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Why do many teenagers feel deep, painful nostalgia for the 1990s even though they were not born?

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Why do many teenagers feel deep, painful nostalgia for the 1990s even though they were not born?

Why do many teenagers feel deep, painful nostalgia for the 1990s even though they were not born?
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