Have you ever experienced Anti-Nostalgia -

[Manwithn0n0men]

You go back and are exposed to something you had a deep love for, and previously deep nostalgia for

and then realize "Wow...I am having an anti-nostalgic feeling."

 

[Man vs persistent rat]

Realising things that you once liked are actually shit is a necessary part of growing up. It's one of the problems modern society has where it has become normalised for adults to no longer feel the need to mature and abandon the childish interests of the past.

Even things you liked a few years ago should be viewed with a critical eye if you have any interest in personal development, although it's also important to avoid contrarianism.

One personal example of mine is MMOs. The sheer amount of grind and time-wasting they create, and the dispiriting amount of sad and lonely people who play them mean that I cannot look on my few years playing WoW with any fondness, it was objectively a waste of time and provided so few peaks of enjoyment amidst the mindless blocking out of the world. I'm sure there are people with better experiences which is fine, but just seeing the genre acronym nowadays provokes something approaching light nausea to me.

 

[No Exit]

Sure. I had that feeling going back to the original Sonic games or Tales of Symphonia. I also lived away from home for a few years and got excited to move back only to realize I was blinded by homesickness and remembered why I left in the first place.

"Anti-nostalgia" is one of the best parts of nostalgia. I love going back to something I liked and being relieved that thing was actually good and I wasn't being a dumb kid, especially if it has influenced me in some way.

 

[The Last Stand]

I believe you're referring to rose-tinted glasses. Things were good back them as you remembered them. However, it may not hold up as well in practice or execution.

Technology is a great example of that because of how new it was for the first time.

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

Even things you liked a few years ago should be viewed with a critical eye if you have any interest in personal development, although it's also important to avoid contrarianism.

I was an adult mentor in the program a few years ago (and very good at it fwiw)

 

[heyilikeyourmom]

I was an adult mentor in the program a few years ago (and very good at it fwiw)

what program

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

what program

Its a youth program connected to a fraternal organization I am a member of ((want to minimize power leveling))

 

[heyilikeyourmom]

Its a youth program connected to a fraternal organization I am a member of ((want to minimize power leveling))

Why did you bring it up tho

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

Why did you bring it up tho

to try to give context of the nostalgia feels and how its different then videyah

 

[heyilikeyourmom]

to try to give context of the nostalgia feels and how its different then videyah

I’m still not getting it

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

I’m still not getting it

Nostalgia for videyah or consuming product =/= Nostalgia for activities you do with actual people outside in real life

 

[Man vs persistent rat]

Would an example of that be an old person who's run out of passion returning to a prior hobby they took pride in only to find that they do not have skill or patience for it anymore, or does it require a social component?

A lot of former social interactions that seemed meaningful slowly reveal themselves to not have been what they seemed, but that is rarely an abrupt realisation.

 

[Gustav Schuchardt]

The sad thing is if you go back and watch 70's and 80's TV the effects might be terrible but the characterization is way better than the current stuff.

Exhibit A

70's/80's Blakes 7 vs any modern sci-fi.

It's basically a sci-fi stage play with admittedly amateurish effects sequences cut in. Once you accept the limitations it's really not too bad at telling stories. Now try watching modern Doctor Who and it's completely witless. It's all 'Arrive in new place, threat appears, threat is neutralized by the power of love and friendship, roll credits'.

 

[Exorbital Columnations]

I used to enjoy Deep Thoughts.

 

[Slappy McGherkin]

Can't say I've ever felt "anti-nostalgia" per se, but certainly disappointment at returning to a place in my life and finding it to be nothing like it was. Example - returning to a farm I grew up on only to find no trace of it whatsoever, only a suburb of tract homes.

It's different with people whom I've shared my life over the years. People change over time, so I have no expectation that they will be as I remember them. Have never gone to a high school reunion or anything of the sort. Some things are simply better kept as memories.

 

[HarvurdChikee]

ITT: A bunch of people come to terms with the fact that collective consciousness shreds and destroys everything you love and leaves it in a trash bag on the side of the road.

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

A lot of former social interactions that seemed meaningful slowly reveal themselves to not have been what they seemed, but that is rarely an abrupt realisation.

Social is required (fraternalism)

I walked away about 3 years ago

 

[Lemmingwise]

Prince of persia was amazing to play as a kid and dogshit to see as a non-kid when technology had passed it by.

 

[heyilikeyourmom]

Nostalgia for videyah or consuming product =/= Nostalgia for activities you do with actual people outside in real life

how come

 

[Octopus Garden]

Star Wars.

Almost all of it.