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On the date

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The flash of my Leica catches the shimmer of a metallic velour tracksuit as a girl zips past on a silver Razor scooter, her low-rise jeans revealing a peek of a whale tail. I step over a discarded newspaper detailing some corporate Seagram merger to frame a shot of a guy in a foam trucker hat leaning against a neon movie poster. He’s laughing at Jim Carrey’s split-faced grin on the *Me, Myself & Irene* display, probably thinking the movie looks like a total riot, lol. The humid summer air smells like exhaust and hot asphalt, a perfect grit against the glossy pop world of Enrique Iglesias blaring from a nearby electronics shop.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Be with You

Enrique Iglesias

The must-have

Razor Scooter

On This Day

  • Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

sketchypeepsnewbie

Text Speak

brblolomgrofltmi

Emo

rawrsqueescene

Reality Tv

you're firedthe tribe has spoken

Catchphrases of 2000

  • Wassup?
  • Survivor

Tech Check

Broadband Adoption, Nokia 3310, PlayStation 2 & USB Drives.

Style of 2000

Silhouette: Low-rise and skin-baring (Y2K)

Material: Metallic and velour

  • Whale tails
  • Trucker hats
  • Juicy Couture tracks

Cost of Living (2000)

Loaf of Bread

$1.03

Gallon of Gas

$1.51

Average Home

$165,300

New Car

$21,850

Time Elapsed

9,480 days ago

(25 years, 355 days)