Yeah, SEGA FOREVER !!!

[@robertsalvatierra4791]

Damn, this video actually made me cry 😢, man, good times, very good times, It made me remember about my childhood. Love it. Very great job 👏👏

[@BillyTheKidOfficialYT]

brings a tear to my eye. Can we please get this architecture and style/vibe back?? its not to late to end this blocky era of the 2010s and 20s

[@PunmasterSTP]

I bet the pendulum will start to swing the other way and this style will come back someday.

[@BillyTheKidOfficialYT]

@@PunmasterSTP I feel the same way. Been thinking this for a while. Especially the slump society has been in. I feel like the millennials and gen z will bring this style back through architecture

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@BillyTheKidOfficialYT Yes, I think architecture will be a big part of it! If not actual physical places, then in virtual worlds.

[@BillyTheKidOfficialYT]

@@PunmasterSTP yup, I think slot of what we’ve been missing lately is color. I believe these next generations will build things with color again hopefully and we stray away from this blocky minamilistic hell we’ve been in lol

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@BillyTheKidOfficialYT Have you ever come across @CodeParade or his games Hyperbolica and (upoming) 4D Golf? There are some interesting colors and architecture there!

[@Biggy_Jimothy]

0:31 I’ve been there in real life. It’s in a mall nearby where I live. I wouldn’t call it so much nastolgic, but it makes me wonder about the mall back when it was much more popular. Back when my mom would go in her teens. And now I’m growing up as well, the mall still stays right where it’s always been.

[@Cure_Hana]

I recognize 1:06 from the Florence Mall in Kentucky.

[@harperburgess9769]

0:37 is Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, Maryland! That’s near me.

[@andysgtachannel6925]

Wow, so I saw that YOU took all of these pictures and that you can visit all these places whenever? Holy cow dude that's awesome! Its like you have a catalogue of liminal/nostalgic places to go to whenever you feel stressed out or sad. Thank you for sharing this with us dude! PS: I really like the version of subwoofer lullaby you used here, it adds to the big nostalgia!

[@MadKing0313]

Thank you! Really means a lot! And it’s very alarming with the amount of abandoned/dying malls in my areas that still stand. And I have multiple albums of places I’ve been to in which are all categorized in themes of future, and older videos too.

[@andysgtachannel6925]

@@MadKing0313 Hey thank you so much for answering! So you've got even more compilations of these places?! Wow dude I can't wait to see more of these videos soon! Keep them coming! Btw i just have 1 question, are you actually able to enter these abandoned malls and librarys legally? Im just curious lol.

[@br84268]

@@MadKing0313 Woah man great job on taking these pictures. Brought back memories that I had forgotten about

[@harry.t9523]

@@MadKing0313 I’ve become a bit of a liminal spaces photographer myself as of late. Even though screenshots.

[@LiminalVenter]

why is everyone using a neptune profile😭😭

[@amyburnett8760]

I’m a 2000s kid and this makes me feel old, and I’m 23. On April I’m gonna be 24. I’m getting old man.

[@jayceedior8291]

And I'll be 25 in June. The early 2000s went by too fast 😵‍💫

[@AngelaBivona]

I’ll be 26 soon so I’m old as shit

[@BasedMigz]

These pics make me feel I’m in 2003 and 2004 again, when they still had some leftover 90s stuff. Enjoyed them while they lasted

[@user-cu1oh2ff7j]

Born in 94. I started Kindergarten in 2000. Most of my school-age years were in the 2000s. I remember when KZbin was new. The damn "Numa Numa" dance the kids in my 4th grade class used to play over and over again on those semi-transparent-shelled, old Macintoshes during free time. Those days when I was glued to Cartoon Network with shows like Dexter's Lab, Samauri Jack, and Courage. I remember when I first received my first desktop computer in my room. It was a windows XP computer with a CRT monitor. Ahh the days.

[@94karekorn]

Im the same age born november 1994. i started kindergarden in 2000 as well. We lived in the golden days. Miss them💔

[@nicholasdecker5541]

Liminal spaces always bring me back to my childhood. To be honest, those early years weren't all sunshine, especially after my stepfather entered the picture. Yet, what I revisit isn't tied to a specific memory but rather a broad emotional experience. It's the sunsets in backyards on summer evenings, the scent of a small swimming pool wafting through the air, or encountering a mysterious hallway in a place beyond my young understanding. Back then, my world was a mix of mystery, fear of the unknown, and my friend's fenced backyard feeling like the scariest, largest place imaginable. Even venturing to the distant tree felt like a daring adventure. The colors of the sky, the clouds, and the sunsets were alien yet awe-inspiring. These memories, existing solely in my mind, occasionally resurface in small, random fragments. When I catch a glimpse or a whiff, there's a faint sense of familiarity, a recognition of a unique nostalgic memory-each experience holding its own charm.

