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The title text states that "the future" was reached in 2004... Three years before the comic was published. This is possibly a joke on how time works, as "the future" is always, was always, and will always be ahead of the time you're in. There may, however, be a reference to some movie set in the future year 2004....
 
The title text states that "the future" was reached in 2004... Three years before the comic was published. This is possibly a joke on how time works, as "the future" is always, was always, and will always be ahead of the time you're in. There may, however, be a reference to some movie set in the future year 2004....
  
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The 21<sup>st</sup> century, even the year 2004, was futuristic for people growing up in, for instance, the eighties. This view just belongs to the perspective of people β€” for people growing up in the '70s, even the novel {{w|Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984}} was futuristic.
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The 21<sup>st</sup> century, even the year 2004, was futuristic for people growing up in, for instance, the eighties. This view just belongs to the perspective of people β€” for people growing up in the '70s, the novel {{w|Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984}} was even futuristic.
  
 
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