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40 Cringy Posts Of People “Blinded By Their Own Nostalgia”, As Shared On This Online Community
Nostalgia is a strange creature. It always ties you to a sentimental longing for the seemingly better times when people were nicer, life was easier, and the world simply didn't stink. And let’s be real, nothing brings back happy memories more than an old mixtape. Or a childhood snack. Or a garment that is somehow back in style. These things hold a special place in our sentiment-addled hearts and make us believe everything back in the day was great, wasn't it?
Well, some people get way, way stuck in the past. They yearn for bygone days, decry modern culture, complain about virtually everything, and create countless posts and memes about being left out and misunderstood. And then rightfully get shamed for it online.
Here’s where the 'Le Wrong Generation' subreddit comes in. With the tagline "pray for kanye", this forum is the perfect place to satirically mock those who declare that the past was for sure better than the present. We at Bored Panda have gathered some of the most entertaining posts from the group to share with you right below. So sit back, grab some popcorn, and enjoy laughing through this wild rollercoaster of a ride. Be sure to upvote your favorite pics, and let us know if you’ve ever stumbled upon anything like this in the comments!
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#1
They Had Us In The First Part, Not Gonna Lie
Mario Strada 2 years ago
Ah, the good old days! No kids volunteer for getting polio or dying of consumption anymore. Bunch of wimps.
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#2
J’accuse!
#3
Le Counterargument
Manomnomnom 2 years ago
We've been trying to avoid talking to random strangers for centuries. Understandable.
"This is a subreddit dedicated to satirically mocking those people who, blinded by their own nostalgia, believe certain things in the past to be unequivocally better than today," the moderators write in the subreddit’s description as they welcome members into the page. "We place a special emphasis on music because this subreddit was created after annoyance over 'born in the wrong generation' attitude often expressed by fans of 60s/70s rock."
This online group graced the internet in 2013 and has gained a strong foothold on the platform. At the time of writing, it has amassed over 302k dedicated fans eager to ridicule anyone who feels proud of their quasi-nostalgic attitudes, whether it relates to music, video games, film, other media, or societal trends in general.
In short, they mock people who wish they were born back in the good old days when real music (read: classic rock) and real art ruled the ears and minds of every civilian. 'Le wrong generation' people believe that everything made before their time was far better, and display hypocrisy by bemoaning the generation they live in and stereotyping everyone as rude, narcissistic, and tech-addicted.
#4
I Wish I Was Born In The Good Old Days
#5
So Do That?
TheAquarius1978 2 years ago
Ohhh there are frikking good pop/rock bands today, personaly i love " imagine dragons " for me One of the best pop/rock bands in actuality.
#6
"I'm Only 15 And I Listen To Nirvana, I'm Born In The Wrong Generation"
Manomnomnom 2 years ago
*listens to classical music written in the 1700s while wearing full American Revolutionary War regalia* "I was born in the wrong generation!"
According to the internet database Know Your Meme, 'Le Wrong Generation' is a pejorative label that refers to youths and young adults who show contempt for popular contemporary culture.
The earliest known use of the term was posted in 2013 in a thread on 4chan's music board about a YouTube video of a child complaining about — you guessed it — being born in the wrong generation. The phrase quickly caught on after the subreddit in question was launched to satirize people who consider old culture superior and belittle anything current.
#7
Much Needed Opinion
#8
Gamer Moment
#9
Fricking Millennials Calling And Texting Their Loved Ones And Telling Them They Became World Champions
It’s hardly surprising why so many people deem these proclamations as hypocritical. After all, day by day, hour by hour, our world is constantly changing. There are heaps of advancements in technology, medicine, human rights, equality, and much much more, that make life better. So when the hatred for the modern era becomes some people’s sole mission, listening to their rants (which often occur online, ironically) gets annoying. Not to mention that when people begin to "live" in the past, it can compromise their well-being.
#10
Killing The Doorbell Industry
Headless Roach 2 years ago
Whatever happened to knocking? Did it get broken and i didn't notice while i aged?
#11
Skin Care Is For Weak Millennials!
#12
Them Oldies Always On Their Talkers
Mario Strada 2 years ago
My mother is 90-something. She came to visit me, for what probably the last time we'd see each other and I had to scold her for being on the phone at the dinner table. Role reversal.
