So, is now a good time to mention that fascists use nostalgia baiting like this as a recruitment tactic?
They try to make the future seem bleak and hopeless, with the only way back to happiness being a return to a past that never was - only what we understood through the eyes of children.
They try to make the future seem bleak and hopeless, with the only way back to happiness being a return to a past that never was - only what we understood through the eyes of children.
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millennials please. please stop this. we were supposed to be better than this
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Seriously I don't know how any self-aware person of any age can read something like this and not go temporarily blind from rolling their eyes
Living in the past is how we got into this horrible mess.
Think the "nostalgic living room" images that went viral a while back that are now being shared by Nazis, or the appeals to weird emotional beats that seem to TRY to "Leave it to Beaver" the '90s
Even in a rusted space can, we reject that. 21 of our 22 endings have at least some hope for the future. Many, we bring brightness out of the dark ourselves. 2/2
Like, okay then, tell your friends 'MARIO KART FRIDAY IS HAPPENING, DRINKS AND SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED' and get the ball rolling. Host a movie night. Go DO something.
For a while seemed like it was impossible to even round up 4 players for a first LAN party.
...I now need another 250ft of CAT6.
(Shit, that is a big part of my 2025 project)
like i cant say i've ever met anyone who'd want me over at their house or who'd want to come over to mine for anything like a movie night. people don't seem to make that kind of connection these days.
And like you said, if they enjoy it, they shouldn’t discard it.
Here's a great starter pack:
I'll gladly take today over that, lol
internet existed in the 90s, fuck all the way off with this fake millennial nostalgia frm an 80s sitcom
sure we made mixtapes. There used to be so many more stations, instead of today's iHeart sludge down to 2. but heeeey, u can stream stations now!! frm other countries!!
Also don't nobody tell them about Internet Cafes and Quake II tournaments. nothing legs tangled & controllers wireball here
and we did live by our screens (endless telly watching)
jesus fuck i LIKE having internet to simulstream a movie w/ friends across state lines! Or gettin 5 second digital xrays instead of being stuck in that chair for 30min
/rant
Same. I like being able to host anime watch parties with the AH Discord. It's so much fun \o/