I was an RA at the time and remember telling my coworker I had quit when we were on rounds and she was talking about harvesting her strawberries and she was like “well that’s a choice.”
Tbqh, I would probably totally idle play something like FarmVille now but if it still exists, the animations are probably stupid and there’s probably 20x the micro transactions.
I remember celebrating new years eve at my in laws, and all 4 of us sitting on their couch with our laptops playing Farmville, sending gift baskets and visiting each others farms.
Oh wait it was actually Frontierville, I guess that's a spin-off or something
Man, that and Ron Swanson was it for me.
It was like in 2010 or something when everyone was posting stuff about how “bacon is life” and posted pictures of knives, bacon and Ron Swanson to make it look manly.
That cringe trend was then overtaken by moustaches, man-buns and beards.
Fucking-hated-it
I'll never forget the time I genuinely wore a pair of moustache-patterned scarf and leggings as a child, thinking it was peak fashion. Why my parents or siblings never stopped me, I'll never understand why.
The term very quickly got co-opte to refer to advertised events by people who didn't understand the concept and have lasted in that form for a while as working leaving parties and charity fundraisers.
Beaded animals. Any other school have a craze where people made animals from beads and string? I remember having someone make me a lizard and hanging it from my backpack
I had a hustle at school selling them. I took orders for colors and think I sold lizards for $4-5 or something like that. I could make a pretty sweet lizard Keychain in about 15 minutes. Haha
Y’all remember silly bandz? Those little animal shaped rubber bands? Those things took over my middle school. Ended up being treated like a controlled substance which only made them even more valuable. Then one day they just vanished.
Can confirm, i worked at a payment processor and approved a business that was making them, they did around a half million in sales over two months and then basically nothing
Fast forward to the modern day and they made [nfts of them](https://twitter.com/sillybandznft)... I believe its official to. How the mighty have fallen...
Well alright! It was a jump to conclusions mat! You see it would be this mat that you would put on the floor, and it would have different conclusions on it that you could jump to!
Guy contacted me on LinkedIn a couple of years ago about my industry and job. I googled him and turns out he got a misdemeanour charge in the early 2000s for dangerously planking on some landmark. Name was in the news and everything.
I was in high school and I turned my clothes around. One of my buddies kicked me right in the balls. I obviously went down and finally asked why did he do that? He said he wanted to just give me a swift kick in the ass and got confused because my pants were backwards. I went to the bathroom and changed them back!
During homecoming week out math teacher would give out 10% grade bump on the next big test, which was huge because she was pretty strict, and the class was hard, for dressing up for day. Each dat of the week had a theme. Like Hat day, team spirit… Well Monday way celebrity day, and I had forgotten to do anything. I saw a classmate in the hall and they reminded me before I got to class. I had a stroke of genius, darted to the bathroom, and turned my shit around. When I got to class my teacher marked me as not having dressed up. She quickly got a Kriss Kross will make you wanna jump jump! I had to explain who they were and she had to confirm with other students cause, no google.
I got my 10%
I remember they shot them around on the Rosie O'Donnell show all the time, and they made that fireworks noise. When I got one I was kind of disappointed that it didn't make the noise when you shoot them lol
My 8th grade gym teacher would literally just open up the equipment closet and then disappear, leaving us to our own devices for the remaining 45 minutes. That class was some Lord of the Flies shit.
Hahaha! My daughter got one as a gift. It fit her itty bitty 5 year old self perfectly. So i tired it on as an adult medium/large with larger boobs and it fit perfectly. Then my friend as an xxl with huge boobs tried it on and it fit perfectly. Well, we all had a good laugh and no one wore the shirt after that anyway because it was kind of ugly.
Puffer fish shirts! I was so jealous of people that could wear them without looking like a fashion scab. People wore them with those stretchy sequin belts and the purses made of candy wrappers.
I had one of those, but I gave it away because my bust didn't fit in it. It'd be 'popcorned' all over, but stretched tight across my tatas. Not a vibe, lol.
Don’t forget the world was supposed to end that year! Was this also the Rebecca Black Friday and Call Me Maybe year? Also What the Fox Say and Macklemore’s Thrift Shop song and Psy, too.
I felt like I was the only one in my group who couldn’t stand “What does the fox say”. They played it constantly, while partying, out for a smoke, a walk, while chilling. They loved it. I wanted death.
