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as someone that's frequently consuming nostalgic media or interacting with nostalgia-centric content- i'm SO sick of the way people talk about it (both the media and just nostalgia as a concept). every video i see of something from my childhood, the comments are filled with young adults, people my age, saying shit like "the air was just different back then" "nothing is ever gonna be the same" blahh blahhh blahhhhh whatever!!!
i do want to be clear- i understand the sentiment, and a large part of the reason i feel so strongly about this is that this WAS me and sinking into that line of thought consumed my life for a while. thinking about the amount of my life the past couple years that i spent wallowing and feeling sad and mournful for parts of my life that had past, that i could have spent actually doing things and making new memories is almost entirely why i hate seeing it from other people so much. i genuinely think 2024 will be one of the first years of my life that i wont ever have nostalgia for because i wasn't even DOING anything to be nostalgic about.and a big part of what made me come to this realization was the fact that i was getting nostalgic and miserable over stuff that happened relatively recently, and seeing hoards of other people doing the same- 2022 nostalgia???? what are we doing???
as much as nostalgic media for me will always be a big part of my life (obviously considering the website i'm using to post this) it's so much better to just treat your life like you did when you were that age. i know everybody repeats this so it kind of sounds corny now but truly- its still 2010 outside if you turn your phone off. life is still fun and magical in so many ways when you don't spend it intentionally making yourself miserable online
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Delusional7CoffeeChaosHat
I agree so much with your point of view, sometimes we forget that we still have the choice of being amazed by daily life. Of course, it comes naturally when you are a child, but if you practice it enough as an adult, I think it would start to be like that again
Cool profile pic, btw
exactly!! its so easy to think that childhood has some mystical quality to it that made it so fun but all it is is being present and curious and LOOKING for fun. obviously thats harder for some people than others but i feel like some people are almost TRYING to be miserable like go for a walk!! talk to people!! the world isnt evil just because you have to put in more effort to make it fun!!
also thank you!! i like yours too :3
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Totally!!! Like, I often find myself surprised by the existence of clouds; how there are chemicals interacting in different ways to make them look so unique
Thanks!!
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