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A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Comic Book Time]], [[Long Runner]], and [[Technology Marches On]].
So you are watching early episodes of a show that is set in the [[Present Day]] (or what was the present for when the show came out). In [[Real Life]] when these episodes were written, tech that we now took for granted was just coming out, and the show would reflect this, showing everything from [[Compact Disc|CD-ROMS]], [[the Internet]], beige computers
Fast forward years later in [[Real Life]] to now. The show storyline is still set at the same time as the early episodes, and in order to keep up with the real world, the writers will have the characters now playing with
But wait, that episode that came out fifteen years ago was set only a month or two ago in the series' story line. How is it that the characters were touting tape decks as the next big thing, but only a short time later, older members of the cast are reminiscing on their old Walkmans, and younger members have no idea what a cassette ''even is,'' even though they were the ones lugging them around back in the first few seasons?
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