Post #189598 by DawnTiki on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 8:53 AM

It's funny that Sabu uses the word "Nostalgic" in
this thread.
I have been pondering this word Nostalgia for a
couple of weeks now.
I find it interesting that so many people are so
consumed with "the good ol' days" and what it
means to them, weather they were there or not.

Is this a fairly new phenomenon?
Like say the past 100 years?
I don't know if I can see Benjamin Franklin
saying "man life in the 1690's would have
been sooo much cooler".

Although I am sure there have always been
the "why...back when I was your age" kind
of statements.
But thats not quite what I'm talking about.

Even though I was born in 1965 and remember
bits and pieces, I have been drawn to the 40
year period from the 20's through early 60's
for as long as I can remember.

It's like somehow I came in on the tail end
of something I should have been more apart of.
And trying to find it in the here and now
but always fall short.
Why?
Cuz you can't go back in time...well,
at least not yet. And would you if you could?

This Nostalgia thing even influences
what my family watches on TV and always has.
Do we watch Steve Irwin? Heck No!
Only Marlin Perkins thank you!

On my son's first day of kindergarten,
he met this kid who's name was blah blah Ricardo,
my son asked if him if he was related
to Lucy and Ricky. The kid was huh? who?

So not only am I looking for something that's
long gone and can't be replaced, am I turning
my son into some nostalgic creature, pining
for the past too?
No need to answer that one...

Why are there so many of us and what
is it nostalgic people are looking for?
It just seems culturally this must be new, why
are so many people looking into the past
and not focusing more to the future?

I'm just askin'...

[ Edited by: DawnTiki 2005-09-29 11:56 ]