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On the date

Sunday, March 1, 2009

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Tactile

I steady my Leica as the wind whips through heavy wool peacoats and the synthetic crunch of a child’s Zhu Zhu Pet scurrying across the pavement. Overhead, a billboard for Windows 7 looms over a crowd more focused on their buzzing phones—some chatting on that new WhatsApp service, others probably checking if their sketchy Bitcoin investment actually exists. A man in a polyester tracksuit shouts into his mobile about his Uber ride while "Right Round" blares from a passing sedan, a sensory overload that's honestly a bit TMI for a Sunday morning. I just focus on the texture of the scene, the grit of the city clashing with the high-tech flicker of a world changing faster than my shutter speed.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Right Round

Flo Rida

The must-have

Zhu Zhu Pets

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

sketchypeepsnewbie

Text Speak

brblolomgrofltmi

Emo

rawrsqueescene

Reality Tv

you're firedthe tribe has spoken

Catchphrases of 2009

  • Imma let you finish
  • There's an app for that

Tech Check

Bitcoin, WhatsApp, Uber & Windows 7.

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

6,305 days ago

(17 years, 100 days)