Don’t Buy: Decades Being Back
So the 90’s are SO back. Oops, or wait, am I way too late? I can’t be, because after we did the 70’s and 80’s, there’s nowhere else to turn for two more years.
Wouldn’t it be more fun to bring back one anachronistic consumer good at a time? Like the MiniDisc player. The poor, completely irrelevant MD player, which introduced kids to digital music with such good intentions but failed to produce a convenient package. I found three old MD mixes of mine–out of three–and started to really think about things. If the MiniDisc had taken off, would there still be Apple factory compounds in China, and would I still be iTouching about it? 
Probably not.
At least there have been more Clueless quotes floating around. It’s no longer a faux pas to announce one’s cruising of the crimson wave.
Maybe I’m a contemptible hypocrite who just misses the stark Joy Division style guide. Maybe there are hints of workable Clinton health plans resurging in the noggins under those bright pink Duron hats. But before the city of St. Louis receives free healthcare, I’m not buying this 90’s thing. Because, for no other reason, neon blinds, hemp smells, and slap bracelets kill.
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Thinking of the future, I wonder when the decade of 2010 is “back” what it will be called? The “‘teens’ are totally in right now?”
I’m thinking like Sara. How long does it take for a decade to crystallize anyways? Also, you gotta give props to the 90’s for giving birth to the information superhighway. Remember when signing on to AOL/aim and hitting up chat rooms after school was all the rage?
omg I had a MD player!
I used it to digitally record my Alternative Pop Garage band in my parents basement. We were called Endorphin.
Oh chatrooms. Does anyone EVER still do that anymore? I loved them when I was like 11.
i wasnt aware that slap bracelets had ever “left” anyway. plus, MDs were really easy to steal.
Poor MD players. I let mine see the light of day once in a while cos I feel bad for it.
Please not the ’90s. Britain back then was just plain scary. Two words, shell suits.
alright!! im okay with britpop being back. but then again, did it every really leave?
Haha I’m from St. Louis (kinda. I was born there, then moved away, then further away, then moved back, then moved away where I am now)
So that was hillarious.
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