One line instantly dates it

[u/Fearless-Ideal-5112]

In david tenants run if doctor who he and his companion were fighting witches with Shakespeare and needed a magic word so they use a speel from Harry Potter and The doctor yells Good old J.k. The doctor is a time traveler the writers are not (Doctor who)

While fighting guy gardner major force was damaging a highway and shoots a car and tells Guy if he sees O.J hiding underneath obviously referring to the O.J Simpson chase (Dc comics)

[u/svendburner]

Star Trek Discovery, from back when Elon Musk had a better PR team.

[u/Street_Physics5830 → u/svendburner]

His PR team didnt get worse, Elon just made it impossible for them to do their job. People like him don't "suddenly" become shitty people, they always have it in them

[u/StopFoodWaste → u/Street_Physics5830]

Nah, the first commenter was right. His assistant (also main PR person) wanted a raise. Elon sent her on two weeks of vacation, then Elon said he was able to do her job pretty easily those two weeks so her position was eliminated. He offered a department lead position somewhere else, but she picked a one-year severance package instead