Is it just me of am I one of the few "anti nostlagic" people?

When it comes to cartoons, only a very few stand the test of time like "Ren & Stimpy" since I find most preachy, corny, badly written, or toy infomercials, Most of the cartoons I have interest are from the early/mid 20th century.  But realized that they were aimed towards adults and gotten a new appreciation of them since I dismissed them as "kiddie fodder" in my teens.

Same for tv shows. I used to watch old sitcoms from the 1960's & 1970's like "Bewtiched" &
"Brady Bunch", but find them too corny for my taste. Also a few then current shows like "Married with Children" & "In Living Color"...though still funny and understand some of the humor that went over my head as a young child.  Though only watch reruns whenever I feel like it or see them on tv.


I used to watch Looney Tunes and Disney as a kid, but never uncut  many and many like the Lantz cartunes are  "new" to me.

As for music, I was never really into hardcore/gangsta rap (which most of my peers were into) and later '90's pop.

Technically, my tastes haven't much change since I was teen...then again, I'm 23. 

Then again, I wasn't into popular music until 1997...eh, hard to explain...but I've never liked "current" music though hardcore gangsta rap is still popular. Good thing numetal is nolonger popular since the past few years...

I probably liked popular music the most around the late '90s - 2005, of course over time I became a bit more critical of it. Around 01/02 I thought popular music was just great. Nowadays while I'm still ok with the things that I like, I'm more critical of some of the stuff that's popular which I really think just sucks and I listen to plenty of older music and stuff that's not really popular.

It all depends when you were born. I was born in '66 so I'm a big fan of the 70's.
That's when I had the most fun & memories of that time were great.

I also like the 50's so I guess my theory is useless!

I usually feel nostalgic more for the years between 1988-1995, after that, pop culturally speaking, there isn't much I'm nostalgic for. I do feel nostalgic for eras I was never even around, but because the '50s, '60s, '70s were so imbedded in my childhood (like watching old shows and listening to oldies music, etc) that it is something I do feel a 'sense' of nostalgia for.

When I was 23 nostalgia was the last thing on my mind. At 23 technically you should still be in the swing of things. I didn't start getting nostalgic till my very late 20s when you definitely feel a gap between what's going on and what you like. Give it a few more years.  :)

When I was 23 nostalgia was the last thing on my mind. At 23 technically you should still be in the swing of things. I didn't start getting nostalgic till my very late 20s when you definitely feel a gap between what's going on and what you like. Give it a few more years.  :)


Geez dude I felt it at 12 if that makes you feel any better. ;) Then again, it was because alot in my personal life changed (i.e. my parents splitting up temporarily, grandparents dying, moving, changing schools) - that will always speed it up, because it'll make you look back on "how things used to be".


For what it's worth, I think there's two different types of nostalgia people can experience.

1. Eventful - when you miss something or have cool memories of it, but that's about as far as it goes. For instance, in the mid '90s I terribly missed the '80s, but it was just for what I remembered, not because of me personally wanting to relive it at that same age.

2. Personal - when you also miss the age you were. That's how I get now sometimes. When I was 13 I might've missed events or songs that I first experienced when I was 5, but it's not like I would've wanted to actually BE a five year old again, lol. Now I honestly do miss my previous ages and would go back if I could.

That's the difference. And I think this changed over once I got out of high school, because I stopped wanting to get older.