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1. pyfon ◴[] No.43743609[source]
4580. Helps if you recognise the current affairs. Gay marriage, Arab spring, London Blitz came up. Leaving me with a party with a mix of drab and 70s disco clothing so I guessed 1981 and was close enough!

The one that got me was some people at a beach in black and white.

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2. huevosabio ◴[] No.43747613[source]
I recognized the Arab spring and the London blitz.

The gay marriage one I couldn't put a date, but noticed a flip phone on the picture so I just guessed the highest number before iPhone release year and wasn't too bad.

The disco scene was clearly a 70s Pic so I just guessed smack in the middle of the decade.

The beach black and white I was the most off. I faintly remember that it was a big discussion point during the 20s that women should be allowed to wear "revealing" swimsuits,so again I went for a year in the decade. I was off

3. rsync ◴[] No.43748743[source]
Score 4753 Top 2% Avg. Years Off. 3.0

I didn't really recognize any of the current events - or anything at all - I just ... kind of knew ...

In fact, it had less to do with the actual content of the photo than the qualities of the photo itself ... I sort of felt like photos looked like that around 1990 ... and I was right.