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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.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never in my worst of nightmares believed that it would be possible for people to go backward on this. When I was growing up my father was a chemical engineer and the entire family basked in the growing knowledge that was out there, increasing all the time. My soul is in anguish seeing what people appear to believe these days, and how callously they toss away all the good that has come with science due to childish beliefs.

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

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Premium 1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This HAS to stop! I've seen it mentioned before that sometimes tradespeople (plumbers, electricians, etc.) ask for, or even expect, a tip.

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#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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Doing your own research" has become code for getting sucked into a conspiracy theory echo chamber

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#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

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At first year of uni in beginning of 2010s I met one dyslexic woman, one 'High Intellectual potential' and one autistic woman. Which made sense given the breakdown within the population. All had difficulties in some areas (writing, being straight to the point vs going in every detail of a question, sub question, sub sub question etc) and everyone was understanding and supportive. Then in 2020, more than half of my 10-people working group presented themselves as having ADHD or being autistic, which confused me.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like they’re shouting at a piece of toast

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#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

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think we will all eventually agree that it was a very bad idea to put children on the Internet.

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#8

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

WEEDINMYBUTTHOLE , Alex Hussein Report

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm old enough to remember when a gender reveal was just an old man in a trench coat. /J

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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.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It never left though. We have more access to the world from our devices now, so we see it in abundance across the world, rather than once or twice a year in our lives.

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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

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And with it a total and frightening hate for women. Whilst complaining that women don't want to date them.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel sorry for people who feel they need a lot of surgery and implants to be happy with their body.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some of us would rather NOT have to talk to humans. But, whichever your preference, you should be able to make the choice.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To successfully do your own research, you first have to accept the premise that research is based on facts, and that such a thing as "fact" does indeed exist. It also entails that you have at least a basic understanding of the subject you are researching (or at least that you are willing to aquire such an understanding). Otherwise it is just fruitless fellowship to conspirational theories.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A mostly ridiculous trend on youtube. I like some of them like the special FX guys commenting on movie clips and how the effects or stunts were done. But it's bollocks when some up and coming artist like Ren puts out a thoughtful music video on YT and then other people film themselves watching him sing his song.

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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

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You had me at "People annoying/"pranking" others" -- whether it is filmed or not. Just stop.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Humans: "There is no climate change!" / Climate change: "There are no humans..."

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cliff Richard is touring Australia next year so just for lols I checked the tickets. $173. I didn't pay that much for *Bowie* I'm certainly not spaffing it on Cliff.

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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

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they came up with something original instead of remaking films that didn’t need remaking in the first place, then they might get our attention

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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.

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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dunno man. I got the two shot covid vaccine. then a year or two later I got the booster. Then one of the backlights on my TV started going out. So you tell me. Is the vaccine 'safe' or did the nanobots in the vaccine screw up my TV? /S EDIT: Hah! I notice a downvote troll went through this comment section, using the power of the down arrow to express their outrage at people mocking conspiracy nutters. So WOW!, much powerful! LOL

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My boomer grandmother posts more of her life on social media than any of my friends do, so dunno bout this one :/

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So... don't use it?? I've never used tik tok. I've seen some tik tok videos because someone else posted a link. But I've never felt the need to install the app or make an account. Same for Twitter/X

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't forget Greige, which is for people who are tired of beige. It's Grey Beige!! Put your sun glasses on for that, too bright.

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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.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haven't seen much of this one but it doesn't bother me as long as they are not blocking / harming other people. I hate it when people try to prank or otherwise make strangers the butt of their jokes, but seeing a couple/few people do some silly dance as I walked by would probably just make me smile.

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody needs/wants to know in public what you like in the bedroom. Are we gonna see "I settle for missionary." stickers next?

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't hate this one so much. I don't want to hear people preach hate, but I do appreciate when they at least tell us out loud they are a racist / homophobe / misogynist / whatever. It makes it easier to know who to avoid.

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

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#29

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

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's good that mental health issues are talked about. That gives some normality to people suffering from them, and might give information and push for getting help. The downsides are very annoying though. Like people self-diagnosing themselves and people demanding attention because of their mental health issues (who may or may not be the same people). But as a person with depression, social anxiety and panic disorder, I think the positives outdo the negatives.

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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”.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What i find even weirder is people posting things like "Dear dad, it's been 5 years since you passed...". It's attention/symapthy-seeking behaviour disguised as some sort of letter to a deceased family member. If you believe your dad (or whoever else) is enjoying some sort of afterlife, what makes you think they're reading your dumb shît on Facebook? If you believe their immortal soul is now basking in the glory of their omnipotent creator (or whatever other version of the afterlife you subscribe to), do you also believe they have Facebook over there?