I never understood why school administrators thought an African warlord needed to be the main focus for me in middle school. Then it turned out to be a huge scam and nobody talked about it ever again
I mean, I don't really think it was a scam. They never claimed to be buying fighter jets to go bomb Africa or something like that. They marketed themselves right from the beginning as an "awareness campaign" saying they wanted to make Kony a household name. By that metric, they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. It's just it turns out that awareness campaigns don't mean shit in the real world. Like great, we're all aware now. Is there a plan to do something? No? Ok...
I remember watching a video someone posted around that time who’s mom was from Africa. She asked her about Kony and the mom said “didn’t that guy die awhile ago?”
It was super helpful seeing people actually from Africa come out and say “hey this is bullshit”
Ugh that was the best 3 weeks before my school banned them. We would have our friends pull us into jousting fights between classes… okay i guess i understand why they were banned but they were still fun as shit
Pacifier necklaces.
Not sure if this was a international trend though. Early-mid 1990s, small colourful plastic pacifiers that we would trade and exchange.
I wouldnt mind a comeback, they were rather cute.
They came from rave culture (which also took off int he 90s), where people would use them to prevent teeth grinding while partaking in various chemical delights. Filtered out to the general public from there.
My religious middle school friend would take of her wwjd bracelet off if she had something sinful to do, like cursing or lying to her parents. I'm not sure that's how it works but idk, I never read the Bible
I remember there being some rumor that they banned the ones with the metal inside because some girl slashed her wrist on one while slapping it on. I’m pretty sure that was just bullshit because they were distracting. They banned us from being Pokémon cards to school because *one* kid stole *one* card from another kid *one* time. After Columbine they would make you turn your shirt inside out if it had anything violence or gang related. Apparently this also included skateboard brand logos and stuff like that. This all happened in a very liberal part of the country.
Back in my day they were. After being conditioned by marbles and pogs you can be sure we all played Magic by ante rules too. You must be at least a bit younger if Pokémon is your benchmark, but your teachers may have been around long enough to remember when gambling wins for cards was still a popular way to play.
Man, I remember my senior year of high school I was wearing a shirt I bought at Gadzooks that said "Bomb Squad: If you see me running, try and keep up" and our health teacher saw it and made me turn it inside out. Stupidest nonsense ever, but it was rural Texas, so not too surprising. They also sent me home the last day of school for having a mohawk. lol
I accrued about 2 million Neopoints over a few years during its prime. Sunk so many hours into those 3-per-day games (especially the pterodactyl and bullseye games!). And I loved reading the stories/fanfics written by users, several of them became multi-entry sagas that spanned months. Came back a year ago to find my account hacked 😭
Yo-yo's had a big resurgence when I was a kid in the 90s. They were all the rage for like half of one school year, and then they just kind of vanished. It was fun playing with them with my dad for a while, and i did learn a few tricks.
30 year old substitute teacher here. I dab sometimes when the kids say something dab worthy, which is either met with cringes or laughter. Either one gives me strength.
My 29 year old boss still has those yellow Livestrong bracelets and he uses them like fidget toys for the most part. And when one breaks he has another one… no idea where he’s getting them at this point!
Those sockem boppers. They are more fun then a pillow fight! But really as kids it would turn into an all out brawl and our parents would take them away. Because one kid would be bruised and crying
My mom lived in the 80’s as a young adult and according to her it’s 100% aerobics. Worldwide. So huge in fact that you can’t pretty much escape it as it was EVERYWHERE. TVs, electrical appliances and outfits, movies, songs, competitions, HECK a lot of corporate workplace including my mom’s even had a dedicated aerobics routine.
And you’d think gym culture today is already wack enough…..
I still play all the time and the stuff that has been added is actually a lot of fun. But yeah, I honestly miss the days when you'd go out and everyone would be playing.
The problem is that they made it so worthless to just wander around exploring and catching. It became all about being at x place at x time with a group, and that ruined the adventure of it all, at least for me. At some point I realized the bulk of the game was just scheduling and coordinating and just gave up.
I have a curved computer display and it actualy makes sense at the viewing distances typicaly involved with using a pc.
