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Posted: 8/22/2018 7:52:56 PM EDT
Give us the strangest fad/trend you have lived through.

Examples include:

Popped collars
Pet rocks
Planking
Mullets
Beanie Babies
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 7:55:28 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/22/2018 7:56:22 PM EDT
[#2]
Those stupid pointy shoes Mexicans were wearing about 10 years ago.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 7:57:25 PM EDT
[#3]
The fire challenge.....actually all the retarded youtube "challenges" and the drooling morons that perpetuate them
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 7:57:31 PM EDT
[#4]
Tattoos
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 7:57:31 PM EDT
[#5]
Rib tattoos.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 7:59:21 PM EDT
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Give us the strangest fad/trend you have lived through.

Examples include:

Popped collars
Pet rocks
Planking
Mullets
Beanie Babies
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Planking is a fad?
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:00:09 PM EDT
[#7]
NeverTrumpers, to most its a sickness, to others its just the trendy thing to do.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:01:32 PM EDT
[#8]
Girls in their 20s dying their hair gray. Seriously, wtf is this shit about? It looks horrible even on the hottest chicks.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:01:54 PM EDT
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Planking is a fad?
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Give us the strangest fad/trend you have lived through.

Examples include:

Popped collars
Pet rocks
Planking
Mullets
Beanie Babies
Planking is a fad?
Not the excercise position.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/planking
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:03:08 PM EDT
[#10]
Those platform shoes from the ‘70s. Yes, I had a pair while in high school
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:03:14 PM EDT
[#11]
Neckbearding .22LR

Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:03:43 PM EDT
[#12]
Michael Jackson leather jackets.
Regular guys having earrings
MC Hammer Pants
Half shirts on guys
Parachute Pants
The Yo Rocky thick gold chains worn on the outside of a black turtleneck, and Rocky leather coats with the wool
Members Only Jackets
Break Dancing
Skate Boarding
BMX

Let's not forget about 80's big hair the single worst thing about the 80's and girls dressing like Madonna.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:04:09 PM EDT
[#13]
Rapper grills.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:05:05 PM EDT
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I honestly don't think I've ever participated in anything that was a true fad.   (A fad being something that is briefly "in" but never comes back into style after it fades away the first time.)

I did skateboard a lot.  But while it faded out, it came back years later.  It keeps going in cycles but these days there's always a certain minimum amount of skating activity.   It never gets to mania levels,
but it never fades completely out anymore, either.

The dumbest single one was those "pogs" things.   And then there's the tamagotchi, a handheld digital pet, usually on a keychain, that you had to interact with in order for it to "live", "develop", "thrive", and "be healthy".

It's probably a good thing I never bothered with one of those damned things because I'd have probably gotten the Tamagotchi Protective Services on my ass for the way I'd have abused it.  
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:06:43 PM EDT
[#15]
Snowflake sexuality

Perpetual offense
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:10:50 PM EDT
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Give us the strangest fad/trend you have lived through.

Examples include:

Popped collars
Pet rocks
Planking
Mullets
Beanie Babies
Planking is a fad?
I’m guessing we’re not talking about shad planking?
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:11:20 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:13:47 PM EDT
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Give us the strangest fad/trend you have lived through.

Examples include:

Popped collars
Pet rocks
Planking
Mullets
Beanie Babies
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How about those electronic pet things from the...early 90s I guess.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:14:55 PM EDT
[#19]
Spinners
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:17:22 PM EDT
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If loving short women is a fad, I hope it never dies.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:17:52 PM EDT
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I dunno man, like them or not they've been around long enough I think they've surpassed "fad" status.



Tattoos on a Nuku Hiva warrior (1813)



The mummified remains belong to members of the Pazyryk tribe. Originating in the Iron Age (600-300 BC)
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:18:05 PM EDT
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Pogs, never understood the appeal and some of the kids in my class had MASSIVE collections of them.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:19:25 PM EDT
[#23]
Jams (shorts).
Neon clothes.
The Don Johnson / Miami Vice look.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:22:49 PM EDT
[#24]
Rat tails
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:24:23 PM EDT
[#25]
Hipsters.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:26:19 PM EDT
[#26]
Drop crotch panta.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:27:05 PM EDT
[#27]
socialism
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:27:25 PM EDT
[#28]
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:29:31 PM EDT
[#29]
men wearing girl shoes and skinny jeans with the cuffs rolled up.  Like this shit (this was a dude with a denim shirt around his waist).  Yes, I was a creeper, I surreptitiously photographed him because my 12yo son was laughing at him so hard and I had to have a pic to explain to my wife.

