Every time I've heard people talk about "the good days of Twitter" and how this or that platform feels like it's got back to that, I've thought of Cuivienen from Tolkein's LoTR lore.
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cuivi%C3%A9nen
Tl;DR: The elves were literally born as a people in a place, "Cuivienen". But through all the strife of the early wars, Cuivienen was destroyed, like geographically, it's just not there anymore. And so it's part of the sadness of the elves, that there is no returning to their home.
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