- Do you remember it as more of a weird year?
Do you know about the weirdest things that happened in 1998? Between the toys and the songs it was a whole weird year.
A movie about a giant asteroid terrified audiences when in Armageddon, oil drillers were sent into space to stop a massive
asteroid from destroying Earth. Te was both thrilling and weird, mixing space science with explosive Hollywood action.
A song about “getting jiggy” took over the world when Gettin’ Jiggy wit It became a global sensation. Its unusual phrase confused many people but quickly became a popular slang expression. What do you think of this as the weirdest thing of 1998?
The rise of strange internet culture started in 1998, when the internet was still new for many people, and weird websites were everywhere. One of the strangest was Hamster Dance, which featured rows of animated hamsters dancing to a sped-up song. It became one of the earliest viral memes long before social media existed. Is this the weirdest thing from 1998?
People worried about computers destroying the future, the closer we got to 2000. Panic about the Y2K bug grew stronger, some
even believing planes might fall from the sky or banks might lose all their money because computers could not understand the year 2000. The fear created strange preparations and emergency plans around the world.
People still rented movies from stores at the end of the 90s with millions of people visiting video rental shops like Blockbuster every weekend. It seems strange today that people had to physically travel somewhere just to watch a movie when all we need are streaming services now to watch anything we want.
Google quietly appeared in 1998. The small search engine called Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. At the time it seemed like just another tech experiment, but it would later change the entire internet forever. Is this the weirdest thing from 1998?
A strange political scandal dominated the news when a bizarre political drama unfolded involving Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. The scandal became one of the most talked-about stories of the year and led to an impeachment process that shocked many Americans.
A robot dog became a celebrity when the robotic pet Sony Aibo was introduced in 1998. People were fascinated by a dog that could walk, bark, and respond to commands without being alive. For many, it felt like science fiction suddenly appearing in their living room.
Professional wrestling became wildly dramatic during the
“Attitude Era.” Stars like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock turned wrestling shows into chaotic entertainment full of wild storylines, making 1998 one of the strangest periods in wrestling history.
Do you agree these are the weirdest things that happened in 1998? Tell us your thoughts or memories of crazy things from way back in 1998.