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

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's be real, only one side does this. At least I've never seen a Harris voter with a Harris hat, Harris shirt, myriads of Harris car stickers Harris flags, Harris bible that costs ungodly money...

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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.

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I like unboxing videos if it is a product I am interested in. You see exactly what you get, what they found they needed to go with it, and any problems they had setting it up. Mainly I'm talking about computer / electronics stuff there.

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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?

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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.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does no one try to find out who they are and prosecute their parents?

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

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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. 😅

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#36

NFTs have got to be the top.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine bragging to your friends that you paid six figures for a URL link to a digital picture.

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Constantly using "disinformation" and "misinformation". Call it what it is: a lie.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disinformation by definition is a lie with intent. "false information which is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media."

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#38

One of the strangest trends to come out of the past 10 years is the Tide Pod Challenge. This was a viral internet challenge that involved people eating or biting into laundry detergent pods, which are highly toxic and dangerous. The challenge started as a joke, but some people took it seriously and ended up in the hospital or even died.



This unfortunately still goes on with today's dangerous trends.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate to say it, but... natural selection doing its job.

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#39

Karens who counter being filmed in public by pulling out their phone to record them like it’s an uno reverse card.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember when that transphobic Karen was horrified a trans woman was in the changing room at her gym, so she recorded it and posted it, even though she caught a teenager changing in her video? Completely not understanding or caring that she had broken multiple laws

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Buying butt-ugly sneakers for s**tloads of money.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Buying any sort of sneakers but shitloads of money. My current sneakers (Hokkas) cost over $100 but the reason I wear them is my aging feet/body / minimize back aches. And of course even though that is kind of expensive to me, I know that is cheap compared to some of those overpriced show sneakers.

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Women (usually) recording themselves just looking at the camera - moving it around, making kissy faces or pursing their lips - usually accompanied by some inspirational sounding quote or "advice".

It is the epitome of narcissism.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not just women, there are plenty of videos of men posing, making "flirty" faces etc.

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Mukbang, f*****g gross.

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created The monetizing of social media. I understand why it happened but honestly, it's just created a bunch of influencers who live (and document) a life most people will never have.

I don't follow any people who use their pets for this (but they show up on my feed). I find it pretty creepy as their animals age that they suddenly get a much younger 'brother or sister'. Can't let that income stream go, so need to have a replacement ready to go.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

" life most people will never have." - And, in many cases, would never want to have.

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#44

The deification of political figures. Reading thru history people always liked and supported their choice of president but the new trend of worshipping every word they say seems so crazy to me.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I suggest you look a bit more at history. Ancient history and mid-20th century history in particular.

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#45

Them huge dark eyebrows, scary.

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#46

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Easily this NPC thing from Tiktok where people pay to see somebody do something like fake lick ice cream and say "mmm how tasty" like an anime character 50 times in a row.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh no! I am so very sorry I have never seen one of these! Oh dear me!

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Young suburban white moms trying too hard to be “cool” and hip on the internet. Doing staged videos of them dancing or rapping along to a rap song, usually with their poor child in it, calling themselves “bad b***h moms”, etc. Honestly just people taking themselves way too serious in general, so many people try so f*****g hard to be “cool” online with their overly dramatic photo shoots and s**t. Everyone’s a celebrity in their own mind and everyone’s also apparently a comedian now, even though they’re just repeating what everyone else is doing.

I guess the word I’m looking for is.. narcissistic behavior. Oh, and the word narcissist is now a trend, usually being said by the people in the above paragraph lmao.

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#48

People being on video calls while at the grocery store or retail in general.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will do this occasionally when my wife asks me to pick up something and I can't read the labels, but once I have my information, I go back to the standard call.

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#49

Our grandparents didn't talk about their problems enough while my generation and younger seem to talk about our problems wayyy too much, even to the point of exaggerating our problems for attention.

I'm paraphrasing Bill Burr's character from Old Dads but I think there's some wisdom to that line.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah. Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa didn't talk about any of this stuff, they only cared about religion. Hopefully this will settle down in time and we'll find a healthy middle ground

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#50

Gender reveal b******t… sorry but it’s so goddam pretentious given we talk about so many genders but our reveals are just 2. Seriously no one see a problem with putting this sort of c**p on a pedestal like this?

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#51

Changing your avatar or status message to support the "current thing" when you literally do not give a s**t about any of it but definitely care about signaling to your group of social media pals that you support the current thing and are cool/righteous for doing so.

