This item originally appeared in Vice on November 28, 2018
Think back to 1988.
Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan faced off in the main event at Wrestlemania IV at Trump Plaza. Beetlejuice, Die Hard, and A Fish Called Wanda were playing in your local movie theatre and the mid-dynasty Edmonton Oilers were about to begin another Stanley Cup-winning season.
It was a time when we still said dickweed, Degrassi was a new thing on TV, and humans were not yet streaming endless information directly to devices that we carried next to our crotches and asses all day.
It was also a time when all of Canada was enthralled with a rivalry between two dudes who just ran fast.
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Ben T. Johnson 