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Ridiculous Fads

codez_raver said:
Who are they going to call?
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He is the scourge of the adult generation, and the favorite friend of two to five year olds across the world. So how could a six foot, four inches tall chubby purple dinosaur generate such diverse reactions?

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As one of the most popular, endearing and widespread fads of the last 25 years, one would imagine that Beanie Babies must have some type of unique and incredible attributes. Instead, they are simply small, inexpensively priced, stuffed animals with a tag stating the animal's name and birthdate. Despite logic, the stuffed animals created an almost cut-throat collecting frenzy which inadvertently spawned magazines, websites and fan clubs.

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As with many toy fads, the popularity of the Furby had less to do with the desires of children than it did with the mindset of their parents - a mindset intent on not missing out on having on. Thus began the Furby craze .

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The game of pogs originated in the 1920s on the Hawaiian island of Maui. There dairy workers played the game during breaks using simple milkcaps. Almost 70 years later, a Hawaiian schoolteacher reintroduced the game and mass appeal soon followed.

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During the 1988 Christmas season, the Koosh ball was the hottest toy on the shelves. The Koosh ball was a rubber ball filled with a jelly-like plasma and its outside consisted of hundreds of rubber spikes making it look like a soft and flexible porcupine that did not hurt to hold or squeeze. When someone sqeezed the object, the plasma caused it to squirm around in his hand while the spikes provided something to grip in one's hand.

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Whether or not he looked at a common nuisance to fisherman and discovered a miracle of science or not is not clear. The fact is that that Harold von Braunhut definitely recognized a true freak of nature - and with it, one of the greatest marketing opportunities in history.

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Postwar periods are often the most opportunistic times for fads to develop as people are more apt to relax and find amusement with simple things. In the time following World War II, people across the United States fell in love with a toy developed by Richard T. James -- the Slinky™.

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The Troll Doll was originally known as the "Dammit" doll in honor of its creator, Danish woodcutter Thomas Dam. In 1959, Dam could not afford to buy his young daughter a birthday present and instead carved for her a doll inspired by the legendary trolls which were believed to live in the Nordic forests and would bring luck to any humans who could catch them. Dam's daughter took to the doll and dressed it up and showed it to local villagers. The doll attracted the eye of a Danish toy store owner and soon Dam was selling versions of the doll all over the world, selling more than a million of the in the United States in 1964 alone.
 
Strawberry_lovemuffin said:
90's fad # 2578

Doc Martens.

... and heaven forbid if you didn't have REAL Doc Martens (as proven by the rubber stamp on the bottom of the boot).

Ultra-cool respect points added if you had *coloured* Doc Martens.
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I love my cherry docs *sigh*

I wanted a pair since i was 14 and finally got a pair at 18 (for mothers day). They are nine years old now and still reliable and comfy and do durable. Although i can't wear them when it's raining because they have kinda started to rip :( but they are nine years old. I want a new pair but can't afford them but i think i'm putting off buying a pair because it means i would put the old ones to rest and they hold so many memories *sighs again*

I wanted hot pink ones but fashion has ruined my favorite colour :X
 
style hawks, the year 2000 mullets and rats tails are *NOT* in fashion regardless of who says they are, they were disgusting 20 years ago and they are even more so disgusting NOW!


get a fucking proper haircut, wankers!



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another mid ninties fad (that is horribly resurfacing)....

the black converse high tops.

never have i seen an uglier shoe. why on earth do ppl buy them???

NUMBER ONE IRRITANT:
fashion magazine editors, readers, columnists, stylists etc etc calling theyre ever so individual taste in clothing "eclectic"
fuck i hate that word.
it automatically labels that person to me as some pretentious fashion snob who thinks that buying $1000 doller gucci hobo clothes and a pair of ridiculously overpriced 60's shoes will set themselves high amongst the ranks of other wannabe elitists and therefore make themselves cool.

now i dont know how much of a fad it is buts its definately a recurring trend that shall be considered obsolete by the same ppl 20 years later when god knows what you have to say your personal style is to "make the cut".

major rant
i hope someone will sympathise.........
 
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I think those pointy toed shoes were the worst fad for women.

If God wanted women to wear point shoes he'd have made us with pointy feet LOL
 
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