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40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community
Trends and popular things are, by their design, things that change and shift with time. Something that was popular a year ago is now considered an outdated reference, a popular meme can outstay its welcome in a month, and minor trends go in and out of fashion daily. Basically, just because something is widely accepted today doesn't mean it will have the same significance after some time passes. Perhaps to commemorate these trends, or just catalogue them for future reference, there are community threads online that talk about the trendy things that likely won't be cool in 5 years' time. One such discussion is hosted on Reddit, where people readily expressed their opinions about what they think won't withstand the test of time.
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Probably not going to happen, but I really wish influencers won't be "cool" anymore.
Having the covid vaccine. Eventually it'll be as commonplace as a flu vaccine.
Some of the things listed by the community are leaning more towards actual items, such as so-called MLM teas. Other picks feature plastic surgery trends. And then there are those who think that the websites we use now will lose their influence and be forgotten or abandoned. Basically, the things that send people raving today, in 5 years, could be irrelevant.
A lot of the stuff I see people doing on TikTok seems like the kinda thing you'd be embarrassed about in a few years
man, i hope. a lot of small buisnesses have a pretty main platform there though, so i'm not really sure where i stand on it.
Trends are tricky because of their very foundation. Something becomes popular because it's new and exciting, it presents something that captures people's attention, but if it doesn't provide long-term value, it tends to go away. Just look back at the trends that ruled the '90s, for example. Those are now considered to be an archaic concept in the current climate.
Overly-processed Instagram photos. Especially in the context of makeup and skincare.
Hopefully Facebook. I never thought it would kill myspace and MySpace reminds me of better times when I think of how sh*tty Facebook handled the last 4 years
Actually, a study was conducted to find out what children used what social media platforms today. The study asked 1,500 middle and high school students. 62 percent of teens said they use Instagram while 58 percent use Snapchat. (Texting was most popular, used by 98 percent of the teens surveyed.) Facebook was, surprisingly, only 7 percent. (This is not copy-and-pasted or plagiarized. I wrote this by myself.)
Current plastic surgery trends to meet the current IG standards. I fear for a lot of people who have had BBLs and facial surgery that the look will become outdated and permanently associated with late 2010’s and early 2020’s, kind of how like there are plastic surgery trends associated with the 90s/2000s.
Then there's a rule of 'what goes around comes around.' There are cases of trends and cool things that were popular before, got old and abandoned, and then resurfaced when we least expected it. Of course, the most obvious cases are centered in the fashion industry, but there are other things too, coming in a variety of categories, such as names or even those same internet trends.
Hopefully the stupid “hacks” that people are coming up with. That’s not a hack
People posting pictures of a PS5 they just bought and expecting the rest of us to care.
Youtube prank videos
Well some youtube videos in general.
NUKING JAPAN prank video Among Us! (NOT CLICKBAIT) (GONE WRONG) (ALMOST DIED)
Zoom calls. I don’t wanna go back to the office, but I can’t take five more years of these..
5 day work week
If the 5-day work work does fade, I hope it is replaced by options that can be tailored to the needs of the employee and their family or current situation. That might be longer but fewer days, shorter but more days etc. Equalizing the needs of the business with the needs of the employee would be most ideal.
Everything Supreme. The s***** print text hoodies, the overpriced hats and $100 Tshirts, all of it
Corporations trying to be weird and relatable on Twitter. Wish it would die out now
Brazilian Butt Lifts .. I feel like it will not age well. A lot of plastic surgeries collapse over time or have complications as it degrades
Instagram is going to be an online shopping mall, far removed from the cool micro-blogging site it used to be.
The latest iPhone.
The latest iPhone will goes out of style every 5 months. They make new versions all the time.
Subscribing to multiple streaming platforms.
whats so 'cool' about subscribing to stuff i dont get this one?
The bowl cut. For some reason it came back in south Houston. Looks ridiculous.
That stupid yee yee a** haircut that all the teenage boys are rocking. The one with the short sides and mop top rat's nest on top.
I kind of like it. Not on everyone, but it's better than the bowl cut.
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Being judgy about peoples appearances and stuff is just not on though. They shamed dudes for moustaches, beards, top knots, man buns....then that stuff was ok, then it wasn't... now this. It's like whatever. If they said 'womens stupid ass pixie cut' everyone would be upset, but its ok because its making fun of teenage boys? How about we dont judge peoples aesthetic choices so much as if there is just one 'right' way to look??
I think so which is weird because undercuts look hot. On all genders.
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I've seen pictures of guys with that cut in the 30's. Then in the 50's. Then in the 80's the "Fade" that black guys wore into the 90's, remember Grant Hill and Christian Laettner at Duke? Style or fashion is circulatory, it's in then it's out....then it's back!
My daughter's terrible boyfriend Austin has one. And his hair is blonde and naturally curly, so a very large rat's nest is on his head. Which leads me to another hair trend. The Man Bun. (For more adventures of my daughter's boyfriend Austin the Terrible, please see some of my other posts.)Thank you.
I'm not trying to call you out on this (well okay yeah I am) but mind your own hair, don't criticize the current trends that are going to come and go. I think that a lot of them actually look good. You don't have to like them, but you don't need to publicly shame them online.
Please look back at your very own yearbooks. Is there a time where someone isn't wearing a really stupid looking style?
There are a lot of adults trying to wear a softer version. Look like wanna be's.
All the gringos at my school have undercuts and the hair on top of their head is permed. They look like mushrooms. It's ridiculous.
I’m now picturing them all as small atomic explosions
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I had to look it up and still don’t know what it is bc all that came up were memes
That would be called a mullet and this isn't new, it's back and we all hated it the first time and still don't like it this time.