It's one of the worst things to happen in the past 10 years and it needs to die a very quick death. No one cares about this, or that, or those, or you, or me, etc. Just stop supporting "the current thing" and STFU. Worry about your own personal life and the things you have control over. Which is a very small and limited set of things, in reality, because almost none of us have the finances, time, and/or power to change anything. You WON'T make a difference. You do NOT matter in the grand scheme of things. Stick to your small social group. Avoid the trends like the plague.



Here is an example: the environment

If you care about the environment, participate in your local city council, write your congressman on issues that come up, plant a garden, etc. Changing your status or avatar will do jack s**t for the environment. In fact, using social media consumes energy which contributes to green house gas emissions and other forms of pollution. So you're just making things worse by pretending to be righteous on social media. Get off social media and actually do something local to make a difference. And if you don't have time for any of that, how about shutting up on social media until you can do something about it, locally, first?

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This has become a very serious problem. Many people actually believe that just changing a profile picture or wearing pink in October is helping solve issues. Just like people commenting "in our thoughts and prayers" whenever there's a natural disaster. Social media has given people the illusion of doing something, when doing nothing at all.

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#52

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Paying real money for virtual cosmetics in games.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me, this depends on the game. Sometimes i am really loving the game and want to throw some more money to the devs, so I'll buy random DLC, even if it's just cosmetic.

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#53

35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created Selling out is the coolest thing, now. monetize every part of yourself, your thoughts, body, opinions, etc.

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#54

Somehow it has become normal to believe the federal government, big capitalistic monopolies, big tech, the media and big pharmaceutical companies actually care about you instead of your money and power.

“Hey look, Apple is flying a rainbow flag and posted a tweet supporting BLM. They must be such a morally good company!”.

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#55

Being a s****y person to whoever you're "dating" or "seeing" or whatever word you prefer to use for being in a romantic relationship but are too scared to say that.

This isn't even bitterness although it kind of reads that way. If you haven't tried dating much in the past decade or so, this is actually a thing. You can't be too interested, too respectful, too nice, too generous, too anything positive or else you get labeled as desperate, weird, clingy, soft, etc.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's both toxic masculinity AND toxic femininity. If you're one or the other, you are the problem in the relationship. Not the poor soul your harassing.

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#56

Asking random people on social media for advice.

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created This is probably going to be buried because I am replying late, but the random clown sightings of 2016 was truly bizarre

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was a fad. I was never sure if it had roots in the ICP / "Juggalos" crowd or not. But I'm guessing the folks doing it got tired of it. Sometimes they maybe got a funny reaction from someone but I'm guessing on the whole each outing veered one of two ways. 1. People ignored us, it's cold and dark out here, let's go home and do something fun. or 2. People didn't ignore us and now I'm having to try to convince a cop that I'm not a crazy stalker and don't need to be arrested or taken to ER.

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created For some reason a lot millennials started smoking cigarettes lately. What’s that about?

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a bounceback from vaping. Kids got into vaping because it was the new cool, then once its no longer (as) cool they look elsewhere to feed their habit.

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35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created The daddy kink going mainstream.

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#60

The excess of wokness.

It was supposed to be about raising awareness and being conscious about the injustice around us. But like everything else it got hijacked and turned into a culture war that taught a generation to become entitled and over sensitive while stripping away their critical thinking skills.

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#61

Hospital bed selfies.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is nothing wrong with this. They are not for you. Most people who end up in the hospital have people who care they are there and are worried. So when I see a photo in a hospital bed it is usually the person letting their friends know they made it through the operation (or whatever) okay. Plus, hospital stays are boring. I'm guessing most folks sooner or later end up thinking, man I'm bored, well, I could send a picture to my friends.. I might have done except the few times I've been hospitalized were before cell phones existed.

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#62

Rainbow food. Cake I understand. It’s the pizza, bagels and grilled cheese.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I suspect that's the marketing. A business makes (thing). Then some special day / week / month rolls around and they try to figure out how to make their (thing) fit into what everyone is doing. The rainbow stuff is more recent but another is 'green' stuff for St Patrick's day. Green beer, green bread, green cakes an so on.

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#63

Boomers used to b***h about how rude young people were using their phones in public. Now they all have cellphones, keep the ringer at the highest volume possible and stare at it for 30 seconds as it’s ringing loud enough to wake the dead before they answer it.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whinging about "boomers" (or any other generation of your choice) as if these habits you dislike so much were unique to them.

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#64

Believing that dogs are Nanny Dogs. Especially dangerous Pitbulls and Bully XLs.

Also referring to dogs as sons, or daughters. Bit weird and cringe to be honest.

They're pets.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it OK with you if I still call my cats my babies?

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#65

Drag queen story time for kids. Nothing wrong with drag queens, just surprised how popular this has become for both drag queens and kids.

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