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On the date

Thursday, January 25, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

I’m hunched over the counter in my oversized flannel, watching the neon deli sign flicker against my Doc Martens while Michael Bolton wails from the radio. I dropped my last two quarters and two dimes for a loaf of bread, and man, seeing $0.70 disappear for a few slices of toast is a total buzzkill when I’m saving up for a Super Nintendo. I almost tripped over my ripped jeans trying to catch the headlines about those freezing baymen, so my bad if I’m acting a little on edge. Between the talk of this new "photoshop" tech and the winter chill biting through my thermal knit, the world feels like it’s changing way too fast.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

Michael Bolton

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

On This Day

  • Avianca Flight 052 crashes in Cove Neck, New York, killing 73.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1990

  • Cowabunga!
  • Home Alone

Tech Check

Hubble Telescope, Photoshop 1.0 & HTML.

Style of 1990

Silhouette: Unkempt and layered (Grunge)

Material: Flannel and thermal knit

  • Doc Martens
  • Ripped jeans
  • Chokers

Cost of Living (1990)

Loaf of Bread

$0.70

Gallon of Gas

$1.16

Average Home

$123,000

New Car

$16,950

Time Elapsed

13,280 days ago

(36 years, 140 days)