[@PunmasterSTP]

When I was a kid I went to this place called Odyssey Fun World, which I guess is kind of like a really large Chuck E. Cheese with a bigger arcade and more attractions (including laser tag and bumper boats). And when I was a kid, it seemed like the most enormous entertainment place on Earth, at least after amusement parks like Walt Disney World. I haven't been back there since before leaving high school, and it'd be really cool to go again someday. If I do go back, I'd definitely take some pictures!

[@IAmRobloxPlayer9279]

This is just basically like an apocalypse happened and everyone moved out but you are just the sole survivor of the apocalypse. And you’re left alone. Nobody to talk to. Everyone else you loved. Your mom, your dad, your siblings all gone.

[@elihutchinson007]

I feel like these are the kind of places I would faintly glimpse as a kid before being ushered out by a parent, telling me it was time to go home.

[@tim_the_traveler]

Thou it's nice to look back on our childhoods from time to time, it's always important not be blinded by it, childhood is meant to be a temporary thing, the gap of innocence, for you to learn and develop into the person you are now. And as it stands, we all have much more life to explore and experiences. To pave the way for the next kids to have their nostalgia.

[@PunmasterSTP]

I suppose childhood is meant to be temporary in some sense, but I also think it can be good to hold on to a bit of it for the rest of your life.

[@user-hk7hz9cn7v]

The new kids are fucked! Toy stores gone, rental stores gone, video game stores…almost gone, fast food places look corporate, kids channels no longer exist except on KZbin, nobody plays outside anymore…and on and on. Not to mention the prices of everything and our civilization eating itself alive

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@user-hk7hz9cn7vI feel bad about people not getting to experience the adventure of going somewhere to rent something and having the anticipation of finally getting back home and watching or playing it. Those were nice times.

[@oni5230]

That's true, for us at least. The new kids being born in this generation are screwed sadly.

[@houseofbl1914]

​@@user-hk7hz9cn7v the kids will be fine grandpa, times evolve and move on and that's normal and natural Society isn't more or less screwed than it already was

[@YouveBeenMegged]

These are absolutely the kind of places that, if you wander the halls long enough, you’ll eventually encounter an old childhood friend of yours who you eventually lost touch with. You’ll chat for a while, reminisce. Then, you’ll get the feeling it’s time to leave, to put these memories back in their box. You get home, and decide to look up the friend you met there on social media, to stay in touch… only to discover that they died years ago, not long after you lost contact. Is this weirdly specific? Yes. Did I come up with it just now? Also yes.

[@fernthaisetthawatkul5569]

make this into a short story

[@annetteadjutant8268]

I'm at home, but this is the real home I wanna go back to 👇

[@LadyVenus125]

Same.

[@jayceedior8291]

Me too.

[@yv70bnomemes]

Like beggar

[@peppa454]

​@@yv70bnomemesnone of your business

[@AnticomPhysicalRemover10]

Before I turned 13, I was constantly in front of a screen to pass the time because I didn’t live near any of my friends and my mom was worried that I’d get kidnapped or hit by a car if I did anything for myself or with my friends. I hate to say it but the best days in my childhood were taken from me.

[@peacepipe6695]

Nah you could been in a way worse position, like left in the care of someone and abused. Or your mom cared about you. You just can't see it.

[@AnticomPhysicalRemover10]

@@peacepipe6695 I know. I just wish I could have been freer.

[@joshshrum2764]

You know good for you it’s better than getting yourself killed.

[@PunmasterSTP]

I'm sorry to hear that, and I hope that you can hang out with people more in-person and visit some of those types of places now.

[@jjjws8]

...ur 13?m lmao that's a childhood buddy

[@sirorliktheironclad]

Born in 2003, these pictures are nostalgic.

[@esponjamanelmen6560]

as a guy born in 2011 this feels weird to watch, it really looks familiar.

[@jeremyroskes5391]

Man you don't know how it feels when I can only find very little pictures of my childhood playgrounds before they were remodeled. I even had a basement that actually looked like a playroom. It's been remodeled twice. Once as a more modern entertainment space and now it's an airbnb. I miss when it was full of toys, games, childish puzzle mats, a shitty CRT, a VCR, and VHS tapes 😭

[@ZeeJBC]

As a 21 year old, I will say this video impacted me greatly.

