People Reflect On The Trends They’re Glad We’ve Moved On From

We’ve all encountered strange trends throughout the years. Some of them turned into long-lasting things that are still around today, while others fizzled out after a few months or so. No matter what state you visit, if you went around a large city and asked people which trends bothered them, you’d probably get a different answer from every single person. Everyone grew up with a trend they despised.

Whether the trend is decor from the 1970s, makeup from the 1990s, or recent trends floating around YouTube, a number of recognizable trends made a brief appearance, and now they’re gone – but not completely forgotten. While some trends are completely harmless, others can be quite harmful – like trying to eat Tide Pods. Certain trends aren’t around anymore, and maybe you miss them, but it’s equally likely that maybe you don’t. Here are a few of the trends some people are quite happy to have seen die out…

The Vlogger Life

I already don’t like 99% of vloggers, but family vloggers are always 1,000% more annoying. They’re always ridiculously hyper, post endless challenge videos, and are generally obnoxious about all the money they have. There’s also that awful family gaming channel that got recommended to me for a day or two before YouTube granted me mercy, and I stopped seeing it.

I’m not a huge fan of Casey Neistat, but I’d rather watch all of his videos back-to-back than sit through one Ace Family, Chatwins, or Shaytards video. They may not make content anymore, but I don’t want to find out. Out of all the trends over the past few decades, this one bothers me the most. You won’t see me watching any of that stuff, ever. Reddit user: ItsYaBoiAzazel 

I Know More Than You

People love having “secret knowledge.” Back before the Internet, people used to claim to know “facts” all the time, and there was no real way of calling them out on anything. Google? Didn’t exist. So you pretty much had to take them at their word, and that was that. And then the Internet came along, and things began to change.

Fast forward to today. Someone can claim that the sky is blue, and there will probably be someone else out there who’ll somehow be able to refute it. I’m not saying that I love how everyone fact-checks everything these days, because that can sometimes be obnoxious too- but at least people who talk a lot of smack and claim to know “things” can’t pull that off anymore. Reddit user: [Redacted]

I Mustache You A Question

The trend that bothered me the most was that weird mustache trend that was died out around 2013; you know, when teenagers would have mustaches on their phone cases and jewelry. They were everywhere. You couldn’t go into a store and not see them. It seems silly to me to wear mustaches as necklaces and earrings. Where did this trend come from? 

This trend was very popular for a few years around 2010. These fake mustaches were everywhere; stores even had fake ones for kids to wear. It was definitely one of the stranger trends I’ve seen over the years, and I didn’t understand it at all. You’d also see people around that time with mustaches tattooed and drawn on their fingers. Reddit user: linnnnnnnny 

I Challenge You

There’ve been a few over the years that bothered me to no end. I’ve seen MUAs (people who do make up for a living) post things like “Smoky Eye Challenge!” How is that a challenge? That’s like a doctor or nurse calling for a “stethoscope challenge! Let’s see how well you can hear the patient’s heart!” These kinds of “challenges” are pointless.

Just about everyone who wears makeup is capable of doing a smoky eye. It’s not a “challenge” for a professional makeup artist to do it. If you aren’t able to, there are plenty of YouTube videos available to help, but it still doesn’t make it a “challenge.” A challenge is a contest or competition, like a race or a swim meet, not doing your makeup. Reddit user: CatherineConstance

A Song And Dance

The Gangnam style was really interesting because, for me, it was the first time an internet trend really picked up speed and went beyond just viral. It was everywhere. Mass media had picked up on an internet trend, and it seemed to be an observable paradigm shift in which the internet became “legitimate” in the eyes of television and news networks.

I’m not saying it was the first time, and it definitely wasn’t the last – it was just the first time I noticed a trend from YouTube being something that people who don’t watch YouTube were referencing. It gained popularity rather quickly, and I literally saw it everywhere. The song became overplayed on the radio to a point where I had to change it every time it came on. Reddit user: shmigglyworgenville 

An Explosion In The Film Industry

I’m curious when the superhero movie genre is going to start fading again. Admittedly, I enjoy a lot of them, but the past decade has clearly seen an industry seizing upon a goldmine of profits. When you already have a story written for an action-based summer blockbuster, and the formula to produce them has become more streamlined, there’s no wonder why the explosion has happened.

