chapotraphouse

You can see what we have nostalgia glasses for already. I have seen a lot of online nostalgia for 2016 which is funny because I distinctly remember everyone saying 2016 was the worst year ever while it was happening (it also was a year that kinda sucked for me, personally). I personally have seen the most nostalgia about the music and the general "vibes" of the era (I fucking swear, if I have to see another post about "Summer 2016 will never be replicated"). A big example of the type of music I'm talking about is the 2016 XXL cypher with lots of rappers who were coming up at the time. Again, I remember everyone making fun of this back then, but now it's something that some zoomers look back on with nostalgia as an era where mainstream rap felt fresh and exciting. I thankfully see less nostalgia about the online culture back then from us Zoomers. The less said about LeafyIsHere, the better. I always see the same posts about "Life was simpler when [insert thing from 2011-2017]" but I think that's just a universal thing with generations where we're just nostalgic because we were kids/teens. Seeing the rise of Trump in 2016 and then living through COVID while we were still in school probably broke some of that childhood innocence for some of us and could be one reason why so many of us seem nostalgic for 2016.