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1. Ame (americanchampion@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 11:29:34 JST Ame

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   @WashedOutGundamPilot @SuperSnekFriend It probably wouldn't crit us quite as hard if we lived in a more romantic world, but as it is, these are a dose of a very fundamental emotion that even the very lucky among us haven't received the ideal amount of. A pure childhood friend romance is something like seeing the old Penn Station, with no trash lying on the ground and hundreds of healthy White people walking through - it's at once completely alien to us and more real than reality.
   
   It's similar to how nostalgia for 20 years ago has become culturally hegemonic and spun off countless little aesthetic movements with surprisingly wide reach. In a healthy setting, it's a little push that says "Wasn't childhood great? Wouldn't you love to give it to someone new?" when it's the right time. Now, though, having kids is far rarer, and even expressing the desire is discouraged, so the longing for youth becomes completely detached and increasingly powerful. It helps that things are terrible now, but I don't think that's the strongest part of it.