What is Protonostalgia?
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A feeling one gets of being nostalgic for a period of time or place they had never been. Coined by Ryan Norths Dinosaur Comics.
"Aww, man, I have really big feeling of protonostalgia today. I wish I could have been a caveman. I wish I had a club and killed Sabre-tooth tigers. Wouldn't that be sweet?"
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An emotion you feel when you are
It is a proper subclass of
Protonostalgia is like when a chick is nostalgic for the time of pirates! Or, when a dude misses being a 16th century courtesan. It also happens when folks spend a lot of time wishing they could be Shakespeare's pal!
"Do you miss being a pirate? I miss being a pirate!"
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Longing for an inaccurate or naive image of an era you may or, far more commonly, may not have lived through.
He has protonostalgia really bad, wishing we could go back to the way it was before 1960, when there were "no problems"
Call me protonostalgic, But I WAS very popular in high school.
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1.
A feeling one gets of being nostalgic for a period of time or place they had never been. Coined by Ryan Norths Dinosaur Comics.
"Aww, man, I have really big feeling of protonostalgia today. I wish I could have been a caveman. I wish I had a club and killed Sabre-tooth tigers. Wouldn't that be sweet?"
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2.
An emotion you feel when you are
It is a proper subclass of
Protonostalgia is like when a chick is nostalgic for the time of pirates! Or, when a dude misses being a 16th century courtesan. It also happens when folks spend a lot of time wishing they could be Shakespeare's pal!
"Do you miss being a pirate? I miss being a pirate!"
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3.
Longing for an inaccurate or naive image of an era you may or, far more commonly, may not have lived through.
He has protonostalgia really bad, wishing we could go back to the way it was before 1960, when there were "no problems"
Call me protonostalgic, But I WAS very popular in high school.
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