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What I find is that when I get together with family or long time friends, it's the reminiscing about the past highlights which serves as a refresh of the collec
by dv_dt 11y ago
What I find is that when I get together with family or long time friends, it's the reminiscing about the past highlights which serves as a refresh of the collective memory and serves as touchstones to also renew interpersonal connections. As a kid I wondered why adults retold the same stories over and over again, as an adult I see that it's a way to save the most important highlights (and maybe add new ones over time).
- stinkytaco 11y agoThis is the reason culture tends to place so much value on communal experience. I once attended a sporting event that had an exciting and impactful conclusion. For a few hours, a stadium full of people shared the ups and downs of that event, along with the players and others who were a part of it. People hugged strangers, they talked and cheered together. Events are a touchstone of our existence. I don't think they are something woven together to hide are "real" existence, they are what we remember that reminds us we are something separate from our lives, work, family and so on, yet still very much a part of those things.