I've seen a lot of threads referencing XI, XIV (pre ARR) and I see the word Nostalgia being bandied about to explain away why people have such warm feelings towards systems, communities, features etc from previous games.

Why is it so hard for people to believe that other players may have liked something they themselves did not and are clearly remembering how things actually were (while those claiming Nostalgia have a perfect memory of the same thing and it was clearly not as good, no bitterness colouring their vision, no sir)?

We get it, you didn't like it. Your opinion is valid. Do the community a favour and respect others' opinions and not denigrate them as being clouded by emotion and not based in experiential fact. Their memories are just as clear as yours are.

tl;dr

Claiming Nostalgia =