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⌈ Secret Post #3056 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

Life in the 1950s, it sucked. Yet every political party seems to be promoting themselves as the ones bringing it back based on some hazy nostalgia ridden view of the decade.

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[kaijinscendre]

I think most people think of the 1950s as great because of the TV shows from that time. Has nothing to do with actual nostalgia and more to do with Leave It To Beaver.

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT - I also think people were Wally Cleaver's age in the 50's. I mean, of course they thought things were awesome, seven year olds have no clue.

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

...and I meant Beaver Cleaver, though Wally might work too, I dunno.

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[dethtoll]

As stated above, my mother's (and that of many other people who lived in that time) idea of the 1950s has no bearing on reality, and that to me is the hallmark of nostalgia. It's a self-delusion that is almost as informed by more recent depictions of that period as it is by that generation's own vague memories, because it's clear they sure as shit don't remember what it was actually like because they were children at the time.

It's the same with, for example, old-school gamers, especially PC gamers. Anyone who claims to be an Ultima fan in 2015 is probably insane (I've seen enough evidence for that conclusion just through watching a couple people on a forum I used to hang out on.)

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

The amount of people in the run up to the election who said things like their mum and dad had no stuff or no money or worked 80 hour weeks and they didn't remember them complaining back in the 1950s or "during the war" has beggared belief. Usually they have been of an age to be about 11 years old maximum when the 50s ended. They don't remember them, because adults don't tell kids that sort of thing, they barely do it these days, back then? Not a chance.

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

And what they do remember is from a kid's perspective. I was aware of the shit going on in the world, but my version of it (in my head) was way more innocent than what really happened.

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I've said some really dumb stuff about my country's history, and then thought, 'That can't be right,' and went back and read more. Yeah, it was hell, sorry I diminished it.

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

I always like this Roger Ebert quote:

"I grew up in the '50s. It was a lot more like the world of Pleasantville than you might imagine. Yes, my house had a picket fence, and dinner was always on the table at a quarter to six, but things were wrong that I didn't even know the words for."

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

mmmm, beaver

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[feotakahari]

My mother had abusive parents, so she has a VERY different idea of what the fifties were like. According to her, it was all about the surface--her father was a respected community member, so no one gave a crap what he did behind closed doors. (Plus she spent a lot of that time period raised by her dark-skinned, illiterate grandmother, so she saw just how hostile people could be to cultural outsiders.)

Re: Things people are nostalgic about that actually suck

[(Anonymous)]

the music and the cars and some of the movies were pretty awesome but the politics sucked.