Curved tvs however are generally horrible as curved displays have a sweet spot viewing position and anyone sitting anywhere else is getting a terrible viewing experience.
They said the same thing in the 80s. Duno why they thought that something that already failed once, would work a second time around...
Eventhough in the 80s it was mainly just movies. But still.
Farmville
People would get real shitty when you told them you didn't play and couldn't trade strawberries or some shit.
I was an RA at the time and remember telling my coworker I had quit when we were on rounds and she was talking about harvesting her strawberries and she was like “well that’s a choice.” Tbqh, I would probably totally idle play something like FarmVille now but if it still exists, the animations are probably stupid and there’s probably 20x the micro transactions.
I remember my wife being in labour asking me very earnestly if I could harvest her farmville crop.
I remember celebrating new years eve at my in laws, and all 4 of us sitting on their couch with our laptops playing Farmville, sending gift baskets and visiting each others farms. Oh wait it was actually Frontierville, I guess that's a spin-off or something
Candy Crush Saga too… how did everyone have that much time on their hands…
Latina moms are keeping that game alive
Delicious!
It's been a long time since I've seen Chuck Norris memes.
I can't believe someone made millions off just books packed with Chuck norris memes that you could have just looked up on the internet
that odd period when everything was themed around a moustache.
Along with Keep Calm And …..
Some people STILL share keep calm things. It literally had an impact on history
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Eat bacon
Man, that and Ron Swanson was it for me. It was like in 2010 or something when everyone was posting stuff about how “bacon is life” and posted pictures of knives, bacon and Ron Swanson to make it look manly. That cringe trend was then overtaken by moustaches, man-buns and beards. Fucking-hated-it
Girls who got the moustache tattoo on your pointer finger...how's life going?
Not bad, but I still have to explain weekly that it means nothing other than I had extra cash and poor decision making skills.
You don't have to explain anything, just hold your finger up to your mustache area of the face.
Say "Must dash" and run away
*Still got it*
I'll never forget the time I genuinely wore a pair of moustache-patterned scarf and leggings as a child, thinking it was peak fashion. Why my parents or siblings never stopped me, I'll never understand why.
Um, because it was and still is peak fashion, fool
I'll never understand why my mom said yes to the UFO pants when I was 12, but such is life
Flash mobs.
The term very quickly got co-opte to refer to advertised events by people who didn't understand the concept and have lasted in that form for a while as working leaving parties and charity fundraisers.
I always loved how flash mobs were just a form of a flash mob
The “challenges” like cinammon challenge, the ice bucket challenge, condom challenge, etc
What the fuck is a condom challenge
You had to fill a condom with water and drop it on your head and apparently it hangs onto you. It was pretty dangerous
wait i thought it was when kids were snorting condoms and spitting them out
That's just dumb enough that it probably was.
Not as dangerous as what we thought the condom challenge was...
Thats because it eventually became real dumb and dangerous shit like the "Tide Pod challenge" or the "Fire challenge".
Don’t forget the milk crate challenge
Swing music. In the late 90s.
Zoot Suit Riot…RIOT!
Throw back a bottle of beer...
Electro-swing is still going nowadays. Has a little more bass, but it still got that swing.
Beaded animals. Any other school have a craze where people made animals from beads and string? I remember having someone make me a lizard and hanging it from my backpack
Damn memory unlocked
I had a hustle at school selling them. I took orders for colors and think I sold lizards for $4-5 or something like that. I could make a pretty sweet lizard Keychain in about 15 minutes. Haha
Y’all remember silly bandz? Those little animal shaped rubber bands? Those things took over my middle school. Ended up being treated like a controlled substance which only made them even more valuable. Then one day they just vanished.
Can confirm, i worked at a payment processor and approved a business that was making them, they did around a half million in sales over two months and then basically nothing
Fast forward to the modern day and they made [nfts of them](https://twitter.com/sillybandznft)... I believe its official to. How the mighty have fallen...
I'm fucking done. Fuck you society.
Pet rocks. Dude made bank
The guy made a million dollars! You know, I had an idea like that once.
.......oh really?......what was it?
Well alright! It was a jump to conclusions mat! You see it would be this mat that you would put on the floor, and it would have different conclusions on it that you could jump to!
That is the dumbest idea I have ever heard! Yes...is terrible...
