Worst fad of all time

[rocklobster]

I think fads can be awesome to okay to downright silly. What do you think were the worst fads ever. The ones that make you say "Seriously? People bought/buy into this?"
Here are some examples:
Pet Rocks--seriously, what losers bought this thing? It's just a rock with wiggly eyes.
Comic books with variant covers--unfortunately, this fad is not dying out. But it should. I mean, the only difference you're getting is that the cover is different. Suckers! The most ridiculous example was Gen 13's first issue, which had 13--that's right 13!--different covers.
Boy Bands--One can only hope we never see this fad return.

[Ante Bellum]

Twilight.

Oh, and stupid fashions.

[Roy Mustang]

Comic books with variant covers--unfortunately, this fad is not dying out. But it should. I mean, the only difference you're getting is that the cover is different. Suckers! The most ridiculous example was Gen 13's first issue, which had 13--that's right 13!--different covers.

The variant covers could go with the fab of people thinking they could make money of comic books. That fab started in the early 90's and people that were not really into comic books started buying them up right and left thinking they were sitting on a gold mine. Little did they know, it was old comic books that were worth the money and because they bought comic books every time they came out. It cause comic book companies to print more of the issues, which in turn made them worthless. This also started the variant covers fab as well and something that hasn't stop even after the fact that people learn that comics are not going to help play for their kids college fund down the road.

Reality TV- Do I really need to say why?


[font="Book Antiqua"][color="Red"]Col. Roy Mustang[/color][/font]

[KougaHane]

t-shirts with variations of "I think you're a moron" written on them. Can't stand those at all. I mean seriously,why not just keep your money and TELL them you think they're a moron? Also any t-shirt with a variation of "I'm lazy" or "I'm apathetic" doesn't make sense, because obviously they cared enough to buy the shirt in the first place.

[ChristianKitsune]

Although I loved them:
Beanie Babies and people who thought they would be collector's items someday... They were really adorable and I LOVED playing with them as a kid...but really? (I really loved the Chinese Zodiac ones XD)

There's one going on right now: The sillybandz or whatever they are the bracelets with the shapes. I even see high school and college age people wearing them, lol weird!

Yoyos: - back in like the late 90s, everyone wanted to be an awesome yo-yo-er. Me too, never caught on though.

Giga Pets (and the like) I got a knock off version because we couldn't afford a real gigapet, lol. But these things were even banned in my school... lol

[ShiroiHikari]

Those horrible troll dolls from the 90s. Who the crap would want to collect something so hideous?

The Beanie Babies craze was also pretty stupid.

[Makachop^^128]

Yoyos: - back in like the late 90s, everyone wanted to be an awesome yo-yo-er. Me too, never caught on though.

I actually love yoyos >.> I still have one its all pretty and hand carved wood :3

I would say Crocs I don't know about other parts of the country but where I live everyone wore them I mean like everyone and for a whole year >.> I had a pair but I only used them when I went rowing lol and had to jump in the water and all.

[Htom Sirveaux]

Pacifiers. It was sometime in the early-mid '90s. For a while it was "cool" to wear a pacifier on a string around your neck. That was a scary couple of months.

Slap Bracelets. This fad outlasted pacifiers (though I think it came before them) and was marginally more fashionable. But you'd keep hearing rumors about the fabric on the outside wearing down and the thin, cheap metal underneath cutting kids' wrists. Eh, when you're a kid it's a small price to pay for fitting in.

Sour/Hot Warheads. Actually, these weren't bad. I'm just suddenly feeling nostalgic. Loved those things.

[ShiroiHikari]

Pacifiers. It was sometime in the early-mid '90s. For a while it was "cool" to wear a pacifier on a string around your neck. That was a scary couple of months.

Oh yeah, I remember that. I think it had something to do with raver culture, didn't it?

[eternalprincess]

Furby: Can someone say hunting trip? =D =D


EDIT: I loved Snap Bracelets. XD

[Nate]

3D. It's ruining movies.

[Ante Bellum]

Pacifiers. It was sometime in the early-mid '90s. For a while it was "cool" to wear a pacifier on a string around your neck. That was a scary couple of months.

I've seen people with pacifiers...in their mouth. I don't know what was up with that.

[Sparx00]

The game. It's been WAY overused.

[Ante Bellum]

But it can still cause people to lose control and start swearing nonstop at you. It's actually really amusing to see that people still have such strong reactions to it.

[armeck]

would purple being the color of gay be considered a fad? that's my favorite color so i don't like that fad!

[Htom Sirveaux]

@armeckthefirst: Call me old and out-of-the-loop, but that one's entirely new to me.

@ShiroiHikari: Is that what it was? I dunno, sounds right. The whole thing mystified me.

@eternalprincess: I had one myself, actually. I guess there's no escaping some fads if they sound half-reasonable.

[ADXC]

Now beanie babies were cool! <- (Says someone who owns like 30 of them. XD)

But I will agree with the Furby thing. I sooooooooo wanted to just murder my furby! IT WOULD NOT STOP TALKING, EVER! I had it in my room and as soon as I'd be falling asleep, out of nowhere my furby starts talking. I'm not even lying. I'm glad mine doesn't work anymore.



