2012 to 2016

Take a Trip Back

A little walk down memory lane from the IHS years.

2012

  • ✦Gangnam Style broke YouTube.
  • ✦Instagram had just launched Android, and Facebook bought it for $1B.
  • ✦London Olympics. Team USA cleaned up.
Gangnam Style - the horse dance heard 'round the world.
Gangnam Style - the horse dance heard 'round the world.

2013

  • ✦Vine: seven seconds, endless replays. RIP.
  • ✦Harlem Shake was… a thing.
  • ✦"Blurred Lines" was inescapable.
  • ✦The word "selfie" made Oxford Dictionary's word of the year.
Vine - do it for the Vine.
Vine - do it for the Vine.

2014

  • ✦Flappy Bird, deleted before anyone could win.
  • ✦Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS.
  • ✦Frozen: "Let It Go" on repeat.
  • ✦iPhone 6 finally went big.
Flappy Bird, the game everyone loved to hate.
Flappy Bird, the game everyone loved to hate.

2015

  • ✦The dress: blue/black or white/gold?
  • ✦Left Shark stole the Super Bowl.
  • ✦Back to the Future 2 promised hoverboards. Sort of.
  • ✦Adele's "Hello"… hello from the other siiiiiiide.
…still fighting about this one.
…still fighting about this one.

2016

  • ✦Senior year at IHS. Enough said.
  • ✦Pokémon GO took over every park in Jersey.
  • ✦"Damn, Daniel." Back at it again with the white Vans.
  • ✦Beyoncé dropped Lemonade.
  • ✦Gas: about $2.14/gal · Movie ticket: about $8.65 · Netflix: $9.99/mo

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