Deja Tolentino

too obsessed with looking back because when you consistently cherry-pick through the 2010s, which is something that Gen Z Online has been doing for the past six years at this point, first of all, you run out of stuff.

There's really not a lot of difference at some points between 2013 and 2012.

You run out of stuff, you run out of references, and you also...

are unable to imagine a better future forward.

And that is always really concerning.

That is always an indication that there's a loss of hope.

But I think that this year, it seems like the energy online is interested in

Creating something new and introducing friction and moving forward from this constant need for escapism that the internet has provided us for the past 10 years.

I have seen that kind of rise, you know, alongside this nostalgia that has been so widely publicized and widely talked about.

I think people are ready for new things.

I think people are ready to move on from like constant escapism that the internet and social media brings, including constant nostalgia.

I think that'll take time, obviously.