I rediscovered this video a few years ago and everytime I watch it, it makes me feel quite sad. I couldn't quite put a finger on it but now I think it brings me extreme dysphoria because I never got to experience the girl teenage years.
Anyone else experience extreme dysphoria from watching this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkVsJGl5d6E
9 Comments
Callie@pawb.social · 16 pts · 3y
Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Yeah.. Geez the late 90s pre-9/11 had a whole different vibe. Tends to feel more positive or hopeful. I do wonder if the dark emo/goth stuff that seemed to get super popular in the mid 2000s would have happened the same without 9/11 or if that amped up the negative attitudes.
Noved@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
Well seeing as we're going through another one of those eras right now after COVID, I'm going to say it probably had a pretty strong direct effect
Apicnic@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I feel like hair volume and fun styles, plus a lot of late 90s early 00s clothing is coming back in style right now! I'm having fun wearing it this time around.
NaoPb@eviltoast.org · 3 pts · 3y
Isn't dressing like that part of the teenage girls experience, or am I misunderstanding?
radix@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y
I grew up a girl and I'm a bit younger than you (just exiting teenage years myself), and I don't think so. In my experience, teenage girls wore crop tops and high-waisted jeans and lots of black without being emo. I wasn't the most cognizant of fashion trends, but I do know we weren't wearing 90s-style bright colors.
NaoPb@eviltoast.org · 2 pts · 3y
Ah, I get it now. Age difference.
radix@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
Yeah, it's more a function of era than age, if that makes sense.
Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 3y
I've heard that called "existential dysphoria" and it sucks
NaoPb@eviltoast.org · 1 pts · 3y
Thanks. Interesting.