The industry has churned out movies so fast that we’re into 8th and 9th sequels within just a decade. It’s crazy. I enjoy these films, but I’m concerned they’ll start to become annoying and irrelevant. There’s no reason to overdo something that’s good. Everyone will start getting annoyed with superhero films eventually. Why does any film need so many sequels? Reddit user: CaptainNoBoat 

Social Media Warriors

Social media making everyone feel like they need to be heard. It’s one of the main reasons why stuff like anti-vaxxers, MLMs, Nazis, cancel culture, flat-earthers, etc., continue to thrive. Misinformation is spread like a disease within echo chambers like that. I always say the internet is great because it gave everyone a voice; I also say the internet sucks because it gave everyone a voice.

I mean, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but social media has given opinionated people a pedestal to stand on. Some people start to believe their opinions are the only correct ones, and this causes problems. Just because someone doesn’t share the same belief as you, it doesn’t mean you can bully them into believing something else. Reddit user: oooriole09

Followers Don’t Matter

So-called micro-influencers are on the rise. My company is producing parts for motorcycles, and we try to aim as specifically as possible at potential customers. So, someone who owns an Instagram account with 1,000 followers, but is pointing to only one model, which we’re looking for, is more likely to get cooperation from us than someone with 500,000 followers who’s focusing on a whole brand of motorcycles. 

It’s giving us all kinds of problems with our business. People don’t look at the quality of products anymore. They just look at the number of Instagram followers the company has and base their opinions on that. It’s absolutely ridiculous when some companies have far superior products and get overlooked because of followers. I never expected to have this kind of issue with my business. Reddit user: DerMugar

Beauty Trends Gone Wrong

What bothered me the most was highly overdrawn lips and eyebrows. I can see where your real lip ended a half-inch back! Also, I can’t stand the permanent duck-face look. They look like they got their lips stuck inside a vacuum cleaner, or they had an allergic reaction to an egg they were sucking on, or something. I’ll never understand this trend.

The newer version of this trend isn’t great either, but the 1990s had the worst overdrawing lip liner trend, since the liner was much darker intentionally. Some people may disagree, but this is my opinion. I feel like this decade has gone pretty overboard with winged eyeliner too. I never followed any of these trends myself, but had a lot of friends who did. Reddit user: M14535955

Proper Journalism Makes A Difference

The trends that have bothered me the most are the rise of irresponsible journalism, the drop in civility, and the drop in the responsible use of social media. You can combine them, too. I see the news all the time now, and it says Twitter user 2Young4Halloween says the snow had him stuck in his apartment all day. That’s not journalism at all. 

It’s just pasting something off social media. Get outside, stand in the snow, and do some real reporting! What is happening to our news stations? I’ll never understand why real reporting techniques have gone out the window. You can’t base your reporting off one Twitter user and hope it’s sufficient enough to appease the masses. I just want to see real reporting. Reddit user: Ask_me_4_a_story

Millennials Aren’t The Problem

“Millennials are killing the X industry.” Often, while completely missing that most of the “millennials” they’re complaining about are too young to be millennials, and that millennials aren’t a single hive-mind where everyone thinks the same. I always found that statement weirdly hypocritical; I thought we lived in a capitalist system, so shouldn’t it be ‘X industry fails to compete, and dies by the hand of the free market?’

A lot of people are under the assumption that millennials are to blame for the majority of problems in today’s world, but this isn’t the case. Research has shown that millennials are better educated than previous generations, and make up a large portion of citizens in countries around the world. They just get the bad rap for doing things a little slower than previous generations. Reddit user: axw3555 

Eyebrow Changes Over The Years

The trend that’s bothered me most over the years is whatever people are doing to their eyebrows. The 2000s were bad for eyebrows, but I’m not sure the appropriate corrective measure was to go from having the least brow possible to having the most brow possible, and drawing them on so precisely that you look like an anime character.

This isn’t a defense of the sperm-shaped eyebrows from the ‘90s, or criticism of naturally thick brows. The “Instagram brows” in the links people have posted are more what I’m talking about. They just don’t look good, and I’ll never understand what possesses people to change their eyebrows so drastically. Why would anyone want to look like that? Reddit user: smuffleupagus

Utterly Disrespectful And Rude

The way people just criticize everything they don’t understand. It happens with everyone, not any particular group. I’m tired of seeing people so blatantly disrespectful towards things other people enjoy. If I like X and you like Y, why do you have to argue X vs. Y? Can’t we just have a meaningful conversation about X and Y both being shaped by V?

