When they first came out I thought there's either something fundamental about them that I just didn't understand but in hindsight I don't understand how anyone thought the idea could work.

It had already been tried and failed in the movie world on more than one occasion. Somehow the public was, briefly, persuaded that the combination of CGI and 3D would overcome all the drawbacks of having to use special glasses and expensive equipment, but failed to see that the real problem is that it doesn't actually make a bad film any better.

I got pokemon go this summer! It’s a great motivation to walk the dogs, since there’s a ton of stuff in my neighborhood.

Yes and those idiots dying from doing it on stupid places.

It started as a publicity stunt for a low budget horror short film. It became viral for a while and quickly became a security issue when people dressed as clowns started pulling debatable "pranks", including assault and robbery. Finally, a couple of well publicized "pranks" that ended with the "clowns" having their asses rightfully handed to them with a well earned beating, and even a couple of idiots facing the wrong end of a shotgun, finally put an end to the trend.

They're still awesome, if you like em. Gregorian is amazing.

Never understood why this cráp was popular.

Why were they banned?

best image to represent this trend XD

WE STILL ARRR, MATEY!

Every generation comes up with shortened / slang / alternative words to make themselves sound 'cool'. People doing it at the time tend to think their own words are cool / creative while also chuckling at stuff from decades past. At some point you get old enough you just roll your eyes and ignore it, knowing it will pass and they will move on to the next word. Most of you can think of words that are stereotype 50's or 80's etc. Nothing wrong with new words, but kind of sad when people overuse them in an effort to seem cool / popular / whatever.

i had one in 90's, was cool for a minute

I had one of these...and still have one but I don't wear it for obvious reasons.

I told one of my students that their comment wasn't very mindful or demure. I think I exploded some teenage brains.

They have been banned from public transport in many places and also several cities which didn't straight up ban them made helmet -or even insurance- mandatory, meaning they are not practical anymore. After some common models proved to be a fire hazard customs started cracking down on unckecked imports, so getting one was also not cheap or easy anymore.

My 11yo has one. They still use it when they're feeling anxious.

That's cause it was strictly humor and not 50% shallow creators trying to convince little girls to get plastic surgery so they can look like a filter. Capitalism for ya.

They did not. If they really had tried it'd had been evwrywhere today. Google had a long, long history of releasing stuff amd immmediately abandoning it. The sad reason is that within Google you get promoted for launching an app or service, not for maintaining or improving one. So as soon as something's released anyone involved with vision and talent immediately leaves the twam and starts developing something new. With 0 incentive to make anyrhing a success and no inclination by Google to invest in existing products almost all of them fail sooner or later.

That looks like someone has sewn some sprouts together.

but admittedly, some of them were funny

I got bored of this after three plays. No variety, we made better games even back in the 80s

Two polo is dumb, but the popped collar is how they were meant to be worn. The Polo was -as the name suggest- an evolution of the outfit for Polo players. It was transformed into a tennis outfit by Renée Lacoste for the 1924 Olympic games. He started using it because it was more comfortable than the cotton shirts used until then, and the pop-up collar prevented sunburns to the neck when playing long sets.

Yoyos have been a thing on and off since they were invented in 440bce. They will have their day again .. and again ...

Since those are both from the '70's and they're still talked about (and still occasionally purchased) awards them the status of "trend" https://www.amazon.com/Pet-Rock-Authentic-Approved-Original/dp/B07KN9FK4B

No the technology has gone into wheelchairs

It had its good run as a technology demonstrator and development platform, i.e. the very reason it was created for. It was never meant to be a mass product, and it laid the basis for some patents and innovations that are still in use in wearable devices and VR sets. This was not the failure people think it was.

grind beans, Italian coffee maker, splash of half and half. I usually only have a coffee when I first wake up and I am generally not feeling the energy to be artsy fartsy with it.

This is still a thing tho

If you like swing, go with the 30s bands (Basie, Goodman, Chick Webb etc), nothing else

Well, they did. Threads skyrocketed to 200 million users, gaining +33% userbase in a matter of a week

I don't think it was meant to. And one person doing something isn't exactly a fad or a trend anyway.

As in dresses with a strawberry print? Or is that a type/shape of dress I'm not familiar with?

Huh? 🤷‍♂️