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Nostalgia can be a pleasant feeling, especially when you’re reminiscing about things like spending time at your grandparents’ or your favorite meals to have as a child.
However, some people seem to take nostalgia a step too far. Instead of recollecting the past as it was, they over-romanticize it, saying that things were better back in the day, erasing—or simply lying about—the things they didn’t want to see through their rose-tinted glasses.
That’s where the ‘Le Wrong Generation’ subreddit comes into play. As per their own description, they’re “dedicated to satirically mocking those people who, blinded by their own nostalgia, believe certain things in the past to be unequivocally better than today.” And if you’d like to see what that entails, you can find a number of examples on the list below, where you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with professor of literature and linguistics at Mars Hill University, expert in nostalgia, Dr. Hal McDonald.
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#1
Smarter Than The Previous Generation
Space Invader 6 months ago (edited)
Of course, manuals aren't written by Nostradamus but rather shaped by user feedback. So if the current generation isn't told about valves it's because too many representatives of the previous generations thought it was a swell idea to guzzle the sumptuous contents of a car battery (maybe to wash away the aftertaste of leaded gasoline) and the legal department intervened to rewrite the manuals. PS Written by a member of one of the previous generations...
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#2
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
May I present, as well, every single male wrestler in the 80s? XD Ric-Flair-...9cbc1c.jpg 
Nova Rook 6 months ago
Hi Crystal - thanks for sharing your stories. Always nice to hear what's on your mind.
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Sam Trudeau 6 months ago
Look up "We're not Gonna Take It" on YouTube (the music video specifically)
Clown fish 6 months ago
Lol dress up like men!!! That look like they only just got out of a hurricane 🌀 with their lives
Dragon Ashes 6 months ago
We were watching music videos from the 70s last night when I realized this exact thing.
Andrew Keir 6 months ago
Every one of that group would get relentlessly carded in any New York bar
Kalikima 6 months ago
Where is Jon Bon Jovi in this picture? None of these men look like him..
Amanda Reinstatler 6 months ago
There are SO many 80s bands that would have been better for this. Where is the eyeliner and BIG hair????
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 6 months ago
No. I wouldn't say that the 80s was a time for manly men.. that died in the 40s. 80s was a time for guyliner!
#3
We Need To Stop These People From Using AI
So many things in life can feel nostalgic, from old songs to a favored T-shirt. But there is one thing that seems to be a universal nostalgia trigger, and that is food. In an interview with Bored Panda, professor of literature and linguistics at Mars Hill University, Dr. Hal McDonald noted that food can be a potent source of nostalgic comfort, because our memories of smells and tastes are closely connected to the emotional centers of our brains.
“Eating something we associate with a happy time in our lives can trigger a vivid memory of that earlier time in our lives, and allow us to once again feel the same positive feelings we felt way back during that happy time,” he explained.
According to the expert, an added reward comes when we experience the taste or smell unexpectedly. “For example, when someone serves us a dish we had when we were a child but were so young that we have no clear memory of it. Unexpectedly tasting the food item after all these years triggers the memory of the earlier time and the emotions associated with it, but it also carries with it the element of surprise, which triggers yet another reward system in our brains, intensifying the pleasure.”
#4
Millennials Believed That They Will Going To End Racism Forever?
#5
Was Watching A Scene From Grease And Came Upon This Gem Of A Comment
But being taken back in time by tastes and smells or feeling somewhat nostalgic about some other thing is not what the ‘Le Wrong Generation’ is all about. It is focused more on people who are blinded by nostalgia, and their beliefs that a certain time in the past was way better than the time we live in now.
In their description, the community with more than 303K members noted that they satirically mock the people who are “blinded by their own nostalgia, [and] believe certain things in the past to be unequivocally better than today,” and browsing this list, you will see why.
#6
Looks Like Someone Was Born In 1999
Uncle Panda 6 months ago
I actually heard myself say, "I have socks older than you," but then I had to go lay down for a bit. Secrets of my Sockcess.
#7
“People Got Along” In The 90s?!
Damned_Cat 6 months ago
I remember when the world was perfect like that. I was 4 years old at the time. After I grew up, it was a whole different ball game.
#8
Found This On R/Im14andthisisdeep, Of All Places
The community’s description also notes that it all started with music. “We place a special emphasis on music, because this subreddit was created after annoyance over ‘born in the wrong generation’ attitude often expressed by fans of 60s/70s rock,” they wrote, and indeed, many people in their posts focus on how music back in the day was way better.
And while that may be true—you might subjectively enjoy music from that time more than you do what’s on the radio today—following the community’s idea, that doesn’t make the ’60s or ’70s an overall better time to be alive.
