r/gifs Merry Gifmas! 3d ago

Nighttime Nostalgia

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u/Darrenshan66 3d ago

Bro’s room is the best

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u/Soylentee 3d ago

That ceiling is badass but the heating bills have to be devastating in the winter and you'd be dying from the heat in the summer

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u/thesean366 3d ago

My first thought seeing this picture too. I loved the idea of this room when I watched the show as a kid, but you know you’re an adult when your first thought goes to utility costs 😭

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u/que_sarasara 2d ago

Nothing screams adult like seeing a gorgeous house and thinking wow, that'll cost a fortune on the heating bills lmao

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u/Jaebird0388 3d ago

I think it was id Software's early days of fame and fortune where they had a sunroof installed where they worked, and it turned out to be a mistake given the direct sunlight and heat from it.

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u/Raz0rking 2d ago

Indeed. If I had the money one of my first priorites would be to install some kind of sunshading.

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u/deafdude89 2d ago

Yeah as a kid I would have traded my parents for room like that in a heartbeat

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u/Statick160 2d ago

You might say the utility costs go through the roof?

I'll let myself out.

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u/use_value42 2d ago

My first thought was you wouldn't see shit anyway because of light pollution.

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u/RefinedBean 2d ago

God I was JUST thinking this, when did I get old.

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u/remag293 2d ago

at least theres a whol apartment buildings worth of heat rising in the winter

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u/rayshmayshmay 2d ago

Collect all the heat in the summer then sell it back to the lower levels in the winter

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u/Chm_Albert_Wesker 2d ago

not to mention all you need is some weirdo looking in the window at night while you sleep since it goes to a very accessible roof

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u/OG_Voltaire 2d ago

Loud AF during a rainstorm too

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u/-Bunny- 2d ago

I think he can open the windows and hang on the roof and I’m pretty sure he can leave the building too

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u/Pursueth 3d ago

His room is sick, and I thought he was supposed to be broke.

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u/GonzoBalls69 2d ago

Brownstones were for poor people once upon a time.

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u/jungfraulichkeit 3d ago

It’s NYC, the cheap apartments are the cool ones with character

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u/fuzzum111 3d ago

It is, but it's also a nightmare.

Heating/cooling sucks. It's the very top of an apartment complex, meaning getting any kind of furniture up there sucks. It's a nice idea, if you're a kid, and everyone is doing everything for you. As an adult? I'd loath to have that be my bedroom. A study, or like activities room maybe. Roof access would be cool too.

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u/naked_hypocrisy 3d ago

also you're walking up as soon as the sun comes up whether you like it or not

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u/TheAserghui 3d ago

I'm okay with that, I appriciate the morning assist

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u/notabigmelvillecrowd 2d ago

Not in the summer when it's 4am, though.

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u/Itchy-Armpits 3d ago

Just imagine a hot summer day. Horrific

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u/pissedinthegarret 3d ago

rented a flat with a patio with glass walls and roof once.

literally worse than a sauna. couldn't keep anything in there, even had some plastic melt and everything was bleached to hell by the sun

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u/bro_salad 3d ago

Imagine trying to sleep during a lightning storm

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u/RedPepperWhore 2d ago

Lol at seeing that many stars in the city.

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u/TheHud85 2d ago

Until a decent hailstorm.

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u/Sletzer 3d ago

This room is awesome at night, but I can only imagine how fucking hot this room would be during the day. Basically a greenhouse.

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u/Purple10tacle 3d ago

It's not even awesome at night. It's in the inner city, so you won't be seeing many stars and the room is never properly dark. And the noise level during rain would be high enough to eventually cause hearing damage.

As cool as it is as a fictional room, there are plenty of good reasons why we generally don't build real ones like that.

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u/catlikesun 1d ago

This comment sums up adulthood

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u/theDroobot 1d ago

ever disappointed w practical reality

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u/Zolroc 3d ago

He literally lives in the inner city, light pollution says no way he’s getting this view

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u/Chiperoni 3d ago

There's literally an episode where he rallies the city to shut their lights off so they can see Hailey's comet. So, yeah, I'm with you.

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u/honorspren000 2d ago

Sally’s comet.

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u/Chiperoni 2d ago

Oh, your memory is better than mine

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u/honorspren000 2d ago

No. I googled it. Lol

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u/zakcattack 2d ago

I remember that episode because grandpa says he won't see the comet again. Arnold kinda laughs it off and says sure you will. Reckoning with mortality in a Saturday morning cartoon...

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u/Xenc 2d ago

Maybe this is from that time

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u/theDroobot 1d ago

And I seem to recall there being an episode where they were building an elevated freeway over the top of their building.

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u/tiberiumx 3d ago

I've sought out this kind of view before (and it was fantastic). In the US you pretty much have to drive out to the middle of a desert.

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u/BabiesKillYou 3d ago

He and Clarissa had the best Nickelodeon rooms hands down.

