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On the date

Thursday, June 22, 2000

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Tactile

The flash catches the oily sheen of a velour tracksuit as a girl struts past, her low-rise jeans revealing a peek of a thong above the waistband. I dodge a blur of brushed aluminum as a kid on a Razor Scooter rattles over the uneven pavement, the vibration of the metal wheels humming against my boot soles. There is a grit to the humid air, smelling of exhaust and cheap cologne, while someone’s Nokia chirps a tinny melody nearby. To make it in this city, you have to be a real Survivor, catching the metallic glint of the sun off every passing trucker hat before the light shifts.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Be with You

Enrique Iglesias

The must-have

Razor Scooter

On This Day

  • Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.

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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

9,479 days ago

(25 years, 354 days)