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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I don’t know. Cell phones, the internet, computers, globalization. Not to mention language, social norms, bigotry.
Anyone from 1985 coming to today would be about as big a fish out water as someone from 85 going to 55.
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I meant just 30 years, so from now back to 1993. Not that another 8 years is huge, but it does seem like there was a bit of a jump from the 80s to the 90s.
I think back to 1993 and it doesn't seem like much has changed between now and then. Computers and cell phones became more sophisticated of course, but they would be recognizable. Wireless technology would probably stand out. Music today sounds pretty much the same as from the 1990s and forward, IMO. There are differences, but not like the differences between Elvis and Motley Crue or Metallica. Like if someone from the 1950s immediately went to the 1980s, the fashion and music would be completely foreign, but from 1993 to 2023, I just don't see it.
But as far as music and styles go, it doesn't seem as big as the 30 years between 1955 and 1985. Heck, I see kids today still walking around wearing Nirvana t-shirts. I doubt too many kids were walking around in 1985 wearing Elvis or Everly Brothers merch.
Colloquial speech from the 1990s to today hasn't changes a heck of a lot, not to the degree of change between 1955 and 1985. I guess social media meme talk would probably confuse people in the 1990s if they jumped 30 years into the future.