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Wednesday, July 12, 1995

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Tactile

The July humidity clings to my satin slip dress as I run a thumb over the jagged plastic edge of a Slammer, feeling the tactile weight of a game that will soon be a relic of the analog age. I shift my tiny nylon backpack, frustrated by the long queue at the theater for *Apollo 13*; missing the matinee over a sell-out would be such a total buzzkill. The scratchy plaid of my friend’s skirt brushes against my knee-high socks as we debate the future of this new "eBay" thing. Everything smells of heavy vanilla perfume and movie theater popcorn, a sensory threshold before the digital tide washes it all away.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Waterfalls

TLC

The must-have

Pogs

On This Day

  • Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1995

  • To infinity and beyond!
  • No soup for you!

Tech Check

Windows 95, DVD Format, Java & eBay.

Style of 1995

Silhouette: Preppy and minimalist (Clueless)

Material: Plaid and satin

  • Slip dresses
  • Knee-high socks
  • Tiny backpacks

Cost of Living (1995)

Loaf of Bread

$0.79

Gallon of Gas

$1.15

Average Home

$133,900

New Car

$18,200

Time Elapsed

11,286 days ago

(30 years, 336 days)