tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294138548778186113.post11922700885378823..comments2023-12-25T14:30:16.205-05:00Comments on A Wave of the Hand: Relative NostalgiaIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573013095129223721noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294138548778186113.post-54986105512192137992012-01-18T21:57:28.730-05:002012-01-18T21:57:28.730-05:00I feel very unimportant when I think about how irr...I feel very unimportant when I think about how irrelevant my nostalgia may be to other generations. Although logical, it's unsettling.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536996082883040732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294138548778186113.post-75160728073593232152012-01-17T20:34:48.360-05:002012-01-17T20:34:48.360-05:00@Dan: That's awesome. Also, a surprising numb...@Dan: That's awesome. Also, a surprising number of these posts start out as conversations with friends.<br /><br />@Jon: I imagine this post would have read differently had I not added the last line (as an afterthought, it turns out), though I intended it in a facetious, "let's make fun of the narrator" sense. In real life (and in the aforementioned conversation) I do think that our nostalgia is the same as that of today's kids.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573013095129223721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294138548778186113.post-27935791466792257372012-01-17T12:40:51.323-05:002012-01-17T12:40:51.323-05:00every generation has their own things. culture is ...every generation has their own things. culture is always moving forward and if you are stuck in the past or not paying attention it will easily move along without you. that looks like an "empty culture" (hipster,emo,bieber,etc) but since its always moving forward, trends today will be quaint and remembered fondly by teenagers now. cds pissed off our parents, digital music pissed off gen x, and streaming music will piss us off. i bet in 10 years, today's kids will be grown up, and pop culture fiends will have emulators to play classic iphone games.trainorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05959798315558791234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294138548778186113.post-59430573818722069822012-01-16T20:24:13.904-05:002012-01-16T20:24:13.904-05:00my friend Chris Sims wrote that VHS cover article....my friend Chris Sims wrote that VHS cover article.<br /><br />Also: I totally remember this conversation.Danicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011687942886685342noreply@blogger.com