Low-rise jeans, owl necklaces, eating cinnamon by the spoonful, or laying face down in all sorts of random places… These are just some of the popular trends of the past (thankfully). Though in general, trends seem to be ever present – if one foolish fad becomes a thing of the past, you can be sure there’s another one—likely even more foolish—coming.
Bearing this in mind, it’s no surprise that people have taken part in all sorts of crazes over the years. Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community have discussed such crazes, opening up after one user asked them about the dumbest fads they ever participated in. If you’re curious to see what their stories entailed, you can browse them on the list below, and see if you took part in any of the same things yourself. If not, you can head straight to the comments to share what popular fads you participated in.
#1
Early 90s. I owned more plaid shirts than a lesbian lumberjack
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#2
I had a mullet in the late 80s as a 4th grader.
I was neither a businessman nor a partier.
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#3
Being a silly, screaming 12 YO Beatlemania chick. I still scream a lot…Get Off My Lawn!, but we old bats are allowed to.
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#4
I crimped my hair.
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#5
Planking
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#6
When acid washed denim was hot I would wear all my acid washed together…pants…shirt & denim jacket with a popped up collar along with those baggy topped cowboy boots. My sister has several pics of me in all my faded glory which sends her descending into uncontrollable giggles.
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#7
I had long hair as a teenager, and sometime in my early 20’s (the late 80’s, early 90’s), I cut it short but left a rat tail in my hair.
When my wife cut it off (she’s a hairdresser) she kept it. I think it’s still in a box somewhere…
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#8
Zebra highlights
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#9
Very baggy pants jingos I think
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#10
Inflatable furniture. I had so many chairs. And cats…
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#11
Hammer pants. Inside out sweaters, sagging my pants way low, overalls with one strap done, super long belts, wallets with super long chains, …
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#12
In the early 90s there was a trend going around my area called “eraser burns”
As you can guess, it was rubbing an eraser on your skin, almost always on the back of your hand, until it broke skin. Idk kids do stupid things lmao. I’m thankful everyday that social media wasn’t around when I was growing up
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#13
I worked at a toy store when beanie babies were a thing. I used my employee discount and early access to buy dozens truly believing I would get rich. Still waiting…
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#14
As a teenager and young adult I used to be an edgy far right bigot.
It’s funny looking back on that period of my life now that I’m a trans woman.
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#15
In the 70s my mum made our entire family dress in velour track suits. Unwilling participant here.
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#16
Facebook. Deactivated profile nearly two years ago. Don’t miss it at all.
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#17
The zig zag part 🤦🏻♀️
NM1159:
Yes! I could never do it right but that didn’t stop me from trying!
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#18
Long chain wallet 8th-10th grade, 1994-1996ish
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#19
I’m a guy and when Dawson’s Creek came out I got my tips frosted like Pacey
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#20
Smoking Cigarettes
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#21
Mood ring
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#22
I had my hair permed into an Afro in the 70s. I’m a white female. I looked ridiculous. Of course, at the time, I thought I was cool with my rake in my hip pocket.
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#23
Ok let’s go back to the 80s parachute pants. Enough said
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#24
I carried around a yo yo, wore pooka shells, and bleached my hair in middle school
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#25
Oh gods my high school emo years. Turns out I was a confused goth.
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#26
There I was in junior high, my best friend and I loved The Cure (I like them, always been more of a Depeche Mode fan) and we thought it was so cool to wear skinny jeans with the legs rolled, some kind of patterned socks, black Mary Janes type shoes.
We teased our hair to make it look like Robert what’s his face, powdered our faces and painted our lips and eyes with black eyeliner. We thought we were so cool!
#27
Tanning beds
#28
Sagging my pants. There’s just nothing redeeming about it. Ugly and super impractical. We’d run around with one hand holding up our pants so they didn’t fall off. But the dumbest part was how cool it was and how much of an outsider you were if you didn’t participate.
#29
6th grade 1990. Z Cavaricci pants then Skidz overalls where you left one suspender unbuckled and hanging.
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#30
Mini helicopter things called fidget spinners
#31
Thin eyebrows 🤦🏻♀️
#32
The Naruto running thing
I’ve never even watched an episode in my life
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