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When Exactly Were "The Good Old Days"?

Build For Tomorrow

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Isn't It a Pessimistic Thing?

i often think of nastalgian narratives as a pessimistic thing, which is to say that we are discounting whatever good comes to day in favor of yesterday. But the wayta you just framed it with the summer camp thing, makes me think that what we are actually doing is we're filtering for good. There's a kind of optimism to it. We're always filtering for what the good experience was. And we always want the good experience. So now off you go every day, growing more nastalgic for the time you heard this episode. I am jason fiper and let's keep building for to morrow.

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