On the contrary, several netizens in the comments have pointed out that present times win in the battle of “now vs. then,” as now you can listen to music from whatever period, which wasn’t as easy to do back in the day.
#9
Real Men Don't Use Helmets
#10
No One Saw Color In The 70s And 80s?! Wtf?!
#11
Tf?
Talking to Bored Panda about the subreddit a couple of years ago, one of its moderators echoed its description, emphasizing the role music played regarding the ‘Le Wrong Generation’ community. “One of the core beginnings was based on music; such as people who becry musicians nowadays for creating their own sound and making it unique to themselves,” they said.
Delving deeper into why romanticizing the past is not too good of an idea, the moderator added that “Looking too much towards the past will only hurt your perspective towards the future.”
#12
Gen X Trying To Prove How “Tough” They Are
#13
There’s So Many Things They Do That Would Get Them Beat Up Back Then They Don’t Even Realize
#14
I'm Sorry What?
I found this in a 90s facebook page/probably group. Does the person who made this meme understand that Vinyl existed long before the 90s and before they were born? Like it makes it sound like they seriously think Vinyl is some modern thing that the "kids these days use" and making it sound like a flex that CDs quality wise were better than Vinyl 😆🤣 when that is not the case at all. Like bruh companies brought lt back because they realized you shouldn't have gotten rid of them to begin with.
While over-romanticizing the past or turning a blind eye to its less positive aspects is what makes this community call people out, feeling nostalgic in and of itself is not necessarily bad. As long as you don’t have your mind set on the past being unequivocally better than the present, it can even be a pleasant experience, serving several important functions in people’s lives.
Talking about nostalgia on the Speaking Of Psychology podcast, licensed psychologist and professor of psychology at LeMoyne College, Krystine Batcho, PhD., noted that the thing that ties all those functions together is the fact that nostalgia is an emotional experience that unifies.
“One example of this is it helps to unite our sense of who we are, our self, our identity over time. Because over time, we change constantly, we change in incredible ways. We’re not anywhere near the same as we were when we were three years old, for example. Nostalgia, by motivating us to remember the past in our own life, helps to unite us to that authentic self and remind us of who we have been and then compare that to who we feel we are today,” the expert explained, adding that it gives us a sense of who we want to be down the road in the future.
#15
So No One Had Problems With Each Other In School In 2004
#16
“Nobody Cared About Race” In The 90s?! Wtf?!
#17
So Millennials Brought Racism Back In The 90s
“The other way that nostalgia serves an essential psychological function is that it is a highly social emotion. It connects us to other people,” Dr. Batcho continued. She noted that the feeling becomes a part of what bonds us to the most important people in our lives, starting with our parents and siblings or friends when we’re young and extending to a broader circle as we go through life.
“It’s a social connectedness phenomenon, and nostalgia is in that sense a very healthy pro-social emotion,” the expert pointed out.
#18
Worst Time Of My Life, But Still Better Than Today!
#20
Found This Pic On R/Facepalm
“The other way that it’s unifying is that it helps us to unify what otherwise would be felt or experienced by us as conflicts,” the expert continued. As nostalgia is a bittersweet emotion—sweet because of the beautiful memories and bitter because we can never actually experience them again—it can help us deal with conflict more easily.
“The irreversibility of time means that we absolutely cannot go back in time, so it helps us to deal with the conflict of the bitter longing for what can never be again together with the sweetness of having experienced it and being able to revisit it and relive it again.”
#21
Way Back When Games Were Played Outside
#22
The 2000s Were Not All That!
Moxitron Jazz 6 months ago
"I totally wasn't living in a pre--conceived bubble of ignorance and ethnocentric cowardice..."
#23
Rose Tinted Tolerance
LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
I grew up in the 80s and 90s. When I was a kid (at least where I lived), we used the word "gay" to mean "lame" or "stupid" - so: "Aw, my mom won't let me go to the arcade with you guys." - "That's gay!" Then, my childhood best friend came out to me when we were 12-13ish or so. I learned VERY fast that using the word "gay" as I had been using it really hurt my friend's feelings, so I STOPPED. It's the same as learning to stop using the r-word (which we also used a lot in the 80s/90s.) Most people who are decent people DON'T use words like "fággot". People who are ássholes DO use words like that. It's not "hurhurr the whole generation of xellinials call people 'fággot'!!!" (...what is a xellinial, anyway?) Mean, sh!tty people in ANY generation are going to use slurs and insults. It's not restricted to any particular generation/group.
