Dricadic: A gender connected to retro/neon liminal spaces, uncanny retro locations and aesthetics (such as arcades), bright/flashing lights, and nostalgia that feels comforting, yet somehow “wrong”, eerie, and distorted.
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Dricadic is a nostalgic, yet eerie gender that is linked to retro aesthetics, namely bright, neon ones. As such, dricadic may feel contradictory in itself, and may feel both comfortable, home-y, and nostalgic, but also eerie, liminal, and confusing. It may have a tie to a specific generational period, it may be related to your own nostalgia, or it may relate to retro aesthetics in general.
It may feel hollow, hard to remember, and dreamlike, as though you’re walking through spaces you once explored in childhood that have become hazy and strange. It may also feel tied to anemoia (nostalgia for a time you never lived in), as well as the sense of something being “off” or not quite right. It may also feel bright, neon, flashy, and/or artificial.
Term comes from the words “drift” and “arcade.”
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