https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-nostalgia-y2k-indie-sleaze-old-money-economic-response-2022-1

  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I think gen z is 1995-2010 or something like that, so nostalgia for the 90s is more of a millennial thing since most zoomers either barely remember it or didn't exist then

    • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      It's more a retro thing than actual nostalgia. 70's fashion was big when I (a millennial) was a teenager. These things go in cycles, which is why this article misleading

    • Sum [any]
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      3 years ago

      Makes sense. Hard to be nostalgic for an era in which you were still in diapers or in kindergarten. Most adults feel nostalgic for their teenage years and 20s, I think.

      • OgdenTO [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I think one of the points of this is that it's saying Zoomers of today are nostalgic for something before their childhood - because their childhoods were so awful due to economic problems and growing up with social media 24/7