It’s not particularly shocking. It allows them to perpetually relive the last time in their lives they were actually genuinely happy however brief a period it might’ve been. They don’t have children. Many of them aren’t married and will never be married. Statistically odds are good any family they may have isn’t all that close. If they are even still on speaking terms. The last 10-20 years has ended many familial relationships as many Anons are undoubtedly aware.

And by many measurable metrics. They’re among the most unhappy and heavily medicated generations in recent memory. Have lived through multiple once in a lifetime events and national tragedies that would have been considered era defining in the 20th century. It’s not exceptionally surprising many entered a state of arrested development and desperately cling to any source of what they perceive as happiness.