35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created

Trends are everywhere. They influence people’s fashion choices, their decisions regarding home decor or hairstyles, and can even determine what video games or TikTok dances, among other things, are popular at a given time.

In addition to being seemingly omnipresent, they are also everchanging. As times change, so do trends; and it’s no secret that once you reach a certain age, it can be difficult to keep up with the current ones. Some of them might even seem bizarre or strange.

Seeking to learn what trends people consider to be the strangest ones of the past decade, redditor ‘PaceSubstantial1107’ turned to the ‘Ask Reddit’ community and started a discussion on the topic. Quite a few netizens shared their opinions, covering all sorts of odd or even disappointing trends, so if you’re curious about what they had to say, scroll down to find their answers on the list below.

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created People filming themselves giving food or money to those in need .If you are going to help someone just do it don't broadcast your good deed.

Sea_Pangolin3840 , Timur Weber Report

Final score:

174points

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created A complete Disregard for science and discovery.

jay105000 , Photo By: Kaboompics.com Report

Final score:

153points

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Tipping for everything and anything.

mike_essAZ , Photo By: Kaboompics.com Report

Final score:

151points

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Anti-intellectualism. Being undereducated is a matter of pride in a lot of areas.

Mieczyslaw_Stilinski , SHVETS production Report

Final score:

149points

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Pathologizing every conceivable human behavior so that no one has to ever be responsible for anything they do.

sakkadesu , SHVETS production Report

Final score:

149points

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created People forgetting how to talk into a mobile phone. Instead of holding it so the mic is by your mouth and the speaker by your ear, now people hold it flat and shout at the bottom while wondering why they can't hear the other person properly. I don't care if this makes me sound old, it just makes zero sense.

orange_lighthouse , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

145points

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Youtube families—- I mean it’s weird how you put your 11 year old crying over homework on youtube.

Naw2665 , MART PRODUCTION Report

Final score:

140points

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Gender reveals.

WEEDINMYBUTTHOLE , Alex Hussein Report

Final score:

137points

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Massive numbers of people believing completely made up s**t.

Hank_Western , Brett Sayles Report

Final score:

118points

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#10

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Bigotry and racism making a come back. Didn't think we'd be going backwards.

Ok-Name8703 , Edmond Dantès Report

Final score:

117points

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#11

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created “Alpha male” b******t.

Anonymous: My friend suggested if anyone non-ironically says 'alpha male' to you just say you're a 'turbo dude', and tell them its one above alpha male. I mean its made up anyway

continuousBaBa , Yasin Gdu Report

Final score:

115points

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#12

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created F***ing lip fillers and whatever plastic put to the body. Poor people. They don’t have to be pressured by non-essential physical standards.

zunashi , Youssef Labib Report

Final score:

114points

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#13

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Not being able to talk to humans on the f*****g phone.

I have to call doctor offices for my job and I always have to press like 5 buttons, only to have to leave a message.

MaraTheBard , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

111points

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#14

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Not believing in science. It blows my mind the people who I used to think had their s**t together who now believe all of these conspiracy theories and “do their own research”. It’s crazy.

hoptownky , Keira Burton Report

Final score:

107points

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#15

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created People making money from filming themselves 'reacting' to things.

Skapti , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

106points

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#16

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created People annoying/"pranking" others in public and filming ensuing reactions. Annoying customers/retail & fast food workers and filming whole thing for likes and content. Leave people alone.

Tricky_Rabbit , Niklas Jeromin Report

Final score:

99points

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#17

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created The politicization of science. We've always had biased surveys and studies, but denying the concept of science entirely and the bragging about it like a badge of honor toward idealism is bizarre.

shoeeebox , Chokniti Khongchum Report

Final score:

98points

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#18

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Concert Tickets starting OVER $100 each.

mike_essAZ , Wendy Wei Report

Final score:

97points

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#19

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Producers, directors and studios blaming audiences for not wanting to go see their remake/reboot/prequel/sequel.

also studios spending so much money on movies that it's virtually impossible for them to break even.

MikrokosmicUnicorn , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

90points

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#20

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Blaming vaccines on everything from autism to, car accidents, to atheism, to drowning, to falling on ice, etc. Those people with fake tremors on social media just look like idiots.

flecksable_flyer , RF._.studio Report

Final score:

88points

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#21

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Gen Z thinking that putting your life on social media is normal. It's not. It's never been normal.

