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On the date

Friday, February 9, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sound

The rhythmic hum of the radio blares Paula Abdul’s "Opposites Attract" over the grinding gears of a city shifting into a globalized future. I pull my flannel tight against the winter chill, listening to the guttural roar of Ford engines that will soon carry Mazda badges, a sonic shift marking the dawn of the neoliberal era. Every kid on the block is getting crunk over the legendary 16-bit chimes of the Super Nintendo, a digital siren song that signals the death of analog silence. Between the static of the street and the electronic pings of progress, the world sounds like it’s vibrating toward a high-definition fracture.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Opposites Attract

Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

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

13,265 days ago

(36 years, 125 days)