Reinfluvium
noun. When you encounter something for the second time and it lands way deeper than it did the first time, because you've been changed by the first encounter. Not nostalgia. The thing didn't change — you did, by being a receiver before.
I rewatched The Sopranos at 35 and reinfluvium hit hard. The show didn't change. I had become someone who could finally see what it was actually doing.
Reinfluvium by Upflurge May 2, 2026
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