Yes, I know this has been happening since the dawn of man, but it’s become much more apparent with the widespread use of social media. People seem to enjoy bashing anything and everything they don’t like, even if it hurts someone else. I’ll never understand why it’s necessary to be so rude to someone for liking a certain thing. Reddit user: [redacted]

How Memes Change

How meme culture turned into a contest to produce the “coolest” and “funniest” memes. Memes are also chewed up and spat out at ludicrous speeds rather than left to die naturally. They die faster because more people use them, and because people consider them “dead,” the moment they reach “normies.” They’re not dead; you’re just trying to make lines in the sand to separate yourself from the normies, and immediately abandoning anything that even toes the line. 

I have to say, I believe that memes are used too frequently, making them obsolete far more quickly than necessary. Memes are meant to be a fun way to express yourself, so who cares if they’re overused. If you like a certain meme and want to use it, you should. It shouldn’t matter if they lose popularity. Reddit user: cmpgamer

YouTube Has Changed

The number of YouTube “gurus” peddling their wares to gullible people is disheartening and wrong. What’s even stranger is the people who buy into these magic-bullet health and life improvement coaches, then go on to try and become one themselves. They don’t want a real job, so they try and fleece the gullible masses they’re already a part of themselves.

I believed, in the late 2000s, that the proliferation of cheap and accessible information would help bring about new enlightenment, the way the printing press did. However, the amount of garbage “content” swirling around the world is making me doubt that hope. YouTube has turned into something it wasn’t intended for. People should be able to watch videos without feeling the need to buy certain things. Reddit user: BarcodeNinja

Doctors Are There For A Reason

Wearing mental illness like a badge of honor is a trend I’m glad to see gone. I’m fully on board with acknowledging mental illnesses, and getting people proper treatment so their lives can be improved. People should be able to talk about their problems and find solutions to them. However, my problem lies with the people who just pick and choose which mental illnesses to self-diagnose themselves with. 

They self-diagnose, and these illnesses become the biggest parts of their personalities. I saw a post on Twitter because one of my friends liked it. The person’s bio reads something like ADHD, PTSD, Bi-Polar, Manic Depressive, Asperger’s, possibly sociopath. That’s someone I never want to interact with at all. I hope that person got the help they needed to live a happy life. Reddit user: RetroGameGuy8876

Dangerous Parties

Gender reveal parties bother me. Not the ‘normal’ quiet events with family, but the driving need to get more and more extreme with every passing year. I’ve seen parks ruined and beaches littered, all for something as basic as the gender of your unborn child? Spreading blue glitter everywhere doesn’t somehow make the child more special than just saying, “It’s going to be a boy.” 

They’re already special; they’re your child! Why is it necessary to spread glitter everywhere and cause damage to parks and beaches? I even saw one video where smoke bombs were set off in a park, and they caused a massive fire. I’ll never understand these extreme parties. What happened to just baking a cake with the inside being blue or pink? Reddit user: sumner980 

Risking Lives

The craziest trend I’ve seen is the “_______ challenge.” 99% of these challenges were just horrible for your health. Things like the cinnamon challenge are extremely dangerous. The worst I saw it get was someone tried to start the ‘Fire Extinguisher Challenge.’ The guy put the nozzle in his mouth and hit the lever. No matter what extinguisher you’re using, this is incredibly stupid.

What’s worse, though, is he picked a Dry Chemical extinguisher. The second he hit that lever, he blasted a lifetime’s worth of micro-particulates into his lungs. His lungs are absolutely, unequivocally, damaged to no end. Why would anyone want to do these challenges? It could be disastrous for your health. You could die from doing some of these crazy challenges. Reddit user: ggibby0 

It Doesn’t Make Sense

Social media influencers need to go away. Making tons of money and reaching fame by becoming a “brand ambassador” for bogus skincare products never really made sense to me. Modeling is a profession of its own, but not everyone can – or should – do it. Instagram has made us believe that many of these influencers have perfect lives, and the inadequacy people feel when scrolling through their feed is extremely unhealthy for society.

Becoming an influencer should never have been what social media was used for. Connecting with friends has now turned into admiring strangers from afar, leading many of us to feel lonelier than ever. I really hope this trend dies sooner rather than later. Everyone should be able to use social media for its intended purpose without having to watch these influencers. Reddit user: lilodontneednostitch 

A Difference Of Opinion

The trend where we decide that those with different political opinions aren’t just wrong, but are evil. The most amazing thing about the time we live in is that most (not all, unfortunately) of the world have reasonably open political discourse. Yet, instead of embracing our rivals and having intelligent conversations, we become so entrenched in our own beliefs that we declare those who disagree with us to be bad people. 

