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Saturday, December 2, 1989

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sight

The neon signs flickering over the rain-slicked pavement make me nervous, reflecting a world that feels like it’s shifting too fast while those world leaders descend on Malta. I stared at the pump today, watching the numbers climb to an agonizing **$1.12** a gallon, and I honestly don't know how anyone is supposed to keep up if things stay this tense. Between the kids begging for those expensive handheld screens and the sheer noise of the city, I’m just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Everything feels so loud and over-the-top lately—almost too bodacious to be real—and I’m left standing here just wishing for a little peace, thinking, "I'll have what she's having."

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Blame It on the Rain

Milli Vanilli

The must-have

Game Boy

On This Day

  • The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.

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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 1989

  • I'll have what she's having
  • Carpe Diem

Tech Check

World Wide Web (Proposal), Game Boy & GPS (Civilian).

Cost of Living (1985)

Loaf of Bread

$0.55

Gallon of Gas

$1.12

Average Home

$84,300

New Car

$12,650

Time Elapsed

13,335 days ago

(36 years, 195 days)