Retsy Series 1 · Card 0500 · 90-MEM

Going Out to Nowhere

We're going out. Where? Nowhere.

Middle schoolers declaring they were going out with someone, which mostly involved never speaking to each other directly.

Card no.: 0500 of 1,280
Set: 90s Memes & Fads · 90-MEM
Year: 1996
Type: Middle school going out ritual
Found at: Folded note, third period
Cost back then: One borrowed pencil

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Nostalgia9/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness5/10

Trade value3/10

The story · 1996

The story of Going Out to Nowhere

Going Out to Nowhere followed strict rules. A classmate passed a note asking if you would go out with someone. You checked yes, no or maybe. Then you were officially together, which meant sitting at different lunch tables and never making eye contact. Breakups arrived through the same classmate about three days later, usually by folded note.

Fun fact

The average relationship lasted about as long as a pack of gum, and the gum usually got split more fairly.

Six finishes

187 copies of Going Out to Nowhere exist

Going Out to Nowhere comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Going Out to Nowhere, Retsy card 0500 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Going Out to Nowhere, Retsy card 0500 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Going Out to Nowhere, Retsy card 0500 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Going Out to Nowhere, Retsy card 0500 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Going Out to Nowhere, Retsy card 0500 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Going Out to Nowhere, Retsy card 0500 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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