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"The Past Was So Old-Fashioned Looking"

Why does time change the same thing?

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Addison Del Mastro
Aug 06, 2025
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I just wrote a piece about Bonanza and Ponderosa, the old-school salad bar/steakhouse chains which are still actually around. They feel old-school now, like some kind of living throwback. But of course back in the 1980s, they were modern and new. They were just a thing that existed.

I’m also working on a fun review of a documentary about the afterlives o…

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