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you can't go home again

Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
edited September 2010 in Social Entropy++
http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com

some guy did this thing to an Arcade Fire song

put the address of your childhood home in and watch what happens

I swear it's magic



also let's talk about our childhood homes here

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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    "This site will not work with your browser. It was designed with Google Chrome in mind, you may need to download Google Chrome and try launching this site again."


    suck mah balls

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    It supposedly works with Firefox too, but you need to enable popups

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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    ahh that might be it lets see here

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    do i really want to pause louie for this

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited August 2010
    this was pretty awesome

    the window placement was bad. seems like it's designed for higher resolutions

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    mensch-o-matic wrote: »
    do i really want to pause louie for this

    OH GOD OH GOD I DONT KNOW WHAT I EXPECTED FROM THE THREAD TITLE BUT THIS WAS THE WORST THING TO WATCH WHILE HOMESICK

    SO CHEESY AND SLOW BUT IM SOBBING INTO MY PETTICOAT IRL

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    having no streetview on my old house basically makes this not as exciting as it's supposed to be i guess

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  • FlatEricFlatEric Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow Like fragile, tiny shells, Drifting in the foamRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    The overhead view was a little jarring, but all in all this was pretty great.

    I'm a little sad now because I don't even recognize my hometown anymore, it has changed so much.

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Well that was fucking awesome

    I had no idea what to write

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    It "worked" with firefox, but very slowly.

    Still awesome.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    This was pretty cool

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  • EndEnd Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    The basic idea was about what I expected, but hey, that's pretty neat.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Man my old house looks totally different

    they built some kind of overhang thing in the front and it looks like they got rid of the deck and pool in the back

    the surrounding neighborhood is dang identical though. They haven't even cleaned up that nasty old empty lot yet.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    FlatEric wrote: »
    The overhead view was a little jarring, but all in all this was pretty great.

    I'm a little sad now because I don't even recognize my hometown anymore, it has changed so much.

    There used to be a play structure in the backyard that my dad built himself.

    It's totally gone now. That was hard to see.

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  • existexist Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Where I am living now is where I have lived since I was maybe 5 or 6

    The place before that I can hardly remember (also it is only like 2 miles away)

    So this really had no effect on me, maybe I will try again in like 10 years

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I don't know what to say even.

    I was like "eh" until the street view panning around to view Stafford Courthouse and I recognized everything, well, yeah.

    That was something.

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  • FlatEricFlatEric Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow Like fragile, tiny shells, Drifting in the foamRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    FlatEric wrote: »
    The overhead view was a little jarring, but all in all this was pretty great.

    I'm a little sad now because I don't even recognize my hometown anymore, it has changed so much.

    There used to be a play structure in the backyard that my dad built himself.

    It's totally gone now. That was hard to see.

    Similar experience here. In our backyard we had this giant above-ground pool that I remember my parents breaking their backs to dig out and construct, as well as put up a deck around it. All gone.

    Worse than that though is this boulder that was in our front yard, in the garden. It was painted my late-mother's favorite color, and not seeing it there hit me pretty hard.

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    this was wonderful

    my goodness

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    mensch-o-matic wrote: »
    mensch-o-matic wrote: »
    do i really want to pause louie for this

    OH GOD OH GOD I DONT KNOW WHAT I EXPECTED FROM THE THREAD TITLE BUT THIS WAS THE WORST THING TO WATCH WHILE HOMESICK

    SO CHEESY AND SLOW BUT IM SOBBING INTO MY PETTICOAT IRL

    ugh yes this

    going to call my Mom and reminisce about our old pink house

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    i sent it to my sister who will inevitably show it to my parents

    i miss that house

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    no noticeable difference since there are already trees everywhere in michigan

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    my parents still live in my childhood home

    i visit them twice a year

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Heh, I grew up so far out in the hills it gave me a warning.

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  • FedoraFedora Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    What are ya talkin' about? I just got home.

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    i go home to the house i grew up in at least once a month

    but still pretty nifty

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    also my childhood home is on a court, so i guess google never went there. my street images are all just of the vaguely desolate street that was adjacent to my house.

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  • DMACDMAC Come at me, bro! Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2010
    Fedora wrote: »
    What are ya talkin' about? I just got home.

    That was the last time. You can't go home again.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    No google street stuff for where I grew up

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  • naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    satansfingers wrote: »
    my parents still live in my childhood home

    i visit them twice a year
    Word up.

    As a bonus, my dad also grew up in the house, and bought it from his parents when he got back from the Navy.

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  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    ok that was pretty great, even with the firefox wonkiness

    I might try downloading chrome to see if it makes any difference

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    chrome is pretty awesome

    it even has extensions now and everything

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Man that was creepy.

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  • FedoraFedora Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    DMAC wrote: »
    Fedora wrote: »
    What are ya talkin' about? I just got home.

    That was the last time. You can't go home again.

    But...but I just got home.

    I dont...

    I'm scared.

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  • bearbear punch bro Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    they painted my house. it used to be white, but now its blue. also, it looks like they destroyed most of the awesome forest and made some kind of farm or field.

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    This thing. This thing in the OP.

    It's fuckin' magic.

    It is one of the greatest things I have seen in a very, very long time.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Fedora wrote: »
    DMAC wrote: »
    Fedora wrote: »
    What are ya talkin' about? I just got home.

    That was the last time. You can't go home again.

    But...but I just got home.

    I dont...

    I'm scared.

    Exactly.

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2010
    this is meaningless to me, i still live in my childhood home :<

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Google Maps and stuff doesn't have enough images of my childhood neighborhood :(

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  • existexist Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I started this and then went outside to see if I could catch up with him

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    nsflosers or hermits sorry

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