Legislated Nostalgia:
To force a body of people to have memories they do not
actually possess: "How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I
don't even remember any of it?"
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
To force a body of people to have memories they do not
actually possess: "How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I
don't even remember any of it?"
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Cafe Minimalism:
To espouse a philosophy of minimalism without actually putting
into practice any of its tenets
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - The love of meat prevents any real change.
-- Douglas Coupland
Generation... - Nutritional Slumming:
Food whose enjoyment stems not from flavor but from complex
mixture of class connotations
nostalgia signals, and packaging semiotics: Katie and... - Ultra Short Term Nostalgia:
Homesickness for the extremely recent past
Things seemed so much better in the world last week... - Dorian Graying:
The unwillingness to gracefully allow one's body to show signs
of aging
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Ethnomagnetism:
The tendency of young people to live in emotionally
demonstrative
more unrestrained ethnic neighborhoods: "You wouldn't... - QFM:
Quelle Fashion Mistake. "It was really QFM, I mean painter
pants
That's 1979 beyond belief!" -- Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Homeowner Envy:
Feelings of jealousy generated in the young and the
disenfranchised when facing gruesome housing statistics
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Native Aping:
Pretending to be a native when visiting a foreign destination
Douglas Coupland, Generation...