Of course, feeling nostalgic and appreciating the lifestyles of the previous decades is nothing wrong in itself. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the state of nostalgia in part as "a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for a return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition". Or, in other words, longing for how things once were.
Although we now associate the term with fond memory, the word was coined to refer to an unwanted medical condition — a mania tied to homesickness in soldiers. The nost- in nostalgia means "homecoming," and the –algia means "pain". This sentimental yearning for home was viewed as a disorder of the brain, "with symptoms ranging from melancholy and malnutrition to brain fever and hallucinations."
#13
Doctors, Amirite?
#14
Rabbits Just Aren't What They Used To Be
#15
Le Sigh
There’s an abundance of evidence that proves that reminiscing about the past can indeed be good for you. Andrea Brandt Ph.D. M.F.T., a marriage and family therapist with over 35 years of clinical experience, explained that nostalgia is different from simply remembering things that happened in the past, which can sometimes make us feel sad. It usually boosts our well-being because it’s a comparison-free way of looking at the bygone days.
"When we think about meaningful life events that trigger our nostalgia response, it helps make meaning of our lives," she wrote. "We form a narrative about who we are, who we've been, who we'd like to become and where we've been, where we are now, and where we'd like to go. The story we tell ourselves about ourselves is vital to our well-being."
#16
What We've Done
#17
100 Year Old Comic Proving Boomer Is A Mindset
Manomnomnom 2 years ago
At least we can be pretty confident that the one on the right won't try to burn someone at the stake for being a witch.
#18
The Person Who Posted This Is 19 Years Old
kath morgan 2 years ago
People still seem to think that “millennials” are 15 years old, and not pushing 40.
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Repel 2 years ago
I am afraid this text might be lost forever if the old ones that can still decipher this do not impart their knowledge of these ancient texts on the young generation.
Vorknkx 2 years ago
That's Zoomers. The vast majority of Millennials studied and used cursive at school.
Ciaran Laing 6 months ago
I’m even younger than a millennial (I’m 25), and I can read that. I was taught to write in cursive when I was 5 years old.
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Tim 2 years ago
Millennial = anyone younger than you that you don't like. Boomer = anyone older than you that you don't like.
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Black Pearl 2 years ago
As a Gen Z I could read this easily. That definitely means Millennials can as well. It's not super hard to read cursive like that.
Enigma wrapped in a paradox 2 years ago
This is computer cursive where you know what each letter is supposed to look like. Try reading hand written cursive. Whole different ball game...
Natalia Allen 2 years ago
I did not take meme's like this as literal when I saw them. My interpretation was that it is sarcasm because of all the short text words used so much now - example lmao etc.
Ghostsauce 2 years ago
I think there's an apostrophe? We'll crack this, even if it takes us until lunchies tomorrow.
OmBoyGanesh 2 years ago
Just highlight it and use text to speech. See, they forgot you could do this regardless of the script!!!
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gabriel Pagonis 2 years ago
i am a gen z and can read cursive because my wonderful grand ma raised me right
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago (edited)
them at d̶a̶w̶n̶ noon: Oh My KnEeS oH i DoNt WaNnA dO aNyThInG yOu YoUnGuNs AnD yOuR "WiLl tO LiVe"
Ashley Spurlock 2 years ago
Me who can read that: 🙄 "I wAs BoRn iN tHe WrOnG gEnErAtIoN!!!" 💅💅
I'm Kid A 2 years ago
B***h, this ain't cursive. Look at all those spindly-a*s stems. Those flimsy "l's". Where your loop at, bro? As a certified 90's kid, I woulda been failed, had I tried to submit scrawny little letters like that. Beef up, man. Those l's need to be swoopin'. And nineteen? Back to the kids' table!
Sherman Von Gee 2 years ago
I'm a millennial. We learned cursive. I'm a young millennial too. Lol. Whoops. Boomers don't even know wtf they're talking about even when making boomer jokes.
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Well text "here" when you arrive - do not ring the bell or knock on the door.
Ashley Conover 2 years ago
I'm a millennial, was taught cursive, still write in cursive (mostly) and read that just fine.
timebleeder 2 years ago
I'll still be up at dawn when the attack starts and will have had plenty of time to prepare my defenses. I assume by the time I'm ready for my mid-morning nap most of the old people will be too.
Mckyla Earl 2 years ago
Am I the only one who read that as "Pince"? Are cursive capital S's different in calligraphy cursive?
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
I still want to throat punch the genius who came up with the idea of ousting cursive. It's a huge PITA. My son is 20 and his legal signature is in print. Such an ordeal when he has to sign anything legal like when he bought his car, etc.
Kit Williamson 2 years ago
It's hilarious how so many people don't seem to comprehend that millennials aren't nearly as young as they think. I grew up writing cursive....
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
Older millenials can cursive. I don't know when they stopped teaching it but I learned it. So STFU.
Do i have to? 2 years ago (edited)
I'm still in school and i can read cursive just not write it
Fred L. 2 years ago
Well, the world will not be ended by this but it may be an emerging loss of that particular skill. Many people can´t read older hand-written letters anymore. Fewer and fewer people in Germany can read Fraktur. About nobody can read Doctors. I`m sure there are more examples.
Pumpkin Spice 2 years ago
"Since millennials can't read cursive, we older folks attack at dawn." No thanks, Gehkneeveigh, i could whoop your a*s
Jordi Sharpe 2 years ago
Millenial here. I was taught cursive (which is absolutely useless). I can read handwriting. I don't understand what this c**p is about.
Randolph Croft 2 years ago
Y'mean the Older Folks who allowed, nay, enforced the devastation the world's climate? The same Older Folks who assisted in the greatest transference of wealth from the mass-public to the 1% elite overlords in human history? Those Folks?
Aly Kohlman 2 years ago
A prime example of people not knowing what a millennial is... Some of us are creeping towards our 40s, we know cursive...
Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago
There are two types of cursive in my opinion. 1) Good legitimate readable cursive. 2) Bad unreadable, "I don't know the spelling so I will draw some wiggly lines and call it a day" cursive. Number 1 anyone can read and understand; it's the number 2 that's the problem. Instead of calling about people for not being able to read cursive, call out people for not writing it well enough.
Mistletoe 2 years ago
Funny, after I retired from teaching first grade I substitute taught in a high school. Everyone printed but so sloppily that teachers weren't sure what they were writing and so often did not mark answers wrong. Smart kids! Graduation rate was really high.
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Don Keideck 2 years ago
Why are we attacking them at all? The Millennials don't have anything worth plundering. The Boomers, my fellow Xers, that's where the real loot resides
Mistletoe 2 years ago
Some school districts figured out the error of their ways and brought it back!
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Casey McAlister 2 years ago
Everybody can read cursive. We just don't use it because nobody writes by hand anymore.
Mistletoe 2 years ago
You never send anyone a note? You never send an absent excuse to your child's teacher?
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago
It says early hour dinner at eleven, bed time at eleven thirty.
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RobotMonkeyGod 2 years ago
..because older folks nap at noon the millennials initiate a successful counter attack...
Moreover, Taylor FioRito and Clay Routledge from North Dakota State University noted that nostalgia is a common, universal, and highly social-emotional experience. "When people bring to mind memories that make them nostalgic, they are revisiting personally meaningful life events shared with loved ones."
The researchers explained that negative affective states such as sadness, loneliness, and meaninglessness trigger nostalgia, and it, in turn, enhances well-being, feelings of social connectedness, and perceptions of meaning in life. "Nostalgia involves reflecting on past experiences but it motivates affective states, behaviors, and goals that improve people's future lives."
#19
Men Today No Longer Want To Break Free
#20
Only 2000 BC Boomers Will Remember
Mario Strada 2 years ago
Cicero wrote more than an essay about how much he despised the young generations in Rome. Nothing profound either, he complained about haircuts, dress, manner of speech. Basically the same things people complain about their young generation today. It's quite weird. We are talking ancient Rome, but Cicero disapproved of haircuts.
#21
Not Even Dogs Are Safe
However, while it may seem that nostalgia is a primarily positive emotion that lifts people’s spirits, psychologists at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences have found the opposite may be true. They discovered that in previous studies, participants were usually asked to recall past events that made them feel most nostalgic, which usually lead to recalling positive and fond memories.
"When people are asked to describe something that makes them feel very nostalgic, the positive elements dominate," David Newman, the study’s lead author and a Ph.D. candidate at USC Dornsife, said. "They think of a pleasant past experience, and the memories they bring to mind have a positive influence on how they see their own life."
According to the research team, this approach overlooks that people may have different memories depending on their mood — whether they’re experiencing a good or a bad day. They decided to conduct several studies that look into how frequently people may feel nostalgic and how intense their feelings are in daily life. So they reached out to 230 undergraduate students to participate in diary studies and complete daily questionnaires for 14 days.
#22
Beautiful Little Thing I Found In The Comments Of Paint It Black The The Rolling Stones
Bleep Bloop 2 years ago
those are the two options, Cardi B or the Rolling Stones. They should do that instead of gender reveal parties
#23
Here We Go
Owen Jarvis 2 years ago
That's all well and good if you need to calculate the area of a rectangle. I'm 34. There's not been a lot of need for that recently.
#24
Listening To Two Of The Most Popular Bands Of All Time Makes You Interesting
Interestingly, the results revealed that people were likely to feel nostalgic when things were not quite right for them in the present. "Nostalgia is a mixed emotion," Newman said. "It also is negative. We found that people are most likely to think of the good old days when something goes wrong in the present."
Moreover, people reported feeling more stressed, depressed, and lonely on days when they felt nostalgic. They also expressed more regret and rumination, lower self-esteem, and dissatisfaction with their life. "These negative experiences colored nostalgia in a negative light,” Newman added.
However, the psychologists also found a positive connection "when they had helped others, were reminded of old friendships or music, felt inspired and engaged in social media use".
#25
Parents Smart. Kids Dumb
#26
Those Were Ye Good Ol' Days
#27
Spotted On The Ifunny Features
Owen Jarvis 2 years ago
The 2019 ones look a whole lot happier. Maybe not so bad*ss, but if that's the price for happiness, I'm onboard.
"The results from these studies stand in sharp contrast to the prevailing conclusion from previous research, which had indicated that nostalgia is a mixed but predominantly positive emotion," Newman said.
"Deliberately engaging in the recollection of extremely nostalgic moments may improve well-being. But in most situations in daily life, feeling nostalgic may not feel very pleasant," he concluded.
#28
Wish We Could Go Back
Headless Roach 2 years ago
When I was growing up, we had an ultimate safe word (call?) in kids' fights - "ej, nie w szczepionkę!". It meant that one should be careful not to hit the other kid on the shoulder vaccine injection spot. Now that I think about it, I am really curious what the code was where you grew up, fellow pandas? Anything similar?
#29
Posted On Facebook By A 23 Year Old
Nathan Pogorzala 2 years ago
You can't even perform manual labor doing something that is irrelevant because we destroyed the housing market and you don't own a lawn.
#30 Pinterest
indiecognition 2 years ago
Grandma, tell me that story about how you made $6000 a week working from home!
#31
Engineers Are Bad
#32
A Lewronggeneration And A Wooosh At The Same Time
#33
This, Not This
Owen Jarvis 2 years ago
Wait till they realize they forgot the towers for their heavy a** CRT monitors.
#34
Poor Millennials
Emma S 2 years ago (edited)
It really annoys me when people say millennials are offended by everything and are too soft. No, we've realised that good mental health and having boundaries is important, and that bigotry towards people for skin colour, religion, gender and sexuality isn't ok. If a millennial is being called lazy for refusing to work 70 hours a week for a barely living wage, or if a gay person is offended by being called a homophobic slur then they aren't the ones that need to look at their values or attitudes. I'm a student nurse and can't tell you how many 'old school' nurses complain how today's students moan too much. Easy to say when their generation were being paid a living wage to train and didn't have to pay extortionate tuition fees. Side note- the guy in the photo is clearly from the millennial generation.
#35
People Still Have These
#36
iCarly Trying Way Too Hard
#37
Why Are There No Smartphone Photos Of The Titanic?
#38
Pretty Sure Most People Know Both
Emma S 2 years ago
In the UK almost all cars are manual. We can decide when learning to drive to do automatic or manual but if you choose automatic you aren't allowed to drive manual, and if you choose manual you can drive both. So most people still choose manual. Including this millennial right here 💪
#39
They Will Never Survive
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Hello_my_name_is_Genevieve 2 years ago
I love how new generations fight for gender diversity, mental health, climate action, etc. I have trouble understanding why agism, i.e. trashing all people based on when they were born, is ok though.
Stacey Rae 2 years ago
Seriously!! Every generation had positives and negatives. Times change, some good changes, some not so good.
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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Stop glamorizing the past. Stop deciding there was a "golden age". The only golden ages were for those who had all the gold.
Aiden Brough 2 years ago (edited)
Strange how in a world were we are constantly told that we should all be equal (and dare we disagree against this) we are then told in a proud and boastful way that we are most definitely not, and in a weirdly contradictory and polarising damaging way by the exact same people. We do live in bizare times...
anarkzie 2 years ago
There's a simple reason why people think music was better in the past and that's because people only remember the good stuff and forget all of the c**p.
DJR 2 years ago
Absolutely right! I spent three days educating myself on 70's country and now I have PTSD.
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Furious George 2 years ago
I enjoy how this nonsense has been going on for literally all of recorded history. There has never been a time where aging generations weren't bitching about the next one.
novasoup (she/her) 2 years ago
i mean most of these are satire and not cringy, but i get what you mean
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
Boomers: kids today Millennials: ok boomer Gen X: would you two shut the f up
tuzdayschild 2 years ago
I have been on this planet more than a few decades and I still don’t understand why it has to be “us against them”.
Joy Gill 2 years ago
I was born in 95 so I'm kind of an in between millennial, I can read and write cursive and my country requires you to take the drivers test in a manual gear car. I do worry about the next generation though, the children I interact with seem to have no tolerance to frustration. One kid would play a game by asking the computer for a hint and hitting enter to apply it over and over again until the winning music. I tried to teach them to play but they instantly got bored and went back to make the computer solve it. I've seen this in several other kids and all kinds of games or puzzles. I'm not saying the whole generation is lost but this does concern me that they don't seem to want or enjoy putting in a little effort to learn and get better at resolving it, they just want the winning music
Hello_my_name_is_Genevieve 2 years ago
I love how new generations fight for gender diversity, mental health, climate action, etc. I have trouble understanding why agism, i.e. trashing all people based on when they were born, is ok though.
Stacey Rae 2 years ago
Seriously!! Every generation had positives and negatives. Times change, some good changes, some not so good.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Stop glamorizing the past. Stop deciding there was a "golden age". The only golden ages were for those who had all the gold.
Aiden Brough 2 years ago (edited)
Strange how in a world were we are constantly told that we should all be equal (and dare we disagree against this) we are then told in a proud and boastful way that we are most definitely not, and in a weirdly contradictory and polarising damaging way by the exact same people. We do live in bizare times...
anarkzie 2 years ago
There's a simple reason why people think music was better in the past and that's because people only remember the good stuff and forget all of the c**p.
DJR 2 years ago
Absolutely right! I spent three days educating myself on 70's country and now I have PTSD.
Load More Replies... Furious George 2 years ago
I enjoy how this nonsense has been going on for literally all of recorded history. There has never been a time where aging generations weren't bitching about the next one.
novasoup (she/her) 2 years ago
i mean most of these are satire and not cringy, but i get what you mean
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
Boomers: kids today Millennials: ok boomer Gen X: would you two shut the f up
tuzdayschild 2 years ago
I have been on this planet more than a few decades and I still don’t understand why it has to be “us against them”.
Joy Gill 2 years ago
I was born in 95 so I'm kind of an in between millennial, I can read and write cursive and my country requires you to take the drivers test in a manual gear car. I do worry about the next generation though, the children I interact with seem to have no tolerance to frustration. One kid would play a game by asking the computer for a hint and hitting enter to apply it over and over again until the winning music. I tried to teach them to play but they instantly got bored and went back to make the computer solve it. I've seen this in several other kids and all kinds of games or puzzles. I'm not saying the whole generation is lost but this does concern me that they don't seem to want or enjoy putting in a little effort to learn and get better at resolving it, they just want the winning music
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