John Keefer from 51deep.com

Peter Pan and Children of the 90’s

We’re too clever for our own good.  Who, you ask? Why us! Children of the 80’s and 90’s who grew up more placated than any previous generation.  Where a kid could be a kid, I don’t wanna grow up, Kidz rule, etc.  This was the marketing of our youth that we mistook and continue to mistake for fond nostalgia fodder. In essence, we were lied to over the course of a decade about what matters, what is awesome, and what life was really like and a whole lot of useless plastic was sold and at our poor parents expense.

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The Great Nerd Deception

I’ll let you in on a little secret: nerd culture is a direct reaction to mainstream culture.  This may seem obvious but let’s extrapolate that for the purposes of examining the modern mainstream.

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On Nostalgia: Clarissa and I Explain It All (plus some Community talk at the end)

(Disclaimer: The facts presented in the following piece have not been fact-checked nor has the article been submitted for review by any recognized editorial body and therefore should be considered a work of uninformed opinion)

They don’t make them like they used to. 

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