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Re:Take more screenshots by Aeolun on Sunday July 24, 2022 @06:48PM (#32218578)
> But I find the obsession with nostalgia in our culture to be sad and destructive

My occassional evenings spend looking back through the life that brought me where I am are sad and destructive?

I find them to be very effective tools for reflection.

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Re:Take more screenshots by greenthrow on Sunday July 24, 2022 @07:35PM (#32218907)
Re-read what you quoted, please. I did not say "individuals occasionally recollecting their past experiences is destructive." I said the cultural level obsesssion with nostalgia. There's a big difference.
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Re:Take more screenshots by Aeolun on Sunday July 24, 2022 @08:37PM (#32219327)
Is there? What do you consider the cultural level obsession then?
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Re:Take more screenshots by jiggunjer on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:29AM (#32221850)
You seem to be conflating reminiscence with reflection.
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