Nostalgia

afterthefact · 04.17.2009, 02:11 PM

Peoples be feelin' it today!

Derek · 04.17.2009, 02:38 PM

I bought Banjo Kazooie for my n64 today from amazon. Is it because I actually really enjoy the game or is it because I want to relive my memories of playing it when I was younger? I dunno.

afterthefact · 04.17.2009, 02:42 PM

I would go with the latter. A few months ago a bought an N64 as well. I got San Fransisco Rush and Goldeneye.

Memories... *sigh*

Although I started this because of all of the old threads getting bumped today...

Derek · 04.17.2009, 02:46 PM

Well I never sold my n64 but when I was younger I would get to play Banjo Kazooie and Diddy Kong Racing every new year's eve as my parents would go over to my neighbours and their kids (who were older than me) had those games. I think I was only about 6 or 7 at the time!

DeadDiscoDildo · 04.17.2009, 02:57 PM

Kill yr nostalgia

Toilet & Bowels · 04.17.2009, 08:12 PM

yes, nostalgia is a sin

Andrés · 05.31.2009, 12:36 AM

"nostalgia for an age yet to come"

chairman of the bored · 05.31.2009, 12:39 AM

video games are the ultimate nostalgia...i remember playing clayfighter in a crusty basement and i remember playing diddy kong racing the first time i was stoned etc. etc.
maybe ill post the whole list
the whole rigamarole

ZEROpumpkins · 05.31.2009, 06:19 AM

Oddly enough I am really nostalgic when it comes to stuff that was as soon as 10 years ago.

Glice · 05.31.2009, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Oddly enough I am really nostalgic when it comes to stuff that was as soon as 10 years ago.

How old are you?

I'm 27. That's too young for nostalgia. I think it's more a sense of being retarded if you get nostalgia below the age of, say, 45. I think there's a sense in which a lot of people get 'nostalgia' for things they didn't experience. You can't tell people how to experience life, but you can tell them that something doesn't stop being shit because it was 20 years ago.

05.31.2009, 07:25 AM

There's no way a well-adjusted person can't remember how bad it was as much as they remember how good things used to be. Since nostalgia is just a feeling, and one that doesn't relate to any present happening, I don't understand what use it can have for someone who continues breathing.

Unless you just can't get out of a particular way of feeling in your present life, in which case nostalgia will only make it more difficult for you to move on because you spend too much time idealising the past with confusion regarding what really happened. If you even really lived what you are nostalgic for.

demonrail666 · 05.31.2009, 07:34 AM

I don't think playing an old N64 game, or a Soundgarden album (which you enjoyed at the time but have since neglected) really qualifies as nostalgia. It's just taking a harmless trip down memory lane that I imagine most people take from time to time. Nostalgia, as porky suggests, is more a kind of irrational yearning for the past with little attention paid to the actual reality of that time.

05.31.2009, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

I don't think playing an old N64 game, or a Soundgarden album (which you enjoyed at the time but have since neglected) really qualifies as nostalgia.

No it doesn't. Having an interest for things that were produced in the past is not being nostalgic for what happened when those things were created. It's just getting a bit of perspective and simply enjoying a variety of music/movies etc etc.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 05.31.2009, 08:26 AM

What?

There are no rules to how and why you feel nostalgic. Maybe you're not interested in that N64 game or Soundgarden, but surely it can take you back to a time when you were around/loved someone who did like those things, and in turn you long for those days, or for a 'more simple time'. I don't know...

05.31.2009, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

What?

There are no rules to how and why you feel nostalgic. Maybe you're not interested in that N64 game or Soundgarden, but surely it can take you back to a time when you were around/loved someone who did like those things, and in turn you long for those days, or for a 'more simple time'. I don't know...

