The ’90s was definitely the best decade. Or was it the ’80s? I guess it depends on who you ask. What is certain is that trends seem to take off and shift every ten years. Almost like a steam train leaving the station. Those on board are bound to look a whole lot different depending on when and where they hopped on.
From the bell-bottom and bright confidence of the ’70s, to the minimalist beige confusion of the 2020s, each decade has taken us on a delightful, sometimes regretful, journey of timely trendiness. Fashion, music, tech, and culture are continuously evolving. And sometimes even circling right back to where they started. It makes for a rather interesting and somewhat nostalgic discussion…
Enter r/Decadeology. The perfect subreddit to discuss cultural shifts, trends, cultural eras, and decades. More than 100,000 people have jumped on the bandwagon since the page was launched. Not only do they share cool posts about decades gone by. But they also spark engaging discourse surrounding why and how things have changed.
Bored Panda has put together a list of the best content from the community. Feel free to grab whatever discontinued item you have lying around. And hand onto it tight, as you get transported through the eras from the comfort of your own modern home.
What do you think is the 2020s version of this?
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What Year Did This Start? I Feel Like This Was Less Of A Problem Just A Decade Ago.
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What Do You Think About It? :)
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What Caused The Decline Of Black Sitcoms In The 90s And Early 2000s?
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Spot On Prediction From October 2019.
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Imagine Showing This Feed To Someone In 2010
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The Definitive 2024 Starter Pack
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Future Equivalent To The Neon Clothing-Mcdonald’s Ashtray Meme.
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Do You Think Men Would Ever Dress Like This Again??
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The Most Culturally Significant Death Of Every Decade Since The 50s (As Voted By This Sub)
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How Do We Feel About This…..
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In 30-40 Years What Do You Think The 2010s/2020s Equivalent Of This Will Be?
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Another Sign That We’ve Really Moved On From 2010s Culture
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2024. Is This The Year ‘Internet Memes’ Began To Depreciate?
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Do You Think That We Are Seeing The Return Of The Spoiled Rich Kid Era?
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Do You Guys Think It’s True? Are We Witnessing The Fall Of Celebrity Culture?
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Did This Happen In 2004 Or 1954. Still Never Understood Why This Woman Was Ripped To Shreds Over… Get This… An Accident?
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The First Week… 2025 Is Off And Running….
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What Do You Think They’re Talking About In 2071?
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No Decade Had Better New Year Glasses Than The 2000s!
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Thoughts?
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Celebs That Will Be Turning 40 Next Year vs. What Celebs Looked Like At 40 In 1985
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Decades Sorted By Their Cultural Aesthetics
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Real S**t
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The Whole World Used To Smell Like Cigarettes! 🚬
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Facts
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Living In The 20th Century Meme
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Hot Take: Is Gen Z Primed For A Conservative Takeover?
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This Explains The Problem With The 2020s To Me
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I’m Calling It “ The Gray 20s”
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Alternative Aesthetics As A Teen Throughout The 2010’s
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Why Men In Their 30s Don’t Look Like That Today? Bill Murray Is Only 33 Here, Akroyd Was 29…
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Who Is Noticing This New White Boys Style Trend It’s Like The 80s And 70s But Got Rebranded For The 20s With Tik Tok
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100 Years Of Designs, Which One Is Your Bet?
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How Would You Classify This Aesthetic From The Early To Mid ‘90s?
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Woah It’s Coming
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We’re Getting Closer To The Death Of The Physical Format
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Do You Think We’re Reaching The End Of The Post Irony Internet Era?
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Photo From The Precipice Of Pop Culture
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2010s vs. 2020s
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Thoughts On This Recent Tweet?
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So Are These Fools Are Portraying The 90s As The New 50s?
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2004 Was A Crazy Year For Pop-Culture In The West
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This Basically Speaks For Itself, Take A Hint!
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Pre-Covid 2020 Was Such A Bizarre Mood LOL
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Do You Think There Would Have Been This Much Backlash If Katy Perry Went To Space In The 2010s?
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When Did Things Start To Lose This Look? I Think After The Great Recession, 2008-2012
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This Show Really Highlights Mall Culture Of The 2000s And How Different It Is Compared To Now
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How Outdated Does This Meme From Early 2020 Look?
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What Are Some 2025 Things That Will Be Obsolete In 2045?
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Why Did Rick And Morty Fall Into Irrelevancy And Vanish From The Zeitgheist After 2017?
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Holy C**p
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Enough About The 2010s vs. Now. I’d Like To See Discourse Like This.
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The Cringiest Trend Of The 2020s (Sad Beige Babies).
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Which Style/Aesthetic In 2000s Do You Think Were The Best?
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Choose Which Tech Design From This Period Was Best.
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2014: The Year That Changed Everything Starter Pack
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This Will Be 10 Years Ago Soon.
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Just Got The Worst Flash Back To Anti Sjw Youtube In 2015
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Gradients Are Back, Minimalism Is Dying. The 2020s Are Moving Past Flat Design.
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Jimmy Carter Has Passed Away At The Age Of 100 (1924-2024)
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The Covid Era Was Really Corny Looking Back
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Is It Normal To Feel Like You Grew Up In A Utopia Around Your Early Childhood Or Was It Really Just The Pre-9/11 World?
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“Fashion Hasn’t Changed In The 2020’s” Meanwhile, Everywhere I Go I See This:
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Gen Z’s Version Of Emo, 2020’s
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Young Republicans Throughout The Decades
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Why Was This Color Pallet So Popular In The 70’s? Why Don’t Other Decades Have Distinctive Color Pallets?
