# Why did grids = high tech in the 80s?

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**Created:** [March 3, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-grids-high-tech-in-the-80s/573307 "2011-03-03T03:30:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-grids-high-tech-in-the-80s/573307/41 "2011-03-07T14:15:06Z")

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I remember one of my '80’s high school yearbooks uses a variation of the grid graphic. It was all over our trapper keepers, ripped-shoulder sweatshirts, and other school gear we just had to have.

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