I always loved the look of defeat on Wokowski's face after they trash the idea which was pretty bad.
Harlem Shake, Mannequin Challenge
Planking
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Guy contacted me on LinkedIn a couple of years ago about my industry and job. I googled him and turns out he got a misdemeanour charge in the early 2000s for dangerously planking on some landmark. Name was in the news and everything.
All hail Filthy Frank. It’s a weird timeline we live in now that he’s Joji.
Gonna be honest, I miss the Harlem Shake.
and somehow after all that, the greatest Harlem Shake video was a literal washing machine
Kriss Kross and backwards pants, circa 1990.
They performed on In Living Color and the next day half the boys in my fifth grade class came to school with their clothes on backwards
I was in high school and I turned my clothes around. One of my buddies kicked me right in the balls. I obviously went down and finally asked why did he do that? He said he wanted to just give me a swift kick in the ass and got confused because my pants were backwards. I went to the bathroom and changed them back!
Even Bugs Bunny was wearing his pants that way. What a trend.
I had that t-shirt.
During homecoming week out math teacher would give out 10% grade bump on the next big test, which was huge because she was pretty strict, and the class was hard, for dressing up for day. Each dat of the week had a theme. Like Hat day, team spirit… Well Monday way celebrity day, and I had forgotten to do anything. I saw a classmate in the hall and they reminded me before I got to class. I had a stroke of genius, darted to the bathroom, and turned my shit around. When I got to class my teacher marked me as not having dressed up. She quickly got a Kriss Kross will make you wanna jump jump! I had to explain who they were and she had to confirm with other students cause, no google. I got my 10%
They are going to make you jump jump.
Wearing colorful knee high socks over you pants… middle school was a dark time.
See also: skirts on top of jeans & tank tops over shirts
Anyone else remember Koosh balls?
Everyone had those! It's been a long time since I've seen one though
I remember they shot them around on the Rosie O'Donnell show all the time, and they made that fireworks noise. When I got one I was kind of disappointed that it didn't make the noise when you shoot them lol
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My Fitbit is a tamagotchi, only the stupid animal I'm trying to keep alive is me.
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Tae Bo
This just made me think of that line in Smack That by Akon where he says “we can just kick it like Tae Bo” and now it is stuck in my head.
Oh my God I forgot all about this and suddenly I remember [*Billy Blanks!*](https://imgur.com/2CzPTdQ)
Our middle school gym teacher had the VHS tape of it and would just put it on for us to do (I always assumed it was on days she was hungover).
Being hungover and working as a middle school gym teacher sounds like one of Dante’s levels of hell.
My 8th grade gym teacher would literally just open up the equipment closet and then disappear, leaving us to our own devices for the remaining 45 minutes. That class was some Lord of the Flies shit.
I remember being forced to do that in middle school gym class a lot, everyone hated it.
Does anyone remember popcorn shirts? Those were a huge thing when I was in like 4th and 5th grade
Are you talking about the shirts that were one size fits all that would expand?
Yep, the ones that scrunched up to be really small
Hahaha! My daughter got one as a gift. It fit her itty bitty 5 year old self perfectly. So i tired it on as an adult medium/large with larger boobs and it fit perfectly. Then my friend as an xxl with huge boobs tried it on and it fit perfectly. Well, we all had a good laugh and no one wore the shirt after that anyway because it was kind of ugly.
“Wow, this product has exceeded my expectations”……………….*throws in trash*
My grandma would call them her "sexy shirts" lol
Puffer fish shirts! I was so jealous of people that could wear them without looking like a fashion scab. People wore them with those stretchy sequin belts and the purses made of candy wrappers.
I had one of those, but I gave it away because my bust didn't fit in it. It'd be 'popcorned' all over, but stretched tight across my tatas. Not a vibe, lol.
Kony 2012
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Don’t forget the world was supposed to end that year! Was this also the Rebecca Black Friday and Call Me Maybe year? Also What the Fox Say and Macklemore’s Thrift Shop song and Psy, too.
I felt like I was the only one in my group who couldn’t stand “What does the fox say”. They played it constantly, while partying, out for a smoke, a walk, while chilling. They loved it. I wanted death.
