In the Nostalgia District
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street scene, street scenes, out of business, going out of business, internet cafe, internet cafes, photo developing, fix-it, stationery, stationery supplies, storefront, storefronts, brick and mortar, brick and mortar store, brick and mortar stores, travel agent, travel agents, photo development, film camera, film cameras, dated, dated technology, dated technologies"My mistake, really. I thought your ad said you were into cross-training."
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cafe, cafes, dating, dates, dated, gender issues, gender stereotype, misread, misreading, mistake, mistakes, cross-training, cross training, training, gym, gyms, gym rat, gym rats, exercise, exercises, fitness, internet, internet dating, drag, ad, ads, personal, personals, finding love, love, lovelornPasta of the Eighties
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pasta, pasta shape, pasta shapes, design, designs, retro, retro design, retro designs, italian food, italian restaurant, italian restaurants, spaghetti, noodles, 1980s, 80s, '80s, retro fashion, retro fashions, skinny tie, skinny ties, yuppie, yuppies, smoking section, smoking sections, dated, out of date, portable phone, portable phones, phone, phones, telephone, telephones"And remember those goofy old movies that showed everyone in the twenty-first century wearing the same unisex outfit?"
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cinema, cinemas, outing, outings, family, family time, film, films, movie, movies, style, styles, stylish, trend, trends, trendy, hashtag, hashtags, unisex, fashion, fashions, fashionable, unisex clothes, clothes, clothing, gendered, genders, gender politics, gender identity, irony, ironic, predict, predicting, prediction, retro future, retro futurism, retro futurist, dated, outdated, scifi, sci-fi, '70s sci-fiAttack of the Creeping Doily
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doily, doilies, modern, modernist, modernists, modernism, decor, decoration, decorations, home decor, home decorator, home decorators, living room, living rooms, out of place, bad taste, tradition, traditions, traditional, charm, charms, charming, homey, dated, outdated, out of dated, clash, clashes, clashing, go together, goes together, going together, fit, fits, fitting, fit in, fits in, fitting inSigns of the Times
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sign of the times, signs of the times, middle class, middle classes, upper class, upper classes, 80s, '80s, 1980s, fad, fads, end of an era, era, eras, dated, outdated, outmoded, technology, technologies, techAfter traveling across the universe for thousands of years, an episode of "Leave It To Beaver" is received by an inhabitant of a distant galaxy.
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galaxy, galaxies, alien, aliens, alien life, alien lives, classic television, classic show, classic shows, sitcom, sitcoms, sit-com, sit-coms, situation comedy, situation comedies, family comedy, family comedies, television show, television shows, tv show, tv shows, radio signal, radio signals, radio waves, transmit, transmits, transmitting, science fiction, nostalgia, nostalgic, dated, outdated, out of date"I never think of you, as, like, old, Jack. I think of you as, like, retro."
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modern, modernity, modernize, modern world, modern life, middle age, middle-age, middle aged, middle-aged, mid life, midlife, mid-life, mid life crisis, midlife crisis, mid-life crisis, retro, out of fashion, old, older, age, ageing, aged, growing old, getting old, mutton dressed as lamb, euphemisms, implied, implication, flatter, flattery, golddigger, gold-digger, taking advantage, club, clubs, clubbing, date, dates, dated, word play, play on words, word-play"He's moved beyond iconic to totemic."
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icon, icons, iconic, totem, totems, past it, get past it, getting past it, fossil, fossils, old fossil, old fossils, legend, legends, legendary, overstay, overstays, overstaying, welcome, totemic, founder, founders, company founder, company founders, status, social status, social statuses, peak, peaks, peaking, peaked, disrespect, disrespects, disrespectful, outdated, dated, out of date"Don't you understand, Winsome? I'm throwing myself at you."
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date, dates, dating, dated, relationship, relationships, couple, couples, hard to get, playing hard to get, flirt, boyfriend, boyfriends, girlfriends, attraction, elephant, elephants, animal, animals, men, man, women, woman"There I go - still writing 'B.C.' on my checks."
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b.c., bc, ad, a.d., birth of christ, greece, rome, ancient, ancients, new year, new years, new year's day, new years day, check, checks, cheque, cheques, wrong date, wrong dates, inconvenience, inconveniences, jesus christ, before christ, time, date, dates, dated, wrong year, wrong years, writing checks, write a check, writing a check"I'm in a band."
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play on words, word play, word-play, band of merry men, dating, date, dates, dated, flirt, pick up, pick up line, pick up artist, pick-up, pick-up line, pick-up artist, bar, bars, pub, pubs, drink, drinks, drinking, drinker, musician, musical, musicians, music, band, bands, instrument, play, women, robin hood, desperate, phrasing, irony, ironic, ironically, urban myth, urban legend, myth, myths, legend, legends"You're always coming home late, there's not enough food money, the baby never stops crying. . . I'm beginning to wonder, Conrad, whether we should get married after all?"
The Tin Man Moves On
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nightmare fuel, nightmare, nightmares, tin man, tin men, girlfriends, new girlfriends, new girlfriend, significant other, significant others, coward, cowardly, cowardly lion, scarecrow, heart, heartless, pop culture, pop culture reference, date, dates, dating, dated, modern, modern life, parody, parodies, parodied, play on words, word play, word-play"…Of course, a new model can't expect to understand how it is when they discontinue your line and parts get scarce!"
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old age, grow old, grows old, growing old, outdated, dated, technology, technologies, out of date, update, updates, updating, antiquated, discontinue, discontinues, discontinuing, line, lines, line of products, lines of products, new model, new models, part, parts, robot, robots, robotics, robotic, invention, inventions, inventor, inventors, inventing, singularity, future, futuristic, replacement, replacementsPenguin Mating Rituals Modernize With Fashion
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flirt, flirts, flirtatious, flirty, court, courting, courtship, date, dates, dating, dated, zoo, zoos, zoology, zoological, penguin, penguins, mate, mate for life, out on the town, gift, gifts, relationship, relationships, animal, animal life, animal world, the talk, explain, explaining, explanation, explanatory, kid, kids, innocence, innocent, modern life, modern world, fashion, fashions, fashionable, dress, dresses, alluring"Hey, Eddie, wanna hear a joke that's offensive now, in bad taste two years from now, funny in eight, and no one gets in twenty?"
"I'm trying to decide between a cocktail with a cute name and one that's blatantly sexual."
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cocktails, cocktail, decide, decides, deciding, decided, decision, decisions, cute name, cute names, sexual name, sexual names, cocktail name, cocktail names, blatant, blatantly, decision making, decision making power, girls night out, date, dates, dating, dated, first date, awkward, awkwardly, alcohol, bartender, bartenders, drink, drinks, drinking, drunk, name, names"I'm not an emotional person myself. Fortunately, Georgine feels things for the both of us."
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couple, couples, married couples, married couple, date, dates, dated, dating, spouse, spouses, unemotional, emotional, emotional person, emotional people, feel for two, burden, burdens, burdened, burdening, unequal partners, unequal, feelings, feelings, emotionless, exaggerate, exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating"Bill and I hate the same books."
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date, dating, dates, dated, boyfriend, boyfriends, marriage, marriages, married couple, married couples, similarity, nothing in common, little in common, barely anything in common, no similarity, no similarities, older man, older men, party, parties, social gathering, social gatherings, dinner party, dinner parties, reconcile oneself, settle, settled, settles, settling, settle for, settles for, settled for, settling for