The Web's First Viral Hit Re-emerges 20 Years Later. Can It Go Viral Again?

'Wear Sunscreen' gets second life, with proper attribution

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Remember the ’90s? We have a friend who’s constantly telling us everything was more real back then. Generally, we find that sentiment pretty suspect, but it’s true there was a texture to the decade that no longer exists.

Stuff was more tangible: We read real books with fibrous pages and that delicious paper smell. We listened to music on cassettes—with Walkmans!—and left the radio on for hours to catch (and poorly record) songs we liked. TV was grainier; HD, unimaginable.

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