People Are Sharing The Once Hugely Popular Trends That Have Now Completely Disappeared

Ah, the internet. Excellent for finding out the name of that actor who was in that thing you liked, and also for being reminded of a trend that really, really mattered to you when you were 12 but you haven't thought about since. So there were lots and lots of unearthed memories when redditor u/broadway96 asked the folks of r/AskReddit, "What was a huge trend everyone forgot about?" Here are 17 things none of us could escape, until they seemed to disappear into thin air.

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity. 

1."Does anybody else remember that trend where handlebar mustaches were put on everything? Pillows, shirts, etc. Like, some people even got them tattooed on their finger so they could put it on their lip and pretend they had one?"

u/CalypsoCrow

Smiling person with their mustachioed finger below their nose
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2."Y’all remember Silly Bandz? Those little animal-shaped rubber bands? Those things took over my middle school. Ended up being treated like a controlled substance, which only made them even more valuable. Then one day they just vanished."

u/CinderxSparks

Silly Bandz on someone's arm
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3."If you are old enough, you can't beat mood rings and pet rocks."

u/Happyjarboy

A smiling rock
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4."That week everyone was obsessed with sea shanties, for some reason."

u/Snackdoc189

Cartoon sailor by the water saying "Ninety sea chantheys on three compact discs"
Cartoon sailor by the water saying "Ninety sea chantheys on three compact discs"

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5."Anyone else remember Koosh Balls?"

u/diiejso

Koosh Ball
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6."Wearing colorful knee-high socks over your pants…middle school was a dark time."

u/relaximjustcurious

Colorful striped, mismatched knee-high socks
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7."Beaded animals. Any other school have a craze where people made animals from beads and string? I remember having someone make me a lizard and hanging it from my backpack."

u/Level-Mouse-7262

Beaded ladybugs
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8."Hoverboards. Every mall kiosk was selling them. Everyone was getting them for Christmas. People were selling them out of the trunk. I’ve still never set foot on one. They were everywhere."

u/Kalistoga

A person on a Hoverboard
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9."Yo-yos had a big resurgence when I was a kid in the '90s. They were all the rage for like half of one school year, and then they just kind of vanished. It was fun playing with them with my dad for a while, and I did learn a few tricks."

u/BrilliantWeight

Two children playing with yo-yos
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10."Pokémon Go. I know some people still play. But it was huge when it first came out."

u/NastyNateD10

Pokémon Go on a cellphone
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11."I almost forgot about fidget spinners."

u/Sartozz

A fidget spinner
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12."Deep-frying our Instagram pictures with terrible filters."

u/UpInSmokeMC

Instagram filters
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13."The obsession with bacon circa 2010-ish."

u/hthratmn

Bacon frying in a pan
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14."When people made whatever they could out of duct tape. Wallets, bracelets, and such."

u/JackDogg517

Different-colored duct tape strips
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15."Flappy Bird. Still don't understand how that became such a big hit."

u/Cleverbird

Flappy Bird game on a phone
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16."Are we just not going to talk about plastic blow-up furniture? These things were a big part of my teenage life."

u/Elephant_chair

A girl on the phone and sitting in a plastic blow-up chair
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17.And finally: "Remember that brief period where everything was cake?"

u/PMMeUrHopesNDreams

A cake in the shape of a prehistoric animal

Which trends seemed omnipresent to you before disappearing? Tell us about 'em in the comments!