So whether you want to relive the decade or are too young to remember it and want to learn more about those days, the subreddit r/90s is a great place to start. Its members regularly share nostalgic posts that instantly transport you back! Jacob Juhl, a nostalgia researcher at the University of Southampton in England, says “People become nostalgic in response to adversity or psychologically negative states,” because “Nostalgia helps restore people to a psychological equilibrium.” Researchers have also proved that nostalgia comforts us by making us feel connected to one another and to a shared past. Since the ’90s were the last moment before the internet splintered mass culture, the decade might be particularly good nostalgia fodder even for those who haven’t experienced it. But more recently, some, including philosopher Prof Felipe De Brigard at Duke University, have been suggesting that nostalgia is broader and includes our yearnings. According to him, everything moves too fast now. By the time you’ve heard about something, there’s already a backlash. Because of this, no one is going to have a deep, personal connection to Pizza Rat, the hawk tuah girl, or other instant icons that disappear into oblivion in the blink of an eye. But the ’90s, with its slower pace and more enduring cultural trends, did offer a sense of shared experience and continuity that today’s fragmented reality can no longer provide. Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
