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The good old days are now (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by ultrahamster64 to c/hopeposting

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[+] [email protected] -18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

the idea is years from now there are things that stood out from this time and you remember them fondly, without the hurt and the struggle that stand out to you now.

So... whitewash history for the nostalgia and warm fuzzies? Like I say, really fucking privileged..

I'll tell you one thing for sure, and from personal experience from growing up around holocaust survivors - they don't look back at their lives in Nazi Germany and have times they remember fondly. Even individual moments of joy they may have experienced are completely overshadowed by pain and trauma.

Non-Jewish(/queer/communist/Roma) Germans? That's a different story.

So I'll say it again - You must be really fucking privileged if you think you'll be able to look back at this time in history fondly, and regard it as "the good old days" (even when things get much worse, and they will).

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

As stressed as I am and as scared as I am I will remember the time I spent loving and caring for my partner and my queer friends. It doesn't take privilege to find and love in a community, it is what we do. If you have trauma I understand how you feel, and I urge you to seek help when/if you can, professional or otherwise. Just don't be alone, and try to have hope.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I can't imagine many people think fondly about time spent with you.

[–] tfw_no_toiletpaper 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah I'm privileged so what, do I need to suffer with you or am I allowed to feel good. What a way to kill the mood, we're on c/hopeposting ffs