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Kristoffer O’Shaugnessy's avatar

Life was better in certain past eras in some respects. For those middle aged or elderly it is quite natural to reflect on happier times in spite of any flaws. Secondhand smoke and closet alcoholism was a bit better than complete digital surveillance culture, tinder dating, and 57 genders.

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HamburgerToday's avatar

'The past' is never past. It's always in you, dormant, awaiting awakening. When 'comfort' has been weaponized, the only *safe* comforting is self-comforting.

Managing one's perceptions is part and parcel of living in the modern world. Allowing others to program your experience is dangerous. Better to take your own trip down Memory Lane than to be chauffeured by anonymous agents who may not have your best interests at heart.

The value of nostalgia is determined by what it makes you do in the present. To nourish oneself from one's past only becomes pathological when one cannot engage with the present in any constructive way. The people who get lost in Disney would be lost either way.

Yes, Disney (et al) is exploiting these lost people for money, but that's how capitalism works: Exploiting weakness and disability.

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Brettbaker's avatar

"I want to be like it used to be, but with the stuff from today I like!"

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PhilanthroPissed's avatar

Memba berries are the ambrosia of the millennial

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Muh Fashy Bookshelf's avatar

Nostalgia is for people who have no faith in the future.

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Lamprey Milt's avatar

"The future belongs to the those who show up"-Muh Feelz.

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