It’s safe to assume that the bittersweet feeling of nostalgia is something that occasionally overflows in most of us. And there’s nothing wrong with reminiscing about the good old days. But going overboard and saying that the good old days were a better time to live in than now might lead to you being called out on the ‘Le Wrong Generation’ subreddit, so keep that in mind.
#24
So They Think That Some Gen Z Like Myself Never Went To A Video Rental Store When We Were Younger
#25
The First Gen Z Borns Was On 1996 Or 1997 So This Take Is Not True!
#26
So He Thinks That In 2005, There Was A Culture Of Happiness And Everyone Had Respect Towards One Another
#27
The 70s
#28
Ironically, The Song Is Called Stressed Out
Clown fish 6 months ago
Hmmm they are stressing because they can't get a f#cking affordable home and the gunning down of children in schools got worse
#29
People Really Believed That By 1999, Black Celebrities Ended Racism
#30
R/Memes Always Cooks
#31
I Found This On R/Genz
Tabitha 6 months ago
I go through periods where I’m depressed I wasn’t born 20 or 30 years later than I was. I came into adulthood before a lot of the norms of today were even thought of, much less expected. Things like equal rights, diversity, employee rights, work-life balance, etc. We were still fighting for those things, and back then we were definitely not in the majority, and if you advocated for those things, you were turned into a pariah, you were not in the running for raises and promotions at work, no matter how good you were at your job, and your work life was made as unpleasant as possible. If they couldn’t find a concrete reason to fire you for your “rabble rousing” and demands for better pay and treatment at work, then they’d make you as miserable as they could to make you want to quit.
#32
So Millennials Had Completely Forgotten About Columbine, 9/11, Bush II, Or The 2008 Recession When They Were In High School
#33
I Guess This Millennial Slept Through The Whole LA Race Riots Of 1992 And The Oj Simpson Case In 1995
Rachel Pelz 6 months ago
My goddaughter's first day of school was 9/11/2001. So talk about growing up in a peaceful world.
#34
“The Air Isn’t The Same As 10 Years Ago” 🥀🥀
#35
Dae Gen Z And Gen Alpha People Will Never Understand 90s And Early 2000s Animation
DrBronxx 6 months ago
I am trying to understand what this guy is saying. Is he saying that animation peaked in that period? Because that is ridiculously stupid. Look at Pixar, independent filmmakers like Tomm Moore, and Japanese directors like Makoto Shinkai. You will never see a more beautiful film than Your Name. Look at the Spider-Verse films, for f**k's sake.
#36
Millennials And Gen X Fighting Ghosts With This One
#37
No They Don’t 🤦♂️
#38
In 1998, Gen X Fixed Racism!
#39
Believing That Mccarthyism Having Class And Sense Is Wild!
persephone134 6 months ago
Oh, the good old 1950s, when women and ethnic minorities knew their place.
#40
Kids These Days Won't Understand
#41
And The "What Happened To Music" Cycle Continues
#42
And Yet Gen X Can’t Stop Whining About How They’re Better Than Millennials!
#43
Sure 3 Years Ago Everything Was Fine 💀
#44
Who The F**k Thinks That Kids Aren’t Drawing Suns In The Corners Anymore?
#45
What's Wrong With How The Rapper Today Is Dressed?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
Oh, you sweet summer child XD I present to you MC Hammer! 552imbn0i7...56b586.jpg 
#46
Ah Yes, Woodstock 99 Was Peak Humanity With All Of The Riots That Most Of Gen X Did In That Festival
*raspberry sound 6 months ago
Humanity at its best, huh? Tell that to all the women who were gang r***d for trying to listen to music. It happened to DOZENS of women there. And for those who typically care more about property than humans, plenty of that was destroyed too.
#47
Millennials, Don’t Become The Next Boomers!
#48
A Meme That's 20 Years Too Late
#50
What's Happening To Men? 🤔
persephone134 6 months ago
So the good old days were better? Not a very well chosen contrast, then.
#51
Because Every New Game Is Gay & Feminine
Hassel Davidhoff 6 months ago
Toxic right wing types only recognize the most horrible traits of mean as "masculine". They're telling on themselves and they don't even realize it.
