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I am not trying to diss anyone but.. if you are 20 years old how are you nostalgic for flip phones and mysace. You weren't here for the first time like I'm not like trying to be mean but I'm just trying to understand. I'm not sure I'm all that even nostalgic for the 2000s..was kind of a rough period of time for a lot of people Me to included. Honestly like I look younger than I am. I am 40. I use this kind of social network because it gives me a lot of freedom to express myself and so what i want with my profile. This is sort of a refuge for what was good about the internet.
nostalgia for a time u didn't live?
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Enderpearl
I think it's probably coming from a wish that we had better things ? So obv we try to find examples to help us imagine what it could look like. But you're right, I'm not exactly 20 but I still don't have a single idea what it was *really like* to be a young person in the 2000's/late 90's. I try as much as I can not to have a "pink tinted view" of the past, humans aren't known for all being angels-
My real wish is that we never decided to use our phones the way we do now. I wished we talked to each other more, made less fun of each other yk ? Since it's harder to imagine the future I like to think these wishes were real somewhere in the past.
But then again, it's just my opinion
This is less invasive less time consuming better social media so I understand it actually just the Y2K nostalgia sometimes I wonder why THAT DECADE lol
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Alex
Hey, we're the same age, and I'd like to think I have a sense of where you're coming from. For me, it's always been a mix of influences, like the '80s nostalgia from my childhood environment, and also loving something like Fallout’s retro-futuristic '50s vibe. It’s like picking out little bits of different eras that just feel right. I think a lot of people do that, especially when they look back at something like the Myspace days or the early 2000s. There's this sense that those times might have been simpler or a bit less complicated than what we deal with today. I think it's really natural to feel that way. Everyone kind of reaches back for a piece of the past that feels a little cozier or more familiar, especially when the present can feel pretty complex. In the end, it’s all about finding those nostalgic pieces that resonate with us and enjoying that blend of different times. I think that’s kind of a cool, shared thing we all do in our own way.
I just can't imagine looking back at the 2000s as better lol I mean it probably was in a lot of ways but it was also the beginnings of our current problems. For really good nostalgia I think back on the 90s still!! Especially late 90s. Y2k was kind of a chaotic crash landing but we still had fun times. I remember going to a show in a building at uw Madison WI in 2004. I just got myspace and so did my roommate. It was oddly addictive and I noticed a group of girls using the university computers in the lobby. It was my first realization that we were kind of all using myspace and in fact there was a line to use those computers for that purpose. We were texting on our Nokias and other ancient bricks but already socials were were things were going. This is better social media sure especially in this current form I think it's actually better than myspace. But myspace was far from innocent lol and I think people are looking at it with rose tinted glasses. Top 8 drama minor drama sa drama serial killers stalking etc Connectivity just forces us to look at the ugly truth about what is going on in everyone's heads. Life wasn't that innocent. We just looked at socials less because our phones couldn't load it lol. I just joined because modern social profiles are sooooo boring and scrolling is equally deadening. This was better in that way
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Totally get what you're saying. Honestly, every era has its issues, and none of them are as innocent as we sometimes remember. I’m still nostalgic about the '80s or the '50s, and we can look back and realize there were things we're glad to have moved on from. That’s just how nostalgia works: we remember the good parts and gloss over the rest. Myspace had its own drama and definitely wasn’t all that innocent, and that’s true for any era. Maybe part of this is just me getting older, and it might not be that these things are impossible today. As I’ve aged, things just feel different. But at the same time, I work with people who are in their twenties now, and I do see a difference. Today, it feels like we’re a lot more boxed in. Even as an introvert who loves solitude, I feel like I went out and experienced more than some of the younger folks do now. And honestly, I definitely get the creative side of things. That was one of the biggest letdowns for me when everyone started leaving Myspace for Facebook and then Twitter. Over time, it felt like things got less and less creative. We lost that personal touch, being able to really show off what you’re into, your art, your music, all those things that made Myspace unique.
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