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On the date

Thursday, September 13, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight

The neon glow of the *Postcards from the Edge* marquee bleeds into the damp pavement, reflecting off the scuffed leather of my Doc Martens. I skim the grey columns of the Times, where a headline warns of **At Tishman, Fewer Glamorous Jobs**, a grim harbinger of the corporate sterility that will eventually swallow this unkempt, flannel-clad era. It's a total buzzkill for the dreamers, but the way that oversized silhouette cuts through the city fog is undeniably phat. From this vantage point, I can already see how these ripped jeans and thermal layers are the last costumes of a world before the digital void takes hold.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Release Me

Wilson Phillips

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

13,049 days ago

(35 years, 274 days)