The most 1999 thing
Fax machines, payphones, printed news, 60 Minutes influence and cigarette culture mark the period.
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- Faxing, payphone business and reading the Times in a lobby are distinctly period habits. — Bill Simmons
- Personal overseas calling-card and internet-access memories illustrate how easily people could be disconnected.
- Concern about corporate media ownership now seems settled; the SEC filing revelation contrasts with later thumb drives and leaked emails, and 60 Minutes mattered differently.
- Cigarette acceptance is contrasted with younger friends’ habits, with regional uncertainty and health-culture jokes. — Sean Fennessey
- Ken Starr’s firm and a recalled Clinton reference are other period details.