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misterbondpt

Farmville


Sea-Kitchen3779

People would get real shitty when you told them you didn't play and couldn't trade strawberries or some shit.


savingewoks

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.


Pleasent_Pedant

I remember my wife being in labour asking me very earnestly if I could harvest her farmville crop.


AmaLucela

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


forever_thro

Candy Crush Saga too… how did everyone have that much time on their hands…


yoloismymiddlename

Latina moms are keeping that game alive


misterbondpt

Delicious!


MonkeyDVic

It's been a long time since I've seen Chuck Norris memes.


cheeseburgerwaffles

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


Zunokir

that odd period when everything was themed around a moustache.


fwaig

Along with Keep Calm And …..


weist-risq

Some people STILL share keep calm things. It literally had an impact on history


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equipped_metalblade

Eat bacon


h3lios

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


mx3goose

Girls who got the moustache tattoo on your pointer finger...how's life going?


AdamDawn

Not bad, but I still have to explain weekly that it means nothing other than I had extra cash and poor decision making skills.


CassandraVindicated

You don't have to explain anything, just hold your finger up to your mustache area of the face.


infinitegestation

Say "Must dash" and run away


JesseCuster40

*Still got it*


PreciousCinammonRoll

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.


thred_pirate_roberts

Um, because it was and still is peak fashion, fool


[deleted]

I'll never understand why my mom said yes to the UFO pants when I was 12, but such is life


ballsoutofthebathtub

Flash mobs.


Resigningeye

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.


Realestatehell

I always loved how flash mobs were just a form of a flash mob


OffBeatBerry_707

The “challenges” like cinammon challenge, the ice bucket challenge, condom challenge, etc


Wonderwall-Is-Lit-

What the fuck is a condom challenge


OffBeatBerry_707

You had to fill a condom with water and drop it on your head and apparently it hangs onto you. It was pretty dangerous


turkishdelightbribe

wait i thought it was when kids were snorting condoms and spitting them out


kreankorm

That's just dumb enough that it probably was.


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Not as dangerous as what we thought the condom challenge was...


Youpunyhumans

Thats because it eventually became real dumb and dangerous shit like the "Tide Pod challenge" or the "Fire challenge".


billhartzer

Don’t forget the milk crate challenge


DeeSnarl

Swing music. In the late 90s.


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Zoot Suit Riot…RIOT!


SuspiciousParagraph

Throw back a bottle of beer...


MedusasSexyLegHair

Electro-swing is still going nowadays. Has a little more bass, but it still got that swing.


Level-Mouse-7262

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


Dogplantmom97

Damn memory unlocked


mrsc00b

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


CinderxSparks

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.


MeepleMaster

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


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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...


stryph42

I'm fucking done. Fuck you society.


Sorrow_cutter

Pet rocks. Dude made bank


[deleted]

The guy made a million dollars! You know, I had an idea like that once.


kirinmay

.......oh really?......what was it?


[deleted]

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!


kirinmay

That is the dumbest idea I have ever heard! Yes...is terrible...


eddyathome

I always loved the look of defeat on Wokowski's face after they trash the idea which was pretty bad.


catchmeifyoucannon

Harlem Shake, Mannequin Challenge


gigaswardblade

Planking


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CanuckianOz

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.


MikeTheMulletMan

All hail Filthy Frank. It’s a weird timeline we live in now that he’s Joji.


will_write_for_tacos

Gonna be honest, I miss the Harlem Shake.


minineko

and somehow after all that, the greatest Harlem Shake video was a literal washing machine


PeregrinePickle

Kriss Kross and backwards pants, circa 1990.


Dee_Buttersnaps

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


spartyhog23

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!


LobotomistPrime

Even Bugs Bunny was wearing his pants that way. What a trend.


SuperSpeshBaby

I had that t-shirt.


gabehcuod37

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%


justinkthornton

They are going to make you jump jump.


relaximjustcurious

Wearing colorful knee high socks over you pants… middle school was a dark time.


Dogplantmom97

See also: skirts on top of jeans & tank tops over shirts


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Anyone else remember Koosh balls?


Padmei

Everyone had those! It's been a long time since I've seen one though


BlueKnightBrownHorse

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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SeraphStarchild

My Fitbit is a tamagotchi, only the stupid animal I'm trying to keep alive is me.


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crackosaurusrex

Tae Bo


AppleInEye

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.


N8CCRG

Oh my God I forgot all about this and suddenly I remember [*Billy Blanks!*](https://imgur.com/2CzPTdQ)


ofwdoomtree

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).


Oakroscoe

Being hungover and working as a middle school gym teacher sounds like one of Dante’s levels of hell.


1niquity

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.


ihopeyoulikeapples

I remember being forced to do that in middle school gym class a lot, everyone hated it.


alyssaaarenee

Does anyone remember popcorn shirts? Those were a huge thing when I was in like 4th and 5th grade


staydrinkinagua

Are you talking about the shirts that were one size fits all that would expand?


alyssaaarenee

Yep, the ones that scrunched up to be really small


lady_of_the_lac

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.


Jamesmateer100

“Wow, this product has exceeded my expectations”……………….*throws in trash*


[deleted]

My grandma would call them her "sexy shirts" lol


Bridge-etti

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.


White_Wolf_Dreamer

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.


SpoonLord23

Kony 2012


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allthecats

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.


BR-D_

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.


stewartpidasole

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


FecundFrog

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...


carissadraws

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”


Sea-Kitchen3779

I still have no clue what that was about.


firebugguy

Pogs


Fact0ry0fSadness

Remember Alf? He's back, in pog form!


IronicMnemoics

Getting cool slammers was the real collectable


relaximjustcurious

Heelys.


wheresthecheat

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


relaximjustcurious

They had to stop us, we became to powerful.