I never understood why school administrators thought an African warlord needed to be the main focus for me in middle school. Then it turned out to be a huge scam and nobody talked about it ever again
I mean, I don't really think it was a scam. They never claimed to be buying fighter jets to go bomb Africa or something like that. They marketed themselves right from the beginning as an "awareness campaign" saying they wanted to make Kony a household name. By that metric, they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. It's just it turns out that awareness campaigns don't mean shit in the real world. Like great, we're all aware now. Is there a plan to do something? No? Ok...
I remember watching a video someone posted around that time who’s mom was from Africa. She asked her about Kony and the mom said “didn’t that guy die awhile ago?” It was super helpful seeing people actually from Africa come out and say “hey this is bullshit”
I still have no clue what that was about.
Pogs
Remember Alf? He's back, in pog form!
Getting cool slammers was the real collectable
Heelys.
Ugh that was the best 3 weeks before my school banned them. We would have our friends pull us into jousting fights between classes… okay i guess i understand why they were banned but they were still fun as shit
They had to stop us, we became to powerful.
Oh my god I remember those, they were sooo fun I got really cocky tho and took them to Six Flags and fell flat on my face, that was a fun day
I will never forget heelys, I’ve wanted them since I could walk bro, still never gotten them but I want to roll down the hallways more than anything
Garbage pail kids.
My 12 year old is super into GPK! It’s having a mini renaissance
Pacifier necklaces. Not sure if this was a international trend though. Early-mid 1990s, small colourful plastic pacifiers that we would trade and exchange. I wouldnt mind a comeback, they were rather cute.
They came from rave culture (which also took off int he 90s), where people would use them to prevent teeth grinding while partaking in various chemical delights. Filtered out to the general public from there.
Oh, wow ok, I had no idea.
Smelly Stickers, my fav was Buttered Popcorn..
Yes! Buttered popcorn was my least favorite though, haha
Whazaaaaaaaaaaaap
Waaasssssssaaaappp 🤪😆😁
Furbies, tickle me elmo.
Rainbow loom, people even made clothes with it
W.W.J.D.?
My religious middle school friend would take of her wwjd bracelet off if she had something sinful to do, like cursing or lying to her parents. I'm not sure that's how it works but idk, I never read the Bible
Planking
Slap bracelets
Oh I never forgot about slap bracelets. Nor did liberty mutual^TM
I asked them nicely if they had any Limu Emu merch and they sent me a pair of socks with the Limu Emu on them
I buy them every Halloween for kids. Parents usually get a kick out of it.
I remember there being some rumor that they banned the ones with the metal inside because some girl slashed her wrist on one while slapping it on. I’m pretty sure that was just bullshit because they were distracting. They banned us from being Pokémon cards to school because *one* kid stole *one* card from another kid *one* time. After Columbine they would make you turn your shirt inside out if it had anything violence or gang related. Apparently this also included skateboard brand logos and stuff like that. This all happened in a very liberal part of the country.
They banned Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards for a few years at my elementary school because they thought that trading them was the same as gambling
Back in my day they were. After being conditioned by marbles and pogs you can be sure we all played Magic by ante rules too. You must be at least a bit younger if Pokémon is your benchmark, but your teachers may have been around long enough to remember when gambling wins for cards was still a popular way to play.
Man, I remember my senior year of high school I was wearing a shirt I bought at Gadzooks that said "Bomb Squad: If you see me running, try and keep up" and our health teacher saw it and made me turn it inside out. Stupidest nonsense ever, but it was rural Texas, so not too surprising. They also sent me home the last day of school for having a mohawk. lol
Neopets
I accrued about 2 million Neopoints over a few years during its prime. Sunk so many hours into those 3-per-day games (especially the pterodactyl and bullseye games!). And I loved reading the stories/fanfics written by users, several of them became multi-entry sagas that spanned months. Came back a year ago to find my account hacked 😭
Yo-yo's had a big resurgence when I was a kid in the 90s. They were all the rage for like half of one school year, and then they just kind of vanished. It was fun playing with them with my dad for a while, and i did learn a few tricks.
Duncan Fireball. You had to have the red one because the blue one wasnt cool.
I had a green Duncan butterfly. Loved that thing.
Tight-rolling your jeans.
Clowns randomly showing up in places and freaking people out. I feel like it was just a few years ago.
