Some tastes and pleasures are irrecoverable once context has shifted

Evidence

At the time, I cried about this; yet another injustice. Now I know better. Some things in life can’t ever be retrieved — an enjoyment of green robots in sequins and pedal pushers being one of them. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 367

Categorization

• APHORISMS: The rueful wisdom that certain enjoyments simply cannot be retrieved is close to genuine life advice about letting the past go.
• XREF: connects to: Social context becomes internalised and shapes desires. — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning:…, 50; Standards of taste are relative to an era and society, not universal criteria; The quality of a place and season transforms the same activity into something different — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: With Other…, 197 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Social context becomes internalised and shapes desires. #expands (0.78) — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning, 50