Nostalgic?

Talk to them without making eye contact. Be reading a news paper. Don’t look up. “Ahhhh yes. I remember when I was in your shoes. Man. Shits different.”

Try working for your alma mater for a decade. Being on campus every day and watching it change is also quite a trip.

You should tell them what their future looks like, you would know

Something about the future receding.. 😕

I felt the same way. It had to do with the friction between what I thought was the uniqueness of my felt experience vs. the commonality of it. Also, being in the practical world vs. being in a daze of theory and low quality beer.