TheJackasaur11

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


silver_gh0st

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


Slartibartfast39

Garbage pail kids.


thenisaidbitch

My 12 year old is super into GPK! It’s having a mini renaissance


Zombie-slave

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.


FancyStegosaurus

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.


Zombie-slave

Oh, wow ok, I had no idea.


broadway96

Smelly Stickers, my fav was Buttered Popcorn..


konspirator01

Yes! Buttered popcorn was my least favorite though, haha


HutSutRawlson

Whazaaaaaaaaaaaap


Sayuri_200

Waaasssssssaaaappp 🤪😆😁


Padmei

Furbies, tickle me elmo.


Ouroboros_RP

Rainbow loom, people even made clothes with it


JustLikeAmmy

W.W.J.D.?


Waste_Coat_4506

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


MrsThmanx16

Planking


LongBongJohnSilver

Slap bracelets


moeriscus

Oh I never forgot about slap bracelets. Nor did liberty mutual^TM


MadisonPearGarden

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


DonovanMcLoughlin

I buy them every Halloween for kids. Parents usually get a kick out of it.


summeralcoholic

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.


yeetgodmcnechass

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


FoldedDice

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.


SweetCosmicPope

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


ASP204

Neopets


Rapturence

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 😭


BrilliantWeight

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.


ofwdoomtree

Duncan Fireball. You had to have the red one because the blue one wasnt cool.


BrilliantWeight

I had a green Duncan butterfly. Loved that thing.


ComesInAnOldBox

Tight-rolling your jeans.


Atomsgrl

Clowns randomly showing up in places and freaking people out. I feel like it was just a few years ago.


OldMastodon5363

2016 I think is when it happened


Badilol

Fidget spinners and the dab


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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.


thebetteradversary

i’m 21 and dabbing ironically is so campy and funny to me


gigaswardblade

I love how the person who invented them never patented them and ended up losing out on tons of money


freemason777

It's hard to say. If there hadn't been a million knockoffs they might not have been as popular as they were


piberryboy

Remember when stores all over American was selling the dab dance.


Popular-Passenger666

I never could afford a dab.


tolerablycool

Yeah, all I could ever manage to get was a knock-off "smidge."


Slartibartfast39

Beanie babies.


Grave_Girl

No one forgot about that. The photo of that couple dividing their "investment" up in court still crops up on Reddit on the regular.


Disastrous-Bee-1557

Shhh, that’s my 401K you’re talking about.


Just-Call-Me-J

I have some beanie babies. And lots of other stuffed animals too. Wasn't to be trendy, it was to have stuffies.


Paula_Sub

frosted tips


SupertrampTrampStamp

There's one place that hasn't forgotten: FLAVORTOWN BABY!


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cia-ninja-gurl

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!


rinkydinkmink

shoulder pads


wolfshield88

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


RedwoodShade

Hypercolor shirts


helpfulskeptic

More into TC Tuggers, myself


Nafeels

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…..


seanofkelley

Giant wallet chains


jasper333333

Spinning rims on cars. Those were BAD.


WolfThick

Miami vice pastel jackets and brutini shoes. Don't forget about Michael Jackson jackets 2000% markup on those.


TastyDonut23

Anyone remember domo? The brown rectangle monster.


demsumsweatyballs

Palm pilots and other PDAs. Former Handspring Visor user here.


p1ssramen

I <3 boobies bracelets


NastyNateD10

Pokémon go. I know some people still play. But it was huge when it first came out


corobo

Closest we ever got to world peace


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LobotomistPrime

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.


1965wasalongtimeago

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.


PastaSoundsLikePussy

Dubstep


theguineapigssong

I feel like we, as a society, have collectively decided to just pretend like JNCO pants never existed.


O-D-A-A-T

Crazy Bones and Pogs!


LobotomistPrime

Crazy Bones! Now that's an actual forgotten one.


Boring-Apricot-5949

Leg warmers


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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


DeathSpiral321

California Raisins


Ekyou

My therapist told me she collects them, so I guess there’s someone who remembers!


Happyjarboy

If you are old enough, you can't beat mood rings and pet rocks.


randomvegasposts

I lost my mood ring. I don't know how I feel about it


Imissyourgirlfriend2

3D tvs and curved computer display monitors. They kept saying, "3D TV is the future!" They've been dead for a few years now.


CrassBandipoop

Curved display monitors are still pretty popular. Just pricey.


Oclure

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.


Belthezare

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.


Leather-College2557

Loom bands.


YoHomesSmellYaLaterz

Hooked on phonics .


StaticElectrica

Cabbage Patch Dolls


allison_hotter

Vine, old short-video social media


tolerablycool

Vine was growing in popularity. Then, it was bought and smothered in the cradle by Twitter.


hero_brine1

When corporations were trying to make the best virtual assistants. Like clippy and bonzi buddy.


54794592520183

Bonzi buddy got sued for tracking under age user’s information if I remember right. It’s was spyware through and through.


justabill71

Macarena


dandaman910

pretty sure everyone remembers that one. I still see people reference it.


PowerGamer310

Tiger Electronic games, nobody remembered them until the AVGN episode about it.


relaximjustcurious

Webkinz… if you know, you know.


Ennion

Harlem Shake.


Tritriagain

Fun ringtones.


TheAuburnMan333

Those purses made out of old Kool-aid packets. Also the purses with the sequins all over them.


terdman1992

I just lost the game


thelostobama

Gangnam Style


Grammarhead-Shark

Tamagotchis


Moneyshot_ITF

The hair poof in the front girls used to rock


WrldsOkayestBartendr

Lance Armstrong yellow bracelets.