- Technology Marches On: Ross and Chandler's college web pages are evidently pre-modern social media, and specifically pre-Facebook which was originally started for colleges. This is really unintentionally emphasized by Chandler saying that most people wouldn't check the pages every day as both the technology and people's relationship to it would evolve over the next decade. A decade, or even six or seven years later; Ross's memorial service being empty would be an even greater blow.
- Values Dissonance: Ross "outing" Chandler as being gay would draw a lot more criticism if it was used as a plot today as the hardships of coming out are much more known and forced outings are frowned upon.
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