[@BraydenFromWiiSportsOfficial]

4:58 I had a dream about this exact place back in 2018 in 4th grade and now that i see it again, I remember it much fluently. Thank you

[@englishmuffin357]

I had a dream like that too, it looked very similar to 1:43

[@BraydenFromWiiSportsOfficial]

@@englishmuffin357 interesting

[@BraydenFromWiiSportsOfficial]

@@englishmuffin357 also the trampoline park is in a city called Kiyose located in tokyo (real city btw) (trampoline park doesnt actaully exist cuz u know its a dream)

[@englishmuffin357]

@@BraydenFromWiiSportsOfficial oh cool thanks! I think it’d be rlly fun to visit liminal places some day :D

[@Roblocksgaming]

I do remember visiting a place like that, but that was a few years ago… (Probably like 5 or 6)

[@jasonwebster4969]

Us millennials are getting older, from the time we were kids to as of late, we have witnessed the most dramatic changes in mankind’s history. Our childhood was spent in one world and our adulthood in something completely different. We feel alien and long to go back home to where things made more sense. When we view these scenes, those feelings are strongly invoked.

[@Justice_The_Nutritionist]

Watching backrooms, liminal & dream core images/places idk that feels great also loneliness is a superpower only a few can handle.

[@PunmasterSTP]

dreamcore can definitely be a trip.

[@thepanman436]

i’m glad you guys share the same memories as me, we lived together in an era that could never be returned.

[@Cocytus127]

I was 12 in 2000. I remember most of these things.

[@SandraCat22]

0:34 I love the floor. The brightly coloured squares reminds me of a patchwork quilt

[@nicobones9608]

Can anyone explain to me how liminal space videos and music are both unsettling and soothing at the same time? It makes no sense.

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

Childhood flashes before your eyes eventually your life will as well so please enjoy the best of your life because you can't go back to your childhood once you're older this brings tears in my eyes because I'm already 31 I'm having to go through dentist surgery for dentures and my life is at risk if I keep dental plaque in my mouth. I miss being younger where I felt more free and alive like I actually had a meaning now I feel like that meaning was taken away and robbed from me.

[@davebryan1890]

You’re at that point where life’s a choir and it just grinds you down- it doesn’t get any better sorry

[@Noid14]

homie ur just making him feel worse ​@@davebryan1890

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

@@davebryan1890 No kidding lately I've been having dreams so realistic I almost can't wake up like I'm stuck in that dream not in a coma sense of manner too almost like I am in another dimension somewhere I know it's Lucid Dreaming. How ever the dreams can get so strong I can almost not wake up at all probably because I am getting more depressed about being older I miss my childhood friends I miss doing things as a kid all of them are gone except one I have added on Facebook. Everyone you know is grown up and scattered around the Earth some where and you can't find them. Some people I don't want to find I hate to say it I miss School and making friends with other kids in School I've been even having dreams about being back in School but I know it's not real and I wake up from the dream.

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

@@davebryan1890 Hard part about being older is making money you gotta work for companies that know how to pay you and not work for low rated companies I only work for 5 star verified companies to make a paycheck it feels pretty damn good though. I still need a drivers license but I live with my parents because I can't afford a house I'm still in debate on a license after my surgery if it goes the way the dentists hope it goes I will be put to sleep on the 13th and hope like hell I don't die. I know I will need glasses I've been passing the written test pretty good I gotta work on the driving course next I'm late on everything because I was born late I'm a late growth spirt.

[@PunmasterSTP]

Oh man I'm sorry to hear that, and I hope your surgery went/will go well. I've felt like a lot of the meaning was taken away from my life at various points, but luckily there was new meaning eventually. I'd like to think that there is always some small amount of meaning somewhere if we can find or create it, but it's hard sometimes.

[@elementallobsterx]

Liminal Spaces embody and emanate the benevolence of their exalted designers, having done everything they could to bring fiction into reality for their young; for us. No matter the era, those carefree architects, two generations before us, have always sought to embellish every inch of our formerly boundless scenery with that love. It’s pure but unknowing, and the act of observing it is nostalgia jouissance. Look for the game “Higher Philosophy: Structure” in 2027 for the whole picture.

[@amethyste684]

this is uncomfortably nice

[@SalemSingsStuff]

I miss life before handheld screens.

