Beards only recently came back into style. And he saw bearded hipsters wearing earrings

He also saw many toylike compact vehicles and were puzzled by how small they were and how many there were

He was seeing the compact electric cars

The first electric cars werent as compact and now they are, been seeing more every year. Compact is back in fashion

In the 70s-90s his dream was republished but it more fits now than back then