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Monday, February 13, 1984

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight

The neon glare of the Tokyo computer headlines reflects off my oversized sweatshirt, signaling a shift in global power toward these sleek, silicon horizons. Boy George’s voice warbles from a nearby radio, the red, gold, and green hook of "Karma Chameleon" weaving through the morning fog of athletic spandex and heavy leg warmers. The sight of a discarded, grody coffee cup near a stack of new Macintosh boxes feels like a relic of a dying analog age. Everywhere I look, the silhouette of the future is tightening into athletic lines and digital speed.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Karma Chameleon

Culture Club

The must-have

Transformers

On This Day

  • Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

awesomebodaciouscheesychill

Valley Girl

as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally

Hip Hop

baddefdopeflyfreshword

Yuppie

greed is goodpower lunchnetworking

Catchphrases of 1984

  • Where's the beef?
  • I'll be back
  • Who you gonna call?

Tech Check

Apple Macintosh, CD-ROM & Flash Memory.

Style of 1984

Silhouette: Athletic and layered

Material: Spandex and sweat

  • Leg warmers
  • Headbands
  • Oversized sweatshirts

Cost of Living (1980)

Loaf of Bread

$0.50

Gallon of Gas

$1.19

Average Home

$47,200

New Car

$7,200

Time Elapsed

15,454 days ago

(42 years, 124 days)