About

This Is a World Worth Fighting For, continued and the Ache of the Nostalgia We Feel For This Time Is the Call Home, is a catchphrase and copypasta derived from a tweet where a user shares an image of kids surrounded by '90s nostalgia, longing for a return to those times. The tweet was first posted in October 2022 and became the subject of criticism as people called it cringe, inspiring memes where users place the same caption over another ironically or unironically nostalgic image.

Origin

On October 15th, 2022, Twitter^[1] user @wokal_distance posted an image showing two kids watching TV, while nostalgic 90s things including Tamagotchis, Pokemon cards, a PlayStation and a Gameboy wit in the foreground, writing, "This is a world worth fighting for, and the ache of the nostalgia we feel for this time is the call home." The post garnered over 2,600 likes and 1,700 quote retweets in two days (shown below).

Spread

On October 16th, 2022, Twitter^[2] user @blandCinema posted a screenshot of the tweet, along with others from @wokal_distance criticizing the modern way of living, writing, "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in nostalgia for 90’s corporate advertising and carrying red plastic Pizza Hut cups," garnering over 14,000 likes and 1,400 retweets in a day (shown below). People also began quote-retweeting and sharing the post, many criticizing the user for idolizing the past and making fun of the image itself. For example, Twitter^[3] user @disco_socialist shared it, writing, "'nostalgia' is just the fear of our inevitable death."

On October 17th, YouTuber Justin Whang posted the phrase to Twitter^[4] under an image of young kids wearing KORN and Slipknot shirts with punk hairstyles, garnering over 2,700 likes and 270 retweets in under a day (shown below).

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