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.
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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.
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
Isn’t dressing like that part of the teenage girls experience, or am I misunderstanding?
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.
Ah, I get it now. Age difference.
Yeah, it’s more a function of era than age, if that makes sense.
I’ve heard that called “existential dysphoria” and it sucks