[@troytemelis2225]

0:30 This picture is from the Dayton Mall in Dayton, OH. You can actually still go there today and it looks the same!

[@Killakay47]

Nah I highly doubt a place even looks that in the 2020s 😂

[@tim_the_traveler]

honestly that seems to be the case with a lot of malls. They are technically still alive, but are burly populated anymore considering all the modern convenience available at home.

[@Biggy_Jimothy]

@@Killakay47can confirm. Looks like this today. Been recently

[@lovecupcakex642]

I live near Dayton Ohio

[@user-po5ok4bd4k]

I am Japanese. I have never been to any of the places in these photos, yet somehow I feel very nostalgic for my childhood in 2000s America. I love this feeling.

[@michelem5305]

Love this video !! I remember us going to all those places!! So much fun !!❤❤❤

[@lotus_flower2001]

Born 2000 but was too poor to experience most of this 😢. My family didnt even have a cd player.

[@tim_the_traveler]

join the club, literally was playing PS2 during the 360 era. Being poor sucks.

[@CrappyMusic-cb6bl]

I was born in 2010 and we did have a lot of 2000's stuff Like for a while we still had a crt tv and a Wii when hd tvs with hdmi and the Wii U was already out with the only good thing we had was a big hdtv And eventually we ended up switching out the crt for an alright tv We still have both of those tvs

[@zfinesses459]

@@tim_the_traveler that was normal to do that tho, the 360 wasn’t really all that viral until later

[@dean7700]

1:32 Windows Vista 😂😂. Definitely takes me back to the 2000s.

[@lwpeacekeeper]

i wasn't born in the 2000's but i still get nostalgia, some things still looked like this when i was younger

[@MasterEden1010]

Closed/abandoned malls are the most liminal places to me imo

[@xxangelthebearxx]

4:33 the bert and ernie truck! they have that exact same one at the end of an outdoor mall in my annual vacation spot :D

[@henrythacker7369]

I described liminal spaces and why they're appealing to gen z and millennials is because it's not just a nostalgia for childhood, it's a nostalgia for a time in the past but it carries with it the feelings relevant to what we feel now. So it's like current feelings overlaying a memory. The current feelings would be represented by the fact they're empty, illustrating that we no longer go here anymore but they're a place we were familiar with meaning we feel like we did go here. So it's like the current state of a past memory being revealed to you.

[@ThePerpetrator.333]

NOOO NOT THE WINDOWS 95 SLOWED VERSIO-

[@Owen.2014]

I've been in liminal spaces before they make me feel like a monster will come out at any second

[@mr.b3168]

2:08 It's like being transported back to the doctor's office/waiting room on a rainy tuesday. Bein excused from school for the day.

[@Cure_Hana]

1:06 I actually recognize this one! It’s at the mall in Florence, KY. I used to work part time at the Macy’s there.

[@PunmasterSTP]

That's cool! Do you still go over there sometimes?

[@Cure_Hana]

@@PunmasterSTP Haven’t been there in a few years. My dad moved about 30-40 minutes away from the mall after he got engaged to my stepmom, and I live on the Ohio side of the Cincinnati area.

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@Cure_HanaOh gotcha. I hope that you all are doing well.

[@ZeeJBC]

2:25 There used to be one of those where I lived as a 2000s kid.

[@user-bn6uy5zm7r]

literally getting all my childhood 2010-2015 memories of my parents bringing me to the mall and other nostalgic places. literally get dreams about these places when i imagine my childhood😄😄😄🤗🤗🤗😙😙🙂🙂😇😇

[@aidanalvarez8469]

IS THAT A SPIRIT HALLOWEEN I SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good video by the way. I've sometimes liked the feeling of liminal spaces...

[@aidanalvarez8469]

BATMAN...

[@_lexxxxxx_]

I was born in 2010 and even I got super nostalgic off of these images (they remind me of places I used to go as a small child), so this definitely doesn’t just apply to people who grew up in the 2000’s. Good video tho.

[@chiefrunningwheels9702]

Miss Delight could be popping into anyone of these images😂

[@Katvised]

The Webkinz Mouse Pad

[@PotatoKinn]

These pictures remind me of a time where I felt so calm and had wonder in the world. Like a fawn just born onto wild grass, everything feels so "there" like it should be.

