Mom Says We Were Happy
Did you or Dad ever watch Twin Peaks in the 80s? Or listen to the Smiths? No to both We were happy
A text-message exchange shows someone asking their mom whether she or Dad watched Twin Peaks or listened to The Smiths in the 1980s. Mom replies that they did neither and says, “We were happy,” joking that avoiding famously dark, melancholic 1980s culture was the secret to happiness. It is used as a reaction to nostalgic or pretentious references to gloomy entertainment. EN: A text-message exchange shows someone asking their mom whether she or Dad watched Twin Peaks or listened to The Smiths in the 1980s. Mom replies that they did neither and says, “We were happy,” joking that avoiding famously dark, melancholic 1980s culture was the secret to happiness. It is used as a reaction to nostalgic or pretentious references to gloomy entertainment.
- @eternalclassic / 54415 2024-07-19
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- image
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- 800×549 · 36.5 KiB
- Mood
- dry humor
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- en
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