And don't any of you say Pokemon cards was a bad fad! <- (Says someone who owns a book of about a 1000 cards.)

[Cognitive Gear]

[spoiler] This thread will inevitably limit "all time" to approximately the last 25 years or so. [/spoiler]

[Radical Dreamer]

Oh man. The one that I can't understand right now is those "silly band" things. One of my co-workers has a bunch of them, and a different co-worker's daughter has TONS of them that she brought in a few days ago. I just don't get it. XD

Also, I agree with Crocs so much. I'm not sure how those shoes got turned into a fashion statement (...), but whoever is responsible for that one...wow. XD

Also, this neon subculture needs to go, and it can take the music that came with it. XD Seriously. It's horrendous. XD

[spoiler]This thread will inevitably limit "all time" to approximately the last 25 years or so.[/spoiler]

Powdered wigs were ridiculous.

[armeck]

@armeckthefirst: Call me old and out-of-the-loop, but that one's entirely new to me.

it's not that way everywhere but most of america and canada and idk the rest of the world. it hasn't been that way for long i don't think...

[Atria35]

it's not that way everywhere but most of america and canada and idk the rest of the world. it hasn't been that way for long i don't think...

I live in America, too, and in my area it isn't seen as gay. That's a silly idea, though. I think people should wear whatever colors they want to.

Beanie babies are silly, as well as Crocs, though. And Crocs are extra disgusting, IMO.

[CrimsonRyu17]

I. Fricking. Hate. Crocs.

[Okami]

Silly Bandz are awesome, what are you guys talking about? XD (I own one, it says "HOPE" )

I must agree on Beanie Babies though...I own an entire bin full of them from my childhood and hoped....fifteen years later they'd be worth something. But of course, who wants a bunch of stuffed beanie animals when the economy is for trash? =/
Same with Pokemon cards.

[KougaHane]

Those bracelet things that when you take them off they are in the shape of a letter or animal or something. It's not that I particulary dislike them, it's just that 90% of people age 14-18 where I live where them. Guys and girls both.

[ClosetOtaku]

Clackers.

Never heard of them? Good. They were the craze when I was in grade school. I thought they were the dumbest things, and it turned out they were the dumbest things when shattered pieces of plastic started getting into kids' eyes.

Sort of like lawn darts, which were never really much of a fad, but you have to look back now and say, "What were we thinking?"

[Davidizer13]

Slap Bracelets. This fad outlasted pacifiers (though I think it came before them) and was marginally more fashionable. But you'd keep hearing rumors about the fabric on the outside wearing down and the thin, cheap metal underneath cutting kids' wrists. Eh, when you're a kid it's a small price to pay for fitting in.

Confirmed]Boy Bands--One can only hope we never see this fad return.[/QUOTE]
I see your saccharine heart-throb singers manufactured to extract money from preteens, and raise you the Spice Girls and Justin Bieber.

Sort of like lawn darts, which were never really much of a fad, but you have to look back now and say, "What were we thinking?"

Roman legionaries in the latter days of the empire carried, essentially, lawn darts (they called them plumbatae) as ranged weapons. So, naturally, they'd be perfect for the kids to play with!

Also, awareness bracelets. Some of them went to fund good causes, the rest...eh. I had a few of them way back when and wore them everywhere; now I wonder what I was thinking.

[mysngoeshere56]

There's one going on right now: The sillybandz or whatever they are the bracelets with the shapes. I even see high school and college age people wearing them, lol weird!

Giga Pets (and the like) I got a knock off version because we couldn't afford a real gigapet, lol. But these things were even banned in my school... lol

Sillybandz - Are those those rubber band things that are shaped like random objects and animals? If so, I never really saw the point in those either... It's just a shaped rubber band to me.

I loved the Giga Pets when I was a kid. I think I had like, at least 5 of them when I was in 2nd grade.

[eternalprincess]

Now beanie babies were cool! <- (Says someone who owns like 30 of them. XD)

But I will agree with the Furby thing. I sooooooooo wanted to just murder my furby! IT WOULD NOT STOP TALKING, EVER! I had it in my room and as soon as I'd be falling asleep, out of nowhere my furby starts talking. I'm not even lying. I'm glad mine doesn't work anymore.

I used to be seriously into Beanie Babies. I still own boxes of them and special collectors editions. They're all packed up in boxes now. Probably will sell them off eventually.

ROFL. I had one too. ops: It creeped me out. I got rid of it quickly. What you said reminds me of what someone told me last summer. She was sleeping in her bed, and the window was open (ah, the good ol' days where we could leave our windows open ) and the breeze knocked the thing out of the window and it started going off and it freaked her out.

[Ante Bellum]

I should post that picture I took in Japan concerning Crocs. When I return home I'll get right to it.

How about those shoelace things that were super curly and that you couldn't actually tie? For some reason those come to mind.

[Atria35]

Aren't Crocs now illegal in Japan due to possible health problems that may occur?

In any case, I can't agree with the boy bands- I lurv a few, myself! XD

But Reality TV- It's never gonna go away, but I do hope that it gets better....