>>88519257It became a zoomer/gen alpha meme after the video of an episode of Serial Experiments Lain playing during 9/11 got passed around.
Something about feeling detached numb and melancholic after being bombarded by news of tragedies that are far away and out of your control.
Ya know, like the pandemic, or Hong Kong, or the middle east situation, or the recent complete destruction of rural Appalachia, and I could go on.
