Nostalgia

Let's talk about nostalgia a bit here.
I hear a lot about this from older people: ''It was better when I was young.''
By what fact?
Yes, it was better. For you.
Just as I will probably think in 50 years about how the music of today sucks and there are no good movies that make you think.
But that is wrong. What I'll be doing is disregarding the details. Yes, due to the popularity of the internet, a lot of stupid things have surfaced as some great works of art. But that's just because of the accessibility of the internet. Let's take Justin Bieber for example. He's popular because of the internet, not because of his good music, but because of the people that hold high opinions of themselves.
If people who listen to metal or rock or whatever didn't start saying that Justin Bieber has no place in music, he wouldn't get so popular. Let's face it, criticism is reclamation, and inflated criticism is the best kind of reclamation. That's why you know so much about the stupid people, and don't hear anything about the smart people unless you intensively research it or have heard about it before accidentally.
In the masses of today, bad things are more represented than the good ones. What do you think what has more of a chance to end up on the news; a guy who saved 20 people in a car crash, or the 10 people that died?
So, details. If you only go after popularity, chances are you will not like what you see. However, if you try to research it a bit, I bet you'll find a lot of great things that have stood in the shade of more popular things.
Especially in music, there are so much bands unheard of, or at least not as popular as Justin Bieber, who have a lot of well-written and well-composed music.
It's not only like this now.
Think about 50 years ago, everyone knows about the Beatles. You however, have heard their songs but don't like them. From this it's foolish to assume that ALL music is bad. There are other bands of course, maybe some that suit your taste more. But you won't go after that because right at the start, you assume it's not worth the trouble, you've seen it all.
Not only is all this true, nostalgia also somehow represents a higher status. Like you're saying ''I've lived in a better world than the one you are living in right now.''
Another thing is, people often associate good things with their teenage years. Why? Because mostly, the best things happen when you're a teenager. And you associate all these small things with your great experiences.
The more you associate, the more you assume it's the best thing there is.
Let's say, you're listening to a certain song while you're with your loved one. That moment is perfect. And is in your memory for all the times to come. You immediately associate the music with the moment and in your memory this song remains perfect forever.
All of this would be fine and dandy, if people didn't go around criticizing the popular things.
How do you not get this simple fact.
The more you criticize it, the more people hear about it, the more people hear about it, there are more people that do and don't like it, the more people that don't like it, the more people that criticize it.
You see the circular pattern here?
It's OK not to like something, but to go to such great lengths to make people know you really, really, really don't like something is absurd.
That is all.

-K.