We need to embrace the opportunity to learn from others, and use that open dialogue to convince. The first step to doing that is recognizing that most people are NOT bad people, even if they have beliefs that are diametrically opposed to our own. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinions, and should feel safe enough to voice them without worrying about the repercussions. Reddit user: VagabonDILF

The Past Is The Past

The culture of canceling people isn’t only dangerous but frustrating. Anyone on the verge of becoming famous or rich almost always has someone digging into their past for something that’s currently considered offensive, but was kind of acceptable back when it was said or written. People change, their views change. Doing something stupid shouldn’t follow me around forever. People are really sensitive now.

This can be dangerous for a variety of reasons. For one, digging up dirt on someone is just wrong. The past is the past, and should be left alone. Another thing is that this type of behavior can cause problems for the person in question. No one should ever feel like they have to hide. A person’s mental health can only take so much before they snap. Reddit user: kaggwa256

Throwing Drinks

I remember seeing a video where a drive-through worker was aware of this trend where you throw milkshakes at drive-through employees. When she saw the person in the passenger seat filming her handing the driver his milkshake, she kept her hand on the drive-through window. She got it closed before the milkshake hit her, so it splattered on the outside of the window.

She also had a drink in her hand for the next customer, which she threw into the car before they could drive off. I’ll never understand where these trends come from, or why people participate in them. Why would you be so rude to someone, especially someone handling your food? There’s no excuse for it, whatsoever. I mean, really, who comes up with this stuff? Reddit user: Andrado

Who Let The Dogs Out? Woof Woof Woof.

Do you know what I’m glad died out? The song Who Let the Dog’s Out. It was fun the first few times I heard it, but after that, I changed the radio station every single time it came on. There was a 2-year span in the early 2000s when every single movie had the song in its soundtrack. This happens with all kinds of songs, but this one really bothered me. 

It’s just the same words over and over again mixed with a catchy beat. This has happened quite a bit over the years, and has made me hate songs I originally loved. They get so popular and are overplayed from the get-go. This also happened with the songs “Wild Thing” by Tone Loc, and “Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina and The Waves. Reddit user: UndercoverPackersFan

Popular Children’s Toys

I’ll tell you what really bothered me. Those darn fidget spinners. My kids wasted SO much of their allowance on those things. Now they’re collecting dust under beds and furniture across the nation. I’m sure you can probably pick them up cheap in volume now. I never really understood the fascination with them in the first place. There’re warehouses full of these, snap bracelets, and pogs.

They were originally created in 2017 to help children relieve nervous energy, psychological stress, and trouble focusing. I don’t think they were used for their intended purpose, though, as I’m sure just about every child had one. There are plenty of toys like fidget spinners, slap bracelets, and pogs that were extremely popular at one point, but have now just faded away. Reddit user: dabears1979 

Changing Facial Features

This whole eyebrow trend that keeps changing has me baffled. I think the counter to this trend will be “natural brows” or “boy brows.” I think women will start to grow out their brows and feather them, making them appear more full and unkempt. It’s already a trend, but I think that within the next decade it’ll be the next big thing.

Trends in eyebrow shape, size, and color have changed often over the past few decades. In the 1980s, it was a full natural eyebrow shape. The 1990s saw the skinny eyebrow. The trend now is dying eyebrows, and getting them tattooed to look fuller. The trends will keep evolving over the years. You shouldn’t feel like you have to follow these trends if you like the way your eyebrows look. Reddit user: ashlily17

A T-Shirt Trend

Global Hypercolor t-shirts are the trend I’m glad died out. These were t-shirts that changed color in response to body heat. They tended to show horrible patches around the armpits. They’d change color in response to sweat as well. Also, they tended to turn a nasty brown-grey after a few washes. They were fun, but really gross if you thought about how they worked.

And the thing was, people would automatically know you were warm or sweaty when you were wearing them if they changed color, and a lot of the time you didn’t want people to know. There have been all kinds of trends over the years with t-shirts and clothing in general, but thankfully – at least in my opinion – this one wasn’t meant to last. Reddit user: horridbloke 

A Dangerous Trend In The United Kingdom

I live in the United Kingdom, and Happy Slapping was a big trend here. I’m not sure if it was just a UK thing, but it was dangerous either way. It was basically just a group of people jumping a random person, and after they’re crying, you all happily shout HAPPY SLAP. It got bad to the point of groups of people beating up random strangers and filming it.

