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

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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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#1

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

174points

#2

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

153points

#3

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

151points

#4

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

149points

#5

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

149points

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#6

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

145points

#7

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

140points

#8

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

WEEDINMYBUTTHOLE , Alex Hussein Report

137points

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#9

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

118points

#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

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

115points

#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

114points

#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

111points

#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

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

106points

#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

99points

#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

98points

#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

97points

#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

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

88points

#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

83points

#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

78points

#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

78points

#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

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

72points

#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

70points

#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

69points

#28

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

FlizzyFluff , Dermstore Report

69points

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

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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

68points

#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

66points

#31

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

Resq_Tech Report

61points

#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

58points

#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

54points

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

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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

53points

#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

52points

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A writer here at Bored Panda, I am a lover of good music, good food, and good company, which makes food-related topics and feel-good stories my favorite ones to cover. Passionate about traveling and concerts, I constantly seek occasions to visit places yet personally unexplored. I also enjoy spending free time outdoors, trying out different sports—even if I don’t look too graceful at it—or socializing over a cup of coffee.

A writer here at Bored Panda, I am a lover of good music, good food, and good company, which makes food-related topics and feel-good stories my favorite ones to cover. Passionate about traveling and concerts, I constantly seek occasions to visit places yet personally unexplored. I also enjoy spending free time outdoors, trying out different sports—even if I don’t look too graceful at it—or socializing over a cup of coffee.

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I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda, crafting captivating visual content to enhance every reader's experience. Sometimes my mornings are spent diving into juicy dramas, while afternoons are all about adding extra laughs to the world by editing the funniest memes around. My favorite part of the job? Choosing the perfect images to illustrate articles. It's like imagining a story as a movie in my mind and selecting the key shots to tell the story visually.

What do you think ?

Ace 1 week ago (edited)

Lots of duplicates and overlaps here, but basically two themes seem to dominate, videos designed to make money and videos designed to promote lies. The real question is not why people make such videos or spread shut nonsense, but why people watch it. I don't, do you?

11points

James Edwards 1 week ago

NO!

4points

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BookFanatic 1 week ago (edited)

Not exactly a "trend," but I am horrified Roe vs Wade (supporting women's constitutional right to have an abortion) was overturned in the US.

8points

Caitlin Davenport 1 week ago

What about the trend of writing painfully dull articles with lists.... I'm looking at you BP. We don't read them, stop making your contributors write them! They must be even more painful to write than they are to read.

2points

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Ace 1 week ago (edited)

Lots of duplicates and overlaps here, but basically two themes seem to dominate, videos designed to make money and videos designed to promote lies. The real question is not why people make such videos or spread shut nonsense, but why people watch it. I don't, do you?

11points

James Edwards 1 week ago

NO!

4points

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BookFanatic 1 week ago (edited)

Not exactly a "trend," but I am horrified Roe vs Wade (supporting women's constitutional right to have an abortion) was overturned in the US.

8points

Caitlin Davenport 1 week ago

What about the trend of writing painfully dull articles with lists.... I'm looking at you BP. We don't read them, stop making your contributors write them! They must be even more painful to write than they are to read.

2points

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