It's definitely not a mullet. Also, did the post about the name Khaleesi offend you? I'm honestly curious.
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Funko Pops. They're the Beanie Babies of the '20s.
Galaxy print is probably going to go the way of the bowling alley carpet patterns we used to wear on our clothes in the 90s. It'll come back ironically in 10 years
Hopefully Pokemon Cards, so I can finally afford to buy them again ...
McDonald’s in Germany is currently giving 3 pokemon cards with every happy meal lol. Gotta collect them all!
Facebook. Kids don’t use that s***, because it sucks. millennials are leaving in droves.
Facebook died when boomers were able to join. They keep the negativity and fake news going. It’s so sad how many of my friends parents or grandparents rely on a meme as a news source. The recent election was enough for me. I don’t use it anymore except for messenger
GTA V
Hopefully by that point we'll actually have GTA 6
Its like Fallout New Vegas no amount of mods will make the game prettier or have the quality of content that Rockstar produces. Its like putting lipstick on a pig.
Filling wooden furniture with translucent green or blue-colored resin.
This person must have seen some very bad resin furniture because I've seen some beautiful furniture come out of it.
Fake vents in cars, if they were ever cool in the first place.
I would say Minecraft but trying to kill that is like trying to invade Russia in winter
Yeah, it's currently my fav game and it's been very popular for years. I don't think it'll ever die out-
The obsession of having RGB LED everywhere and on everything.
coloured bangs
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I just looked at the title of this post, all I can think of is "please let it be the Kardashians". Then my second thought was, "Wait, that means there might be five more years of the Kardashians".
I would like to see labeling people gone. No more labels or putting people into cubby holes to fit your agenda. People are people period. No more race labels, no more gender labels, no more sexual partner labels, no more religious labels, no more income bracket labels, no more age labels, no more intelligence labels, just no more! We love each other just for what we are and who we are. No judgements only love!
The bigot doesn't get to define what bigotry is.
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This is just a list of things some people don’t like. A lot of it can be resolved by not using said product or tuning into said content
Hopefully $100 games with microtransactions up the wazoo will die out.
Spending money on In Game Coesmetics not DLC or new content buying a f*****g fortnite skin is stupid
I will add some trends. Gender pronnouncements on Social Media, the unoriginal blockchain AI startup buzzword junk with the corporate memphis illustrations, synth sounds in modern songs because they pretend to sound retro and in reality they are uneccesary, personal branding, apologise videos, mumble rap, 6ix9ine, 80's nostalgia cash cows. The late 10's culture in general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFb7BOI_QFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T9yMSNG1iQ
Tattoos as a trend because everyone has tattoos and many are the same
why are these trends? I hope that some of them don't end in five years (especially glaciers).
Joe Biden isn’t cool. He will never be cool.
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Sometimes I think that the complete internet has to go. When I was young we had no internet.I mean yes, the internet helped a lot and made a lot of things a lot easier but it also destroyed much like the intelligence of every upcoming generation. By now I think if we would lose the internet for only one day the kids wouldn't know what to do because they've lost their complete fantasy. Anyway what's missing on the list above is these "over 9000"-different genders... sorry but I think that's just too much..
Sometimes I think that the complete printing press has to go. When I was young we had no printing press and had to write everything by hand.I mean yes, the printing press helped a lot and made a lot of things a lot easier but it also destroyed much like the intelligence of every upcoming generation. By now I think if we would lose the printing press for only one day the merchants wouldn't know what to do because they've lost their complete fantasy. Anyway what's missing on the list above is the idea the "God is not the government..." sorry but I think that's just too much..
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I just looked at the title of this post, all I can think of is "please let it be the Kardashians". Then my second thought was, "Wait, that means there might be five more years of the Kardashians".
I would like to see labeling people gone. No more labels or putting people into cubby holes to fit your agenda. People are people period. No more race labels, no more gender labels, no more sexual partner labels, no more religious labels, no more income bracket labels, no more age labels, no more intelligence labels, just no more! We love each other just for what we are and who we are. No judgements only love!
The bigot doesn't get to define what bigotry is.
Load More Replies... This is just a list of things some people don’t like. A lot of it can be resolved by not using said product or tuning into said content
Hopefully $100 games with microtransactions up the wazoo will die out.
Spending money on In Game Coesmetics not DLC or new content buying a f*****g fortnite skin is stupid
I will add some trends. Gender pronnouncements on Social Media, the unoriginal blockchain AI startup buzzword junk with the corporate memphis illustrations, synth sounds in modern songs because they pretend to sound retro and in reality they are uneccesary, personal branding, apologise videos, mumble rap, 6ix9ine, 80's nostalgia cash cows. The late 10's culture in general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFb7BOI_QFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T9yMSNG1iQ
Tattoos as a trend because everyone has tattoos and many are the same
why are these trends? I hope that some of them don't end in five years (especially glaciers).
Joe Biden isn’t cool. He will never be cool.
Load More Replies... Sometimes I think that the complete internet has to go. When I was young we had no internet.I mean yes, the internet helped a lot and made a lot of things a lot easier but it also destroyed much like the intelligence of every upcoming generation. By now I think if we would lose the internet for only one day the kids wouldn't know what to do because they've lost their complete fantasy. Anyway what's missing on the list above is these "over 9000"-different genders... sorry but I think that's just too much..
Sometimes I think that the complete printing press has to go. When I was young we had no printing press and had to write everything by hand.I mean yes, the printing press helped a lot and made a lot of things a lot easier but it also destroyed much like the intelligence of every upcoming generation. By now I think if we would lose the printing press for only one day the merchants wouldn't know what to do because they've lost their complete fantasy. Anyway what's missing on the list above is the idea the "God is not the government..." sorry but I think that's just too much..
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