What would possess someone to create this kind of trend? It was extremely dangerous. It’s technically an assault, and you could go to jail for doing something like this. What would happen if you did this and the person you jumped fought back? It seems like there would be a lot of people in the hospital if it got out of hand. Reddit user: iliekcar

Music Ringtones Were Fun At One Point

The trend that bothered me the most was music ringtones on phones. Especially those annoying custom ones you’d have to listen to multiple times a day at the office or elsewhere. Now you rarely hear a phone ring, and when you do, it’s something basic. Man, I remember in high school being so excited to record the chorus of a song I downloaded on Limewire to use as my crush’s ringtone.

Now when I hear my phone ring, I cringe and yell at myself for turning my volume on. It’s become normal to just keep phones on vibrate or silent. The music ringtones were fun while they lasted, but in today’s world, people would criticize you for using them, or at the very least look at you strangely. It’s actually nice to be able to ignore phone sounds now. Reddit user: dudeARama2

This Challenge Was Ridiculous

I’m so happy that certain internet challenges have died out, especially the Tide Pod challenge and the ice cream challenge. The Tide Pod challenge was a ticket to winning the Darwin Award, while the ice cream challenge was basically a health code violation. I’ll never understand what possesses people to do these ridiculously stupid things, especially those challenges that can harm them.

Both of these challenges are completely ridiculous and dangerous. There are all kinds of chemicals in Tide Pods that are unsafe for human consumption. They could make you very sick. The ice cream challenge was rude and completely unsanitary. What would possess someone to lick ice cream and put it back to be sold to someone else? Reddit user: DexthXndRxbirth

Vandalism In Czechoslovakia

I lived in Czechoslovakia when I was a kid in the 1980s. There was this weird vandalism in public buses. Some hooligans would take a knife and cut into the seats so much that all the stuff would come out. It looked absolutely repulsive. Back then, most seats in public transport buses were fake leather and stuffing. Sometimes half of them were gutted.

This type of vandalism died out for some reason after 1990. The last cut-up bus seat that I remember was like 1993 or so. As a kid, I couldn’t understand why someone was destroying our buses. They weren’t comfortable, but they were still the only form of transport my family had. It made me so angry to see those seats in that condition. Reddit user: DefenestrationPraha 

Keep Calm And Carry On

I once saw an “artist” at a show who sold nothing but these prints: Keep Calm And ____. They used every and any pop culture reference they could think of, and mostly made no sense at all. Keep Calm and Buffy On. Keep Calm and Fos Do Rah. Keep Calm and Live Long and Prosper. Every print was the exact same except for the words, and a rotation of background colors.

Even if this meme wasn’t trended to death, that booth alone could have put me off the entire idea. It would’ve been better if the artwork made sense, but it didn’t. Some of the phrases worked, but most of them were nonsense. You can’t just put words together and call them art, especially when they don’t make sense to begin with. Reddit user: MayorSalsa

Party Favors

I’m sad to say that for my birthday party, in either sixth or seventh grade – I can’t remember which, I had a My Little Pony mustache-themed birthday party. I got cups with the ponies on them and drew custom mustaches on every single one. I filled them up with candy and fake mustaches, and gave them out as party favors. 

Even the cake had ponies with mustaches on it. Not to mention it was at a Roller Palace, so that’s a thing in itself. I’m so glad it’s over now. I’m not sure how the idea even came to fruition, but my mom was all for it. I’m willing to admit I was obsessed with mustaches, just like every other kid my age during that time. Reddit user: harvestwheat27

Don’t Invite Me

Those stupid Facebook games that people would play and invite you to bothered me. The most invites I received were from FarmVille. I told all of my friends not to invite me because I wouldn’t accept it, but it still happened on a daily basis. Facebook is a cesspool regardless, but I just want to judge my old classmates, and see my family comment on local news stories for the laughs. 

I didn’t want to read that you’re planting turnips in FarmVille, or any of that dumb stuff. I have a funny note on this as well. My dad has a Facebook account and will block anyone that sends him game requests. My cousins have been blocked, as well as most of his friends. He now has only 23 friends on Facebook, and seems to be very happy with his choices. Reddit user: Corporate-Asset-6375

Random Sayings

The “LOL RANDOM” humor that peaked around the late 2000s/early 2010 was horrible in the best ways. Besides being completely annoying and unfunny, what always killed me was the cadence that people would use. It was this high, lilting tone of voice with a stop/start way of speaking. It’s difficult to describe, but go watch an old Boxxy video to see what I mean.

