A thing belonging to a period other than that in which it exists (especially something that is conspicuously old-fashioned)
Tom Kilian
@tomkilianart.bsky.social
You can get away with anachronistic costuming very easily if the design is good.
“More interesting than a closer adherence to a historical reference” can be a tough bar to clear, because the world is full of good designs, but people do it all the time.
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kim_harding ✅
@kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
Ask.com, former home of search butler Jeeves, closes just as conversational search comes back
https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/04/askjeeves_closes/
Like actual butlers, this relic of the first dotcom boom has been a quaint anachronism for decades
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Toasted Cheese
@toasted-cheese.com
Today's #writingprompt: Write about an anachronism.
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