X was Y years ago

[GhostInTheMachine]

This is pretty much a direct result of aging demographics. The average age of a person living in the western world today is substantially higher than it was 20 years ago or more, because people live longer AND have fewer kids than at any other point in history. This means that society is generally tailored more towards people who are less concerned about what the world will look like 40 years from now, instead caring more about what it'll look like in the next 5 years. The only way for this trend to reverse is for birth rates to rise, and even then it would require that next baby-boom generation to come to maturity before they could enact any sort of forward looking ideology. So basically it either won't happen in our lifetimes, or we'll be so old that it essentially won't matter to us anyways.

IDK those who spearheaded change in post-war Germany were all well into their 50s. Demographics may play a role but I think it goes deeper than that. There has been a bigger vibe shift. Amongst my peers the topic of this thread often shows up, so I guess nostalgia is major part of the Zeitgeist. My younger cousins were even talking about how they played Minecraft X years ago - they aren't even 18! I myself avoid new media like the plague on principle, and prefer to entertain myself by diving into old stuff, in a way only looking back into the past - Wow I sound like on of those guys who comment shit on Queen's most popular songs like "I'm fourteen and I listen to this sort of music, look at how special I am!" (although they also prove my point.) - Because I think everything new is shit I never check it out, and so do others. Then noone ever notices anything good appearing. Also the internet gives everyone access to anything at moment's notice, so if I have the whole of TV history under my fingertips I would much rather choose 80s anime over any marvel schlock.

Mark Fisher probably referenced "hauntology" right? That the spirits of the past haunt us forever, remakes and sequels and remixes, it never dies, it just gets more deformed. Culture is undead. We are in the eternal 2000`s. the decade and century of the silicon valley techbro. T-shirt and jeans are the forever fashion, rap, post-grunge, everything is "indie" but sounds the same, there is no real edge, musicians """shock""" the world with hypersexuality, but not really. I have not heard Shygirl, Coucou Chloe, Zheani, Cobrah etc, all extremely lukewarm.

Yea that is exactly what I mean!

 

[NSoph]

I experience the tale end of the 1980s and firmly grew up in the 90s. It was a beautiful time. We had cool tech, but we loved mom and dad, we loved our country and people and bowed our heads to Jesus

RETVRN

Why 1940s America wasn't as religious as you think -- the rise and fall of American religion

The past hasn't always been more religious than the present. America in 2005 was more religious as America in 1945.

religionnews.com

 

[NSoph]

HoMM 7, the most recent mainline HoMM game, came out September 2015, this was before Trump entered the political scene
The 2016 GOP primaries started 01.02.2016 and ended in June.
The last update was in October 2016

HoMM 5 had its last update in August 2008

HoMM 3's most recent official expansion came out in 2000
I'm tired bros

 

[SolidStateSurvivor]

This is a 40 year old song

View: https://youtu.be/p4fLdRvvzAE

 

[雨、Some_porcupine、 逃げ出した後]

when you miss 80s: (n/a)
when you miss vaporwave, saint pepsi and macplus420, posted on YT 8 years ago: -pain-

 

[whiteVHS]

Anyway, game below was the GOAT, still has amazing Soundtrack with varying styles

agreed, i still have a few tracks from this game on heavy rotation, mainly the ones for Knuckles. fuck those levels were a pain tho.

 

[雨、Some_porcupine、 逃げ出した後]

That's a good word for it. Yes, I do often. Usually when I'm listening to music; I've been listening to music that I am nostalgic for more often as an unhealthy coping mechanism as we descend further into Hard Times. There's a coalition of users here who use nostalgia as a coping mechanism.

meanwhile anemoia: