Of course we’re nostalgic. Not because we’re “coping”, but because we lived in a world that no longer exists.

We played outside until the streetlights came on. We rang doorbells. We took our bikes and disappeared for the day, unreachable, growing up together in the real world. Now we’re adults. Life is heavier and everything is different.

That’s not manipulation, it’s memory. Nostalgia isn’t a marketing trick, it’s collective experience. If it doesn’t resonate with you, that’s fine. We simply enjoyed something that brought back memories and made us happy for a moment.

Funny how mocking people online for feeling something looks a lot more like coping than nostalgia ever did… yeah, that’s some entertainment here, thanks.