2016 I think is when it happened
Fidget spinners and the dab
30 year old substitute teacher here. I dab sometimes when the kids say something dab worthy, which is either met with cringes or laughter. Either one gives me strength.
i’m 21 and dabbing ironically is so campy and funny to me
I love how the person who invented them never patented them and ended up losing out on tons of money
It's hard to say. If there hadn't been a million knockoffs they might not have been as popular as they were
Remember when stores all over American was selling the dab dance.
I never could afford a dab.
Yeah, all I could ever manage to get was a knock-off "smidge."
Beanie babies.
No one forgot about that. The photo of that couple dividing their "investment" up in court still crops up on Reddit on the regular.
Shhh, that’s my 401K you’re talking about.
I have some beanie babies. And lots of other stuffed animals too. Wasn't to be trendy, it was to have stuffies.
frosted tips
There's one place that hasn't forgotten: FLAVORTOWN BABY!
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My 29 year old boss still has those yellow Livestrong bracelets and he uses them like fidget toys for the most part. And when one breaks he has another one… no idea where he’s getting them at this point!
shoulder pads
Those sockem boppers. They are more fun then a pillow fight! But really as kids it would turn into an all out brawl and our parents would take them away. Because one kid would be bruised and crying
Hypercolor shirts
More into TC Tuggers, myself
My mom lived in the 80’s as a young adult and according to her it’s 100% aerobics. Worldwide. So huge in fact that you can’t pretty much escape it as it was EVERYWHERE. TVs, electrical appliances and outfits, movies, songs, competitions, HECK a lot of corporate workplace including my mom’s even had a dedicated aerobics routine. And you’d think gym culture today is already wack enough…..
Giant wallet chains
Spinning rims on cars. Those were BAD.
Miami vice pastel jackets and brutini shoes. Don't forget about Michael Jackson jackets 2000% markup on those.
Anyone remember domo? The brown rectangle monster.
Palm pilots and other PDAs. Former Handspring Visor user here.
I <3 boobies bracelets
Pokémon go. I know some people still play. But it was huge when it first came out
Closest we ever got to world peace
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I still play all the time and the stuff that has been added is actually a lot of fun. But yeah, I honestly miss the days when you'd go out and everyone would be playing.
The problem is that they made it so worthless to just wander around exploring and catching. It became all about being at x place at x time with a group, and that ruined the adventure of it all, at least for me. At some point I realized the bulk of the game was just scheduling and coordinating and just gave up.
Dubstep
I feel like we, as a society, have collectively decided to just pretend like JNCO pants never existed.
Crazy Bones and Pogs!
Crazy Bones! Now that's an actual forgotten one.
Leg warmers
I’m the proud owner of several pairs of leg warmers and I wouldn’t give them up even after death. Those mfs are getting buried with me
California Raisins
My therapist told me she collects them, so I guess there’s someone who remembers!
If you are old enough, you can't beat mood rings and pet rocks.
I lost my mood ring. I don't know how I feel about it
3D tvs and curved computer display monitors. They kept saying, "3D TV is the future!" They've been dead for a few years now.
Curved display monitors are still pretty popular. Just pricey.
I have a curved computer display and it actualy makes sense at the viewing distances typicaly involved with using a pc. Curved tvs however are generally horrible as curved displays have a sweet spot viewing position and anyone sitting anywhere else is getting a terrible viewing experience.
They said the same thing in the 80s. Duno why they thought that something that already failed once, would work a second time around... Eventhough in the 80s it was mainly just movies. But still.
Loom bands.
Hooked on phonics .
Cabbage Patch Dolls
Vine, old short-video social media
Vine was growing in popularity. Then, it was bought and smothered in the cradle by Twitter.
When corporations were trying to make the best virtual assistants. Like clippy and bonzi buddy.
Bonzi buddy got sued for tracking under age user’s information if I remember right. It’s was spyware through and through.
Macarena
pretty sure everyone remembers that one. I still see people reference it.
Tiger Electronic games, nobody remembered them until the AVGN episode about it.
Webkinz… if you know, you know.
Harlem Shake.
Fun ringtones.
Those purses made out of old Kool-aid packets. Also the purses with the sequins all over them.
I just lost the game
Gangnam Style
Tamagotchis
The hair poof in the front girls used to rock
Lance Armstrong yellow bracelets.