Gen-Z and Alphas might decry us (millennials) for having nostalgia--particularly for the 90s--but that's due in large part because they'll never know what it was like or how great we truly had it.
>living in a society that wasn't constantly on-edge; people were generally friendlier
>we hadn't been forced to watch nearly 3,000 people get murdered on live TV one fateful morning in September
>we had the best in cartoons, anime, toys, gadgets, food, snacks, drinks
>when we got a video game, it was a complete game; if you wanted more out of it, you had to either git gud, or figure out the cheats somehow
>we didn't just 'go outside,' we went on adventures; we'd pretend to be Power Rangers, Dragon Ball characters, we rode bikes and scooters, we went roller blading, skateboarding, etc
>we didn't need a phone on us 24/7
>we didn't all have high-speed internet access, nor did we need it
>restaurants and stores had more 'soul,' not just Minecraft-looking colored blocks on the sides of the stroads
>three Star Treks at once
>we had the best in television and movies, second only to the 80s
>the biggest fear was Y2K, and when we survived that, we felt nothing could stop us
>the future, we thought, was bright
I could go on, but there's a character limit. We're nostalgic because we remember how great it used to be, compared to the daily shitshow everything is now. Granted, it wasn't so great if you were in Eastern Europe, but we didn't care; we had 'won' the Cold War and were high off our victory for a good decade...only for it all to come crashing down after 2001. Even then, we still had a great decade in the early-2000s, recessions and wars notwithstanding.

So, excuse the FUCK out of us for having nostalgia. Maybe the younger gens should put down their iPads, spit out the Tide Pods, drop the Galaxy Gas, and go make some memories of their own. Maybe then, 15 years from now, they'll be nostalgic about something other than COVID and Fortnite.

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