• candyman337@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    It’s a subversion of expectations because these posts are often about a time in your life where you wouldn’t have a care in the world, so they end with “it’s 1999 and you’re 12” and instead it’s saying “you can still enjoy those things, take some time to be happy”

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      5 months ago

      Or it’s saying “you’re a loser living with your parents playing video games at 45.”

      The ambiguity is part of the subversion.

      Edit: I’m enumerating how it could be interpreted, not saying I have a problem with it!