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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Sometimes it's best to wait a while to see if the fad can survive wider culture. Remember:

  • fidget spinners,
  • what does the fox say
  • ice bucket challenge
  • flossing,
  • harlem shake,
  • planking,
  • what colour is the dress?
  • pwned

Neither does anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

In the cyber security field yes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I CAN DANCE ALL DAY!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Dota 2, babyyyy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I mean, the Ice Bucket challenge wasn't supposed to be a long term, it raised quite a lot of money

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

This is bananas.

Also why did they focus the story on the son-in-law that way, instead of talking about the murder victim? The murder victim whose mother owned that dress? If you're going to force that connection, the verbiage would be much easier to deal with talking about the victim, her mother, and her husband the alleged murderer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember all of those except planking, unless you mean the exercise.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah it's like that but dumber.

Heh, and of course there's a Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planking_(fad)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, huh, I've seen that done at my high school, just didn't remember the name. Guy was balancing off the edge of a couch in one of those "time is frozen" videos.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Pepperidge Farm remembers