The Nostalgiatards of Tumblr - "CHILDHOOD RUINED!!!!!" Manchildren and other annoying spergs

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Have you noticed this kind of nostalgiatarding seems to be especially commonplace among 90s kids?

I mean, sure, there's the occasional oldfags who will claim that classic rock is the pinnacle of music, and no matter what the generation, the elderly are going to find SOMETHING to complain about re: young people. But I don't think I've ever seen anyone sperg about their generation's media/cartoons/whatever as hard as 90s kids. Was it all that 'you're special!' Mister Rogers/Sesame Street crap they were raised on or something that's made them like this?

I mean I don't like the reboot mostly because I'd rather see more original shit and I hate this current trend of hyper-colorful noodly and rounded art style so damn much, but goddamn.
 
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Hypodermic Johnny said:
Have you noticed this kind of nostalgiatarding seems to be especially commonplace among 90s kids?

I mean, sure, there's the occasional oldfags who will claim that classic rock is the pinnacle of music, and no matter what the generation, the elderly are going to find SOMETHING to complain about re: young people. But I don't think I've ever seen anyone sperg about their generation's media/cartoons/whatever as hard as 90s kids. Was it all that 'you're special!' Mister Rogers/Sesame Street crap they were raised on or something that's made them like this?

I mean I don't like the reboot mostly because I'd rather see more original shit and I hate this current trend of hyper-colorful noodly and rounded art style so damn much, but goddamn.
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Maybe it's because 90s kids were, generally speaking, the first generation to be immersed in internet culture at a young age so their sperging is a lot more visible?
 
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And most of these so-called "90s kids" aren't even old enough to remember the '90s either. Couple that with nostalgia being a fad right now. They're too young to remember a past that was drastically different than today, so they call themselves '90s kids (or '90s babies) because they were born in the '90s. They'll even claim they have memories of the '90s and that they remember certain songs, cartoons, or commercials, even those who were still sucking on their mother's jugs in the year 2000. I can't call myself an '80s kid because all I remember about the '80s is being a toddler, and '80s leftovers that spilled over into the '90s. In fact, to truly experience and appreciate the '90s, you had to have been born in the '70s and experience it as a teenager or young adult.
 
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Lackadaisy said:
Maybe it's because 90s kids were, generally speaking, the first generation to be immersed in internet culture at a young age so their sperging is a lot more visible?
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I can confirm there was plenty of this sort of thing on the internet in the previous decade for 80's nostalgia. However, because a lot of the children of the 80's are now in their 30's, they're like, super old now, ew.
 
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Meowthkip said:
I can confirm there was plenty of this sort of thing on the internet in the previous decade for 80's nostalgia. However, because a lot of the children of the 80's are now in their 30's, they're like, super old now, ew.
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friedshrimp said:
Funny since the "glorification" of the 90s media varies around tumblr- some kids hate the 90s due to "omg muh feels all the racism/sexism/whateverism" others love it bc "POCs starred in shows and girls got their own movies IT WAS SO DIVERSE WHY DO NOWADAYS WE DON'T HAVE DAT ANYMORE!"
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Because they'd complain the second those POCs and girls had character flaws. That's what they do with shows now.

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They give a pass to Steven Universe because it panders to their political agendas. If SU had female characters that were more tall/skinny/blonde/white and with more girlier hobbies, the show would be condemned to hell and back.
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This explains its "sacred cow for no real reason" status on tumblr

Have you guys seen the blog Ruined Childhood? This fits because "ZOMG MUH 90's cartoons with dumb dirty jokes" and peppering of lol white people and #StayWoke
 
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Deadwaste said:
the nostalgia community called. they left this at the doorstep
https://kiwifarms.net/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fvignette4.wikia.nocookie.net%2Frandom-ness%2Fimages%2F9%2F9f%2FDarth_vader_no.gif%2Frevision%2Flatest%3Fcb%3D20120616003315&hash=fbf241b062f7e358f745fc886fb295df
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...not sure if the gif chosen is just ironically fitting or was intentional on behalf of all the Star Wars nostialgiaspergs who are also currently whining about the new movie(s) and shit.
 
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Jozef said:
And most of these so-called "90s kids" aren't even old enough to remember the '90s either. Couple that with nostalgia being a fad right now. They're too young to remember a past that was drastically different than today, so they call themselves '90s kids (or '90s babies) because they were born in the '90s. They'll even claim they have memories of the '90s and that they remember certain songs, cartoons, or commercials, even those who were still sucking on their mother's jugs in the year 2000. I can't call myself an '80s kid because all I remember about the '80s is being a toddler, and '80s leftovers that spilled over into the '90s. In fact, to truly experience and appreciate the '90s, you had to have been born in the '70s and experience it as a teenager or young adult.
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I kinda remember the 90s, and yet, I don't. So I never got that whole "I wish we could go back to the 90s/80s/whatever, everything was simpler back then!" I kinda get the feeling that they also want to remember the good things, and forget about the bad (though when some people start sperging about the bad things as if they were good themselves, it kinda renders my point moot).

Also because they wouldn't be able to complain about how much "The 80s/90s sucks!" On their twitters and shit because those didn't even exist back then.
 
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The only thing I'm really nostalgic about is the theatrical release of Star Wars. I bought the VHS editions before the special editions were released, for my dad. However, my rebellion consists of never buying any of the original series (4,5, or 6) until they release those on DVD/bluray/digital download.

I figure I'll have to wait until George Lucas kicks the bucket for that.
 
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Meowthkip said:
Also Tupac.

#Nevar5getTupacalypse
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Don't leave out the Notorious B.I.G., now!

Getting on topic, though, I stopped watching the PPG reboot after three episodes. I'm only following the drama coming from it now. Not to mention both the defenders and the haters of the PPG reboot refuse to meet halfway. I've even seen posts saying that PPGZ was better.
 
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