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Re:Dead Malls by lunchables on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:53AM (#20896168)
>the fact that malls are (justifiably) regarded as a treasured social institution

Wait, people think malls are "treasured social institutions" ? I think it's just neat to look at creepy old malls that used to be full of people. I wonder if there's a name for that? Like the thrill of sneaking into school at night when no one was there.

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Re:Dead Malls by hnu0847 on Friday September 06, 2019 @11:22AM (#20896439)
I'm not sure if this qualifies as it came from a website and YouTube channel [1] whose author created neologisms for emotions that do not have a descriptive term, but the word "kenopsia" [2] might fit. I stumbled across this website while browsing a reddit thread about visiting your school at night [3].

[1] https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com

[2] https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/post/27720773573/...

[3] https://old.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/a5ljsp/that_weir...

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