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“Now Kinda Embarrassing”: 31 Trends That Blew Up As Quickly As They Died
Article created by: Gabija Saveiskyte
Trend cycles are incredibly short nowadays. It seems like as soon as I start to understand one craze, another comes around to replace it the very next day. There must be a massive graveyard of forgotten fads buried deep in our memories.
So today, we’re going to dig up some of those old trends to remind you just how big they once were. From segways to fidget spinners, Redditors have recently been discussing all of the former “next big things” that are nowhere to be found today. Enjoy reading about all of these trends that had surprisingly short lifespans, and be sure to upvote the ones that you expected to become much more popular!
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#1
The whole 3D craze back in like 2010. Everybody thought it was the future after Avatar came out in theaters. EVERY movie tried to be 3D after that, there were 3D TVs, 3D phones, the Nintendo 3DS. And I think the craze disappeared in like year because it gave people headaches 😂.
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#2
Those that got a mustache tattoo on the side of your finger…….y’all ok?
Downtown_Bread_:
I was like 12 when this trend was going on, and thank god they don't let 12-year-olds get tattoos because that would have been me.
#3
Feather earrings in 2011.
SRB112:
I didn't notice that in 2011, but I remember when they were popular in the '70s.
#4
Hypercolor shirts.
beyondthunderdrone:
I remember making out with my girlfriend one time when she was wearing a Hypercolor shirt. She had to cool it off in the car AC to change the color back before going inside so her parents wouldn't notice she had been so hot! lol
#6
Guys wearing two polo shirts and popping up both collars.
imakedankmemes:
This couldn’t die fast enough.
unhinged_behavior:
I remember a short-lived trend of polo shirts that had words printed in the collar so when you popped it up, the person behind you could read the word 'DOPE' or something. I worked at a PacSun at the time, and we sold SO MANY of those.
#7
There was a trend years ago where people would collect trash from river and post it.
Of course a good trend like this did not last long.
#9
Remember in the early 2010s when there was a frozen yogurt place on every block? 2-3 years later and they all seemed to vanish and nobody wants froyo no mo.
#11
Segways were going to revolutionize transport.
ackmondual:
It was predicted that whole cities would be redesigned to accommodate them!
#14
S’well bottles.
Replaced with Stanley cups.
I wonder what overpriced portable liquid holder comes next?
#15
Pokémon Go.
I know some folks still play, but once upon a time I remember taking a walk in the park and people were just on their phones pointing them this way and that and walking in circles and then there’d be a group huddled together cause they were taking down a gym or something.
#16
Google Glass. It was supposed to be the future, but it disappeared faster than you could say "augmented reality".
goathill:
I do think this will get big decades from now when tech has caught up. It was simply released too early and under-delivered.
#19
The fidget spinner craze was wild! One minute, everyone was spinning them like they were the coolest toy on the planet, and the next, they were collecting dust in drawers. It’s like they went from “Look at me, I’m stress-relieving!” to “Why do I have 12 of these?” faster than you can say “what was I thinking?”.
#20
Being a crypto-currency investor, for about three months everyone thought they were wolf of Wall Street, now they are all back to be stray dogs of skid row.
#22
Grills (the teeth version)- for a hot second there, people were putting all sorts of bling on their teeth- kind of when that Nelly song “Grillz” came out in 2005. I was in dental hygiene school and I saw the tooth jewels and art all of the time. I’d say around 2008 it started to kind of die down and now I almost never see them.
** I did see that Simone Biles has tooth gems but her sister is in the dental field, so go figure!
#23
Slime. My daughter had a slime factory at home and was selling it at school. Every piece of furniture has slime remnants still embedded in it.
#25
I forget what it was called but people would film a video where everyone in a group froze in place.
Ok_Cupcake_5226:
The mannequin challenge!
#26
NFTs.
WardenCommCousland:
I was so freaking glad when this went away. My stepsister's now ex-husband was hard into crypto and was trying to sell everyone, including my dad and stepmother, on NFTs. He was visiting clubs trying to sell near retirement-age Boomers on investing in them to 'diversify [their] portfolios' and talking about how they were going to be the biggest thing to ever hit finance.
And then they bottomed out. To my knowledge, my parents didn't invest in them, but my step-sister's finances were not in a great place for a while.
#28
The Live Strong type rubber bracelets. I remember my mom driving me to multiple stores when I was in 3rd grade to find some. I soon discovered a rash from them.
#29
Cup stacking was big for a minute, the middle school even had cup stacking competitions after school.
#31
The feathers or glitter strands you can attach to your hair. Use to be all the rage in high school.
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