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Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:32:05 PM EDT
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I dunno man, like them or not they've been around long enough I think they've surpassed "fad" status.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Nuku_Hiva_warrior_1813.jpg

Tattoos on a Nuku Hiva warrior (1813)

https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/field/image/Ancient-Tattoos-of-the-Pazyryk-Nomads.jpg

The mummified remains belong to members of the Pazyryk tribe. Originating in the Iron Age (600-300 BC)
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I dunno man, like them or not they've been around long enough I think they've surpassed "fad" status.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Nuku_Hiva_warrior_1813.jpg

Tattoos on a Nuku Hiva warrior (1813)

https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/field/image/Ancient-Tattoos-of-the-Pazyryk-Nomads.jpg

The mummified remains belong to members of the Pazyryk tribe. Originating in the Iron Age (600-300 BC)
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Otzi
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:34:44 PM EDT
[#31]
Vaping
Craft Beers
Beard oil
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:35:19 PM EDT
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Tattoos
I dunno man, like them or not they've been around long enough I think they've surpassed "fad" status.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Nuku_Hiva_warrior_1813.jpg

Tattoos on a Nuku Hiva warrior (1813)

https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/field/image/Ancient-Tattoos-of-the-Pazyryk-Nomads.jpg

The mummified remains belong to members of the Pazyryk tribe. Originating in the Iron Age (600-300 BC)
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/137867/Otzitattoos-648083.JPG

Otzi
pfffft...such a fad. 5,400 year old fad

That's cool though, thanks for posting.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:35:50 PM EDT
[#33]
Fidget spinners
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:38:37 PM EDT
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Tattoos
I dunno man, like them or not they've been around long enough I think they've surpassed "fad" status.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Nuku_Hiva_warrior_1813.jpg

Tattoos on a Nuku Hiva warrior (1813)

https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/field/image/Ancient-Tattoos-of-the-Pazyryk-Nomads.jpg

The mummified remains belong to members of the Pazyryk tribe. Originating in the Iron Age (600-300 BC)
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/137867/Otzitattoos-648083.JPG

Otzi
How could they keep them from turning green 3000 years ago but can't today?  Kill them immediately after the tattoo?
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:40:09 PM EDT
[#35]
Bunch of young guys up in here

Tie-dye clothing
Negative heel shoes
Mood rings
Pyramid power
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:40:31 PM EDT
[#36]
1950s Davey Crockett coonskin cap
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:49:13 PM EDT
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I dunno man, like them or not they've been around long enough I think they've surpassed "fad" status.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Nuku_Hiva_warrior_1813.jpg

Tattoos on a Nuku Hiva warrior (1813)

https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/field/image/Ancient-Tattoos-of-the-Pazyryk-Nomads.jpg

The mummified remains belong to members of the Pazyryk tribe. Originating in the Iron Age (600-300 BC)
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/137867/Otzitattoos-648083.JPG

Otzi
How could they keep them from turning green 3000 years ago but can't today?  Kill them immediately after the tattoo?
I have a couple fairly old ones that aren't green. I think shitty quality ink does this probably.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 8:51:47 PM EDT
[#38]
Still waiting for the "underwear on the outside" fad.  Patiently.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:00:02 PM EDT
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Not the excercise position.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/planking
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Gotcha. Never even heard of this. Pretty stupid.

Hard to heat the morons with the double popped collars.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:03:57 PM EDT
[#40]
1970's men getting perms.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:10:01 PM EDT
[#41]
Pureskins.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:24:50 PM EDT
[#42]
Adults sucking on pacifiers
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:30:46 PM EDT
[#43]
nehru jackets
platform shoes
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:33:34 PM EDT
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I'm not sure you understand what a fad is.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:33:38 PM EDT
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Nmind
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:34:12 PM EDT
[#46]
Tomagatchis
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:35:20 PM EDT
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THAT is what I was thinking of.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:37:08 PM EDT
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CB radio's, everybody had one!

Yo Yo's, elementary school.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:37:35 PM EDT
[#49]
Coyote brown being worn by people who don’t live or serve in the desert.

Been going on for almost 20 years.
Link Posted: 8/22/2018 9:38:10 PM EDT
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