#52
Oh Great. Victim-Blaming Modern Femicide Victims
#53
But For Every Michael Jackson, There Was Also A Milli Vanilli
#54
Kids Only Twerk In School In 2025
#55
Kids Today Are Snowflakes
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 6 months ago
*cough* Ren & Stimpy *cough* can’t believe that’s a children’s show
#56
It Isn’t Even That Old
#57
Also You Was Bullied For Watching Anime In The 2000s
#58
After 9/11, Americans Went On A Full Rampage Against Any Black And Brown Person That They Can Find
#59
Asking For A Non “Woke” Song On Popheads Is… Stupid 😭
#60
People Already Wishing To Be Born In The 2000s
#61
Posted To R/Nonpoliticaltwitter
#62
We Will Pretend That All 8 Year Olds Twerk Nowadays
Child of the Stars 6 months ago
Re the top: I'm not even sure that my 12yo and 6yo even know what twerking is. Re the bottom: my 6yo came home from kindergarten 3 days ago and told me all about how he and his friends played House during recess that day so my guess is this person hasn't been around an actual child since they were an actual child.
#63
All Of Today’s Music Is Slop 😡
DrBronxx 6 months ago
The guy on the left was a*****e with mafia connections that he used to apply pressure to people he didn't like, and the guy on the right groomed a child to be his wife. They have some good songs, but I wouldn't idolise them at all. Both were misogynists, but some would explain that away as "being a product of their time".
#64
Kids Today Are Rookies For Not Bringing Vodka To School
#65
Not If You’re A Millennial
#66
Says The Person Who Is Born In 2002 Or 2003
#67
Til That American Culture Peaked From 1998-2004
#68
So Gen Z Ruined The 2000s
Megalodon Meg 6 months ago
False, all the bad s**t we have now, we had then. We didnt fix s**t, if it did it would still be fixed.
#69
Western Animation Declined In The 21 Century!
#70
Didn’t The 80s And 90s Also Have Some Cr**py Animated Movies Back Then?
Child of the Stars 6 months ago
There are still amazing animated movies being put out. I haven't seen Minecraft (although both my kids have), but Inside Out 2 was AMAZING, imo better than the first one!
#73
This Is Like How Millennials Talked About Myspace And Aol Instant Messenger To Gen Z In The Previous Decade, And Now Zoomers Are Apparently Reciprocating That Ethos To Gen Alpha With S**t Like This
Child of the Stars 6 months ago
As an older Millennial, I...have no idea what any of these are.
#74
It's Not Even That Much Of A Change
#75
The 2nd Picture Has One Of The Dumbest Takes I’ve Seen
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Francois 6 months ago
Where is the mocking??? Do we need to mock the posts ourselves? I came here to be entertained not provide it. ;)
LillieMean 6 months ago
Wow, this was so toxic that I think I'm going to the hospital because I need chelation therapy.
Spacey Stacey 6 months ago
This is why I read the comments first, saves me a lot of negative energy! Thanks BPs 🙂
Dragons Exist 6 months ago
Why do so many fúcking idiots think that racism didn't exist or was fixed in the 90s
solace in rage 6 months ago
I mean, we did weather the Rodney King and OJ scandals and all come together for Occupy Wallstreet. That very much was a thing that happened. That is why corpos like blackrock and vanguard fund anything and everything related to gender or racial or identity politics. Fighting each other based on those new, unimportant issues keeps us from coming together and pushing against the real enemy again.
Paulina 6 months ago (edited)
Can someone explain to me why so many of these accuse the YOUNGEST generations of being racist?! That's... the opposite of what they're doing 🤨 Is this some kind of reverse psychology thing or what? 😅
Sheena Leversedge Wood 6 months ago
they have this weird idea that if people didn't stand up against racism it would just go away, and that people being decent to each other, and calling s****y people out for it are "making it worse"
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Francois 6 months ago
Where is the mocking??? Do we need to mock the posts ourselves? I came here to be entertained not provide it. ;)
LillieMean 6 months ago
Wow, this was so toxic that I think I'm going to the hospital because I need chelation therapy.
Spacey Stacey 6 months ago
This is why I read the comments first, saves me a lot of negative energy! Thanks BPs 🙂
Dragons Exist 6 months ago
Why do so many fúcking idiots think that racism didn't exist or was fixed in the 90s
solace in rage 6 months ago
I mean, we did weather the Rodney King and OJ scandals and all come together for Occupy Wallstreet. That very much was a thing that happened. That is why corpos like blackrock and vanguard fund anything and everything related to gender or racial or identity politics. Fighting each other based on those new, unimportant issues keeps us from coming together and pushing against the real enemy again.
Paulina 6 months ago (edited)
Can someone explain to me why so many of these accuse the YOUNGEST generations of being racist?! That's... the opposite of what they're doing 🤨 Is this some kind of reverse psychology thing or what? 😅
Sheena Leversedge Wood 6 months ago
they have this weird idea that if people didn't stand up against racism it would just go away, and that people being decent to each other, and calling s****y people out for it are "making it worse"
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