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>> The funny part was that she saw the 80s and the 50s as basically the same.

Is that because neither of them have any electronic devices? They both have payphones and cars that don't look like today?

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I think it's an issue of the fact that they're both "before my time". I treat the 20s and 50s as the same, I wouldn't be able to tell you any difference, even though they must be massively different.

Yeah, they both just looked "old fashioned" to her. Obviously she could pick out some differences, but when they first went back to 1955, she didn't really notice that the cars, outfits, signage, etc. were particularly more dated than they had been in the 80s version.

Fascinating. I had never considered that. Will definitely be looking more closely when I watch with the family

Same thing with my nephew, though he did pick up on the cars.

He also was very confused by the “Ronald Reagan? The ACTOR??” joke but immediately thought that BTTF2 Mogul-Biff was supposed to be Trump.

We do seem to be in the Trump almanac timeline.

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