TranslucentSurfer , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

83points

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#22

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Tiktok. Like 95 percent is stupid human tricks.

B2utyyo , Nik Report

Final score:

78points

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#23

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Houses that are grey all over.

Western-Mall5505 , Max Vakhtbovycn Report

Final score:

78points

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#24

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Bring proud of being ignorant and uneducated.

selkiesidhe , Micah Eleazar Report

Final score:

76points

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#25

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created People filming themselves in public doing strange dances.

anon , Artem Podrez Report

Final score:

72points

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#26

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Young men driving around with "I EAT A*S" in huge letters on the back of their trucks. I mean, I'm not kink-shaming, but that seems like a really strange flex.

JJCDAD , Giona Mason Report

Final score:

70points

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#27

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Saying the quiet part out loud.

Maybe I was just blissfully unaware, but it seems like most bigots of all types used to keep their hate internal or anonymous. Or at least, after the late 70s early 80s. But now days, even politicians will take to the "big stage" and spout off their hate as if it was perfectly normal.

MOS95B , Henri Mathieu-Saint-Laurent Report

Final score:

69points

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#28

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Those Giant Tarantula Eyelashes!

FlizzyFluff , Dermstore Report

Final score:

69points

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#29

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Glamorizing mental health issues.

VENoelle , Polina Zimmerman Report

Final score:

68points

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#30

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created People posting really personal information publicly. I.e. “my dad just died and I’m so sad here’s a 20 second video of me crying”.

unusualspider33 , mikoto.raw Photographer Report

Final score:

66points

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#31

People basing their entire personality on who they voted for. 🙄.

Resq_Tech Report

Final score:

61points

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#32

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created People “unboxing” stuff online and women tapping things with their nails in videos.

Miserable-Brit-1533 , Photo By: Kaboompics.com Report

Final score:

58points

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#33

The commoditization of every iota of human experience.

justpackingheat1: Oh, you enjoy piecing together puzzles? Why not sell your completed puzzle on eBay, share your best puzzle tips on an ad-covered blog, create an online seminar for helping others learn more about the joys of puzzles, or shove that puzzle up your a*s and sell the photos on OF?

ceilingscorpion Report

Final score:

54points

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#34

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Kids filming themselves in a grocery store, opening and licking ice cream, then putting it back in the freezer to be purchased.

TrackAwayFromMe , Min An Report

Final score:

53points

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#35

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created The broccoli haircut on every teenage boy.

Brahskee , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

52points

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DoubleDoubleTiredAndTuckered 2 weeks ago

Teenage broccoli boi here: let me just say, it’s easy to manage, and beats the whole ‘baseball cap’ do by leaps and bounds as far as not looking stupid goes. 😅

41points

BTDubs 2 weeks ago

They're just salty because they all went around sporting mullets and mushroom cuts...

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Aud (she/they) 2 weeks ago

There are worse haircuts than broccoli. At least y'all have cute curls ;)

9points

BookFanatic 2 weeks ago

Hey, good on you! If you like it, that's all that matters. Now excuse me while I recover from the fact I just quoted my grandfather...

5points

Mary 2 weeks ago

The broccoli cut actually looks better to me than most other haircuts

2points

Leekier 2 weeks ago

I like them; I’ve always wanted curls myself

1point

SDLT010 2 weeks ago

I just don't do hairstyles. The most I ever do to my hair is wash it with shampoo.

1point

Kalevra 2 weeks ago

backwoods cap was my generations go to move.

0points

Sven Horlemann 2 weeks ago

I respect that. Growing up in the 80s I had long blond hair and at times a permanent. Still... I see the neighbors boys (I am in Germany) and think "noooo". 🤣 To each his own.

0points

90HD 2 weeks ago

The baseball cut do has invaded my school. It's everywhere and there is no escape from it.

0points

George Costanza 2 weeks ago

Save lots of pictures of yourself and in ten years see how you feel about it.

0points

iseefractals 2 weeks ago

It doesn't change the fact that it's not great, and the ubiquity of the style has only served as a constant reminder of that fact.

0points

Multa Nocte 2 weeks ago

Each decade has a new "haircut of shame" that will be looked back on with horror and regret.