It started to finally die out around 2010. To be honest, the fact that it lasted as long as it did was very strange, and people used it for everything. It was kind of like using the word “whatever” in the 1990s. These random sayings pop up all the time but, thankfully, don’t stick around for an extended period of time. Reddit user: LokiLaufeyson 

Respect Your Elders

I thought this was pretty funny. I’m in my 60s and recently went skiing over Christmas. I got a passive-aggressive, “Ok boomer” from two teenage kids who were abusing the singles line. These kids were essentially cutting in line and not filling in the gaps so they could ride together. They ended up getting a mouthful from every adult in line for the hill. 

I always taught my kids to respect my elders, and I personally think this “Ok boomer” thing has started to run its course. The older generations have been through so much, and have plenty to teach the younger generations if they’re willing to listen. I think it’s rude to speak to anyone in a passive-aggressive manner. There’s absolutely no reason for it. Respect is earned, and not automatically given. Reddit user: Schnort

No More Challenges, Please

I’m so glad some of these dangerous internet trends, in general, are dying out. There were the slightly dangerous and stupid ones like the cinnamon challenge, the salt and ice challenge, the condom challenge, or the Kylie Jenner lip challenge. Then, you had the scary ones like the choking/passing out challenge, the Tide Pod challenge, or the setting yourself on fire challenge. 

Yes, these challenges are real. It makes you wonder what kind of deranged person would create something like this. Do they just want to see people getting hurt and suffering? I’ll never understand these internet challenges. The majority of people attempting these challenges are impressionable children. There are some out there that are safe and just for fun, but the majority are reckless and dangerous. Reddit user: SkyeWolfofDusk 

Home Decor And Fashion Of The 1970s

The entirety of the 1970s home decor and fashion is gone – hooray. I was lucky to be born in the 1980s, but even still, the gaudiness of it is shuddering. I’m talking about things like polyester plaid leisure suits, fake wood paneling, shag carpeting, beaded lamps, avocado refrigerators, harvest gold wallpaper, flower print couches, etc. All of it was ugly, and hopefully, they’ll never become popular again. 

I mean, really – what were people thinking in the 1970s? Actually, don’t answer, I don’t want to know. I’ll never understand how people actually liked some of the things I’ve seen pictures of. Did people’s houses actually look like that? And what about those leisure suits? Did people actually enjoy wearing them? Some of the clothing choices we see today aren’t much better, but the items from the 1970s are the worst I’ve ever seen. Reddit user: llcucf80

ALLLVIIINNNNN!!!!

I’m glad those Alvin and the Chipmunks remixes are gone. Imagine those high pitched voices haunting you at night. I’m sure Hollywood will come out with another movie or something eventually, but for now, it’s gone. I never enjoyed their cartoons, music, or movies. The chipmunk voices bothered me, and I couldn’t stand the songs either. I never really understood their popularity.

In case you aren’t familiar with Alvin and the Chipmunks, the group was created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. in 1958 for a novelty record. Ross Bagdasarian performed all of the voices for each character, and they rose to popularity after winning two Grammy awards. Mr. Bagdasarian’s creations have been made into television shows and movies and, for some reason I can’t fathom, are loved by many people around the world. Reddit user: sherlock-holmesss 

Hey, Macarena!

There’s only one trend that bothered me enough to wish it’d go away. That trend was The Macarena. The song itself was overplayed on the radio, and people would do the dance anytime they heard it. People today think kids “flossing” looks ridiculous, but we seem to forget that everyone (kids, parents, actors, politicians) knew how to do it.

People would try to sing the song and completely butcher the lyrics. It was fine for the first few months after it came out, but after that, it was annoying. I found myself shutting the radio off every time it came on. I’d just wait a few minutes for it to end, then turn the radio back on. I was recently at a friend’s wedding where the DJ played it, and everyone begged me to get up and dance. Reddit user: SaintedRomaine 

Computer Repair Issues

You know what really bothered me: those videos on YouTube where people would try to build a computer for as cheap as possible, while still being able to play Titanfall or other games that use a lot of memory, graphics, and hard-drive space. They’d always use the cheapest products possible, and couldn’t understand why their gaming experience was so awful.

You need more expensive products if you choose to play games on a computer. You can’t just throw in a $15 memory stick with a small amount of space and call it good. The issue I had was that there were tons of these videos all over YouTube. You can’t expect to play games like that with a cheap system. Reddit user: [redacted]