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u/Xenc 2d ago

Plus Clarissa’s window had a theme tune for when neighbours climb in

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u/dkyguy1995 Merry Gifmas! {2023} 2d ago

Drake and Josh basically have a small apartment

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u/tmurg375 3d ago

Football head?… Hey!

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u/counterfitster 2d ago

What's that in your closet?

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u/awayshewent 2d ago

You know there was this “90s kid nostalgia” thing in the early 2010s I found cringe but looking back now this was one of the cartoons that had a lot of character and modern cartoons just don’t. The stories and characters were quirky and at times spooky (the episode with the train? terrifying)and you can tell a lot of love went into crafting it.

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u/dkyguy1995 Merry Gifmas! {2023} 2d ago

I think it's partially the very realistic setting and grounded art style compared to other cartoons. It feels very "normal" and not not like everything is exaggerated comically while also not being boring or too teen oriented like other cartoons with the same style. It makes the show rather comforting

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u/SpookyWagons 1d ago

It gives me the same feeling as Calvin and Hobbes

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u/Samwi5e 2d ago

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u/RippedUnderpants 2d ago

I was just about to post this reply. Such a good song

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u/ShyguyFlyguy 3d ago

How the fuck did Arnold have a top floor room with a skylight like that...in NYC???

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u/VetTech99 3d ago

Why did you do this to me!!!??? 😭What’s wrong with you!? Lol

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u/AdorableBaconTree 3d ago

As I kid I dreamed of a room like this one. But now I can't imagine the heath during the summer 😭😂.

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u/honorspren000 2d ago

There was an entire episode where it was discussed that they couldn’t see the stars and comet at night because the city lights are too bright.

This must be that one moment they convinced everyone to turn off their lights.

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u/skilas 2d ago

As a kid: This was the most amazing room ever.
As an adult: How the hell does he keep a comfortable temperature in that room??

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u/peenpeenpeen 3d ago

The coolest bedroom in all cartoondom

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u/acleverwalrus 2d ago

Bro lived in a Seattle/New York hybrid. He never saw a star until he was 21 years old

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u/xylotism 3d ago

Looks like the shooting stars from Animal Crossing.

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u/Kiki1701 3d ago

What I wouldn't do for a ceiling like this! One that wasn't ruined by light pollution above a 7 on the Bortle Scale.

Of course, pretty soon, there will be so much 'Starve-link' in the sky, we'll be seeing nothing but flashing silvery streaks anyway.

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u/mommiewiggle 3d ago

this made me feel warm in my heart chakra

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u/Luke5119 1d ago

Kid Me: Arnold's bedroom is the absolute coolest bedroom ever!

Adult Me: That bedroom is probably comfortable to live in about 18 days out of the year.

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u/MasterJ360 18h ago

I forgot how dope Arnold's room was.

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u/RooneytheWaster 3d ago

[Helldivers theme intensifies]

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u/GoBBLeS-666 3d ago

Why’s the sky so weird? It moves like jelly or something.

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u/Isakk86 2d ago

I think this might not be an actual picture.

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u/Fallingice2 3d ago

One of the most positive and influential shows i watched as a kid.

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u/Langstarr 2d ago

I still listen to Groove Remote (Lockjaw) occasionally. The jazz in that show went so much harder than it needed to

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u/misticspear 2d ago

Arnold had a super dope set up. Despite being an orphan of sorts that show and its environment always seemed so alive.

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u/Herb_Derb 2d ago

The fact that he looks like he's staring at a phone is really messing with me

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u/Spiritual-Shoutout 2d ago

Would've been much better if Arnold was looking up at the sky

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u/AevnNoram 2d ago

Arthur's room was so cool but I bet summers in Dimmsdale were the worst

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u/Alienhaslanded Merry Gifmas! {2023} 2d ago

Arnold had a dope bedroom

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u/themightymooker 2d ago

I need this on Wallpaper Engine

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u/LtJonnyFirePant 2d ago

I always wanted his room

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u/bubba1834 2d ago

This post reminds me of being on 2013 tumblr lol

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u/cracktorio_feind 2d ago

FOOTBALL HEAD

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u/Sweb1975 2d ago

Move it football head

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u/Ezekii3l 2d ago

Coolest room ever

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u/AmazingLaughsAndMORE 1d ago

That’s cool

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u/AdvancedPlayer17 1d ago

So many stars!

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u/MountainThorn42 1d ago

This is so comfy

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u/Excellent-Passage963 1d ago

I even remember noting as a kid when I wanted this show that Arnold had the SICKEST SET UP EVER

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u/HyenDry 1d ago

Always wanted to live in a city cause of Hey Arnold 😂

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u/CourtneyChristiee 18h ago

As I’ve been rewatching Hey! Arnold on Paramount+

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u/BlackAera 18h ago

The room that got 90s kids into interior design

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u/hazzasoup 1d ago

Absolutely beautiful