18points

Anna Drever 2 weeks ago

Just a few years ago there was the haircut where guys pushed their hair up into the middle like a rooster. Not a full on Mohawk, just weird.

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JuniorCJ82 2 weeks ago

I'll take broccoli over Bieber any day.

8points

Sue 2 weeks ago

Bring back the David Cassidy cut!

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David 2 weeks ago

Does that boy have thrush or is he doing some Tik Tok "eat the chalk!" challenge?

7points

Susie Elle 2 weeks ago

Oh come on, like mullets were any better??

6points

Glen Ellyn 2 weeks ago

If you've got the hair for it, why not?

6points

DowntownStevieB 2 weeks ago

Um, I have really curly hair and there aren't many options that look good.

5points

SammyLawrence27 2 weeks ago

SAME. It's easy to manage, so sue us

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LISA BARRERO 2 weeks ago

I'm going to be sick.....whats on his tongue

5points

Debra Robinson 2 weeks ago

EEEEEW... looks like thrush!

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Rosie 2 weeks ago

Before that it was the Bieber comb-over or comb-over forehead. It lasted well over a decade.

2points

Dirk Daring 2 weeks ago

Gen X here: Our parents hated our hairstyles too. Leave Generation Chia Pet alone.

2points

Earonn - 2 weeks ago

Every generation has its style. Just wait for it to fade and the next one to start. Suffer in silence ;)

2points

Sue 2 weeks ago

And every older generation has to criticize the younger one. It's almost like some people just can't wait to get old to put down the next generation WHEN THEY RAISED THEM. I stopped eating lunch with friends my age because it was all whining about the next generation. Especially when it's the generation that lived by "DON'T TRUST ANYONE OVER 30"

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Daya Meyer 2 weeks ago

We are talking about a hair style, right? If you feel annoyed or offended or whatever, just don't look. They won't follow you, they won't talk to you, it is just a bunch of hair on someones' head.

2points

Aileen Grist 2 weeks ago

I like them

1point

Greengrass 2 weeks ago

Leave teenage fashions alone. Its normal and think that one in particular looks quite smart. The only styles I find slightly irritating are with hair over the eyes. Go broccoli bois!

1point

CG 2 weeks ago

When I was a teenager, I usually shaved my head. Easier to manage, looks good, and allows my head to breath whenever I exercise.

1point

nottheactualphoto 2 weeks ago

Homer, did you put your head in the bowling ball polishing machine?

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Child of the Stars 2 weeks ago

This is just a "you kids get off my lawn!" post. Hairstyles change from decade to decade, they always have. And the broccoli style looks less ridiculous than some of the ones from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

0points

Mike Loux 2 weeks ago

Why broccoli tho. Looks more like ramen.

0points

FROGLET 2 weeks ago

I always called them Lama Boys, but they're too ugly to be lamas.

0points

Rayne OfSalt 2 weeks ago

Two words: Frosted. Tips.

0points

Sue 2 weeks ago

I think it's cute, but I do love the term.

0points

Nimitz 2 weeks ago

Depends. Some guys really pull it off, others, not so much. Laughed my a*s off at work though when a guy in his mid 30s came in with it trying to hide his receding hairline. It does not suit men past a certain age

0points

Deeelite 2 weeks ago

I liked this trend on boys/men

0points

R.C. 2 weeks ago

As someone who grew up in the 80's I'm going to say this is not nearly as bad as some of those hairstyles. Lol

0points

Tommy DePaul 2 weeks ago

My perm in June 1981 . . . .

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Heras buddy 2 weeks ago

I saw much worse hair in the 80's. Let them do what they want with it. For me it's all the wrethed tatoos out there. Good ink is nice, Blacking out parts of body is stupid.

0points

Paul Navarrete 2 weeks ago

I'm excited by what the broccoli boys will look like later. Given how many men keep some version of the popular hairstyles they had when they were younger, I wonder what the aging version of this will look.

0points

Kiki’sNotLookingBack 2 weeks ago

Frr like I hate it

0points

Verfin22 2 weeks ago

It's fine if you have naturally curly hair and don't do it on purpose. But I hate it as much as the shaggy hair of 2010's. Looking at you Justin Bieber.

-1point