There are patterns, though. Also, if that 'loved one' who's gone is what makes you feel nostalgic, does that not imply that no matter what you will never be able to be happy again? Is that a good thing? NO. Uh?

phoenix · 05.31.2009, 09:06 AM

I think it's possible to enjoy a little nostalgia without being completely lost in another time.. Isn't it far more strange for someone to not ever think back to some particular time that was especially wonderful?

hum.

demonrail666 · 05.31.2009, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

What?

There are no rules to how and why you feel nostalgic. Maybe you're not interested in that N64 game or Soundgarden, but surely it can take you back to a time when you were around/loved someone who did like those things, and in turn you long for those days, or for a 'more simple time'. I don't know...

There's nothing wrong with any of those things. the danger is when people use it as a long-term escape route from what's taking place around them now.

Enjoying memories of the past is very different from wanting to live in them.

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 05.31.2009, 11:57 AM

I miss my N64.

*sigh*

EVOLghost · 05.31.2009, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson

I miss my N64.

*sigh*

You probably miss that game a bunch but don't worry...I relioved the N64 and this game and rust me...it's not as good as it used to be.

demonrail666 · 05.31.2009, 03:07 PM

Goldeneye is still the bollocks though.

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04.17.2009, 02:38 PM	#2
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I bought Banjo Kazooie for my n64 today from amazon. Is it because I actually really enjoy the game or is it because I want to relive my memories of playing it when I was younger? I dunno.
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04.17.2009, 02:42 PM	#3
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I would go with the latter. A few months ago a bought an N64 as well. I got San Fransisco Rush and Goldeneye. Memories... sigh Although I started this because of all of the old threads getting bumped today... __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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04.17.2009, 02:46 PM	#4
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Well I never sold my n64 but when I was younger I would get to play Banjo Kazooie and Diddy Kong Racing every new year's eve as my parents would go over to my neighbours and their kids (who were older than me) had those games. I think I was only about 6 or 7 at the time!
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04.17.2009, 02:57 PM	#5
DeadDiscoDildo invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,805	Kill yr nostalgia
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,282	yes, nostalgia is a sin
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Andrés children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chile Posts: 298	"nostalgia for an age yet to come" __________________
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05.31.2009, 12:39 AM	#8
chairman of the bored the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 569	video games are the ultimate nostalgia...i remember playing clayfighter in a crusty basement and i remember playing diddy kong racing the first time i was stoned etc. etc. maybe ill post the whole list the whole rigamarole __________________ stay awake to the ways of the world
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05.31.2009, 06:19 AM	#9
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Oddly enough I am really nostalgic when it comes to stuff that was as soon as 10 years ago. __________________
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05.31.2009, 07:25 AM	#11
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	There's no way a well-adjusted person can't remember how bad it was as much as they remember how good things used to be. Since nostalgia is just a feeling, and one that doesn't relate to any present happening, I don't understand what use it can have for someone who continues breathing. Unless you just can't get out of a particular way of feeling in your present life, in which case nostalgia will only make it more difficult for you to move on because you spend too much time idealising the past with confusion regarding what really happened. If you even really lived what you are nostalgic for.
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05.31.2009, 07:34 AM	#12
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I don't think playing an old N64 game, or a Soundgarden album (which you enjoyed at the time but have since neglected) really qualifies as nostalgia. It's just taking a harmless trip down memory lane that I imagine most people take from time to time. Nostalgia, as porky suggests, is more a kind of irrational yearning for the past with little attention paid to the actual reality of that time.
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05.31.2009, 08:26 AM	#14
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	What? There are no rules to how and why you feel nostalgic. Maybe you're not interested in that N64 game or Soundgarden, but surely it can take you back to a time when you were around/loved someone who did like those things, and in turn you long for those days, or for a 'more simple time'. I don't know...
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05.31.2009, 09:06 AM	#16
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	I think it's possible to enjoy a little nostalgia without being completely lost in another time.. Isn't it far more strange for someone to not ever think back to some particular time that was especially wonderful? hum. __________________ tiny and lost.
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05.31.2009, 11:57 AM	#18
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	I miss my N64. sigh
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Goldeneye is still the bollocks though.
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