Nostalgia

h8kurdt · 05.01.2021, 11:43 AM

Is it something you have a lot of? If so, what period in your life is it you're nostalgic for? And if you don't ever feel nostalgic why not?

I only ask because at the moment I've been getting it a lot recently and tbh, I hate it. It's mainly for the clichéd age of 15-17 when the discovery of new music was this incredible journey, I was watching films that consistently blew me away. This is before cynicism kicked and was instantly in the side of "this will be shit" rather actually giving things a try. That mindset is one that took me a LONG time to get out of. Oh, and playstation was a massive thing. Jesus, I was hammering that computer at that age.
And yet I know there was a lot in that I period I wasn't happy about at all. So why am I consistently looking back on it like it was sunny all the time and things was just perfect? Guess that's what nostalgia is, right?

Also, I think it can't be understated the massive difference from before 9/11 to post 9/11. That moment is one of the defining moments where seemingly everything changed.

Severian · 05.01.2021, 05:34 PM

Nostalgia plagues me constantly for both good and ill.

Severian · 05.01.2021, 05:34 PM

Nostalgia plagues me constantly for both good and ill.

Rob Instigator · 05.16.2023, 12:56 PM

Nostalgia that drives you to re-encounter something you previously loved is good.

Nostalgia that keeps you from enjoying the present moment because it cannot hold up to a "perfect" "idealized" past? NO GOOD

!@#$%! · 05.19.2023, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by emmafrost1

I do get nostalgic sometimes, but not as much as some people...

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Toilet & Bowels · 05.21.2023, 04:44 PM

I think people who celebrate nostalgia should be thrown in jail

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 07.31.2023, 10:53 PM

05.01.2021, 11:43 AM	#1
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Is it something you have a lot of? If so, what period in your life is it you're nostalgic for? And if you don't ever feel nostalgic why not? I only ask because at the moment I've been getting it a lot recently and tbh, I hate it. It's mainly for the clichéd age of 15-17 when the discovery of new music was this incredible journey, I was watching films that consistently blew me away. This is before cynicism kicked and was instantly in the side of "this will be shit" rather actually giving things a try. That mindset is one that took me a LONG time to get out of. Oh, and playstation was a massive thing. Jesus, I was hammering that computer at that age. And yet I know there was a lot in that I period I wasn't happy about at all. So why am I consistently looking back on it like it was sunny all the time and things was just perfect? Guess that's what nostalgia is, right? Also, I think it can't be understated the massive difference from before 9/11 to post 9/11. That moment is one of the defining moments where seemingly everything changed. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,743	Nostalgia plagues me constantly for both good and ill.
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Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,743	Nostalgia plagues me constantly for both good and ill.
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05.16.2023, 12:56 PM	#4
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	Nostalgia that drives you to re-encounter something you previously loved is good. Nostalgia that keeps you from enjoying the present moment because it cannot hold up to a "perfect" "idealized" past? NO GOOD __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,264	I think people who celebrate nostalgia should be thrown in jail
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07.31.2023, 10:53 PM	#7
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	Test
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