Rapid cultural change in a nutshell.

[mrissa]

When Donnie Darko* was set, in 1988, four teenagers jumping on their bikes to go across town in the evening was a reasonable thing.

When Donnie Darko was made, in 2001, it was an historical reference.

Wow.

*Which I watched for the first time tonight.

Comments

[arkuat]

I see groups of kids riding their bikes together in Oakland quite frequently. Not every day, mind you, but it's nothing I'd consider unusual or worth remarking on.