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On the date

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

The neon glow of my phone screen is blinding in the dark, but I can’t stop scrolling through the new App Store, trying to find a game that doesn't cost my lunch money. I’ve got Rihanna’s "Disturbia" blasting on a loop through my earbuds, keeping my brain from rotting while I wait for my old laptop to finally load this new Chrome browser. If this laggy piece of junk freezes one more time, honestly, you're fired. I’m just trying to check my Spotify playlists before I head out to meet my peeps at the movies for *Tropic Thunder*.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Disturbia

Rihanna

The must-have

Wall-E Animatronic

On This Day

  • Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

sketchypeepsnewbie

Text Speak

brblolomgrofltmi

Emo

rawrsqueescene

Reality Tv

you're firedthe tribe has spoken

Catchphrases of 2008

  • Yes We Can
  • Why so serious?

Tech Check

App Store, Android (Release), Spotify & Chrome.

Cost of Living (2008)

Loaf of Bread

$1.37

Gallon of Gas

$3.27

Average Home

$229,600

New Car

$25,200

Meanwhile

  • The Great RecessionHousing market crash; Lehman Brothers collapse (2008-09-15).

Time Elapsed

6,498 days ago

(17 years, 293 days)