I was born in an ex-USSR country. You probably just miss being young, not the actual regime. It was objectively horrible.

You have no idea how people lived there…

Oracle?

Why not?

The tought police will get you next

Photography. Film was so advanced, having a layer for each major colour, every film stock has a different feeling. The only downside was cost, but you only took a picture when you were sure it is a good picture. Now we have tons of digital garbage because we take 100 pictures at once.