[@aaabbb-ve9po]

When I was young I lived in a town in NY about an hour from the city. It was liminal space heaven with all the going out of business stores, a laundromat with a lounge area made to look like a living room which no one ever went to, a movie theatre so decrepit it ended up condemned years later and so many places had this weird “empty” internal architecture that always felt like it was missing something. At the time I loved these places and tried to explain why to my mom but I couldn’t. When I discovered this genre I literally teared up. I never knew a time where these places were bustling. My memory literally lies in things looking empty like this. I’m glad others can appreciate this as well.

[@Shirtlessclown]

0:39 that’s literally my childhood mall. Marley station mall in Glen burnie Maryland. I can’t even begin to explain how deeply that hits me…

[@Cure_Hana]

I’ll admit, the giant school supplies theme is pretty creative. Especially the extra glue splatters as stepping stones.

[@myjobistoshootfire7703]

I was born in 2008, and I really miss a crap ton of these.👏😞

[@PunmasterSTP]

Born in the 80s and I feel the same way.

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

It’s weird. I never even was so social or had friends. I was always locked inside. How can I relate to these. The only things that I can relate to visually with nice force is a bookshop store that had that carpet, that texture. The weird mix of colors sometimes remind me of some hospitals with pediatrics doctors rooms being decorated like that. I can’t seem to think much more.

[@ginnyroth9318]

You go to so many interesting places and have such vision to capture them❣️ Love this so much❤

[@culturedpotato9497]

He didn't take these pictures

[@MadKing0313]

@@culturedpotato9497belive it or not, I actually did! Every single picture in this video was taken by me, there’s a lot of abandoned/memorable places that still stand in my area, so traveling to these places is always something I look forward to.

[@Bread._.Slays.]

@@MadKing0313that’s super cool!

[@doccles17]

@@MadKing0313 i take it you live in USA and canada? these photos were taken no where near eachother, why lie? just say these arent your images

[@MadKing0313]

@@doccles17 I’d love to go to Canada one day! But yes, all of these images are around the same area, and were taken by me! My general area is nice to discover/explore liminal environments and it’s fun to make new liminal themes/videos!

[@CREEPER_CRAFT_YT]

Ive seen quite a few of these liminal space videos and this one take the cake for unsettling...within a minute i could feel my heart racing and my eyes widen...a sense of nostalgia and fear and sadness...then my body began twitching uncontrollably...wich i know theres some people that love making up all kinds of lies for attention but im being 100% serious when i say i could not control my movements..and trying to look away felt like i would be selling my soul to the devil...i just could not look away...i saw all these places and some almost looked familiar...i have no clue how showing a person random images would cause some strange feelings and uncontrollable movements but this video did just that...im 18 years old and remember my surroundings looking so much like the places show in these images...wich gave me tons of nostalgia and sadness that all those places are closed down or change there look to somthing blan...but it was weird to see them empty and almost frozen in time...and distorted...

[@PunmasterSTP]

It can be really strange to see these types of places deserted. For me, I'll always think about Sears, as I remember when they were all going out of business and I walked around inside of a couple of them while they were having their store closing sales.

[@RoseyBloom1008]

how to make a liminal space in your house step1: turn off lights step2: do it in your bedroom or hallway or bathroom step3: when take pic use the flash on phone

[@Killakay47]

That’s most of them lmao

[@STARRY_SCARAB]

I’ve literally seen some of these pictures in my dreams before. It’s so eerie. And I love it.

[@beacondude5000]

1:30 That is the exact monitor that my family pc had so that's really nostalgic for me

[@Skullbro-bd4ue]

that's why liminal spaces and backrooms are the best horror concepts.

[@strawberrycrxme]

This is the one creepy genre that hasn’t washed out for me, it’s saturated perfectly and still maintains that nostalgic creepy feel I get when I see places like this in my dreams. I’m happy that I actually got to experience many places like these growing up, that’s why it impacts me really hard.

[@leninyt3968]

These pics bring me comfort for some reason

[@user-ci5nn4kb4m]

1:24 it reminds me of whenever you go to a fun place at a mall but the entrance is on the outside, you go into the attraction it has like mini arcades and stuff right, but you go to the back that connects to the rest of the mall and its just like weirdly creepy like it looks like you've been to some of the stores but at the same time it looks abandoned

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

This video reminded me of a simpler time. Back when I was a mere child with nothing else to worry about except for school. But now I've got all this other sh*t to worry about as life around me changes for the worst. And every day I can feel my own humanity slipping away

[@ourworldisbeautiful2912]

It would be more nostalgic if the places weren’t all abandoned and were pictures from when these places were open

[@littlegirlshowSynch]

Nah there's other ways to get that kind of nostalgia. That's how liminal spaces work, they're dark and abandoned so it makes your childhood feel even more gone and in the past. Stuff like schools, kids play places, kids stores, malls. Most of us have seen and been to these places it just wasn't these specific ones and they were generally more well lit and less empty lol

[@VS-eb8vk]

2:10 Never seen a Reese's vending machine before.

