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

Virtue sniffers.

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

The last ten years? “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.” - Isaac Asimov (Newsweek, 1980). And not just in the United States.

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.

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

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

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

Remember, even though Marjorie Taylor Green says it was the Democrats who made the hurricane hit Republican areas, we all know it's really the Satanic alien lizard people who control the weather. /J

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Trump again

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.

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

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.

This has been a thing since the 1920's.

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.

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?

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...

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.

Thats very specific....

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

Each decade has a new "haircut of shame" that will be looked back on with horror and regret.

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

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."

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

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

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.

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

Also a huge waste of perfectly good food.

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

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

Isn't it some kind of troll for likes ?

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

Is it just women? What are the dads doing?

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.

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

Sex reveal parties don't have the same ring tho...

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.

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.

If you want my opinion on this it will cost you £10

You have to be pretty darn naive to think any business puts morals above profits. Businesses exist to make money for their owners, and if you fall for the whole "rainbow flag profile pic means we care" thing, then you're only proving them right (not referring to OP in particular here)

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.

I read quit a bit on reddit, and some of these questions are just weird. Once somebody asked at what age they should bring their cat in to get spayed/neutered, I answered " Why don´t you ask your Vet? They should know better then strangers on the internet." I am too lazy to look for that post, but I remember some people where not too happy about my comment.

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.

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.

As someone with a father, this disturbs me.

I love that OP forgot the 'E'

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.

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.

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

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

Screw the kids, I want it for adults. This sounds like fun.