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darkwatertoday at 3:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

> The original Eternal September is about a specific year, but it has become an evergreen concept for each younger generation:

> The Internet was really cool when I started using it and everything felt new or novel, but it started going downhill later.

And you can also replace "Internet" with any other concept and you will find a lot of people in their early 40s and over (sometimes even earlier) bitching about how everything changed and it's now messed up.


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blooalientoday at 5:06 PM

> And you can also replace "Internet" with any other concept and you will find a lot of people in their early 40s and over (sometimes even earlier) bitching about how everything changed and it's now messed up.

Maybe we (humanity in general) should take a hint from that and stop messin' shit up?

someonebaggytoday at 5:09 PM

I'm trying to avoid this feeling but how do I tell the difference between nostalgia and things actually getting worse?

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