# I'm Stuck in the 1990's

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-stuck-in-the-1990s/927630>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-stuck-in-the-1990s/927630 "2020-12-09T10:29:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-stuck-in-the-1990s/927630/21 "2020-12-16T04:27:49Z")

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> [@solost](#):
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> Yep, when I hear about something that happened “30 some years ago” I automatically think of the 70s. It takes my brain an extra second to remember that 1980 was FORTY YEARS AGO.

Yeah one of my buddies who is a marketing guy was talking about marketing shit from “40 years ago” and my mind was like “You mean like Mad Men era?”

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-stuck-in-the-1990s/927630/22 "2020-12-16T06:08:10Z")

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It bothers me when someone says “back in the day” and they’re referring to 2015.

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