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On the date

Tuesday, October 31, 2000

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The low-rise jeans and silver velour tracksuits are catching every flash of neon as the trick-or-treaters swarm the sidewalk, their Razor Scooters whirring like a fleet of tiny jets. I catch a framing shot of a girl in a trucker hat checking her Nokia 3310, the backlight glowing radioactive green against the darkening Jersey sky. A red-faced dad pulls his SUV away from the pump, grumbling about how $1.51 a gallon is a total highway robbery for a Tuesday night. He looks like a real outdoor Survivor, but tonight he’s just another dad in the suburbs, ignored while Aguilera’s voice blares from a nearby boombox.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)

Christina Aguilera

The must-have

Razor Scooter

On This Day

  • Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.

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  • Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.

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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

9,348 days ago

(25 years, 223 days)