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What Do You Think Will Be The Most Hated Thing Of 2024
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Interesting New Yorker Cover From The Late 60s. A Contrast Between The New “Hippie” Generation And The Washed Up “Flappers” Of Yesteryear.
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LOL For The People Who Keep Saying The 90s Was So Optimistic (Daria 1997)
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Will The AI Hype Die This Year?
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What Is The Most “2010’s/ Obama Era” Show To Ever Exist? I’ll Start.
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Which Era Of Memes Is Your Least And Most Favorite, And Why?…
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Anyone Else Feels Like This Or It’s Just Me?
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Map Of Modern Cultural Eras (By Me, Wip)
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Trump’s Cameo Appearances In The 90s.
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The Distinct Eras Of The 2010s Decade
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9 Years Of Alternative(Ish) Fashion, Created By Me :) Took Me 3 Days, Please Be Kind!
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Me At The Zoo Is Now 20 Years Old
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It’s Amazing How Everything Can Change In 20 Years.
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2010s Fashion Gets Judged Too Harshly, There Was A Lot Of Good.
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January 2025 Was Probably One Of The Most Eventful Months Of The Decade So Far
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Interesting Comments Here On The Memories Of Color And Design
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My Grandfather Turned 100 Years Old Today
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This Is How Imagine The Mid-2010s Southern California Summer To Look Like
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In 1 Month This Will Be 20 Years Ago
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Zoomer Styles From 2015 To Now ⭐️
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What’s The Most Culturally Significant Death Of The 2020s?
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The Past 10 Years Has Been Interesting
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Early 2020s Starterpack
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What Happened To 80s Big Hair? Why Did People Decide They Want Hair Flat?
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You Probably Didn’t Know, But Ozempic Reduced Obesity Rates In USA By 2 Percents.
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Do Y’all Remember When It Was Like This
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Every Leap Year From 2016-2024 (Stereotypical)
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The 10 Year Differences Kit (1994, 2004, 2014 And 2024 So Far).
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These Things Will Look Like Absolute Dinosaurs In 20 Years.
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Which Media Trends You Could Argue That Were Killed By 9/11?
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Mall In 2025, Here Are What’s Still Open
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When Did The Attitude Era Of The Y2k Ended And What Was The Cause Of It Ending?
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9/11 vs. Covid Outbreak: Which Was The More Game-Changing Event?
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2020s Fashion In Magazines vs. 2020s Fashion In Real Life.
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In Only 6 Years, 2010 Will Be 20 Years Ago. What Are Your Most Fond Memories Of 2010?
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Who Will The 2020s “Action Man” Be?
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Late 2000s – Early 2010s Indie Sleaze Appreciation
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Peak 2000s Teen Cinema 🤌🏽
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What Are Your Thoughts On The Evolution Of Internet Memes
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What Was This Hairdo Called? (It Was Everywhere In 2008-2011)
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What Year Do These Pictures Remind You Of?
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I Actually Grew Up Thinking Most Teenagers Looked Like This As A Kid, And That Teen Life Actually Looked Like An Early 2000s Disney Movie I Was So Disappointed.
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2004 vs. 2024 Model Years Of Common Cars
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The Beauty Of 2012
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Seeing 2016 Nostalgia Is Wild When These Were The Memes We Were Making Actually Living Through It
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[weekend Trivia] Guess The Year Of This Picture Of Two Women.
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What Our House Of Representatives Was Doing In 2020
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What Do You Think LED To The Serial Killer Epidemic Of The 1960s-1990s?
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Decades In Fashion (V.2) Part 9: The 2000s
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Fashion + Aesthetics Of 2024 (So Far; And Along With The Rest Of The 2020s)
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Why Was Late 2000s/Early 2010s Fashion So Hideous?
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Billboard’s Greatest Pop Stars Of The 21st Century. Do You Agree?
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So The Results Are In. How Do Predict Politics Will Be Following This Year Until The Next Election?
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Race Relations In The Us Got Worse After 2013. Why Is This The Case?
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Fashion Discussion: Are You A Fan Of The 80s Yuppie Aesthetic? Or Do You Find It Cringey?
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Young Democrats Throughout The Decades
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Anyone Betting The Swag Era Will Return Around The End Of This Decade?
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The Essence Of The Early 21st Century (2001-Present)
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Why Is The Current “Modern Aesthetic” Boring Compared To How It Was 20 Years Ago?
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Thoughts On 2016 Being The “Prime Year Of Social Media”
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Am I The Only One Who Thinks All These Top Songs Of 2024 Are Boring Asf
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TikTok Is Already Back In The USA
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People Really Miss The 2010s Decade
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2010 Was Such A Corny Year For Music.
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POV: You Just Got Slapped All The Way Back To 2011
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When Did High Rise Pants Or ‘Mom Jeans’ Replace Low Rise Pants In The Public Eye?
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The Tiffany Problem
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My Periodization Of The Us Since 2020. What Would You Add/Change?
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What’s The Name Of This Horrible 2010s Logo Style ?
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When Would You Say This Look Will Be Back?
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What Year Do You Consider To Be The “Beginning Of The End”? This Is Mine:
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How Impactful This Will Be For The Us Society?
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Technology In 2014 Does It Look Dated Compared To Now?
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Why Was The 2010s So Obsessed With 3D?(Reposted)
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Which Female Artists Of The 2020s, In Your Opinion Has Had The Best Image Branding/Aesthetic So Far?
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What’s The Most Culturally Significant Death Of The 1990s?
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Pick Your Aesthetic For 2010s Years
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The 2000s Was The Last Decade For These Past Relics.
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What Year Does This Photo Scream?
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This Group Half The Time
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Opinion On Atomic Era Aesthetics?
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Has It Really Been That Long?
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Did 90s/2000s Halloween Hit Different?
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