[@danielkover7157]

Some people feel creeped out by liminal spaces. I just get a sense of melancholy, probably because most of the pictures remind me of when I was younger.

[@freddiefurter]

1994. I turn 30 this year. Already praying to go back, one day. What's another 30 years gonna be like. I have nothing left.

[@94karekorn]

I will be 30 in november and feel the same way😢

[@freddiefurter]

​@@94karekorn December for me bro 🎉 I am finding comfort in religion and feel convinced by it 🙏 Just want to be sure I've opened my heart to it for the right reasons..

[@THEOxxx197]

I was born in 2009, so I was a bit late, but I still experienced these nostalgic places and memories that make me want to cry every time I look at them. Im sad, because I feel like I grew up way too fast, but at the same time, I feel wonderful, because I got to experience these memories and hold onto them forever. It’s such a weird feeling.

[@ｽﾄﾘｰｸﾄﾞｽﾊﾟｲﾝﾌｯﾄ]

2000年代の日本で生まれ育った私にもこの動画は懐かしく感じる。国境を超えて感覚を共有できるのは普通にすごい

[@Tap908]

pure nostalgia, I still live in these type of places.

[@Lowkey_LuLu]

This video made me re think about all of my childhood memories especially summer. I remember I would go over to on Eid my best friends house (Jade, I have no idea where she is or who she is now after like 7 years) but it was her grandmas house it was soooo cool and big there was like an extra attic space we would go and play in it had the best lighting and there was a back alley, she had a fun play room, the whole house was just nostalgic (summer childhood vibes). Then I also had my best friend who was like a sister to me who lived like an hour away but I would still go over like once a week every summer. It was a small house but super fun, it was by a farm so we would go play. I also haven’t seen that friend in probably over 8 years I think she moved, this makes me miss all my old friends and memories. Now summers aren’t as fun now that we all have phones and electronics. We all just stay in our rooms watching TikTok all day instead of going outside in the sun eating popsicles and biking around town with friends, or going to the pool/lake.

[@chillguy9971]

Feels so haunting, like every second that passes is a hundred thousand years gone and there's nothing you xan do about it

[@americandissident9062]

What you're seeing is the death of childhood. The death of a nation.

[@BlueTail168]

Being born in 2000, this really takes me back I miss the early 2000s, back when life was colorful, simple and people were happier. I'm now 24 years old and can't believe how short the early 2000s were.

[@t-mobileuser]

0:01 windows Microsoft 2006 intro speed 0.5x slow

[@Bonplex_]

actually it’s the Windows 95 startup sound but being extremely stretched thanks to the PaulStretch algorithm

[@AnimeBingeWatcher]

I remember elementary school like it was yesterday. I’ve grown so much. I’m about to leave high school.

[@allergictohumansnotanimals5671]

The minimalist aesthetic of today has gotten rid of all the vibrant colors from the early 2000s. Even popular logos have become more dull to fit the current trends.

[@StarChild-uw4mm]

I was born in 2003 and All of these really brought me back to the days when i was happy! When I was 8 i didn’t take advantage of what i had before it was lost, that being the joys of childhood, I remember wishing I was older when i was a kid but now i have so many regrets

[@liamreeder7594]

Some of these look eerie, while others look unfamiliar or nostalgic

[@Fragilisticistic]

As someone born in 2008 with an extremely good memory, I can tell you that it was like this even in 2013. The parachute, indoor fun centers, windows 7, etc. super nostalgic.

[@rosiface2620]

These pictures are making me cry, as a person who is born in 2007, i just want to go back.

[@mikunakano8187]

Born in late 99 and man when i was a kid everything about the 2000s where so simple and fun, would see a lot of kids in my neighborhood play with there toys or be active and play basketball/other sports which my mom would tell us to do to not get lazy. Many great cartoon to watch after school, playing my PS2 and overall enjoy being a kid. I wont ever forget those precious memory i hold in my childhood

[@benjaminphillips5639]

Knowing that these days, these places, these spaces from my childhood can never come back and can only be revisited in photos that emit a comfortably numb sense of familiarity is the most tragic part…