Whatâs it called when youâre nostalgic for a time you didnât live through, like teenagers feeling nostalgic and âlooking backâ on i.e. the 80s or 90s?
I was born in the 2000s, but somehow I feel a sort of longing to live during the 80s. I have watched a bunch of movies produced during that time, and I realise they may not be a totally realistic depiction of the time period, but for some reason I âmissâ the 80s. I donât mean the struggles of marginalised groups or the politics, but rather the feeling of âold schoolâ and people socialising, the shows playing on TV during that time, the diners, the discotheques, the clubs, the music and fashion and hairstyles⊠thereâs just something cozy about the 80s, how technology wasnât super developed, how people were still discovering things. Donât misunderstand me though, Iâm glad about the technological advancements we have achieved today, and I realise my image of the 80s may be skewed since I literally didnât exist during that time, lol.
Whatâs this feeling called? Has anybody else felt the same way about a time period that isnât the 2020s?
I was there in the 80s and 90s. You young people are definitely luckier. You are by far more beautiful, more gentle, you are more welcoming, you donât discriminate against gays and nerds. Socializing without mobiles was as boring as you can expect.
Do not spend too much time regretting a period that was meh at most
You wrote out my thoughts almost entirely, save for one thing: the economy is garbage now compared to the 80s and 90s. Aside from that, I donât look back at all that many things with nostalgia (classic video games aside).
But you could afford a house on a single income :'(
I was in the 90s. There were some nice stuff but on the whole, I agree with you, things are better at least for kids.
Yeah we could go out and play more but it was also Lord of the Flies. Especially in places like trailer parks. Everyone I knew had been in multiple fights by the time they were ten, including girls.
I see my kids and the kids they spend time with and it is like watching my childhood with the volume low and the wealth cranked up. Every kid in is in some structured activity, sometimes multiple ones. And the bigotry is super low.