Together with related “today youth is just not good” those are probably oldest memes in history, archeologists even found those written on Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets.

There were events and moments in the old times that were so fucking bad- that like maybe, just maybe, the old times weren’t as good as conservatives/traditionalists say they were. (Sure there were good moments, but “older times” wasn’t as good as older folks say they were)

Essence of Nostalgia Goggles